Skeen pays tribute to old coach in return to Wake

[L72boy]

http://acc.blogs.starnewsonline.com/179 ... n-to-wake/

Nice job Jamie!

 

[vcubanana]

This is awesome, great of Jamie to be a great sport and not react to some of the fans @ Wake.

 

[VCU CAD03]

This is awesome, great of Jamie to be a great sport and not react to some of the fans @ Wake.

Classy move by Jamie. What was the reaction of the wake fans towards him during/before the game?

 

[vcubanana]

This is awesome, great of Jamie to be a great sport and not react to some of the fans @ Wake.

Classy move by Jamie. What was the reaction of the wake fans towards him during/before the game?

They yelled ACADEMICS during his free throws in the first half.

 

[L72boy]

This is awesome, great of Jamie to be a great sport and not react to some of the fans @ Wake.

Classy move by Jamie. What was the reaction of the wake fans towards him during/before the game?

They yelled ACADEMICS during his free throws in the first half.

I hope they are law school students....it's hard for a lawyer these days.

F them....

 

[VCU CAD03]

This is awesome, great of Jamie to be a great sport and not react to some of the fans @ Wake.

Classy move by Jamie. What was the reaction of the wake fans towards him during/before the game?

They yelled ACADEMICS during his free throws in the first half.

Interesting. Most wake fans from their boards wish they can have him back. This is a nice article on Jamie from a Wake perspective and his days there.

Grizzled is one of those great old-fashioned sportswriter words that has probably outlived its usefulness. But because it has a bit of punch to it, I always love to use it just the same. So thanks to Jamie Skeen for returning to Wake Forest with the Virginia Commonwealth basketball team and giving me the opportunity.

I kept trying to put my finger on what looked so different about Skeen from when he played at Wake in Skip Prosser’s last season of 2006-07 and Dino Gaudio’s first of 2007-08. What I remember was a big player with a nice shooting touch whose production never seemed to live up to his natural ability. He actually started 30 games, but 24 of them were as a freshman when he averaged 7.5 points and 4.6 rebounds. When he got off to a wobbly start as a sophomore, he was replaced by Chas McFarland in the starting lineup. Gaudio made the move against at Iowa on Nov. 22, and afterward I asked Skeen for his reaction to McFarland starting ahead of him. We were standing in the corridor outside the visiting locker room at Carver Hawkeye Arena. Skeen said McFarland should be starting because he’d been playing better than him in practice. I appreciated the honesty to no end. But another part of me wondered if Skeen wasn’t taking the demotion a little too well.

http://www.journalnow.net/index.php/mytakeonwake/d

 

[Half-baked Mcbride]

Nice to know Jamie was above the fray, thanks for the find L72boy
any word on any comments by Travis McKie?? I figure he'd be quoteworthy considering the opponent.

 

[districtballer]

“We played against a veteran team of mostly seniors and juniors, and maybe a freshman on the team,’’ sophomore Ari Stewart of Wake said. “That was just like an ACC team in the ACC Tournament for us. And that is definitely an NCAA Tournament team right there. They’ve got a veteran point guard, and they had a chip on their shoulders coming in here on top of that.’‘

I like that quote.

 

[BA 4 the trey]

Nice to know Jamie was above the fray, thanks for the find L72boy
any word on any comments by Travis McKie?? I figure he'd be quoteworthy considering the opponent.

I think speechless is how I'd describe him.

I can remember when he made his committment to WF, he stated that his granmother told him to choose a school that would be on TV so that she could watch him, in addition to giving him the ability to reach the next level. I doubt WF will be making any headline games on the major networks this year, and it just so happens we have sent two guys to the "next level' in two years.

Given the situation at Wake and his talent level, you guys think there's ever a chance we could see him in a jersey other than WF? Perhaps, say VCU... we do have that extra scholly right? heck, if his grandmother is in Richmond, she could go see him play live, a few rows behind the bench.

 

[VCUsummerof69]

This is awesome, great of Jamie to be a great sport and not react to some of the fans @ Wake.

Classy move by Jamie. What was the reaction of the wake fans towards him during/before the game?

After the classy academics chant (when the game was somewhat close) they really seemed to change their attitude rather quickly. The comments turned into "Jamie you're on the wrong team!" and "Why didn't you stay?!" when we were up by 10+ later in the game

 

[JacksonWard31]

Jamie is class. Hes becoming one of my all time favorite Rams because of this and the times ive talked with him. Just a great guy. As far as academics, I know he will get his paper from VCU. Not bad at all if you ask me. Besides getting your degree post 4 years is not that unusual these days. It took me 6, might take some 3. All in all you got a degree from a great school. From what I hear no one tries harder than Jamie in the classroom or B Ball court.

 

[ramhawk]

All I know is Jamie's grandmom can see him play on TV twice next week!

 

[ramathon74]

Jamie, you showed a lot of class by your actions and it also a sign of intelligence to be able to separate your emotions what could have been blantant negativity. Glad you were a Ram last night, and for the rest of the year, and forever after.

 

[VCUBeatsduke]

Mr. Skeen:

Thats downright the classiest thing I have seen in a long time. Congrats on being such a good human being - Skip would be proud of you.

VCUBeatsduke

 

[BaNgMyPrOgRaM]

Jamie. I wonder if the Wake team remembers him like you do? Great job!!

and good point about his Granny.

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