Hey, I have no idea but a commenter - - the mysterious Anonymous once again - - wonders:Will MU follow recent history and offer a Steve Novak Bobblehead? If so, who else on the above list (the post on the 2008 roster) will be bobblehead worthy in the future? What earns a bobble head?
This is the latest in a series of major issues we take head-on here at the blog. What say you all?
Friday, August 25, 2006
Who deserves a bobblehead?
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I'll bet MU does a bobblehead every year from now on. It's just one of those giveaways that people love, and they have a budget for it.
Novak will get a bobblehead in the NBA. I'd rather have a Joe Chapman bobblehead sitting on my desk. All heart, all toughness. Great kid.
Let's see:
06-07 - Steve Novak is a lock. Crean and MU have been - with good reason - celebrating the MU Alums who get drafted to the NBA...
But keep in mind it's also the 30th anniversary of the 1977 team!!! Wouldn't it be cool to have an Al McGuire Bobblehead with the arms raised pose?!?
07-08 - If Dominic James jumps in 06-07, then he's the one. I wonder if MU would like to continue honoring impact players who don't finish their college careers at MU. (Wade and Lucas have bobbleheads despite leaving MU early but their NBA successes have qualified them for a bobblehead.) I think MU will continue honoring its greats...so I project the Don Kojis bobblehead.
08-09 - This one's a crapshoot...I'm not going to put anyone who may jump (Lazar, Matthews, McNeal)...so here's a list of people they still need to honor - of course incomplete:
Dean Meminger
George Thompson
Jim Chones
Butch Lee
Jerome Whitehead
Lloyd Walton
Doc Rivers
Tony Smith
Jim McIlvaine
Chris Crawford
Bo Ellis
Amal McCaskill
Larry McNeill
I think for current players making it to the NBA is how you get your bobblehead. What will make people who don't already go to every game attend next year: A Steve Novak bobblehead or a Chris Grimm bobblehead? While there are a lot of players from the past that they could do bobbleheads for, only a few have the name recognition to casual fans or young fans to entice them to go to the game to get the bobblehead. Novak is definately getting a bobblehead, and anyone on this team that goes to the NBA is likely to get one too.
"While there are a lot of players from the past that they could do bobbleheads for, only a few have the name recognition to casual fans or young fans to entice them to go to the game to get the bobblehead."
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Earl Tatum has a bobblehead. He played in 262 games.
Other NBAers with more than 262 NBA games but without an MU bobblehead:
Doc Rivers (864 NBA games)
Don Kojis (814)
Jim Chones (788)
Jerome Whitehead (679)
Tony Smith (457)
George Thompson (437)
Dean Meminger (416)
Lloyd Walton (341)
Jim McIlvaine (401)
Larry McNeil (297)
Others...
Chris Crawford (252)
Bo Ellis (168)
Amal McCaskill (114)
There are bobble heads (Wade, Diner) and mini-bobbleheads (Lucas, etc.) Seems like Novak will get a bobblehead ... any of the older names are more likely mini-heads.
How about a Chris Farly bobblehead?
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