I would say he had better be ready to commit because the expectations just skyrocketed with the completion of that new gym. There will be major accountability in SP now. Just look at OP, he cares nothing about basketball and he started this thread. Don't know if Thompson would come back to the Valley, I hear he got 12,000 more in jack to go to that school in MS plus no teaching. Phillips needs to decide if this is important. Good guy with good intentions but this is going to be a major task now.