John Wall: I want to lose in Kentucky for a year

The next great scandal-laced college hoops star has made his choice: John Wall will join Coach John Calipari at UK in the fall.

At least he didn’t choose dook.

The chatter is that Roy’s decision to not actively pursue Wall, despite his wide open status, was an extraordinary vote of confidence in Larry Drew II.  I’m inclined to agree to a certain extent.  However, I’m not so sure that means Roy thinks Drew is the next Lawson or Felton.

Consider this: the last two years we’ve witnessed Roy manage “too much talent” with his teams, and the results speak for themselves (two Final Fours, one set of rings).  Balancing egos and ambitions of immensely talented young stars has become commonplace for Old Roy, so much that he’s perfected it as an art.  Regardless of Drew’s ability, and we’ve reason to believe he’ll be good, uncharacteristically jumping into a pissing contest late in the game to get John Wall could have upset the balance more than just relying on Drew in the first place, even had he landed the bball virtuoso.

None of this is to say that gnashing of teeth isn’t warranted at all.  Any time a top 10 recruit from North Carolina escapes our clutches stings a little.  But wins in May don’t guarantee wins in March- or April.  Roy’s got enough of the former and the latter on this roster to keep Heels fans hopeful for a long time.