I’m not shocked - but a bit surprised... I thought the Flanigan relationship would win out
if nothing else, this shows the importance of Chuma staying in the draft... yes, I said staying... we’ve GOT to get a guy drafted and in the league ASAP... what Memphis can offer that we can’t is “our coaches played in the NBA... the NBA can’t even find Auburn on a map because they haven’t put a guy in the league since you were born.”
yeah yeah yeah - Final Four - 2 SEC rings - hanging banners... but none of the guys we’re recruiting dreamed of winning shit in college - they dreamed of playing in the NBA... BRUCE and Steven can only sell so much without being able to point to guys that they put in the league since they’ve been at Auburn
Jared and Bryce might scratch and claw onto a roster or 2-way contract over the next 24 months, but they’re not getting their names called on draft night... Chuma will... and if he can sneak into the first round and BRUCE can turn that into “this kid was a big, soft teddy bear with top 50 pedigree but far from a NBA lock, and in 2 years we turned him into such a monster he just got drafted in the first round even with a torn ACL... so just imagine what we can do with you, Mr. Can’t Miss 5 Star”
next year is a rebuilding year, but get Chuma drafted, let BRUCE hit the trail with that new bullet to fire, sign the best class in Auburn history, and we’re here to stay for the long haul... we’ll have legitimately built a championship caliber athletic program from scratch