Okay -- thanks for the clarification, sounds like a semantics disconnect. You accused me of saying that we "selected Patterson over Morris." For the second time, I didn't say that we SELECTED Patterson over Morris. I'm saying that we didn't prioritize Morris accurately, miscalculated his potential, and eventually had to settle on bringing Patterson when we failed to fill the second backcourt spot that class. It was a flawed recruiting strategy to put all of our eggs in one basket, even if we landed Ennis. It continues to be a flawed strategy, as evidenced by how the staff handled Randolph / Green, who we were chasing to fill our two biggest roster holes that still remain unfilled.
The staff very easily could have made Morris a conditional offer, or told him that he needed to wait until after Ennis committed. They didn't -- they told him they weren't interested [same as some other players who will remain nameless for the purposes of not derailing this thread further].
I loved the detail in your response above, pfister -- but roster management and thinking ahead is an important job of the coaching staff. They haven't done a particularly good job of roster management since 2013, a situation that has become exacerbated in recent years with the scholarship reductions, and several players expected to be contributors washing out in recent seasons.
