[LoneStar]

I agree, I think the Stepps eat, drink, and live basketball. Nobody ever has doubted that. At this point I think its more of an ethical issue. Many feel that a college president hiring a brother to coach a team that has his two sons playing may have crossed a line. I think they are great individual people but the obsession with basketball has forced some inappropriate and questionable behavior. For example, the coaching staff only promoted and actively campaigned for the oldest Stepp for All-State this year. This becomes troublesome when thinking about future college plans for some of the boys. Its not a stretch to see 2 or 3 of the boys playing college ball. This means scholarship money. There has already been one example of a college inquiring into a player other than a Stepp, I would hope the coaching staff handled this appropriately and fairly. Parents tend to have a lack of trust when they see such examples. They feel their boys take a backseat to the promotion of the president's son. This is why there have been rumors of some of the better players leaving, in hopes of a possible scholarship or at least being promoted in a fair way. I really doubt we would see such a situation in a public school. I feel the Stepps are sincere and from all appearances, really good people. I feel their love of basketball has caused some ethically issues that will need to be addressed in the near future.