ESPN's in-studio crew for college basketball is top notch with guys like Jayson Williams, Seth Greenberg and Rece Davis all talking about ball throughout the season. Williams is of course a former player and Greenberg is a former coach so we definitely get opinions from both sides of any debate. However, Greenberg went absolutely too far with one tweet about Grayson Allen and all of the incidents he has been involved with this season.
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Greenberg went so far as to suggest that Allen should shut down his season, not because of any injury but because he's "not himself."
I seriously feel it is not in Allen's best interest to play the remainder of the season. He surely is not himself and seems distracted!
— Seth Greenberg (@SethOnHoops) January 24, 2017
Are you kidding me? Maybe he's distracted by the fact that his coach isn't on the sideline right now or perhaps he isn't himself because he's being forced to play point guard, which he hasn't really ever done. Greenberg then tried to justify his stance with these tweets:
Basketball is a game to be enjoyed.
— Seth Greenberg (@SethOnHoops) January 24, 2017
It has nothing to do with quitting. Sad that fans are more concerned with that then the player.
— Seth Greenberg (@SethOnHoops) January 24, 2017
Fellow analyst and CBS competitor Seth Davis couldn't believe Greenberg would ever say something like that:
is this a serious suggestion? You want him to shut it down?
— Seth Davis (@SethDavisHoops) January 24, 2017
And Greenberg promptly got crushed by Twitter for his terrible hot take:
And you wonder why you don't have a coaching job anymore...
— Ryan Chambers (@Ryan_Chambers10) January 24, 2017
, you whined your whole coaching career at Va Tech about not being taken seriously. You just proved why. #Idiot
— Kirk Oldham (@kboldham) January 24, 2017
maybe he is distracted by you guys at @espn flashing his face on screen and analyzing every single thing he does all day long!
— the girl next door📎 (@vasqlartek) January 24, 2017
There were plenty more tweets about how he's sending the wrong message of quitting when things get tough, but no kid is going to quit playing even for half a season just because he is struggling, especially in college when his scholarship could depend on it.
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Allen is averaging 15.1 points, one steal, 3.9 assists and 4.4 rebounds per game while shooting 31.6 percent from three-point land and 39.4 percent from the floor. He's had to play without guys like Jayson Tatum, Marques Bolden and Harry Giles at times and was suspended for a game for his tripping antics. I would be a little distracted too playing for Duke this season, but Allen has a chance to right the ship on Saturday when the Blue Devils host Wake Forest.
[h/t The Spun]
