re: Gathers to Baylor: Officially Signed

He would have been a GREAT addition for LSU, at Baylor he'll be one of many. As Baylor's program matures, they'll see more one and dones. You know the ones you have to promise a starting spot.

If Gathers doesn't have the first season he needs to stay in the starting 5, he may find himself increasingly on the bench as the one and done-ers take up the starting spots.

LSU wouldn't have been as glamourous as the Drew-Baylor thing, but he would have been a foundation stone to the new program and would have been a starter as long as he was here.

But TJ's leaving came a little too late. Can't blame him for not wanting to get into that mess. But he is certainly not a guy who was a Superman like Monroe. There are other Gathers out there.

Jones first task is to lock down some LA talent as a base, then go out and pull in a few OOS players. We can't let the Gathers types even consider going OOS in the future.

Hint: Schedule some home games in New Orleans...sell the product where the talent is