bruce Barron gone too

[DarronThomas5]

@Prehmmr Matt Prehm
Dana Altman announces Bruce Barron and Jabari Brown both have left team and Oregon has moved on.

Really? I mean really?

[dthomas=ddixon]

Wow. Just... wow. Bunch of pussies we recruited.

[duckgrad99]

What is going on here? I really don't understand this. Not one, but two players leaving after only a few games? Altman must be pissed.

[uostudent]

Crazy...this one makes no sense. Did he not like that Oregon recruited Artis or that Sim was starting?

Seems like a terrible decision as he likely would have gotten minutes at both the 1 and 2 with Jabari's departure.

[duckgrad99]

What sucks is that this makes the recruiting class go from pretty good to pretty poor. I hope this doesn't set the program back.

[DarronThomas5]

Devoe Joseph can't gain eligibility soon enough.

[uostudent]

Absolutely need at least 1 SG in this year's class. Probably 1 Juco, 1 prep.

Gotta think that Oregon goes after Michael Carey (6'5 195) who is a combo guard out of Houston. Carey goes to the same high school as Wanaah Bail - a PF who already has an offer from Oregon.

[frogsnouts]

I hope Kingma and Kuemper do extremely well here, they both deserve it.

Sticking through when the other kids your age are running for the hills says a lot.

[TheMaehlMan]

This is pretty sad. Two key pieces of our class are gone, and I really think that Altman will have to alter his evaluation of future PSA's, though this is obviously not all on him and the coaching staff. Probably just bad luck but damn..

[Boom]

I think Altman needs to do some more homework on these kids... But maybe he did and we are just that desperate?

I'm tired of people bailing on this program though... Now I'm just praying that Artis will stick with his commitment... cause if not... we're back to square 1.

[gogreen55]

Barron is not a big loss.

[Duck07]

I guess DA runs a tougher program than AAU ball. I wonder what they thought they were getting into?

[Boom]

Barron is not a big loss.

I disagree

Who's going to play SG next year?

Barron had decent size.. and very good athleticism to play and defend the position.

[gogreen55]

Barron is not a big loss.

I disagree

Who's going to play SG next year?

Barron had decent size.. and very good athleticism to play and defend the position.

Your question implies that Barron was the answer at SG next year, and he wasn't. He was never a good fit for Altman's system and he would have done nothing but constantly frustrate Altman and Oregon fans with his out of control play and turnovers, not to mention he isn't a good shooter. It was a poor recruiting evaluation.

The Ducks will simply play a combination of players at the guard positions next season, just like they are going to do the remainder of this season.

[woundedknees]

Barron and Brown were very active on social networking sites talking up the Ducks, prior to the start of this season... Brown even seemed to be instrumental in the recruitment of Artis.

Leaving after just 2 games seems like a really odd way of backing up JB's verbal statement that he wanted to bring a championship to Oregon.