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per Pat:
Where Musselman and Pitino are very similar is in recruiting. There’s a legend that what got Musselman in instantaneous trouble with his Big Ten coaching peers was bringing in Ron Behagen, a great New York city-baller with an eventful past who was getting himself eligible in junior college at Southern Idaho. Supposedly, Big Ten coaches had agreed not to take Behagen. Not The Muzz. He couldn’t get Behagen in here fast enough.
My guess is that Richard Pitino would’ve done the same, then or now. He’s going to take an athlete where he can get one, and if he doesn’t work out — next!
We used to fret a lot when Tubby would lose a player, but today, Gophers fans seem much happier that the mysterious Gaston Diedhiou has been deemed eligible than worried as to why a big recruit, Martin, didn’t make it to the end of his first semester.
We don’t care because we like Pitino’s fresh face and ideas, we see a Big Ten that’s more vulnerable than imagined, and we anticipate an entertaining winter in the Barn now that the cupcakes have been devoured and the real games are here.
http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophers/287181481.html?page=all&prepage=1&c=y#continue
Go Gophers!!
Where Musselman and Pitino are very similar is in recruiting. There’s a legend that what got Musselman in instantaneous trouble with his Big Ten coaching peers was bringing in Ron Behagen, a great New York city-baller with an eventful past who was getting himself eligible in junior college at Southern Idaho. Supposedly, Big Ten coaches had agreed not to take Behagen. Not The Muzz. He couldn’t get Behagen in here fast enough.
My guess is that Richard Pitino would’ve done the same, then or now. He’s going to take an athlete where he can get one, and if he doesn’t work out — next!
We used to fret a lot when Tubby would lose a player, but today, Gophers fans seem much happier that the mysterious Gaston Diedhiou has been deemed eligible than worried as to why a big recruit, Martin, didn’t make it to the end of his first semester.
We don’t care because we like Pitino’s fresh face and ideas, we see a Big Ten that’s more vulnerable than imagined, and we anticipate an entertaining winter in the Barn now that the cupcakes have been devoured and the real games are here.
http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophers/287181481.html?page=all&prepage=1&c=y#continue
Go Gophers!!