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Re: Trey Thomas in the portal

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Thomas to Bowling Green per Twitter.


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DoreRayMe wrote: Wed Apr 26, 2023 5:12 pm Thomas to Bowling Green per Twitter.
Must have been NIL related.
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DoreRayMe wrote: Wed Apr 26, 2023 5:12 pm Thomas to Bowling Green per Twitter.
Bowling Green State U ? They are ranked in a tie at #263 national universities. I really don't want to diss the school (I'm from that area of the country), but the campus itself is not in a garden spot or area for great social life (20 miles to Toledo).

Surely Trey knows his future isn't as a player. Passing up a VU degree for BGSU on the resume seems a really bad decision. Whatever, I really wish him the very best in everything.
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I am completely baffled. Unless Stack told some of these kids that with the crew coming in, their playing time was going way down, I just can not understand giving up a Vanderbilt degree and SEC competition in your sport for a school/team like BGSU. Were the academics just too daunting?
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OldDude wrote: Wed Apr 26, 2023 5:40 pm
DoreRayMe wrote: Wed Apr 26, 2023 5:12 pm Thomas to Bowling Green per Twitter.
Bowling Green State U ? They are ranked in a tie at #263 national universities. I really don't want to diss the school (I'm from that area of the country), but the campus itself is not in a garden spot or area for great social life (20 miles to Toledo).

Surely Trey knows his future isn't as a player. Passing up a VU degree for BGSU on the resume seems a really bad decision. Whatever, I really wish him the very best in everything.
It is baffling.
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I would imagine Stack told him his time was up and then lost like 2-3 other players
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Vandy187187 wrote: Wed Apr 26, 2023 7:20 pm I would imagine Stack told him his time was up and then lost like 2-3 other players
Could be as simple as that. He just wanted to keep playing.
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Bowling Green. Hum. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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UltimateVUFan wrote: Wed Apr 26, 2023 5:14 pm
DoreRayMe wrote: Wed Apr 26, 2023 5:12 pm Thomas to Bowling Green per Twitter.
Must have been NIL related.
Can’t be…BGSU can’t afford to be in the NIL game. It must have been his only option.
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BGSU is closer to his Ontario home. That’s my best assumption.
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volemtine wrote: Wed Apr 26, 2023 11:32 pm
UltimateVUFan wrote: Wed Apr 26, 2023 5:14 pm
DoreRayMe wrote: Wed Apr 26, 2023 5:12 pm Thomas to Bowling Green per Twitter.
Must have been NIL related.
Can’t be…BGSU can’t afford to be in the NIL game. It must have been his only option.
Sarcasm alert
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egbertsouse wrote: Wed Apr 26, 2023 6:41 pm
OldDude wrote: Wed Apr 26, 2023 5:40 pm
DoreRayMe wrote: Wed Apr 26, 2023 5:12 pm Thomas to Bowling Green per Twitter.
Bowling Green State U ? They are ranked in a tie at #263 national universities. I really don't want to diss the school (I'm from that area of the country), but the campus itself is not in a garden spot or area for great social life (20 miles to Toledo).

Surely Trey knows his future isn't as a player. Passing up a VU degree for BGSU on the resume seems a really bad decision. Whatever, I really wish him the very best in everything.
It is baffling.
Puzzling indeed - wish him well. Clearly there is a lot we don't know and will never know.
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charlestonalum wrote: Thu Apr 27, 2023 7:24 am
egbertsouse wrote: Wed Apr 26, 2023 6:41 pm
OldDude wrote: Wed Apr 26, 2023 5:40 pm

Bowling Green State U ? They are ranked in a tie at #263 national universities. I really don't want to diss the school (I'm from that area of the country), but the campus itself is not in a garden spot or area for great social life (20 miles to Toledo).

Surely Trey knows his future isn't as a player. Passing up a VU degree for BGSU on the resume seems a really bad decision. Whatever, I really wish him the very best in everything.
It is baffling.
Puzzling indeed - wish him well. Clearly there is a lot we don't know and will never know.
I don't think it is that baffling at all. My best guess is that he was told that his PT was going to be reduced, and he thought he could do better so he entered the portal and found out quickly that his opinion of his overall basketball talent is a bit higher than that of everyone else. Remember, Thomas thought highly enough of his talents that he attempted what seemed like at least one Curry style fall-away three per game. I dont' believe he made a single one and perhaps he was making them in practice, but his over-eagerness to shoot was part of the reason why his shooting percentage from three was so poor last season.

