B Epps is............

friarwolf · Post by **friarwolf** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 5:37 pm

gone................................at least as of yesterday. Interesting to see if he is back in good graces as of tonight's game or if he is toast.................

abezontar · Post by **abezontar** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 5:56 pm

I'm out of the loop, what happened?

jkflamebo · Post by **jkflamebo** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 6:18 pm

thanks for the informative post, if u know why he's gone please ellaborate

edit: just saw that he is no longer on the team roster, something happened

ALEX LIFESON · Post by **ALEX LIFESON** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 6:50 pm

Wow, if Epps is out tonight, that 12 point line really looks interesting.

Pony_Fan · Post by **Pony_Fan** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:17 pm

So that leaves us with the following 7 players tonight: Oh my...

Dez
Killen
Rack
Spencer
Ritter
Ike
Roberts

stobor · Post by **stobor** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 12:31 am

Can't find any information on why he was kicked off the team...just "behavior unacceptable to the program". Must have been pretty bad.

http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/s ... 0c45f.html

mustangbill67 · Post by **mustangbill67** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 11:11 am

Doh said he decided Friday morning to dismiss Epps after sleeping on it Thursday night. Whatever he did violated "core values" and to not dismiss him would give the impression he was running a loose ship, which he is not. Doh said that Epps was still in school and he hoped he would finish. The DMNs said that Doh had been after Epps on his conditioning and that Epps was quoted as saying he had never had to work as hard before. Sounds like to me Epps went after Doh or one of the coaches in practice. The players were told not to discuss the situation.

Canadian Mustang · Post by **Canadian Mustang** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 12:06 pm

anyone have any more details on this?

Spaz · Post by **Spaz** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 12:32 pm

Wait, I just feel like I blacked out at a party. What did I miss?

DirtyDozen123 · Post by **DirtyDozen123** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:32 pm

ok apparently doherty was riding epps pretty hard at practice, epps talked back and said something he shouldnt have, and then was kicked out of practice. its not the first time he was dismissed from practice, and obviously what was said was severe enough for either doherty to release him or for epps himself to quit.

Junior · Post by **Junior** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 9:32 pm

If you're not willing to put in the work, you don't deserve to be on the team if everyone else is. He will be missed, but the team might be stronger as a whole without him. You have to play by the coach's rules. Seems like everyone else is.

EastStang · Post by **EastStang** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:22 am

Ah, that's the Doherty we all remember from UNC. A no nonesense disciplinarian who will push the players to excel. I'm glad he slept on it. In the past, he probably would have dismissed him on the spot. That's a good sign. I am happy to see him making sure that the players know they are part of a team.

mustangnation · Post by **mustangnation** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 11:02 am

Junior wrote:If you're not willing to put in the work, you don't deserve to be on the team if everyone else is. He will be missed, but the team might be stronger as a whole without him. You have to play by the coach's rules. Seems like everyone else is.

I wont miss him. I swear that he shot the ball everytime that he touched it which is fine if you are a good shooter. The problem is that he is not a good shooter. That guy would kill more momentum with his terrible 3-point shot selection.

ponydawg · Post by **ponydawg** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 11:56 am

He had the prettiest shot i have seen in a long time, to bad they never went in.

Junior · Post by **Junior** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 12:44 pm

ponydawg wrote:He had the prettiest shot i have seen in a long time, to bad they never went in.

I've heard that can cause problems in the long run.