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There needs to be more honesty between the coaches and recruits. If a BJ Mullens or a Koufus,etc are going to be one and done they need to be honest with the staff. Likewise if the staff knows a recruit is one and done they need to play them and develop them in that year or don't recruit them.
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I think when a coach is recruiting a player who is extremely talented that they have some idea that the kid might be a one and done player. I know that it would be nice for the player to tell the coach that he only intends to stay in school for one year but is that realistic. What if he would tell the coach, that he would stay for 2-3 years but after the first year when the money starts to talk he decides to leave. The coach has no recourse because you cannot write then into a LOI that a player must stay at your school for x number of years.
Re: developing the player while he is in college. I don't think you can do that if there would be detrimental to the team. You can't sacrifice the team to develop a player so that he would be more ready for the NBA.
I really don't know how other coaches do it but they seem to get talented players who are willing to stay for 3-4 years. I think the problem with Coach Matta began when all three of the guys decided to leave at once. I think that blindsided him and has thrown the class members out of whack.
If your classes aren't evenly distributed and a couple guys decide to leave early especially after only one year,it really puts the coach behind the eight ball because he then has to scramble to see if he can find someone to fill that player's role and that is not only is easy when it is so late in the recruiting process.
Hopefully in the coming years, Coach Matta will be able to balance his classes out and when a new CBA is reached all high school players will have to stay for at least 2 years once they enter college. That rule would solve almost everything.