FAYETTEVILLE — Jaylin Williams has done his fair share of growing up since his sophomore year at Fort Smith Northside High School.
Eric Burnett, the two-time state championship coach of the Grizzlies, admits his relationship with his forward wasn’t always simple. Burnett pushed the then 6-foot-5 Williams on a daily basis early in his prep career, and he didn’t care for it much.
They bumped heads — a lot.
“At the time, kids don’t understand I have their interests at best and they don’t want to go that extra mile sometimes, like when we have running at the end of practice,” Burnett told WholeHogSports.