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Message: [QUOTE="RF2044, post: 2001913, member: 40"] Semi-despressing, but the other day I watched an Iowa State game, and saw Monte Morris play. Now, obviously--he plateaued after a phenomenal sophomore campaign, and is probably not an NBA prospect. But he's been a three year starter, and quarterbacked some pretty good ISU teams [I don't think they're as good this year as the previous two seasons]. This is a kid from Detroit, who drove up here with his mom to attend the elite camp, and came away expecting to get a scholarship offer. He was ready to commit. We didn't offer, instead focusing on Tyler Ennis. Morris indicated that he was okay coming even with Ennis. We had a lot of scholarships to use that year, and eventually brought in a five player class, so we could have definitely taken both. I wonder how the past three years would have unfolded if we'd landed Morris that year along with Ennis, instead of say Ron Patterson. In 2013, we had zero guard depth and no real backup point guard. Morris would have helped with both issues, spelling Ennis. The next year, he would have taken over. That was the year Rak had a big season--and we were forced to play Kaleb Joseph who wasn't ready and proved to not be what the coaches thought when they made him their top prospect. Morris would have given us a legit starter at lead guard, and probably made that team a lot better than 18 wins. He was a flat out stud that year in the Big 12, on a very good Iowa State team. We beat two top ten teams [Notre Dame and Louisville--who I think was actually ranked 11th] that season. With a legit lead guard, we might have actually joined them as a top 10 caliber team. Last season, we were forced to move Gbinije to 1--and he admittedly did a solid job. But maybe we would have been better off with Morris feeding him instead of Gbinije having to run the show. Who knows. But I'm fairly certain we would have been better off all four of these years if we'd offered Morris. While his developmental curve hasn't been as steep as some thought after the 2014 season, no doubt he would have been an asset. Just a random thought, given our point guard issues. [/QUOTE]

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