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Bulldog point guard Swansey seeks release
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Issue date: 3/17/09 Section: Sports
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"I just think it's in my best interest to find another school, which I have not started looking for," Swansey said. "I have enjoyed my two years here in Athens but I think a fresh start will do me best."
Swansey indicated he was not going to wait for a new coach to be announced, as he has decided to leave the program.
"I have already asked for my release," Swansey said.
Immediately following Georgia's season-ending 79-60 loss to Mississippi State Thursday in Tampa, Swansey made comments that incited harsh criticism from the Bulldog Nation.
"I'm not 100 percent sure that I want to be here," Swansey told Brett Jensen of TotalUGA.com last Thursday. "I want to play, and I want to be with a program that wins. I'm not sure Georgia is that program."
Many fans felt the sophomore had quit on Georgia and was trashing the program.
Swansey said the comments weren't meant as disrespect. "What I said after Thursday's game kind of got blown out of proportion," Swansey said. "I was just disappointed that
we had not been more successful these past two years and there were many reasons for that."
Georgia posted a 29-37 record in Swansey's two seasons in Athens, with the lone bright spot coming in last year's well documented SEC tournament championship. Swansey hit a game-winning 3-pointer against Kentucky in the second round of that tournament run.
Swansey started 17 games this year but was replaced by freshman Dustin Ware for the final 13 games of the season. Swansey is undecided on what school he plans to attend.
"I do not really have a timetable, just going to focus on finishing up strong in the classroom this semester and see what happens," he said. "I do not know how big of a school, just a good fit for me and my style of play."
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Takais Brown
posted 3/17/09 @ 8:26 AM EST
He want's to find a school that fits his "style of play"?
Sorry Zac, I don't know a lot of schools whose offensive system relies on having the shittiest point guard possible. (Continued…)
Padraig MacKrenna
posted 3/17/09 @ 10:16 AM EST
Zac Swansey: A point guard with a FT% below 50 and essentially a 1:1 ASS/TO ratio.
First, Zac made disparaging comments about the basketball team. His comments, whether they were supposed to, threw his teammates and his coaches under the bus. (Continued…)
Jim Harrick Jr.
posted 3/17/09 @ 10:29 AM EST
Swansey you are such garbage. Who are you to say that you want to play for a team that wins and georgia isnt that team? The only reason you get to play college basketball is because we blow. (Continued…)
Andy Landers
posted 3/17/09 @ 11:34 AM EST
Harrick Jr. don't send that douche-machine over to the women's team. Seriously, his face looks like my cornhole after a night of dining hall nachos... (Continued…)
chris hill
posted 3/17/09 @ 1:03 PM EST
get off his back, hes a good player, and if he wants to get out of georiga, so be it, the fans are a bunch of pricks anyways ...why should he stay?
Dennis
posted 3/17/09 @ 1:20 PM EST
Why would he leave Georgia?
He sucks at basketball, is undersized (not even the listed 6"1 in height) and could actually get a degree here. Good luck finding another school. (Continued…)
kell
posted 3/17/09 @ 2:46 PM EST
A shame that this d-bag was on scholarship last year when Cory Butler wasn't for his first 3 years. Butler actually lived up to the "scholar" in scholarship and while he wasn't the most talented player I'd rather have an entire team of his academic equals than a team that makes the brackets every year. (Continued…)
d
posted 3/17/09 @ 8:14 PM EST
leave him alone guys. if he wants to leave let him leave. he actually is pretty talented or he wouldnt have been on scholarship in the first place. he works hard. (Continued…)
t
posted 3/17/09 @ 9:36 PM EST
oh god, not the old "better than you line" to defend someone. well I guess we no one should have an opinion and everyone is equally talented
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