Aldridge in poor academic standing?

[Irish Envy]

There is a rumor on the Rivals board about Aldridge currently in poor academic standing. While this is a RUMOR and HAS NOT been confirmed, it does not bode well if true. Let's hope it is inaccurate.

 

[donjuan]

Svo, I hope you're wrong! Does this source over at Rival's have any credibility?

 

[LuckoftheIrish86]

Wow I would be surprised if that is true. Aldridge seemed like a pretty sharp guy and a hard worker.

 

[Guest]

I was hoping him being an early enrollee would help him in the long run academically. Weis is really on top of these guys making them attend 6am meetings when their grades aren't where they should be, so hopefully Weis is on top of this(if true) before any penalties are incurred

 

[KMac151993]

I really wish there would either be an end to these rumors or a credible source...cuz I am getting tired of this.

 

[Irish Envy]

I really wish there would either be an end to these rumors or a credible source...cuz I am getting tired of this.

Tired of what? The purpose of a discussion forum is to discuss issues, or potential issue in this case. If you don't want to discuss it, don't click on the thread.

End of discussion.

 

[Irish Envy]

Svo, I hope you're wrong! Does this source over at Rival's have any credibility?

Unknown at this point. The purpose of starting this thread was to simply discuss the potential issue as we've seen several kids getting conditional offers surrounding grades.

If Aldridge, who was cleared for early enrollment is having problems, can you imagine the problems that could be coming down the pike in the future?

 

[rontdtarchala]

most definitely a major problem, just hope it is not a fact. We need every rb on the roster

 

[KMac151993]

Tired of what? The purpose of a discussion forum is to discuss issues, or potential issue in this case. If you don't want to discuss it, don't click on the thread.

End of discussion.

I didn't mean it like that but I have heard from a source that Aldridge is not in any trouble academic wise and should be ready to go come fall, so there that is the end of the discussion.

 

[BigIrish]

If Aldridge, who was cleared for early enrollment is having problems, can you imagine the problems that could be coming down the pike in the future?

I don't see the connection here, Svo. the implication is that Aldridge is one of the smarter ones since he was cleared for early enrollment, and that if he can get into academic hot water, less proven players (in the classroom) are sure to have difficulty. But that's a difficult argument to support. Academic success is largely a personal and individual issue, and is influenced by both external (support network, courseload, etc) and internal (personal motivation, confidence, work ethic, etc) factors that make it impossible to reliably predict who will ultimately succeed and who will wash out.

I wouldn't go as far as to view Aldridge's (rumored) academic difficulties as a sign of things to come.

 

[polishdomer]

Early Enrollment

Early Enrollment

I was hoping him being an early enrollee would help him in the long run academically. Weis is really on top of these guys making them attend 6am meetings when their grades aren't where they should be, so hopefully Weis is on top of this(if true) before any penalties are incurred

My understanding is that early enrollment requires a person to be academically strong vs. the general applicant pool (This is true for early decision students and I am inferring that the same holds true for early enrollees in football). I have first hand knowledge since I am part of the Alumni corps that visits HS in the Chicago area. I would be surprised if there are academic problems, but there can always be an exception to the rule. I also have been puzzled on ND (based on articles from those atheletes) that ND is waiting for their grades and they have a conditional offer. I am a little alarmed by this and I hope we are not opening up the floodgates...

 

[jiggafini19]

I agree with K-Mac.

Some of this stuff shows up in threads all over discussion boards but there is no link or source provided.

I still don't know if DJ Hord is injured or not. I just think some of us a skeptical about something that doesn't have a credible source linked to it. Hence, the mistake I made concerned Aldridge's knee a few months back.

I am a little alarmed by this and I hope we are not opening up the floodgates...

This is a viable concern and one I've been pondering lately. Some of the guys they are offering this year and pursuing have me skeptical. I'm sure that's blasphemy to just about everyone, but some of these guys aren't fitting the profile with grades. I wouldn't say the floodgates are open, but there seems to be some slack this year that hasn't been in present in year's past.

As far as this issue goes, his first semester went that bad? How did Stewart and West do in comparison?

 

[KMac151993]

My understanding is that early enrollment requires a person to be academically strong vs. the general applicant pool (This is true for early decision students and I am inferring that the same holds true for early enrollees in football). I have first hand knowledge since I am part of the Alumni corps that visits HS in the Chicago area. I would be surprised if there are academic problems, but there can always be an exception to the rule. I also have been puzzled on ND (based on articles from those atheletes) that ND is waiting for their grades and they have a conditional offer. I am a little alarmed by this and I hope we are not opening up the floodgates...

I think I will prolly just step forward here and point a few things out, while some of the kids in question may have questionable grades I think the statement about ND waiting for grades and the conditional offer may just mean that they are waiting to make sure these kids don't blow off their senior year knowning that they already are locked up or the fact that some of these kids need to take the SAT again...heck I took it all the way up to the fall of my senior year so maybe some of these kids "know" they can do better and ND is just waiting on them to complete this and go from there....I am not so sure that all these kids are "bad apples" in terms of grades I think once again it is we don't know the whole story and are just making a lot of assumptions.

 

[jiggafini19]

I am not so sure that all these kids are "bad apples" in terms of grades I think once again it is we don't know the whole story and are just making a lot of assumptions.

This is also true. I honestly think Marc Tyler and Mark Barnes would be Irish already, though, if their grades were higher. Admissions is standing in the way of some guys this staff really wants. Seems a few are getting the benefit of the doubt here.

However, there have been several players of high interest with offers and without who have been reported as being fall out candidates due to academics when all is said and done. Too many guys are up in the air because of their current academic standing.

What I like is that guys like Robert Hughes busted their tails to get their grades up. McCray is retaking his ACT again. They have genuine interest, but is the staff climbing an uphill battle with some of these guys?

We shall see.