jayball wrote:vivid_dude wrote:As for all the criticisms of Bowen for taking so much time to decide, I don't get it. I wish more kids would be this thoughtful about important decisions. It seems as if Bowen and his inner circle have a plan and they are trying to figure out which school is the best fit to achieve that plan. Seems pretty intelligent to me.
Well when a kid says he has a "final five" and says a decision is coming "this month for sure" for like 6 straight months....it doesn't look like a plan to me.
He can do whatever he wants but imo this was a bush league way to go about the process. To me it's clear the final five is meaningless and whatever enthusiasm he has for those schools has waned.
He ain't coming.
I wasn't saying it was the most well-executed plan, but it's clear that he wants to get to the NBA next year. All the moving puzzle pieces at Arizona and Michigan State made it impossible for him to determine which school would be best suited to achieve that goal. So, he kept pushing it back. I agree it doesn't look the best when he delays, but if your plan is to be one-and-done, and you have no idea how a roster is shaping up on the programs you are considering, I still say it's smart to delay until you are as completely informed as you can be. Sucks for fans. Sucks for coaches trying to fill out a roster. Sucks for other recruits who could otherwise fill those slots. But Bowen and his family owe nothing to any of these groups.
If I had a kid in Bowen's position, where our goal was to get to the NBA as quickly as possible, I would encourage him to do the same thing. Be informed about your decision. That's all he's doing, IMO.
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 9:58 am