BleedGopher
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per Reusse:
The cell phone lit up in the third inning of Friday night’s ballgame at Target Field. The indication was the call came from Kentucky. The tendency would be to press "decline,'' figuring it was a random sales call.
This time, I answered and it was a familiar voice: Clem Haskins, an all-time favorite among coaches who have worked in my long run as a sports writer in this area.
Clem sounded somber. I was expecting the worst.
Turned out it was reinforcement that, no matter how it ended for him with the Gophers, Clem was “good people,’’ as the country folks are known to say.
“I wanted to tell somebody how sad I was to hear about the passing of Roy Griak,’’ Haskins said. “I thought the world of that guy. I wanted to send my condolences to his family, and to all his friends at the university, and in Minnesota.’’
Haskins coached men’s basketball for the Gophers from 1986 through 1999. When he left after the academic missteps with his players, it can be assumed he wasn’t overwhelmed with good wishes from the athletic department.
Griak was an exception. “Roy and I were good friends, and we would talk six or seven times a year [after Haskins went home to Kentucky],’’ Haskins said. “He always wanted to make sure I was doing well … and the same for me with him.’’
Asked how he was doing at home in Campbellsville, Ky., Haskins said: “I have some health problems, but you get older and that’s life. I can’t complain.
“I just wanted to say something about Roy. He was a wonderful human being.’’
http://www.startribune.com/haskins-offers-eulogy-for-his-friend-roy-griak/313502811/
Go Gophers!!
The cell phone lit up in the third inning of Friday night’s ballgame at Target Field. The indication was the call came from Kentucky. The tendency would be to press "decline,'' figuring it was a random sales call.
This time, I answered and it was a familiar voice: Clem Haskins, an all-time favorite among coaches who have worked in my long run as a sports writer in this area.
Clem sounded somber. I was expecting the worst.
Turned out it was reinforcement that, no matter how it ended for him with the Gophers, Clem was “good people,’’ as the country folks are known to say.
“I wanted to tell somebody how sad I was to hear about the passing of Roy Griak,’’ Haskins said. “I thought the world of that guy. I wanted to send my condolences to his family, and to all his friends at the university, and in Minnesota.’’
Haskins coached men’s basketball for the Gophers from 1986 through 1999. When he left after the academic missteps with his players, it can be assumed he wasn’t overwhelmed with good wishes from the athletic department.
Griak was an exception. “Roy and I were good friends, and we would talk six or seven times a year [after Haskins went home to Kentucky],’’ Haskins said. “He always wanted to make sure I was doing well … and the same for me with him.’’
Asked how he was doing at home in Campbellsville, Ky., Haskins said: “I have some health problems, but you get older and that’s life. I can’t complain.
“I just wanted to say something about Roy. He was a wonderful human being.’’
http://www.startribune.com/haskins-offers-eulogy-for-his-friend-roy-griak/313502811/
Go Gophers!!