More guys than not have "blossomed" after leaving Woodson's IU program.
I obviously have no basis for this assertion, other than watching the games, and a handful of what I think are pretty credible accounts on how Woodson coaches the team on a daily basis... But I can't help but come back to what I believe to be true... Woodson spent very, very little time teaching his players how to play basketball the "right way". Rather, he spent most of his time on plays, principles, talking down to them about being "better"...
I use my own AJ Guyton experience as a potential example for a guy like Mgbako, and how he looked to everyone in an IU uniform.
I played in the IU recruits barnstorming tour AJ's year. Mike Lewis, Jason Collier, Luke Jimenez, ARE, etc... Practiced against them a lot in that summer, played games against them... And me being an enormous IU fan, I came away from that summer thoroughly unimpressed with Guyton as a prospect. What I saw was a disinterested, undisciplined, very skilled player. Didn't have the benefit of social media, to see how good he was in HS. But Lewis, Collier obviously, even Jimenez, were MUCH more impressive to me, at the time.
Knowing what I know now...I was just seeing "open gym" AJ. Not what a real game situation AJ would be...not what Bob Knight coached AJ would be...obviously.
I think Mack, under Woodson, was more often than not, just "Open gym Mack"... because that's basically how Woodson coached him. If he goes to a coach and program that will demand he does the fundamental things, better... we'll see a completely different Mack next year. And at which point, with his size and shooting abilities, I wouldn't say making an NBA team is out of the question some day.
