catmandoo
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posted 04-25-2014 11:05 PM
Truer words were never spoken.
Now that Aaron and Andrew Harrison have opted to return to UK, Kentucky coach John Calipari will have to continue to get highly recruited players to understand returning to school for a second or third year is not a failure despite the one-and-done success he’s had.
“You have to convince each kid that everybody’s different and we got your back, that you have to trust the process of how we do this. Because the bottom line of the process is developing people and players. That’s what we do,” said Calipari. “And there’s no skipping steps.
“Some are mature physically. Some are mature emotionally. Some are both. The ones that are both can go. The ones that are one better be physically and then emotionally you better grow. If you’re emotionally ready and you’re not physically ready and you go, you’re out of your mind. If you’re both, you’re the No. 1 pick in the draft, which we’ve had.
“So why is one year a failure? ‘Because so-and-so made it.’ You’re not him; you’re you. And he’s not you; he’s him. You have to look at each of these situations, and I’m even doing it in recruiting now where I’m going into homes and one of the things I started saying was, ‘You’re not a failure if you come back two, three or four years. You’re not a failure. You cannot plan on coming into this university for one year and thinking you’re going to get out. If it happens, hallelujah, I’m happy for you. But if it doesn’t happen, you understand, ‘I’m maturing. I understand the grind. I’m physically getting better.’
“But it can’t be me just doing it. It’s gotta be everybody out there. Staying in school more than one year is not a failure.”
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