I'm in agreement that Sacha was somewhat overhyped here, though I obviously wanted him back. More players, more experience is always a good thing. But people kept declaring him obviously better than Richards, despite producing at a significantly lower level then Richards with similar playing time. Richards was bashed for being turnover and foul prone (which he is) but Sacha turned it over and fouled MORE frequently. Richards rebounded better. Richards could actually hit free throws. I'm not sure what Cal should have done to keep SKJ - he gave him equal PT as our other big man who produced more points/rebounds/blocks in similar time. I guess he could have stopped recruiting?
Best wishes to Sacha. I wanted to see what you could do here in the next couple years, but it's entirely possible, maybe likely, he'd have stayed at his ~15 mpg and never really broke out. Hopefully none of our other front court players leave - SKJ would have ranked last on my list of priorities to return.