Portal Targets/Jans

[EdwardDrayton]

Jans grabbed a girl's ass when he was drunk at a bar. Beard beat his fiancee's ass. They're not remotely the same situation.

Including choking and biting her. That is some whole other level stuff.

[NCMSTFAN]

Umm, yes we can most certainly judge Beard. Hubbard apparently judged the situation and said "No Thanks ". To even consider comparing Jans' transgressions with Beard's is laughable. Not to mention Jans' incident happened in 2015 and he wasn't immediately offered a Power 5 job. He had to work his way back to that opportunity. Jans has shown contrition and has not had another issue since. Beard, on the other hand, gets the immediate opportunity to make millions all the while being an example and leader of young men. Hell of an example to put in front of these kids. Let's see how that plays out.

Laughable? You're moving the goal post to support your argument. I never compared their transgressions on who'swas worse, I simply stated that Jans came in with an off the court negative situation too that caused him to miss out on big head coaching jobs. It's just facts, it's all on Google just like Beards situation is. I'm not condoning either situation, they were both wrong..... Back to the coaching, Beard can recruit and coach, he got Texas Tech to the National Championship game and recruited a bunch of 4 star guys to that program.. took over Texas and got them a bunch of 4 and 5 star guys and was on his way to a great season until he made the dumb decision.

I'm not one of those State fans that won't speak the truth about where we sit vs. Where Ole Miss sits, and speaking only from a coaching and recruiting standpoint Beard has an edge on Jans in the recruiting department as of now... Jans has the chance to correct it though, there are a ton of great players out there but time is ticking away.

[NCMSTFAN]

Jans grabbed a girl's ass when he was drunk at a bar. Beard beat his fiancee's ass. They're not remotely the same situation.

See above

[StarkVegasSteve]

Laughable? You're moving the goal post to support your argument. I never compared their transgressions on who'swas worse, I simply stated that Jans came in with an off the court negative situation too that caused him to miss out on big head coaching jobs. It's just facts, it's all on Google just like Beards situation is. I'm not condoning either situation, they were both wrong..... Back to the coaching, Beard can recruit and coach, he got Texas Tech to the National Championship game and recruited a bunch of 4 star guys to that program.. took over Texas and got them a bunch of 4 and 5 star guys and was on his way to a great season until he made the dumb decision.

I'm not one of those State fans that won't speak the truth about where we sit vs. Where Ole Miss sits, and speaking only from a coaching and recruiting standpoint Beard has an edge on Jans in the recruiting department as of now... Jans has the chance to correct it though, there are a ton of great players out there but time is ticking away.

We have two spots. You're acting like we're like OM with 7. Again TWO SPOTS. We have to be picky. We'll be fine. Funny story, I was at The Final Four and all the coaches there for the convention were talking about a coach in Mississippi. You want to guess who it was? Hint, it wasn't Chris Beard. Chris Jans is 10x more highly thought of in the coaching profession than Beard. He was more highly thought before the BG incident and was more highly thought of after because of what he and Gregg Marshall did at Wichita. So your opinion may be that Beard is a better coach. That opinion is not shared by a majority of college basketball coaches.

[Quaoarsking]

Laughable? You're moving the goal post to support your argument. I never compared their transgressions on who'swas worse, I simply stated that Jans came in with an off the court negative situation too that caused him to miss out on big head coaching jobs. It's just facts, it's all on Google just like Beards situation is. I'm not condoning either situation, they were both wrong..... Back to the coaching, Beard can recruit and coach, he got Texas Tech to the National Championship game and recruited a bunch of 4 star guys to that program.. took over Texas and got them a bunch of 4 and 5 star guys and was on his way to a great season until he made the dumb decision. \

Why wouldn't you though? Compare it. Beating the shit out of a woman is literally 10,000,000 times worse than getting a little too handsy with one. And it wasn't even the women in the bar who complained about Jans, it was a self-imposter booster with an axe to grind.

Like yes, it was wrong of him to disrespect his wife by flirting with other women, and it was extremely unprofessional behavior for a highly-paid leader and all that, but to say we can't judge Beard because of Jans is laughable. All wrongs aren't equal, and it's ridiculous to just shrug it off with a "well they both had a situation where they were wrong" as if they are.

