Doubting Thomas’ intentions

Now, generally speaking, when a college basketball coach recruits heavily in the JC ranks, it means:

1) The coach and/or institution he represents doesn’t much care about character issues or academic issues of the athletes — as long as they can put that ball into the hole.

2) The coach and/or institution he represents can’t attract talented players with the proper academic credentials out of high school.

3) The coach is more concerned with winning quickly than building a program to last.

So, what are we to make of the fact that NBA pariah Isiah Thomas, in his first official act as Florida International men’s coach, has given out scholarships to four — count ’em, four – junior college players?

We don’t know what’s in Isiah’s mind, but the scholarships certainly seem to fit the scenario suggested by some of his critics — that he’s looking to make a quick score at FIU and parlay that into a return to the NBA.