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As most fellow heads on this site know, I almost died when we passed on Mike Williams for Carlos Rogers a few years ago. I watched (in person) BMW make college corners look like pee-wee players in the coliseum for two full seasons. I had never seen anyone that dominant during my years at SC.

Having said all that, I've come to believe the mental problems with Williams started while he was at college. He was able to have success based on his size and talent alone- a man among boys, if you will. The coaches never told him no and I believe he had a free pass for some things. Being late to meetings wasn't new to him when he arrived in Detroit- he did it in SC too, without repercussion. Carroll tried to convince him that the Clarrett case was not going to win and he should stay for another year. By then it was too late- MW's mind was made up because he thought he could do anything.

I'd like to believe he could get his head back in the game- he's got the physical talent down, without question (of course, he'd stand to lose a few pounds). But it's more likely looking like a Kwame Brown scenario- you can coach him and yell at him all you want... but if he doesn't want to do it for himself, it's a hopeless cause.