Making room and parting ways with a marginal offer IMO.
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Cuonzo Martin, UT release Travon Landry from letter of intent. More on m.govolsxtra.com
So is this necessarily bad?
I know coach Martin had to do this but this kid has been a vol sense 2011 and then out of left field you are told to look else where the kid got to feel bad plus the kid we took the other day would sit the bench in a pick up game in a park doesnt make it better, if the the kid was Wiggins it would still be wrong but this other kid we took the other day makes me wonder what going on.
Kid and dad need to be realistic. Its a pivotal year for CM and he better get some players for after this year, assuming he will be here. You can't roll in shooting 2-29 and putting up stats of a bench warmer and expect to keep a d1 scholarship and to lead a team.
I am sure the coaching staff told him his chance for playing time was 0 and none and he asked for the release. I don't think a Coach can pull a scholarship that has been signed without good reason. I am sure Landry made the request himself but I'm also thinking he got negative feedback on playing time if he came to Tennessee. Bruce Pearl did this a couple times when he was here.