Im sold on his recruiting, but not his development of bigs. When you look at our budget, facilities, and other resources, it shows why recruiting for Mick in the early years was hard. He has done an excellent job getting players like Yancy, Cashmere, Shaq, Lawrence, Stephenson, Biggie McClain (yes, Biggie was pretty highly touted), etc. to buy into the program. I will give him a pass on Wright due to his knee/ACL injuries, but Yancy, Stephenson, and Biggie (although injuries also played a factor with him) didnt progress as I hoped they would've. Yancy turned out to be a decent player, but either he was mis-evaluated or he just didnt develop properly. Don't get me wrong, I wish we still had Yancy and he showed glimpses of greatness, but he never became the dominant player we all thought he could've been. Biggie struggled through injuries, but he always looked like he was lost and just not very athletic to me. Stephenson had a good freshman year, but he wasn't nearly as matured and polished as most thought he would be/other one-and-dones are. On the flip side, he has also done a good job of finding players that fall through the cracks like JaQuon Parker, Deonta Vaughn, and John Williamson who exceed expectations. Huggs was pretty similar and you can see how Mick coached under Huggs for a while.
