You also would have lied about "returning to lead the team in 2022-2023"?
It may have been a smart decision to not play cbb and risk getting exposed in a way that diminished his draft position. However, the way he went about it is something I would have never done...nor would I have allowed any of my children to do. Also, I don't want to hear anything about "Sharpe didn't actually say anything". If you have a "handler", he/she speaks for you by proxy. Handler lies/family lies.
He didn't lie, plans changed. That happens. I took a job and made plans to take over as CFO in a few years, hated it and left lesss than a year in. Did I lie in interview, nope, situation changed. Grow up.