Tod Howard Hawks
Freshman
Posts: 64
Age: 79
Reg: 03-17-14
|
03-26-20 03:54 AM - Post#305084
Michael Valmas recently told me he had heard from reliable sources that Tape will be heading to Duke next fall. Well, isn't that nice.
I gather Tape never issued anything resembling an apology to his fellow Columbia players for screwing them, leaving--what was it, a day or two before Columbia Basketball played its first game. And the Columbia fans, students and alumni alike, I don't think anyone got even a semblance of an apology from Tape.
Thinking ahead, I doubt Tape will ever be selected to enter the Columbia Athletic Hall of Fame. To be admitted to that august group, character--personal character--is a requisite attribute to be chosen.
|
Go Green
PhD Student
Posts: 1124
Age: 52
Reg: 04-22-10
|
Re: Tape to Duke 03-26-20 06:43 AM - Post#305086
In response to Tod Howard Hawks
Thinking ahead, I doubt Tape will ever be selected to enter the Columbia Athletic Hall of Fame. To be admitted to that august group, character--personal character--is a requisite attribute to be chosen.
Was he ever a real candidate? He was only Honorable Mention All-Ivy while at Columbia.
|
RHunter3
Junior
Posts: 281
Reg: 12-02-14
|
Re: Tape to Duke 03-26-20 08:13 AM - Post#305087
In response to Tod Howard Hawks
It was long before the season started that they knew he wasn't coming back. It was not a few days before the season started. The coaches knew in the summer. It was not when it was announced.
|
welcometothejungle
Masters Student
Posts: 788
Age: 27
Reg: 07-31-19
|
Re: Tape to Duke 03-26-20 08:20 AM - Post#305088
In response to Tod Howard Hawks
I gather Tape never issued anything resembling an apology to his fellow Columbia players for screwing them, leaving--what was it, a day or two before Columbia Basketball played its first game. And the Columbia fans, students and alumni alike, I don't think anyone got even a semblance of an apology from Tape.
Per the ESPN article about Ivy League grad transfers earlier this season, Tapé had torn a ligament in his toe over the summer and likely would have missed a large chunk of the season even if he had stayed on the team. While his departure wasn't actually announced until the day before the season, I find it hard to believe the team didn't know in advance that this was something he was considering after he initially suffered the injury
|
RHunter3
Junior
Posts: 281
Reg: 12-02-14
|
Re: Tape to Duke 03-26-20 08:25 AM - Post#305089
In response to welcometothejungle
It was known he beginning of the summer. I knew then, but it wasn't announced until the start of the season.
|
welcometothejungle
Masters Student
Posts: 788
Age: 27
Reg: 07-31-19
|
03-26-20 08:30 AM - Post#305091
In response to RHunter3
That's what I figured. Usually that's the case with most of the news that breaks the week before the season starts (things like injuries), the team knows in advance but doesn't put anything out until right before the season
|
Tod Howard Hawks
Freshman
Posts: 64
Age: 79
Reg: 03-17-14
|
Tape to Duke 03-26-20 10:09 AM - Post#305095
In response to welcometothejungle
Really? I can't believe you guys.
All of you can't be this dumb.
So, this best way to handle the Tape affair is just to sit on this and remain silent for months, then, ONE DAY--ONLY ONE DAY--before the season begins, that's when you make public to all your fans--students, alumni, Columbia Basketball fans in the City--that Tape--what is he, 6'10"--who, I was told, actually practiced with the team up until the day it was officially announced that, in fact, Tape was NOT going to play at all with his teammates, but was going to transfer, leaving ALL in his dust.
That's OK with all of you, right? Well, it's not OK with me.
Edited by Tod Howard Hawks on 03-26-20 10:11 AM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
|
PennFan10
Postdoc
Posts: 3580
Reg: 02-15-15
|
Re: Tape to Duke 03-26-20 10:18 AM - Post#305097
In response to Tod Howard Hawks
Harvard wouldn't have even told anyone the day before. If it was up to them, none of us would have known until after he committed to Duke why he didn't play.
|
RHunter3
Junior
Posts: 281
Reg: 12-02-14
|
Re: Tape to Duke 03-26-20 10:18 AM - Post#305098
In response to Tod Howard Hawks
It's the coaches call. I think they were hoping the injury would progress faster, but the information was sat on. I know for a fact it was known before then, but wasn't my place to post the information.
|
Chet Forte
Postdoc
Posts: 2958
Reg: 03-02-08
|
03-26-20 04:10 PM - Post#305131
In response to RHunter3
So if Tape was such an exemplary teammate, and didn’t play only because he had a bad toe, then I have to wonder why I did not see him even once at a single home game cheering on his teammates, and as a season ticket holder, trust me, I would not have missed a 6’10†dude sitting in the stands.
|
Sagatius
Freshman
Posts: 27
Age: 76
Reg: 11-17-15
|
03-26-20 06:21 PM - Post#305138
In response to Chet Forte
I’ve seen him at several games.
|
Chet Forte
Postdoc
Posts: 2958
Reg: 03-02-08
|
03-26-20 08:06 PM - Post#305144
In response to Sagatius
Then he must have been incognito.
|
Chet Forte
Postdoc
Posts: 2958
Reg: 03-02-08
|
03-26-20 08:15 PM - Post#305146
In response to Chet Forte
And let me make one point clear—I have always thought that Tape had tremendous talent. It was a revelation to see the way he was playing toward the end of his junior year. I actually thought that he would have been first team all Ivy had he played this year and stayed healthy. He is a very gifted guy who will be a real contributor to the one and done heavy Duke roster. My quarrel with him is largely because he is so talented—Columbia took a chance on him as an unranked and underrecruited diamond in the rough and worked with him to turn him into a highly skilled and gifted player, but instead of showing appreciation he made it all about himself and in the process wrecked the season for his teammates, coaches and school.
|
internetter
Postdoc
Posts: 3399
Loc: Los Angeles
Reg: 11-21-04
|
Re: Tape to Duke 03-27-20 01:40 AM - Post#305149
In response to RHunter3
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't he and Killinsgworth play in Europe during the summer before his senior year?
|
welcometothejungle
Masters Student
Posts: 788
Age: 27
Reg: 07-31-19
|
04-02-20 02:37 PM - Post#305603
In response to internetter
Patrick Tape has now decommitted from Duke
https://twitter.com/evandaniels/status/12 457771271...
|
Chet Forte
Postdoc
Posts: 2958
Reg: 03-02-08
|
04-02-20 03:03 PM - Post#305607
In response to welcometothejungle
Coach K must have read my comments on this board and disinvited Tape.
|
Pantone291
Freshman
Posts: 32
Reg: 04-04-19
|
04-02-20 03:47 PM - Post#305612
In response to Chet Forte
A strange story that keeps getting stranger. I suppose he could always go play for WSU.
|
cc66
Postdoc
Posts: 2201
Reg: 10-09-09
|
04-02-20 04:38 PM - Post#305619
In response to Pantone291
It all goes to show there is some crazy basketball virus in the land that makes players leave Columbia and then do inexplicably erratic things.
|
Old Bear
Postdoc
Posts: 3988
Reg: 11-23-04
|
04-02-20 05:01 PM - Post#305622
In response to cc66
Maybe that's why they went to Col. in the first place.
|
welcometothejungle
Masters Student
Posts: 788
Age: 27
Reg: 07-31-19
|
04-05-20 08:56 PM - Post#305860
In response to Old Bear
Well after all that, Tape has now recommitted to Duke
https://twitter.com/evandaniels/status/12 469600276...
|