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[QUOTE="SU94, post: 1728605, member: 202"]
JAB --- and our coaching staffs --- have really had a terrific batting average the last 30 years when it comes to scouting and player development of young talent. So many great stories, Andy Rautins, Sherman, Gbinije, Otis Hill, Moten to name a few. You know all the names.

But they aren't infallible. There have been misses along the way, and they weren't all in the name of depth or the last scholly. Off the top of my head, in the last 20 or so years, I'd offer up these examples: the Wright Bros., Chuck Gelatt, LeShawn Howard and Greg Davis. Now we can add Kaleb to the list. He was a miss, unfortunately. Might be more on player development that scouting, but it did not work out as intended (of even close to it). I am sure there are some back stories along the way, but they are still part of JAB and the staff's "permanent" record.

Truth be told, I'll take JAB's scouting eye and development program over anyone in college hoops. I am biased, but I mean that. But he's not perfect and that is okay. There is nothing fundamentally wrong IMHO, it's just pure math sometimes. Our model is not broken, but they've had a few misses in a shorter span of time. To this, I say ... who's coming next JAB?
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