Posted on 08/23/2005 10:11:10 AM PDT by BluH2o
UC to Huggins: Resign or be fired ...
Breaking news: Bob Huggins, the winningest basketball coach in University of Cincinnati history, will be fired or forced to resign within the next 24 hours.
"It would raise the caliber of students recruited as student athletes as well. All boats will rise," Dr. Zimpher said.
Frankly, I think the woman has her head up her butt. UC isn't going to compete with the Dukes of the world for student atheletes who have both, talent and brains...
Yeah, God forgive a "liberal" try to increase scores and academic achivement. That's a conservative virtue, not something to be mocked. Thuggins was running a pro team from da hood, not a college team.
That would be ballsy! He'll take the payoff, if he's smart, sit out for a year, and land at some school in the Big XII or SEC, where the academic standards are low to non-existant.
That would be John Beilein. No way would Beilein be worried. He led the Mountaineers to the Sweet 16 and is very, very good coach. Remember Pittsnogle and Gansey? Gansey is back, haven't heard whether or not Pittsnogle is. Beilein's teams show discipline and they actually run an offense.
Huggins could have had the whole State of West Virginia plus many $$$ when the job opened 2 years ago.
My cubemate says the latest word is that Pittsnogle is indeed coming back, FWIW.
Pittsnogle can shoot... Pitt found that out... BIG TIME.
Yes he is.
John is a great coach who stresses work ethic and an old-style blue-collar game. After last year, he's pretty much a hero in this state. I'm more worried about Cinncy stealing him away than I am Huggins taking his job.
And your reference to Gansey is well deserved - he is a great player. The Mountainteers put my team (Texas Tech) out last year, but like you say, they are disciplined and are enjoyable to watch.
Indeed I know. I owned a share of Wake Forest in our local calcutta. This isn't on ESPN radio yet.
Huggins has 24 hours for a 3 million buyout, if he turns it down will be terminated w/o cause and collect 2 million.
Just went to the MSNsportsNET website and found the Roster.. Pittsnogle is listed. The Roster appears to be the most recent one because both he and Gansey's "class year" has been advanced, along with other players from last year.
In defense of her, when she was the chancellor at UW Milwaukee (which made it to the sweet 16 last year) the university really improved academically. UW Milwaukee used to be known as mainly a commuter school for area residents, now you could argue that it is the second best university in the state of Wisconsin for academics, right behind UW Madison.
Hmmmm.......WWnothingnewD? Uhmmmm....Let me think about it....hmmm...$3,000,000 or $2,000,000.....I'll get back to you after I figure out how much it will cost me do nothing but what I want to do.
FMCDH(BITS)
If she can pull it off, then more power to her. But older UC fans have gone through one extended period where UC sports became the nation's joke, so, we have our concerns.(Awww! The amatuer sports purity of the Ed Badger era, and the feel good hiring of Tony Yates. Those were the years UC went from one of the winningest programs to the bottom of the heap.) If this report is true, and Huggs is a goner, then lets just see who Nancy brings in to replace him. It had better be a top rate move!
Cut to the chase and get to the real important number. How many of his athletes got drafted into the NBA? College ball is just a farm system for the NBA anyway. If the kids were interested in academics they'd be going to good schools or more local schools.
Unless things have changed radically since I was in college UW Madison was never known for academics. It's first and foremost a party school. For academics go to Marquette University. UWM is still a commuter school.
COYOTE UGLY?
I'm just supplying facts. I couldn't care less about that situation. Someone asked why he was in trouble, I provided a possible reason.
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