Wake Forest was the first program to come out and meet with Sallis in person. Forbes’ fabulous history with transfers was well documented.
Alondes Williams,
Jake Laravia and
Tyree Appleby had all come to Wake Forest and erupted, but Forbes wanted to show something different.
He dialed up the film from Wake Forest’s 96-87 loss to Miami last February. In that game, Appleby turned it over a lot. Twelve times, to be exact.
“The camera kept panning to Coach Forbes and he left him in the game,” Livingston said. “He did not snatch him even though he wasn’t taking care of the ball. Being allowed to play through mistakes was another thing that we felt Hunter needed.”