calumnus said:
Big C said:
DW gets the type of congrats from me that I would bestow on any young man or woman doing well in school. Nothing more.
Well, Cal screwed him over, and he freed up a scholarship for the program by going to CCSF, so it is good to see he is doing well. We can feel less guilty.
I'm not sure Cal screwed him over in the least. I'd LOVE it if my son (in ten years), could get preferred admission to Cal and get his freshman year entirely paid for. Cal was prepared to honor its 4-yr schollie commitment to him (okay, because they would've had to, but still... ).
Okay, sure the BEST way for Jones to have handled it (from DW's perspective) would've been to say, "You're welcome to stay on the team. I don't envision you being part of our rotational plans -- probably ever -- but maybe you'll surprise us." Unfortunately, it's the dog-eat-dog world of major college hoops.
If anything, DW screwed us over, by lagging on his departure, to the point where it might well have cost us recruits.
So, bottom line, I don't wish him ill, but I don't wish him any more good fortune than I would wish anybody else.