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Message: [QUOTE="Cusesky8214, post: 2170750, member: 6077"] May take a little heat for this but what the heck. I personally don't care to have ayala on our team for 18. I feel like he has every opportunity to pull the trigger right now and come into a good situation on a hell of a basketball program for 17 and he is choosing not to. Why?? To me it's quite obvious he must be looking for something different. I could understand more I guess if he has to work on his body etc or was on the younger side but this kid is ready to come right now and he's choosing not to. Maybe he doesn't feel like he is mentally ready idk but I feel like that's a cop out especially after listening to his interview. Now there will be posters that will get on here and say the kids got to do what's best for him and enjoy the process and he's going to do what he wants etc and that's all fine...he should do that but we as a program need to do what's best for us and I just can't get over the feeling of if a kid doesn't want to be here and jump at the opportunity he has in front of them then we don't need them. I want kids that want to be here and I get the feeling that ayalas heart isn't set on cuse otherwise he would have signed on the dotted line by now. He is getting more exposure now and schools are showing interest in him that weren't before and he's enjoying that and waiting for something else. Which is fine. Would I like to have him this year absolutely. But I'm sure we have given him all the love and affection we could possibly give him to get him here this year and he isn't coming...so why keep that up for another year just for him to crap on us in the end. Move on and find someone else. I guess if we stay in touch and keep him in the loop for 18 just in case then that's fine but if the full court press on him isn't working now I don't see it working next year. Just my thoughts on it. Just tired of kids playing us which I guess is expected when it comes to 18 year olds making life decisions but I'm ready for some good news for a change. I Would bet if it were the UKs and dukes that were after him for 17 that he wouldn't be thinking about reclassing or not and whoever is giving him advice would be telling him the same. Guess I need to come to grips with the fact that SU just doesn't seem to have the luster and pull that I thought it once had. You would think some of these kids would like absolutely nothing more then to come here and play... [/QUOTE]

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