If a forward transfers from a below average basketball program, does anyone care?

And if he really is an awful player, should anyone care?

The answers to those questions are no and no.

Yesterday, sophomore forward Robert Summers announced his decision to leave the Penn State men's basketball program. Junior Jan Jagla also decided to leave to pursue a professional basketball career. That decision makes sense, as Jagla has averaged double digits and has talent on the offensive end. But Summers' decision is the one that baffles me, but in no way will I, nor should anyone, lose sleep over it.

If he were even a mediocre player, then it would be alright to be upset, but the fact that the guy averaged 3.8 points and 4.3 rebounds in 24 minutes a game tells me that he won't be missed. While he was one of the Nittany Lions' better interior defensive players, he shot 39.3 percent from the field and a team-worst 28.9 percent from the free-throw line. While his percentage from the field is not much different from the team's overall percentage, when a player is 6-foot-11 he cannot shoot that poorly.

That's why I am miffed by the comments that Summers made to The Patriot-News about his decision to transfer.

"I don't feel I was utilized fully," he said. "Sometimes I saw the ball a lot, but other times I got two shots a game. I didn't feel like anything was run toward me this year. It was both the coaching and the players on the floor."

How in the world do you fully utilize a player this bad? You don't; you try to hide him.

Did Robert Summers really deserve more than two shots a game? No, the majority of shots should belong to Marlon Smith, Jan Jagla and Aaron Johnson. Even when Johnson, Luber or Smith would find Summers cutting to the hoop, eight out of 10 times the ball would clank off his hands like Donovan McNabb passes to Todd Pinkston and James Thrash. If men's basketball coach Ed DeChellis had decided to run any offense through Summers, he would have been laughed out of than you can say Jerry Dunn.

The Gahanna, Ohio, native is no doubt now the worst former starter in the Big Ten. However, he told The Patriot-News that he doesn't want to step down far in competition. He hasn't yet decided on any specific schools -- go figure. His phone probably hasn't been ringing off the hook, but Penn State-Behrend is a possibility.

All joking aside, DeChellis has got to be wondering why Summers would transfer. He was getting career high minutes in a "power" conference and he didn't exactly draw a lot of attention during the recruiting process. I'm sure he isn't too concerned, considering Jason McDougald could probably give the Lions just as much as Summers has, which tells you exactly how much Summers has contributed.

DeChellis has now had five players depart during his reign, including Sharif Chambliss, Brandon Cameron, DeForrest Riley-Smith and Jan Jagla. Summers' exodus is right up there with Cameron on the "who-gives-a-youknowwhat" meter. The only thing his departure will hurt is the depth of the Lions, as it leaves them with basically three returning serviceable players in Luber, Smith and Johnson.

It looks like DeChellis will have his hands full playing shorthanded with an inexperienced team once again. Regardless, the loss of Summers should be an addition by subtraction.

It is probable that this column will be the most written about Robert Summers in his collegiate basketball career. His leaving barely warranted a mention on gopsusports.com and it didn't receive any mention on espn.com or cbs.sportsline.com.

Hey has anyone heard anything from Brandon Cameron lately?