Daum ended up developing into a pretty solid player, no doubt that he was good enough to crack our rotation the past two years. That said, no serious power five program was going to offer him out of high school. If Nebraska starts handing out scholarships to those types of players when they come along, we may hit on a couple of players, but we are going to end up a talent deficiency that will make a Doc Sadler roster look good. As Lars said, in the 90's, a guy like Daum would have probably walked on at Nebraska.
Thomas went to prep school and just blew up. Honestly, I don't even think Coach McDermott thought that he was going to develop like that, kudos to McDermott for keeping close contact with the kid, it definitely paid dividends. It's no secret, Thomas was a really good player in high school, but he wasn't even close to being the type of player he was when he came back from prep school. I think Miles didn't think he was quite there yet at Benson and with the academic issues, he went another route. When he blew up, it was too late.
Now, a player who I would really like on Nebraska's roster is Tra-Deon Hollins. Love, love, love watching him play, love everything about his game, especially his quickness. If I remember correctly, he also had academic issues. Imagine Hollins and Watson on the floor at the same time, that would one quick backcourt!
Bob - I totally agree with you that I don't want the well poisoned. When the next Strickland, Woolridge, or even the next Wes Wilkenson comes along, I want him N. Also, nice Jason Glock reference! My dad took me to see every one of his state tournament games. I was too young to really understand how dominant he was, but you look at his statistics and old footage, the guy was completely unstoppable.