[NCMSTFAN]

We have two spots. You're acting like we're like OM with 7. Again TWO SPOTS. We have to be picky. We'll be fine. Funny story, I was at The Final Four and all the coaches there for the convention were talking about a coach in Mississippi. You want to guess who it was? Hint, it wasn't Chris Beard. Chris Jans is 10x more highly thought of in the coaching profession than Beard. He was more highly thought before the BG incident and was more highly thought of after because of what he and Gregg Marshall did at Wichita. So your opinion may be that Beard is a better coach. That opinion is not shared by a majority of college basketball coaches.

If you go back and read I said that they are both good coaches but the Beard edges Jans out in recruiting, those were my words. Beard is currently more decorated than Jans, he's won on a higher level. That doesn't mean Jans can't catch him. And I get that we only have 1 or 2 available spots unless someone else leaves... but Jans can't fill those remaining spots with guys like Reed, Horton, Jones. We really need to go get a bona-fide scorer or two because that's what we lacked badly this season. Hubbard should help in that department but it's always tough counting on a Freshman

[NCMSTFAN]

Why wouldn't you though? Compare it. Beating the shit out of a woman is literally 10,000,000 times worse than getting a little too handsy with one. And it wasn't even the women in the bar who complained about Jans, it was a self-imposter booster with an axe to grind.

Like yes, it was wrong of him to disrespect his wife by flirting with other women, and it was extremely unprofessional behavior for a highly-paid leader and all that, but to say we can't judge Beard because of Jans is laughable. All wrongs aren't equal, and it's ridiculous to just shrug it off with a "well they both had a situation where they were wrong" as if they are.

They were both fired from their respective schools for off the court incidents involving women. Some would call Jans a pervert and classless for being sloppy drunk in public and grabbing on womens asses, the report said eye witnesses said Jans was sloppy drunk and making inappropriate advances towards several women, hell one of the encounters was on video.. if your daughter was one of those women you might feel it was just as bad as what Beard allegedly did.. I have a daughter so Id be ready to kill the guy...Bomani Jones called him out when it happened and basically said Jans ruined his career over it, luckily Jans got back on his feet and I'm glad he's our coach, we all make mistakes.

I'm not defending Beard or Jans but how are we bashing their coach when our coach has a past too?

[Quaoarsking]

They were both fired from their respective schools for off the court incidents involving women. Some would call Jans a pervert and classless for being sloppy drunk in public and grabbing on womens asses, the report said eye witnesses said Jans was sloppy drunk and making inappropriate advances towards several women, hell one of the encounters was on video.. if your daughter was one of those women you might feel it was just as bad as what Beard allegedly did.. I have a daughter so Id be ready to kill the guy...Bomani Jones called him out when it happened and basically said Jans ruined his career over it, luckily Jans got back on his feet and I'm glad he's our coach, we all make mistakes.

I'm not defending Beard or Jans but how are we bashing their coach when our coach has a past too?

... because not all wrongs are equivalent. You can't just take two wildly different events and shrug it off like "they both have a past."

I have a young daughter myself. If one day she marries a man who disrespects her one time like Jans did, I would be mad at him but I think i could eventually move on if she does (and like the Janses apparently have). If one day she marries a man who disrespects her like Beard did, he would need a restraining order against me for his own protection.

[NCMSTFAN]

... because not all wrongs are equivalent. You can't just take two wildly different events and shrug it off like "they both have a past."

I have a young daughter myself. If one day she marries a man who disrespects her one time like Jans did, I would be mad at him but I think i could eventually move on if she does (and like the Janses apparently have). If one day she marries a man who disrespects her like Beard did, he would need a restraining order against me for his own protection.