What will be interesting is whether he will get more PT or less PT next season than he did this season. As bad as BGSU was last season, I don't think the answer is obvious. Vanderbilt was the only SEC school that he was likely to be in the rotation for, and it isn't surprising that this also applied to all high major teams. In general the demand for small, unathletic shooting guards who shot 30% from three and don't provide ball handling, passing or defense is somewhat limited.
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He's where he should always have been....not VU and the SEC.....
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Jason94 wrote: Thu Apr 27, 2023 8:08 am
charlestonalum wrote: Thu Apr 27, 2023 7:24 am
egbertsouse wrote: Wed Apr 26, 2023 6:41 pm

It is baffling.
Puzzling indeed - wish him well. Clearly there is a lot we don't know and will never know.
I don't think it is that baffling at all. My best guess is that he was told that his PT was going to be reduced, and he thought he could do better so he entered the portal and found out quickly that his opinion of his overall basketball talent is a bit higher than that of everyone else. Remember, Thomas thought highly enough of his talents that he attempted what seemed like at least one Curry style fall-away three per game. I dont' believe he made a single one and perhaps he was making them in practice, but his over-eagerness to shoot was part of the reason why his shooting percentage from three was so poor last season.

What will be interesting is whether he will get more PT or less PT next season than he did this season. As bad as BGSU was last season, I don't think the answer is obvious. Vanderbilt was the only SEC school that he was likely to be in the rotation for, and it isn't surprising that this also applied to all high major teams. In general the demand for small, unathletic shooting guards who shot 30% from three and don't provide ball handling, passing or defense is somewhat limited.
It remains baffling to me that Thomas, who has zero prospects for a post-college career as a basketball player, would value 1 year of increased playing time at BGSU over a Vanderbilt degree.
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The only narrative that makes sense to me is that he went to the portal with some pretty loft expectations on where he would land, perhaps thinking there might be a place for him at another top 20 academic institution where he'd finish his education and play more. My guess is that the phone didn't ring. If that's the case, then his decision was based on prioritizing another year of basketball versus staying at Vandy without playing (which might have carried a certain humiliation factor). I'm totally making stuff up at this point trying to understand the mind of a 21 year old.
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Vandamnit wrote: Thu Apr 27, 2023 1:53 pm The only narrative that makes sense to me is that he went to the portal with some pretty loft expectations on where he would land, perhaps thinking there might be a place for him at another top 20 academic institution where he'd finish his education and play more. My guess is that the phone didn't ring. If that's the case, then his decision was based on prioritizing another year of basketball versus staying at Vandy without playing (which might have carried a certain humiliation factor). I'm totally making stuff up at this point trying to understand the mind of a 21 year old.
I think this is pretty close to what actually happened. It is even possible that he tried to come back once reality set in and CJS told him that he had moved on. Thomas played with a swagger that was incongruent with his actual effectiveness. Confidence is good but this is probably closer to overconfidence. It can be sometimes difficult for a player to understand whether they were getting PT due to being good vs. the coach not feeling like he has a better option.

I'm guessing that if someone had told him at the start that his choices were staying at VU and going to BGSU, he would have stayed. I doubt in his mind this was how he imagined things playing out.
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Jason94 wrote: Thu Apr 27, 2023 2:05 pm
Vandamnit wrote: Thu Apr 27, 2023 1:53 pm The only narrative that makes sense to me is that he went to the portal with some pretty loft expectations on where he would land, perhaps thinking there might be a place for him at another top 20 academic institution where he'd finish his education and play more. My guess is that the phone didn't ring. If that's the case, then his decision was based on prioritizing another year of basketball versus staying at Vandy without playing (which might have carried a certain humiliation factor). I'm totally making stuff up at this point trying to understand the mind of a 21 year old.
I think this is pretty close to what actually happened. It is even possible that he tried to come back once reality set in and CJS told him that he had moved on. Thomas played with a swagger that was incongruent with his actual effectiveness. Confidence is good but this is probably closer to overconfidence. It can be sometimes difficult for a player to understand whether they were getting PT due to being good vs. the coach not feeling like he has a better option.

I'm guessing that if someone had told him at the start that his choices were staying at VU and going to BGSU, he would have stayed. I doubt in his mind this was how he imagined things playing out.
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egbertsouse wrote: Thu Apr 27, 2023 12:45 pm It remains baffling to me that Thomas, who has zero prospects for a post-college career as a basketball player, would value 1 year of increased playing time at BGSU over a Vanderbilt degree.
As has been pointed out, do realize that the increased value of the Vandy degree is very context dependent. I don't know what Thomas plans to do with the rest of his life, but there are a number of fields where the Vandy degree brings 0% financial advantage.
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