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Originally Posted by Saul Good
Bill Self has fallen into the one and done trap, and his system doesn't work for that type of player. Calipari is able to squeeze everything out of players quickly and send them on their way. This is different than fully developing players...which is what Self does.
Self takes guys and breaks them down. He puts them in the doghouse, calls them out in the media, and gradually pulls them back into the fold. That's great for guys who stick around for 3-4 years like Releford, Withey, Robinson, and Ellis. It just doesn't work for guys who see themselves as just parking themselves on a campus for a few months until they can declare for the draft. Every one of those players has under-performed (Selby, Wiggins, Henry, Selden, Oubre, Alexander).
I don't get why he bothers. You aren't going to beat Calipari by getting more out of one and done kids than he is, and you sure as hell aren't going to do it with the players he didn't want.
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This. I have had an issue with these one and dones at Kansas for awhile. I have said basically the same thing. I wish the NBA would just do away with the stupid rule that they have to go to school for a year. They should make it that they have to either a) go to college for at least 3 years or go straight to the NBA.