I'm not understanding your obsession with comparing what both did. Obviously what Beard was accused of doing was foolish and wrong, it got dropped, he was able to get another job, the NCAA's didn't ban him, good for him. Jans got punished, got a new job at NMSU moved on to us, good for him. They were both dumb for their situations but again they both got fired and moved on, There's really nothing else to say on it. Your trying to make it about what thing was worse but both were dumb as hell

[Quaoarsking]

I'm not understanding your obsession with comparing what both did. Obviously what Beard was accused of doing was foolish and wrong, it got dropped, he was able to get another job, the NCAA's didn't ban him, good for him. Jans got punished, got a new job at NMSU moved on to us, good for him. They were both dumb for their situations but again they both got fired and moved on, There's really nothing else to say on it. Your trying to make it about what thing was worse but both were dumb as hell

Agreed that a married man getting consensually handsy with women in a bar is "dumb as hell" but beating the shit out of a woman goes way beyond "dumb as hell."

It's not "obsession" to point out the objective fact that one of these is so much worse than the other.

[Pancho]

Beard is totally accepted on the plantation. They only care about perception and thoughts of winning.

[NCMSTFAN]

Agreed that a married man getting consensually handsy with women in a bar is "dumb as hell" but beating the shit out of a woman goes way beyond "dumb as hell."

It's not "obsession" to point out the objective fact that one of these is so much worse than the other.

I completely disagree that one is much worse than the other, beating the hell out of your wife is absolutely bad but it was dropped for whatever reason. A married man drunk in a bar and grabbing women's asses, especially if it was unwanted, really isn't that far off and is a form of sexual harassment. Here was a snippet of what Jans did allegedly:

"On one occasion he grabbed a woman's head and pushed it downward towards his crotch," the alumnus told Kingston in the correspondence, obtained by The Huffington Post. Later, "he made advances toward another female, petted her backside and proceeded to ask/tell her to walk in front of him so that he could evaluate her assets." In the three-page letter, Kingston notes Jans admitted touching two women "in a way that attracted public attention." (According to the letter, Jans said he pulled a woman's head toward his body.)

I think its completely ridiculous for any of our fans to bash Beard but not Jans when both of them were dumb for their actions, I just don't understand why you want to keep comparing which was worse when both were stupid and both were fired.

[Pancho]

I say you should simply drop the conversation.

[Tripp McNeely]

Can we get back to talking about who were after in the portal? That was actually an interesting conversation!

[StarkVegasSteve]

Can we get back to talking about who were after in the portal? That was actually an interesting conversation!

Getting back on point, Reeves committing to Ga Tech was a bit of a shock so I think that reset the board a bit. A lot will depend on what Tolu does because if he leaves obviously we'll need a big. Otherwise we're trying to find a combo guard and a 3 and D type of player

[NCMSTFAN]

I say you should simply drop the conversation.

I say you are correct, I shouldn't have gone that far down the rabbit hole on the subject

Anyways it sounds like we have 2 available spots open if no one else leaves, we were in the running for several players who have since committed elsewhere. We could use a pure scorer and a knock down shooter, preferably from high major programs who are used to the spotlight. Not sure about McNair yet but getting another solid big never hurts either, especially when injuries happen

[PMDawg]

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[Tripp McNeely]

Getting back on point, Reeves committing to Ga Tech was a bit of a shock so I think that reset the board a bit. A lot will depend on what Tolu does because if he leaves obviously we'll need a big. Otherwise we're trying to find a combo guard and a 3 and D type of player

I don't think we were ready to take Reeves until we know what DJ is 100% doing

[StarkVegasSteve]

I don't think we were ready to take Reeves until we know what DJ is 100% doing

Yea that's probably true. DJ needs to go ahead and make a decision though and if he's undecided we've got to move forward on the assumption that he won't be back. We can't be held hostage by players with this stuff. We need to be proactive at a certain point. I don't mind giving them a week or two, but any longer than that and we need to go ahead and move on. No player is bigger than the program.

[PGHBulldogBG]

I have always been a huge Jans fan since we hired him and I still think he is a home run hire and will do great things at State. At the same time, nobody can argue the fact that Beard has performed on a much higher level to date. That does not mean Jans can’t do the same thing after a few years of developing a program. Beards incident carries a much higher baggage level though and much more criticism amongst the sports world. The thing people fail to realize is that schools no longer care about that stuff. If that was the case, Freeze would not be coaching at Auburn and people would not be trying to rumor Art Briles for jobs.