I couldn't disagree more. Your John Hancock matters, but in a situation like this, we have a 17-year-old kid who signed up to play for a program and a coach. He signs on the dotted line, then the coach gets canned. It is completely reasonable to explore other options, and I completely understand it even if it makes me sad that he is going to do it.
Expecting these kids to sign up for something, then have the situation completely change and them not have second thoughts is just silly. Shoot, as an adult, I can't even live up to that standard.
Imagine you had a kid who signed up to attend Tulane university in 2005 and study mechanical engineering. Just before classes start, Hurricane Katrina rolls through, levels New Orleans, and the university dramatically scales back their engineering programs as part of the recovery, including no longer offering mechanical engineering (this actually happened, by the way). Is it fair if your kid would not be allowed to consider other options at that point?
Now this is the crazy speculation, shoot-for-the-stars ridiculousness that hiring Antigua affords us. I like it! Any chance we can go back and try to recruit Thon Maker?