Oregon.... I'm gonna say that I'm a bit shocked he's headed to Oregon. IMO, this makes Oregon more formidable for kids like Garrett and Pelle.
Hopefully, that isn't the case but one has to wonder.
Hmmmmmmm.... Oregon?
I know where he lives and it's in a relatively nice part of Oakland ... but it's still Oakland. I've never been to the Oregon campus, but I imagine it's leafier than his neighborhood. Maybe Oregon matched in his head what he always envisioned a campus to look like. And I'm sure Oregon's new state-of-the-art facility blew him away.
I've only been to UW, so I don't know how Oregon and ASU stack up.
Oregon is also the flagship Nike school, right? If I were on staff I'd very subtly let him know that if he performs well there, the endorsement decision makers would know his name when the time came to enter the draft. But I guess that would be a violation.
Leaving us out of the equation, I would have gone to Cal if I were him. It's a world-class school, the campus is pretty, Berkeley is lively, the girls are hot, his family can see him play every home game, and the coach is brilliant. And getting home for Thanksgiving is a snap.