John Thompson Jr. Supports Broadus

by Hire Esherick on Oct 13, 2009 10:08 AM EDT in Georgetown Family

After the Kevin Broadus and Binghamton scandal blew up two weeks ago, we posed a question - whether recruiting high school players with questionable backgrounds is worth the risk? In an interview published by USA Today, John Thompson Jr. gives his opinion. He states:

"[Broadus] probably thinks he made some mistakes, and he's got to deal with that. But I cannot under any circumstances blame him. I'm proud of the fact he tried. That's the thing when you do something like that: Somebody's going to (screw) up. You're dealing with kids, hoping you can hold onto them long enough to help them take advantage of the opportunity you're providing for them."

Two thoughts - (1) I don't disagree with Thompson. I do not doubt Broadus' motives for recruiting these players and giving them the opportunities to earn an education through basketball. I still don't think it was worth the risk though, especially for a new coach in a program looking to establish itself (lot of parallelisms to Thompson and Georgetown but a lot has changed in the last 35+ years). (2) It's nice to know that when everyone else turns their back, you still have the boisterous support of your Georgetown extended family.

Good talk.

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Thank goodness

I’ve been checking this site for like a week straight with no new post, limiting its procrastination usefulness during exam week. Here’s some other thoughts, in no particular order:
1) Don’t hear much these days about Paulus at QB for Cuse now do you?
2) Don’t hear much about Ricky Williams at RB for Miami (the Ricky who is now NOT causing trouble) these days do you?
3) Don’t ever get an MBA, its a horrible horrible thing to do

by 40-Year Old Man on Oct 13, 2009 2:27 PM EDT reply actions