SCREW YOU JODIE MEEKS (the soured Toondog Final Four preview)

My original assignment this week was to write about my thoughts on the upcoming Final Four. Well, here it is. It sucks.

When we started the 2010 NCAA Tournament we had a galaxy of future potential NBA starts facing off in the Final Four; Aldrich vs. Cousins, Turner vs. Wall, Wesley Johnsons vs. Turner, Monroe vs. Turner, etc. and so forth.

What are we stuck with?? Howard vs. Morgan?? Eubanks vs. Singler?? Mack vs. Scheyer??? NO THANKS.

I will peek in every now and then on CBS and see what the score is but I cannot watch the Final Four without one nagging, inescapable thought and feeling gnawing at my heart and soul and that is this: Screw you Jodie Meeks.

Yeah, you heard me. Screw you Jodie Meeks. I will admit the rest of this is going to sound like sour apples, but let me vent and get this off my chest. If Jodie Meeks returns to this year’s ballclub, the Cats may not lose a game the whole year. This team was missing one thing, a consistent three point shooter and Meeks fit the bill.

I could understand Meeks’ decision if he was going to be a lottery pick, was going to make the big bucks, was going to get playing time. However, none of that is happening for Jodie at this point. He was originally drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks and traded mid season to the 76ers, going from a bad situation to a morbidly desperate situation.

Instead of going for National Championship #8 for Kentucky, he is collecting DNP’s (Did Not Plays) for the lowly 76ers. A player’s draft status is defined in March and if Meeks had a big performance in the 2010 Tourney he would be a lottery pick and more selfishly for Kentucky fans, be on a National Championship winning Kentucky team. It wasn’t like he was going to have shots taken away from him by Bledsoe and Wall. As we seen in the West Virginia game there were plenty of threes and shots to be had. We just had that gaping hole at the 3 spot that couldn’t shoot straight, and the role that Meeks would have embraced and dominated!

However, I assume Meeks made the best decision possible for he and his family, or he thought he would have the share the limelight with the new freshmen coming in and Patterson as well. Either way, the bottom line is with Kentucky out of the Final Four and Meeks collecting splinters in his rear in the Illadelph, the decision is a no brainer. It was the wrong one.

Happy Final Four kiddos.