Wasting Away / Dec 19, 2007 / 4:34 pm

By Justin

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Pardon me for the random thought but I had to vent on this for a minute. This past weekend I was out in Chi on some business and caught the Louisville vs. Purdue game. The Cardinals were trailing almost the entire contest, and I was fading in and out of emails, until I noticed that Derrick Caracter had not touched the floor. Seconds after the thought crossed my mind the cameras panned to him on the bench in street clothes. The commentator announced that DC had been suspended indefinitely for violating team rules (missing curfew). Now, this might now seem like a big deal unless you look at the pattern of Caracter’s behavior dating back to high school. I don’t like to judge people, but it is frustrating to me to watch someone with so much talent waste it away. First off, the kid is not that good. He has consistently under delivered on his hype, and on top of that he stays in trouble. Last year he was suspended pretty much the entire first half of his freshmen campaign. Honestly I think it is selfish. When you decide to play on a team, you have a responsibility to the other 14 people in that locker room. I mean how many chances is this kid going to get before people realize he just doesn’t give a ish. I am surprised Pitino hasn’t kicked him off the squad. Hopefully he gets his life together, but judging from his decision to date that is highly unlikely. Louisville lost the game by the way.

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11 Responses to “Wasting Away”

  1. December 20th, 2007 at 1:33 pm

    Stanley Lumax says:

    Lay off the Jersey boy. lol. Sheesh.

  2. December 21st, 2007 at 12:18 pm

    Saku 39 says:

    Actually it’s spelled “Caracter” and DC played against Marshall earlier this week.

    I was really looking forward to see what he could do in college but yeah his behavior and I think he stopped growing hurt his hype (I think he’s been 6′8″ since 8th grade).

  3. December 21st, 2007 at 1:01 pm

    Justin says:

    Thanks for the correction on the spelling. I like DC and think he could be a great player. I am cool with a lot of people who are close with him but I really think he isn’t getting the guidance he needs. End of the day he is a grown ass man but he just can’t seem to get it together.

  4. December 21st, 2007 at 2:02 pm

    Elliot Rosado says:

    The kid was a decent high school player Who’s shining moment came against Greg Oden at ABCD camp. After that he was a wrap. He will turn out to be an average college ball player who will go undrafted.

  5. December 21st, 2007 at 2:17 pm

    Saku 39 says:

    No prob about the spelling. I hope he gets things together to reach his potential. Let’s hope you don’t have to write something about Edgar Sosa now.

  6. December 21st, 2007 at 2:41 pm

    Sean Couch says:

    Pitino takes no shorts and builds players. He is a winner and a disciplinarian. DC has a coach who is extremely understanding, a players coach. It would be sad to see him
    throw an opp to play at Louisville away.

  7. December 21st, 2007 at 2:56 pm

    Justin says:

    All valid points. I honestly don’t think he is going to be a good pro and to me if you are on the fence like that you can’t afford to be a knucklehead.

    Pitino is a players coach but how many times can you suspend a kid before those suspension don’t mean anything. End of the day, like I said, he is only letting his teammates down.

  8. December 21st, 2007 at 4:39 pm

    Moo-moo Luv says:

    I love Pitino. He’s a great man and I see why he’s so well respected around America…He’s really great, but I think him and DC have something going on under the table.

  9. December 21st, 2007 at 8:51 pm

    Sean Couch says:

    under the table? How so?

  10. December 22nd, 2007 at 7:24 am

    Nhamz says:

    I don’t know DC, but know of him and have followed his numbers and read up on his potential for a minute. My comments on this relate to him, but also so many other players I do have direct relationships with.

    Gifted athletes are no different to other young men in the area of needing to learn accountability and responsibility - perhaps even more so, because their whole lives are on constant blast (there’s alot of people watching your every move).

    Be wary of those who gas your head up, feeding you a false reality that tells you that you don’t have to be accountable for your own actions and you don’t have a responsibility to your team mates, community, family and most of all, yourself. You do. If you disagree and continue to live like the whole world revolves around you, by the time you wake up and realize it doesn’t, it may well be too late to take advantage of all the opportunities your natural abilities can open you up to.

    The world isn’t going to wait on you forever, no matter how nice you may be with the rock.

  11. December 24th, 2007 at 12:21 am

    Bakar says:

    I think he was listed along with Greg Oden and OJ Mayo by SLAM magazine as the next generation after King James.. I totally forgot about him until I read this article!

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