“He’s just had a lot of valleys too, to where the numbers aren’t what we expect them to be — what he expects them to be over the long haul,” he continued. “This game is filled with talented people, where it’s not always linear. It’s said a lot, but it’s very true. People’s journeys and tracks to become finished products are different a lot of times. You want your highly touted guys or guys talked about or high draft picks that get to the big leagues and bloom, it just takes off, and they’re all stars, and they run with it.”
