The Prep slighted a coaching legend by moving a tribute to Morris to the sideline on its new court. There's no good reason this oversight can’t be reversed.
So St. Joseph’s Prep has decided to shrink Speedy Morris to an afterthought on the basketball court that bears his name, and a school that prides itself on producing the best of the best and the brightest of the bright has poked itself in the eye Stooges-style.
Morris won 1,035 games in his career. He won 754 games at the high school level, the most in Philadelphia history. He won 366 at the Prep, the most in that school’s history, and two Catholic League championships there. In 2020, just before Morris retired, the Prep held a ceremony to reveal a sticker with his name, big as life in the school’s trademark maroon lettering, in a spot near midcourt, a spot where no one in the gym could miss it.
This may seem a small thing, the placement of a coach’s name on a basketball court. But the shabby treatment of any longtime and loyal employee, let alone one who was already a city legend, is a reflection of an institution’s leadership — or lack of it. Apparently, relocating the tribute to Morris was so pressing a matter that the Prep’s power people couldn’t be bothered to reach out to Morris and his family to tell them of the change.St.
Maybe the most puzzling and revealing aspect of the situation is the manner in which those charged with making this call keep avoiding any reasonable explanation for why they made it. Maybe it’s because there isn’t one. The school released a statement Wednesday, but no one stood up to explain what precipitated the decision and why.
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