This is V-E-R-RRRRY Interesting.  I had assumed he was back in Florida cutting rap CDs and getting ready to make the rounds of the TV variety shows and cable news shows as the phenom basketball player turned rap artists.  If he's still here, and still enrolled as a student, and he has the grades, I certainly vote for your plan.  It could make a world of difference for this team.  GO OHIO!

And the current group is showing such vast amounts of fire and desire? I dont question their love for OHIO. But I have to question with the depature of several basketball players for various reasons..namely Alex Kellogg...what remains to be said is why did this young man who has basketball firmly imbedded in his DNA all of a sudden lose the desire to play for Coach Groce? Make any excuse you want..focus on academics. Alex is a good kid and he was slated to play meaningful minutes. And true Steve is really into his hobby which is music but come on. Steve was a starter and could come in right now and give 10-15 very much needed points off the STREET. You coach and you coach these kids but you also have to REMEMBER when the love and the fun for the game is gone..when guys fill like 5am they are going off to JAIL...then you have a problem Houston. I ran into a OHIO football player just the other morning on my am jog..it was 5:20am..he had his headphones on..his Ohio gear heading over to Peden..So I asked him man its the off-season why are you going in so early..he stated well the workouts are optional but there is no place I would rather be each day..and apparently MOST of the team feels this same way...you cant tell the football guys that they are not in the SEC or the BIG 10...they love it here and I bet given the chance 85 percent would stay right here...cant say the same for the Basketball program right now.

I understand wanting to look for external fixes for this team's problems, but the desire would have to be there on Steve's part for this to even begin to be a discussion. Seems like there's no indication of that based on this thread.

In addition, I'd be worried about the message this would send to the team members who have been with the team all season, busting it in practices, etc. Everyone's seen the movie Remember the Titans, right? Remember in the final game when Denzel's head coach character won't let "Petey" play because he turned his back on his teammates? This idea is the opposite of that, no matter how much we could use some of Coleman's contributions right now.

Alan, I would not call this the most  clueless post.  But it does push the limit.  If one would look at the situation we have had several athletes who have said that they were "burned out" and did return.  I understand that grades are a problem for immediate entry.  So any chance for this quarter I would say highly unlikely.  I do feel that he would be accepted for next year by the coaches and athletes without aid for at least 1 or 2 quarters.  There is no doubt he can be a great player in the MAC.