Payne: 'I needed to move on'

[tweeterhawk]

From the Daily Iowan: “I just felt like I needed to move on and, for my future, be in a different place,†Payne told The Daily Iowan. “It had nothing to do with Coach [Fran] McCaffery and [the injury], nor did it have to do with the system. It was just something I felt was right at the time...â€


The details of those future endeavors will be hammered out sometime this month, Payne said. The self-proclaimed “Chicago guy†said he would like to play in the Windy City and will schedule visits to several schools in the area within the next few days.

He mentioned Illinois-Chicago, Loyola, and Northern Illinois as potential landing spots and also hinted at a mystery location.

“The guy I’d love to play for just got a job today — I can’t really say too much about that, but that would definitely be [a] place I’d look at,†Payne said.

That coach might be Mark Gottfried, who was hired by North Carolina State on Tuesday and who recruited Payne when the former was at Alabama. Prior to deciding on Iowa, Payne committed to play for the Crimson Tide but asked out of his letter after Gottfried resigned midway through the 2008-09 season.

Cully Payne: ?I needed to move on? - The Daily Iowan

 

[Hawkstrat]

I guess I respect him for not being a jerk, but at some point, I would like him to be honest and tell a reporter why he is transferring.

He has claimed to like his teammates and coaches, the school, the style of play, and he has stated that he wasn't afraid of the competition or getting recruited over.

If that is true, why would he want to leave. He keeps saying really vague things like, "it was best for me," well, why was it best for him?

 

[homes]

I guess I respect him for not being a jerk, but at some point, I would like him to be honest and tell a reporter why he is transferring.

Playing time cures/creates a lot of ill feelings.

 

[9YRPLAN]

how would you feel if one of your teammates essentially forced out the coach you committed to?

 

[Hawkstrat]

how would you feel if one of your teammates essentially forced out the coach you committed to?

Depends, if I liked the new coach, system, teammates, and didn't mind the competition, like Cully claims to, I guess I'd get over it.

 

[MelroseHawkins]

For a moment there, I thought Lickliter got hired somewhere.

 

[hawkIhoops]

No hard feelings against Payne, but come on man. Do you really think you would be doing anything at Bama except participating in pre game warmups and watching their 4 star guards play? Same with NC State. Not many 5"10 white point guards running around in the ACC throwing 30 foot baseline passes. Northern Illinois and Loyola-Chicago....SEC or ACC no way.

Pretty amazing the sense of entitlement kids have these days. Either they start and get all the PT they want, or they transfer (at least at Iowa).