Hope I'm wrong, but with such youth next season, we may struggle.
Even if they were all seniors they would still be young, amirite?
Once again we have guys leaving early when conventional wisdom might tell us that they would be bettered served by completing their college eligibility. Cal will be held responsible for these decisions when folks gather and complain about the lack of upper classmen. People can blame Cal if they want to view the atmosphere he's created at UK due to exemplary recruiting and results, as faulty.
I don't think Hump, Briscoe, or Bam should be anywhere but in a UK uniform next year, but my opinion is swayed by several factors. One of them is experience. There was a saying in my profession as I came up through years. "I'm wishing I was on the job I was on when I was wishing I was on this job". The grass is always greener and with these guys seeing their friends move on to the next phase of their lives, I'm sure it's hard to stay behind. I might cite the tortoise and hare here but feel free to insert your own platitude.
Truth be told though, my main reason is more than likely based in greed. I know these guys are going to get better as they mature mentally and physically and I would rather have them do that here, for me, than to do it somewhere else for other people.
There is no definitive right or wrong in these decisions to stay or go. They're just decisions. Time will tell if it is deemed beneficial or detrimental, but even then the decision will be judged against a theoretical, alternate reality. I'm sure that at some point in our lives each of us has made a major decision that the rest of us might have said didn't make a lot of sense. We all survived those decisions.