Fair enough. Part of that is the poor guy is on his 3rd program in 3 years. Whatever blueprint that would have worked for him - that didn't and won't happen now. He had nowhere to go except JUCO or Div 2 or 3 school. He went to JUCO and earned a scholly at a Div 1 school with his play. 16/8/3 after not playing for two years is no joke. He may or may not see the north side of 20 minutes a game and he may or may not see 8-10 pts per game, but he is going to play and be an integral rotation player at a Div 1 school.
When you give a kid a scholly, you are committing yourself to 4 or 5 years to that kid to develop his game and develop him as a man, as a member of a community.
What I am saying is that don't fire Manning for being a shit coach. Don't fire Manning for piss poor recruiting. Fire Manning because he's failing the kids he has committed himself to at unacceptable failure rates. It is as simple as that. It is less about Richard Washington than it is about what he represents. It is not like Manning gave him a scholly thinking the kid was going to play 20 minutes a game from the get-go. Manning throws the kids under the bus and says it is about kids not grinding it out like he did. It's a cop out, and it infuriates me. He's getting paid too much money to fail kids. He is going to win and lose games, but failing kids. Fuck you, man.