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Message: [QUOTE="Ricker, post: 3802221, member: 1245"] From a basketball standpoint I find it hard to believe his expectations were to play more than he has this year, behind so many older experienced players. I would have thought the challenge to improve in practice against our current guys would have been his mindset from the beginning. I also would have thought that he expected to compete every subsequent year with other top talent and would not view other good players as a logjam to avoid. That brings me to the thought that maybe he has self assessed that this is the wrong level for him for at least a couple years. He certainly never impressed with our HS limited tape, however, he was interesting in his few minutes, definitely big, had a couple of good skills, and was a great diamond in the rough that might be a home run. From a non-basketball standpoint, the college experience probably hasn't been normal enough to be enjoyable. He could be homesick, and maybe just needs a fresh start mentally from the quarantining et al. I would have liked him to stay. From a team standpoint, Sanogo, Johnson, Akok, and Springs are a solid group up front. There is bound to be a spring transfer to plug in. [/QUOTE]