by cu blujs » Sun Jan 10, 2016 5:19 pm
Reminds me of the situation at Creighton in Dana's final years. Dana's most highly rated recruit was P'Allen Stinnet. A top 50 recruit. Was MVC freshman of the year. Super talent. But he was selfish and immature, constantly pushing the limits. But also a big personality, but not in a positive way. He tore the locker room apart. Cost us at least one very good young player who transferred after he and his parents had enough. Dana finally suspended him for the last half of his junior year, but the damage was done. Dana's program at CU was almost irreparable at that point. it was not that much of a surprise that Dana jumped when Nike U threw him a life line after that season. I know nothing about Whitehead, but what I do know is that sometimes there is no amount of talent that can overcome the negatives.