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[johnson86-1]

is going to keep him out of the league. Maybe it was because he was injured but he had great difficulty finishing in the paint with his leaping ability and
it get's a lot tougher at the next level.

Same here. Malik was a very refined player who looks like a potential specialist at the next level. The problem he is going to have is that there are a lot of players built like small forwards who have his skill set that are better equipped to play defense. He's going to have to develop the ability to be a secondary ball handler or something to go along with his shooting ability, because it doesn't look like he is going to have the ability to create his own shot at the next level.

 

[johnson86-1]

Malik and his dad wanted him to play the 1, Howland tried to move him to the 2, where have you been??

Mario is just a head case, and has the potential to be an NBA player if he gets motivated and a new attitude.

With Brooks what are we supposed to do hold him hostage and scare off future recruits??

We should have had zero concern about Brooks scaring off future recruits. If a player would avoid us because we didn't let them out of their LOI after we had already passed on all our other prospects but before they had even stepped on campus, then we want that player to avoid us so that we can get a player that will at least make it to campus.

The criticism on how Howland handled Brooks is that it's not like the mother became crazy after he was signed. We knew we were dealing with crazy. Either you go in with the commitment to deal with it, or you go to your next best prospect. If Brooks' mother was allowed to get info that could be used to hurt the program, then you pass. You don't give crazy people with a vendetta against one of your assistants leverage over you.