Austin Grandstaff also transferring

[friarwolf]

My guess is the phone call for the package deal has already been made to the 768 prefix and I hope they were told not only no but hell no. If Barefield's mom is a helicopter mom, Wes is a giant drone hovering within 2 inches..........

[ClickClack]

http://www.cleveland.com/osu/index.ssf/ ... ndsta.html

The quotes from his dad are unreal. Talk about helicopter dad...yes, if a player gives up baseline as bad as Austin did agaisnt Uconn, he should be taken out.

[friarwolf]

I am sure Alabama has gotten a call as well............

[TDMustang]

http://www.cleveland.com/osu/index.ssf/2015/12/freshman_guard_austin_grandsta.html

The quotes from his dad are unreal. Talk about helicopter dad...yes, if a player gives up baseline as bad as Austin did agaisnt Uconn, he should be taken out.

"He's a scorer. He's a shooter. It's hard to play like that when you never know if you miss what's going to happen. It's a tough thing," Wes Grandstaff said. "We just didn't see next year getting any better. When you have guys playing 30-something minutes, there's not a lot of minutes to go around."

"We'll be smarter in our decision," Wes Grandstaff said. "I didn't watch Ohio State play enough before we committed. If I knew that Loving and Bates-Diop were gonna be the two and three, we probably wouldn't have went there. Do I think Austin can score the ball like they can? Absolutely."

Wow...Austin's dad sounds delusional. Kinda crazy with the 'we' stuff when talking about his son's decision.

[CalallenStang]

"Our decision?" "We committed?" Wow...

[Pony_Law]

Any time a parent or other member of an athletes entourage uses the term "we" is a big red flag. This kid should got to a small mid major school where they might be ok with him jacking up 20 shots a game since that is clearly what he wants.

[papawasamustang]

I saw the kid put up 50 + more than once. He is a pure scorer & the real deal. I just think back to E. Thomas comment about putting Grandstaff (the dad) in charge of helping him make his choice.No coincidence their announcements are coming @ the same time. Gotta be a package deal IMO, look for Oklahoma State & TCU to come up in the conversation.

[blackoutpony]

Any time a parent or other member of an athletes entourage uses the term "we" is a big red flag. This kid should got to a small mid major school where they might be ok with him jacking up 20 shots a game since that is clearly what he wants.

This also usually doesn't help.....

"Distance from home, and the fact that Austin had a son born just before the season began also played into the decision, Wes said."

[AustinPerson]

Pretty sure that McQuaid will be sticking around at Michigan State and won't be announcing a transfer. He's averaged a few points a game so far this year - played some real teams like Louisville, Florida, and Providence. Maybe 15 points/game?

[White Helmet]

3.8ppg for mcquaid

[sadderbudweiser]

"Our decision?" "We committed?" Wow...

First thing I noticed too. They should ring up Memphis.

He could coach.

[PonyPlayer4]

Nice that his dad says he doesn't play defense, block shots, or rebound. Sounds like a perfect fit for a LB team.

[sadderbudweiser]

Nice that his dad says he doesn't play defense, block shots, or rebound. Sounds like a perfect fit for a LB team.

Ol dad's a heck of a salesman.

[Rebel10]

This is one recruiting battle it sounds like some on this board would not mind losing.

Jeff Borzello ‏@jeffborzello 57m57 minutes ago

Ohio State transfer Austin Grandstaff told ESPN that Butler, St. John's, Oregon, Tennessee, Nebraska, SMU, others have already reached out.

[RGV Pony]

Wonder if those are actually the people Wes has dangled him in front of