I believe they thought they were getting Donavon Dent but with Pope he might have been foolish enough to actually think he was getting Braden Smith from Purdue as was rumored,lol.
But I do agree that it’s a high probability his dad was making excuses.
WRONG . His father absolutely said in an interview that the plan was to come in and learn as a backup to a veteran guard and then take over the following year.
Lowe was a 2 year guy so the plan was changed.
It “appears “ that Lucas will be a good recruiter . Other than that, he coached a team to a SEVEN seed and has a total of ONE NCAA tournament win .
Impressive huh . lol