I love your west coast sense of humor.
I was facetiously replying to the Paultzman's comment that he is an "Elite player with better choices".
UNLV would never be considered a better choice in my book.
We rarely are a consideration for Molloy players because we are literally in walking distance. We also never seem to sign the children of former players. From LeRon Ellis to Maverick Rowan, we may be on an initial list or even reach out but are never a real consideration. That will include another Rowan soon with R.J. Barrett.
Sadly, most alums have no interest in having their offspring attend SJU because their memories are of a very different and parochial school. I have had relatives attend NYU, Villanova, UCONN and B.C. All could have attended SJU but I too never strongly suggested SJ be their choice. An 18 year old needs to be happy with "their choice".
That said we do a poor job of selling the school to the children or relatives of alums.
A nephew that ended up attending NYU was very interested in St. John's. He lived over 50 miles from the school and was offered a full ride as staight A student. He was going to major in Sports Management so I referred him to Tony Missere who was the chairman of the Sports Management program. My nephew sought his advice and told him about the scholarship offer but also a partial scholarship offer from NYU. To my surprise he recommended and convinced him to attend NYU. My nephew is in the business now but I was pissed with Mr. Missere because he thought so little of his own department. We are.......
And I your east coast sense of humor. STJ vs. NYU? He needed a meeting to decide? ;)
And of course he's still and STJ fan. As hard as recent times have been for the program they still could beat the Violets any year they wanted. With apologies to my buddy egghead who played for the shrinking Violets in the mid 80's.
It was a difficult decision for him because he is a huge redmen fan from the days I would take him to games and he was getting a free ride while two other siblings were also in college. He had an idea that Missere was running a shit show but was more interested in Law school after graduation. My point basically was to point out that having ties to the school, whether UNLV for Cole or St. John's in my case means little to kids with many options. In the end it is their decision to make.
I assumed it was about whether to spend the money, and like you said if he's going to grad/law school the undergrad isn't as important anyway, but then it came down to Greenwich Village vs. Jamaica. I mean they're both New York City right? :lol: