Mallory Heyer announces she's leaving Gophers program

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Chico Gopher said:
I was roaming through several threads late last night and came apon a comment from Maroon Magic at the end of last season. One short comment was that he had a feeling that, of the big 4 recruits (Braun, Battle, Heyer and Holliway) Heyer was the most likely to bolt. I remember calling him/her on that, wondering what was giving him that vibe.

Turns out he was right. Not sure what he saw or heard, but turns out he called it, way back in March. I can't remember exactly which thread it was this morning, but it was right after the Gophers won their tournament championship.

Also seems interesting (and a little disturbing to me) that most of us seem to, with the lack of any solid and detailed information, prefer to assume the worst and shallowest reasoning is behind any situation that isn't positive for the team. We have no actual idea what she was thinking, why or what any of the circumstances are behind her decision, but we're very willing to assume that it was petty, immature and completely self-serving. Maybe it was, but I find it interesting that, with no actual knowledge, we on this board like to choose the worst scenario that makes her look the worst, as the reason for her decision.
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Uh, because it's the most common and likely reason. Assuming it's a really nice or good reason is showing a lack of experience and naivety.
 


We were at a basketball clinic hosted by DTA last week. Mallory was one of the players working with the kids. She was super nice and connected with several of the kids and signed autographs afterwards.
My daughter (age 10) was really bummed when I informed her that Mallory left the program.
 

mngolf said:
Uh, because it's the most common and likely reason. Assuming it's a really nice or good reason is showing a lack of experience and naivety.
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In my 50 years of employment and management, I have found that people who immediately default to worst case scenario in absence of any actual facts or explanations are generally the type of people who will help you fail, much more often than they will help you succeed. Occasionally, they may be correct, but far more often, they end up looking bad when the entire story starts coming out. Of course, that's just my experience. I have spent a lot of time with positive people who concentrate on looking for solutions, and far too much time with people who concentrate on why something went wrong. Guess who ends up being more helpful when it comes time to "get things done"?
 

I'm just wondering why she waited to almost the end to announce that she was leaving. My thought she actually hurt the program by waiting as long as she did to bolt. Coach now doesn't have any time to replace her as she didn't think she had too.
 


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