There's an article in today's Journal about Vander's continuing dreams and efforts at getting to the NBA. Interesting read, but there's a negative bit about people's reaction to him leaving.

"In addition to the positive ties, the baggage from Blue's decision to leave Marquette early still follows him. He heard the disgust from fans and even some close to him when he declared for the draft. On Twitter you'll still see negative tweets calling him foolish and mocking him for making a bad decision.

"He had a lot of people at that time that weren't supporting him on his decision to leave Marquette," Rita said. "That bothered him because he liked Marquette, he loved Marquette...."

Ouch. I realize some of this might come from a few MU fans, but if I had to bet, I would say a large percentage comes from those who are connected in some way to a different athletic department. Given his treatment from another athletic department and it's "fans", I think I'm on pretty solid ground with that guess.