Majok Majok officially gone

Chris Elsberry of the CT Post has reported that Majok Majok is officially done with Fairfield. "His career is over before it ever began," the reporter states. Cooley says that Majok was not elgible with the NCAA and that "it stinks that he is gone." With the loss the Stags have two players who are above 6'5'' with Olander and Nero.

Not surprising news but it is finally official. It says that he has the option to play at the Division II level or go to a prep school. Fairfield will have the option to recruit him for the 2011-2012 season but so will every other team.

Warren Edney still feeling pain

According to Chris Elsberry of the CT Post, Stags head coach Ed Cooley has stated that senior forward Warren Edney is still bothered by his right Achilles heel. This is the same injury that kept him out all of last year and most of the 2008 season. Cooley expects that Edney will have to play with some amount of pain this season. Edney averaged 9.1 PPG and shot 45% from the floor in 13 games in 2008.

Bad news just keep on mounting for the Stags. Edney showed alot of life and promise in 2008 until he got hurt. I mean scoring 22 points aganist Memphis and hitting the game winning shot aganist Iona was impressive. The Stags are still a good team without him but WITH him they could be dominant.

Ellsbury: Nero deserves a scholarship

In an article for the Fairfield Citizen, Chris Ellsbury argues that Greg Nero deserves a scholarship to play basketball at Fairfield University even if he is unable to play at the beginning of the season or at any point during the year.

I cannot agree more with this article. In 2008, when the team had to cope with injury upon injury and the suspension of their star player in Jon Han, Nero took it all in stride. He came to the Arena with the same smile on his face and his trademark golden kindness despite the sickness and injuries that he had to battle through.

It would have been easy for Nero to quit. Who would have blamed him? No Edney, Han, and Johnson. After all he was going through injuries himself. But he became the face of the team. A reason for the fans to come out and believe in the team. This team would not be where it is today without that.

Now that the Stags are starting to become legitimate in the MAAC we will find out where their allegiance lie. Jamal Turner and Shimeek Johnson have already transferred and the situation with Greg Nero will show the loyalty that Cooley has to his players. After all, they are just as much to credit for the team's rise to power.