For what it’s worth, his prospect ranking went from 70ish to 120ish since the turn of the year. Not sure his results have necessarily sparked a bump in his value.
As long as he's a cultural fit, the difference between 70 and 120 doesn't matter.
As fans we only get a very small window into player coach interactions. Maybe they have one on one meetings during the week without all the screaming. Who knows.
I think coach has different “modes” he can turn on or off, fwiw. When Kipper Nichols was going through a funk, apparently BU became laissez-faire with him and gave him space.
I don't think Mayer understands his food "allergy" problem, either.
I’d put it at 50/50 until they get all the info from scouts, GMs, etc. which is pretty good considering it was virtually 0% chance at the beginning of the season
The joke is going over my head.“Food allergy”
I'd be interested in who called it an allergy (the testing facility or him) and the nature of the testing facility. Food allergies are absolutely real and can be very serious, but the terminology has been abused by quacks pretty heavily in recent years.
Is it 50/50 that it would be both or is that for either? Is one more likely than the other?
I’m just making light of his caffeine poisoning incident. I’m sure he does have legit issues.
He looked really good. Kid needs to be in Orange and Blue. If he keeps improving at the rate he has been, I think he'll be a top 50 player in his class.
I sure hope so, because I think there are many sides to BU, and the BU in closed practice seems to be quite the character.I imagine MJ has watched most of the Illini games the past couple of years, and likely talked to a lot of players and ex-players, too.
He knows exactly what type of coach he signed up to play for…
I'd be informing and recruiting Hawkins and TSJ because i feel like staying is best for them financially. If not then go. If the majority of the feedback is either they won't be drafted or if so very late then why not come back. It is very difficult to be drafted and the last player we had drafted as high as many on this board at least expected was Meyers early in the first. Others fell or were not selected. Even Ayo fell. Personally I don't see either being picked in the up coming draft. If the experts do them go but if not and you can make more here then why not stay. I read Kofi is making 600k in Japan so maybe he wouldn't have made that here. Thats why good unbiased feedback is so vital for these young men. Its a choice that could literally impact them financially the rest of their lives to make big money over the next few years when it will be less likely after the playing careers are over
Like "Gluten allergies". ...but I'm still not sure how his allergy forced him to take contested threes.
I feel like Mayer both won and lost us games depending on the day. He just couldn't find consistency and the poor shot selection is a big part.
