...not being able to avoid thinking about the letdown for the next 5-6 months might have a motivating effect on him. Remember Dalton Nixon had a disappointing and underperforming junior year and then came back transformed and had a great senior year. He was a totally different player.

He’s playing this year about like he did his freshman year, it’s fair to wonder if he peaked his sophomore year and that was as good as it would get for him. However, I hope Harding takes time to brood on this season and gets pissed off at himself for underperforming and it causes him to come back hopping mad and he plays next season with a chip on his shoulder, kind of like Nixon did his senior year.