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Message: [QUOTE="pfister1, post: 1728561, member: 285"] I am sorry that it didn't work out here for Kaleb. He seemed like a nice kid and good teammate and I wish him well where ever he ends up. However, I am glad that he is moving on for a couple of reasons. (i) I don't think he is good enough to provide the type of help we need, (ii) I think the roster spot can be better used to take a shot on another kid and (iii) over the last 3/4 of the season I saw a kid who appeared to be content with his role which was zero playing time......based on that, my impression from a distance is that he doesn't have the internal makeup to fight himself back into a position to be a contributor in this program or any high D1 program. Obviously that last assessment is from a distance, so I may not have all the information I need to have an accurate read there. The larger discussion kills me. (i) Not everyone that is recruited into the program is expected to develop to the same degree or along the same curve. Some guys are brought in with the intent that they are able to help immediately, others are brought in with the intent that they will help in a year or two and still others are brought in as a gamble....maybe they will be a help down the road maybe not. Without knowing how the staff classified each of these guys, its really hard to label them a bust. (ii) Labeling someone a recruiting bust (implying that a mistake was made in evaluation) is really difficult when the circumstances under which they were recruited changed significantly while they were here. What do I mean? Guys were recruited onto a roster that had slots for 13 scholarship players. Guys that are 10, 11, 12 & 13 are not expected to make contributions while they are in those spots on a JB roster. JB rarely plays more than 7-1/2 guys, maybe as many as 9 in rare cases, so guys at the bottom of the roster need to be a mix between guys that aren't ready and could develop and guys that are projects or practice players. They may move up higher on the roster as they gain more experience, gain strength etc, or they may be recruited over and never rise about 12th or 13th man. Those spots on the roster have to be used on these types of guys, because while they are at the bottom of the roster they have to be content with no playing time. Guys that are ready to play in the ACC aren't going to be content in that position. If you bring in guys who are capable of stepping in and paying at the ACC level and they don't play, they will leave. (iii) Early departures change the dynamic. Sometimes you can recruit replacements for guys that depart early, because you are reasonably aware that it is a possibility e.g. Chris McCullough. Other times the departure takes you by surprise and you are left with a hole. When Jerami left, I would venture that it was a surprise. I don't think there was a reasonable opportunity to bring in a replacement that could win the playing time void his departure left. Those minutes opening up didn't make BJ anymore ready to take the minutes. (iii) The scholarship reductions have changed the roster dynamic significantly. A guy like BJ or Ron who might have had a career trajectory where they might be develop into valuable bench players or even a starter as a junior or senior suddenly is recruited over because his scholarship has to be used for someone that we are sure can help NOW. The developmental scholarships are now gone, but the developmental guys who those scholarships were offered to are still here. [/QUOTE]

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