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by Terry Webster » Thu Apr 05, 2007 2:14 pm
Fox Sports just reported that Huggins is leaving KState for WV.
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by EastStang » Thu Apr 05, 2007 4:20 pm
Mrdel will be happy to know that West Virginians have even few forks in their family trees. What did the West Virginian tell his son when he proudly told his pop that his wife to be was a virgin. Can't marry her son, if she ain't good enough for her kin, she ain't good enough fer you.
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by Danny Noonan » Fri Apr 06, 2007 11:03 am
jkflamebo wrote:don't get the move, thought he had the number 1 recruiting class comin to k-state? then he goes to wv? weird
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by Water Pony » Fri Apr 06, 2007 12:09 pm
The joys of falling in love!
Students angered by Huggins' exit
By Austin Meek
The Capital-Journal
Published Friday, April 06, 2007
MANHATTAN — Kansas State president Jon Wefald said losing coach Bob Huggins was like taking a right-cross to the chin. To one patron of Aggieville's So Long Saloon, however, Huggins' sudden departure felt more like a kick to the, uh, groin.
"I've been sick all day," he said.
Mike Burley / The Capital-Journal
KSNT-TV reporter Meagan Farley interviews Jon Erskine, right, and Trey Thompson, both KSU students, outside Bramlage Coliseum after a news conference where it was announced Bob Huggins has left his head coaching position to take the same job in West Virginia.
He was not alone. Students in the residential district east of campus displayed signs laced with profanity. Some fans spoke of burning their "Huggieville" T-shirts, while others planned to mail them to West Virginia.
"I think it was a very selfish move," said Jon Erskine, a K-State student who stood outside Bramlage Coliseum with a paper bag over his head. "I don't think he thought about anyone but himself."
Metaphors abounded in Manhattan, most of them involving some type of physical pain. And fans agreed Huggins' departure stung a little more because, frankly, no one saw it coming.
"No one can seriously sit here and say they expected this," said Trey Thompson, a K-State junior who also donned a paper bag outside Bramlage.
The rumors of Huggins' resignation began as message board chatter early in the week, but few students took them seriously. By Wednesday, however, the rumors had grown to full-fledged hysteria.
"I've been getting a lot of text messages today," K-State student Jake Harnack said Wednesday, before Huggins' resignation officially was announced. "I sure hope he stays. K-State basketball would have to start all over without Bob Huggins."
Then, with Thursday's official announcement, the swirling rumors were silenced, leaving some fans disillusioned.
"It's a pretty awful feeling," Thompson said.
It probably goes without saying, but Thompson said it anyway — Huggieville just won't be the same without the Huggie.
"I guess it's back to Bennettville," he lamented, referring to the term Huggins used when he exhorted students to fill Bramlage.
Thompson said he was a little wary of Huggins' character when he was hired a year ago. But like many K-State students, Thompson quickly embraced the man affectionately known as Huggs.
Now?
"I know he's a great coach," Thompson said. "But to say that he has a good character seems like a stretch now."
Students angered by Huggins' exit
By Austin Meek
The Capital-Journal
Published Friday, April 06, 2007
MANHATTAN — Kansas State president Jon Wefald said losing coach Bob Huggins was like taking a right-cross to the chin. To one patron of Aggieville's So Long Saloon, however, Huggins' sudden departure felt more like a kick to the, uh, groin.
"I've been sick all day," he said.
Mike Burley / The Capital-Journal
KSNT-TV reporter Meagan Farley interviews Jon Erskine, right, and Trey Thompson, both KSU students, outside Bramlage Coliseum after a news conference where it was announced Bob Huggins has left his head coaching position to take the same job in West Virginia.
He was not alone. Students in the residential district east of campus displayed signs laced with profanity. Some fans spoke of burning their "Huggieville" T-shirts, while others planned to mail them to West Virginia.
"I think it was a very selfish move," said Jon Erskine, a K-State student who stood outside Bramlage Coliseum with a paper bag over his head. "I don't think he thought about anyone but himself."
