Have got a general recollection based upon reading various newspaper articles at the time, that Marsteller had been quietly experiencing some rather significant, ongoing family issues prior to his official visit to PSU, issues which may well have been the primary drivers for, or possibly early results of, a now-well-documented alcohol and drug addiction. Presuming Cael made a personal family visit when initially extending a grant-in-aid offer to one of the country's top prospects, apparently nothing he saw or sensed at the time was enough to cause a change of mind.
Did the staff, based upon subsequently-received information, quietly suggest to Marstellar that he might find a better fit elsewhere? Did Marstellar simply decide on his own that he wanted to put a good chunk of distance between himself and family issues which were just not going away? Are both of these possibilities true?
Whatever.
What is certainly true is that no useful purpose could possibly have been served for the program, and certainly not for Marstellar, by anyone on the staff publicly or privately implying he might've been asked to move on. And, flip or no flip, Marstellar's experience and results in John Smith's program are now a well-documented matter of public record.
