PurplePride92 Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 On behalf of the BGP Basketball ranking crew I want to formally apologize to James Bolden. James Bolden is and was expected to be a member of the All BGP Boys Basketball team. James Bolden was considered a lock for the team and should be a part of the All BGP team. Somehow during the construction of the team his name was mistakenly shuffled off of the list and it was an oversight on our part. As one of the leaders of the rankings I take full responsibility for this oversight because it is inexcusable. We do value the integrity and credibility of our rankings so we will not be able to add James Bolden to the team because we do not want to take any of the deserving players that made the team off of the list nor do we want to start a precedent of adding players to the list after the fact. At the same time, we do feel the need to let James Bolden and our members know that we messed up and feel horribly for doing so. We never meant to leave James Bolden off of our list. I hope there aren't any hard feelings anywhere and we all wish James the best of luck at West Virginia. We do apologize for our mistake. We are sorry for the oversight. We will do all that we can to be much better going forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spindoc Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 He's no doubt part of the cream of the KY crop and in no manner should ever be omitted. I'm excited to see him at the next level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gametime Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 If the intention was to have him on the team and a mistake was made, I see no reason he shouldn't be added as a +1. Personal opinion, of course, but integrity and credibility takes a hit by refusing to have a player on the list that was only left off by error. The only precedent set is if the same mistake is made again going forward, it will be corrected to the best of your ability. Just my take... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurplePride92 Posted April 16, 2015 Author Share Posted April 16, 2015 If the intention was to have him on the team and a mistake was made, I see no reason he shouldn't be added as a +1. Personal opinion, of course, but integrity and credibility takes a hit by refusing to have a player on the list that was only left off by error. The only precedent set is if the same mistake is made again going forward, it will be corrected to the best of your ability. Just my take... Good point and after some more discussion that could be a possibility. My main issue is to not take anyone off of the team as a result. At the same time the team has always had 10 players on it and had we been on top of things like we should have been and expect ourselves to be then Beetle would be on the team and someone on the team currently would not be on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk#1fan Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Bolden player of the year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spindoc Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Bolden player of the year! Negative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98NCCalum Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Send silly to me not to just add him. I get the precedent factor but this is a one of that probably will never happen again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gametime Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Good point and after some more discussion that could be a possibility. My main issue is to not take anyone off of the team as a result. At the same time the team has always had 10 players on it and had we been on top of things like we should have been and expect ourselves to be then Beetle would be on the team and someone on the team currently would not be on it. I totally get not wanting to take anyone off, and 100% agree. Having it at 11 one time because of a simple error isn't going to damage the credibility of the list... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spindoc Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 I totally get not wanting to take anyone off, and 100% agree. Having it at 11 one time because of a simple error isn't going to damage the credibility of the list... Agreed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealDeal Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Why not add the kid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JokersWild24 Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 I totally get not wanting to take anyone off, and 100% agree. Having it at 11 one time because of a simple error isn't going to damage the credibility of the list... Here, Here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paNDA Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Fix it or lose credibility. If you must go with 11 so what. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurplePride92 Posted April 16, 2015 Author Share Posted April 16, 2015 The credibility argument goes both ways IMO. If the list has always been 10 kids then it should always stay at 10 kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gametime Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 The credibility argument goes both ways IMO. If the list has always been 10 kids then it should always stay at 10 kids. Unless an error is made and the right thing to do is make it 11 one time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gametime Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Think of it like this. You don't want to "penalize" the 10th guy on the list by removing him for a guy you simply forgot to include. By not doing so, which I agree with, the guy being "penalized" is the one you forgot to add. That isn't his fault either. It's a list. Big deal. #10 shouldn't lose his spot, but that shouldn't punish the mistake either... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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