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Muskie
04-07-2008, 10:29 AM
The latest installment from one of Xavierhoops.com's feature writers:

A Modest Proposal for 3 Musketeers
by wkrq59

I don't like posthumous awards. Too depressing. That's one reason I'd love to see the jerseys—not the numbers—of Stanley Burrell, Josh Duncan and Drew Lavender suspended in the Cintas Center rafters away from the other jerseys and banners hanging there.

What would be so wrong with that?

I doubt Byron and Tyrone or David would mind, and I'm sure Fr. Hoff would say “Welcome.” I realize there is little support for this idea on XH or even MM, but it's something about which I feel very strongly. I know in the euphoria of the moment mistakes are often made by well-meaning people. That said, I've often read here and on other boards the laments of those who believe Steve Thomas, a Xavier Hall of Famer, should have his jersey elevated alongside that quartet (continue reading (http://www.xavierhoops.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3924)).