When you're the only player in the conference to average a double-double per game, these sorts of things will be said about you.
It's funny; one of the biggest beefs that most fans have with Rob Murphy circles around the r-word. "This team just feeds off of expedited junior college talent, but he's hardly recruiting any freshmen!" is something I hear a little too often. Sure, Karrington Ward probably wouldn't have found his way to Ypsilanti if it weren't for being a top JUCO talent in his home state of Illinois. Da'Shonte Riley, the first MAC Defensive Player of the Year in school's history, had to transfer out of Syracuse to play at EMU and be closer to home.