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[QUOTE="swish7, post: 1057375, member: 486"]
Even LeBron James received a scholarship offer from Kentucky, and Winfred Walton from SU. In LeBron's case, why not offer a scholly. In Winfred's case, kids qualify late all the time.

Per the Thompson boys, 'SU didn't seem to give them much interest'. Two future Tewaarton winners weren't worth a few phone calls and a checkup. There is no way to revisionist history Desko into looking brilliant about this decision. I'll concede that a lot of coaches made the same mistake. Being on par with a lower peer group is no way to man a program with SU's expectations. Unless we're simply conceding that parity affects everyone but Duke.

We took the safe route. Got a coaches kid, and good attackmen, one great attackman, and an expected all worlder, but often injured, Randy Staats. We passed up on two Tewaarton winners and another solid player. They took  a miserable program to within one whisker of the final four. We lost early to a program that barely existed when we last won an NC. But, yes, because of failures at a completely different position.

I'd feel better if the Thompsons would have said they were never interested in SU, and wanted to go elsewhere.

All that said, I'm not sure these 3 would have thrived at SU. One would have sat behind a coaches kid. And another may have been left at midfield. Who knows?
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