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[QUOTE="Zelda Zonk, post: 5075737, member: 966"]
I embrace honor/honesty, but we now have a system that is significantly different than the one where redshirting ethics made sense. If that honor is not repaid, honor becomes a vulnerability.

That said, I don’t know the conversations that were had, so it’s hard to fault Patterson. If he thought he would have a chance at meaningful minutes in his second year, and then with Lampkin coming in and McLeod still there, he realizes he’s still a break glass in case of emergency option, I can understand wanting to leave. The portal is full of guys who have established at least some sort of track record, and he has none, which makes his situation odd and different, but he has to ask himself how long does he want to be a third option? And who’s to say the same thing wouldn’t happen again the following year? Players no longer can rely on seniority or on developing with a team when proven players from other teams can just be bought ‘out of nowhere.’ It’s a sad state of affairs, and the kids seem to have agency, but some get the shaft.
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