Thread: Marquis Teague Knew Exactly What He was Getting Into

I have become a new fan of Rob Dauster of NBC.com.

I had no clue who he was until I read his article disagreeing with Courier Journal writer Rick Bozich's assumption that there was too much pressure on Marquis Teague at Kentucky to be as good or better than one of Cal's past superstar point guards.

Dauster argues that Teague knew exactly what he was getting into.

But in regards to Marquis Teague, Bozich couldn’t be more wrong.
Teague knew exactly what he was getting himself into. As a junior is high school, the Indianapolis native was committed to play basketball at Louisville. But once he realized that there was like going to be an opening at Kentucky’s point guard spot, he decommitted from the Cardinals and became a part of Big Blue Nation. No one forced him to make that decision. No one held a gun to his head and told him to leave one side of the UK-UL rivalry to defect to the other side.

He made that decision on his own, and he did it fully knowing the kind of pressure that gets put on Kentucky’s players, particularly their freshmen point guards.
I don’t feel bad for Marquis Teague at all. This is what he wanted.

I haven't read what Bozich said, but it doesn't surprise me that he said that.