“This is a kid that loves his team,” Coombs said. “He loves his university. You guys remember, he committed all the way back when we won a national championship in 2014. He loves to win. I just think he’s an extraordinary kid.”
“And so our conversations, I tried in every way, shape and form to talk to him as if he was one of my two sons in the same situation and give him the advice that I would have given them, and at the same time, making sure that he was very comfortable understanding that I loved him regardless of what he decided. That was unconditional, and it had nothing to do with whether or not he played for us or somebody else or whatever he did in this season.”