It silly to argue that one-and-dones didn't set back the UW program. The school and remaining team does not get the ROI from the player in years 2 through 4. That's an open roster spot, formerly occupied by the one-and-done, who was obviously valuable to the team and skilled enough to leave early. Some programs have the depth and talent remaining on the team or being recruited to absorb the loss without much impact. UW has none of that. Hawes was good, but not Welp or McCullough good, so was it worth having a 7 footer for one year that won't develop into a dominant player as he ages up with the team? For the UW, I'd say no.
For the Romar-haters, one-and-dones have been a shot of adrenaline to a dying patient. They may have prolonged Romar's career by masking the true weaknesses of those teams. How bad would the Hawes team have been without him? Enough for heads to roll?
The UW one-and-dones have also fostered the fast and loose, gym rat play from kids who can't hit their free throws, turn the ball over a lot (Wroten), don't defend well and can't beat mature teams. If you want to see a repeat of what we saw this year, by all means, recruit more one-and-dones who can dunk alley oops awesomely, but can't beat Utah.
And fuck all your down votes. I'm tired of this one-and-done shit. If you're not going to commit to the program, go lose your training wheels somewhere else.