Metaphors abounded in Manhattan, most of them involving some type of physical pain. And fans agreed Huggins' departure stung a little more because, frankly, no one saw it coming.
"No one can seriously sit here and say they expected this," said Trey Thompson, a K-State junior who also donned a paper bag outside Bramlage.
The rumors of Huggins' resignation began as message board chatter early in the week, but few students took them seriously. By Wednesday, however, the rumors had grown to full-fledged hysteria.
"I've been getting a lot of text messages today," K-State student Jake Harnack said Wednesday, before Huggins' resignation officially was announced. "I sure hope he stays. K-State basketball would have to start all over without Bob Huggins."
Then, with Thursday's official announcement, the swirling rumors were silenced, leaving some fans disillusioned.
"It's a pretty awful feeling," Thompson said.
It probably goes without saying, but Thompson said it anyway — Huggieville just won't be the same without the Huggie.
"I guess it's back to Bennettville," he lamented, referring to the term Huggins used when he exhorted students to fill Bramlage.
Thompson said he was a little wary of Huggins' character when he was hired a year ago. But like many K-State students, Thompson quickly embraced the man affectionately known as Huggs.
Now?
"I know he's a great coach," Thompson said. "But to say that he has a good character seems like a stretch now."
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Character Counts?
by Water Pony » Fri Apr 06, 2007 12:19 pm
Published Friday, April 06, 2007
MANHATTAN — Tim Weiser and Jon Wefald made their best pitch to Bob Huggins. It appealed to his sense of reason. It tugged on his sense of right.
Huggins agreed with everything they said.
MSNBC.com, The Cincinnati Enquirer, The Cincinnati Post
But despite the pleas of K-State's athletic director and president, respectively, Huggins is leaving K-State only a year into his five-year contract. About 2 p.m. Thursday, he informed Weiser and Wefald he was returning to West Virginia, his alma mater.
"Even though he admitted this wasn't the right thing to do, he ultimately made the decision to go," Weiser said. "Our concern and our issue in talking with Bob was everything has a time and a place, and this wasn't the right time. It may have been the right place, but a year into this was by no means the time to say we finished the job."
Highlights and lowlights from the career of Kansas State basketball coach Bob Huggins:
1978-80 — Assistant coach at Ohio State.
1980-83 — Head coach at Walsh College (71-26).
1983-84 — Head coach at Akron (97-46).
1989-90 — Leads Cincinnati to 20 wins, NIT in first season.
Feb. 20, 1992 — Suspended one game after confronting official after loss to DePaul.
1991-92 — Bearcats win conference title, advance to Final Four.
1992-93 — Wins 27 games, advances to Elite Eight.
June 18, 1995 — Withdraws name from consideration as coach of NBA's Miami Heat.
June 20, 1995 — Agrees to 10-year contract extension.
1995-96 — Sweeps Conference USA titles, reaches Elite Eight.
Nov. 23, 1996 — Ranked No. 1 for first time in 34 years.
Dec. 4, 1996 — Loses 16-point lead in 72-65 loss to No. 1 team, Kansas.
Dec. 2, 1997 — Ruben Patterson is suspended 14 games for receiving extra benefits in violation of NCAA rules.
Nov. 5, 1998 — NCAA penalizes Cincinnati by taking away three scholarships and placing it on two years of probation for violations, concluding there was a lack of institutional control over Huggins' program.
March 9, 2000 — Kenyon Martin suffers broken leg, ending No. 1-ranked Cincinnati's national championship hopes.
March 25, 2002 — Withdraws from consideration for West Virginia job after 31-4 season that includes No. 1 NCAA seed.
Sept. 28, 2003 — Has massive heart attack in Pittsburgh airport.
Oct. 12, 2003 — Returns to coaching.
June 15, 2004 — Pleads no contest to drunken driving and ordered to attend alcohol education course.
Aug. 8, 2005 — University of Cincinnati general counsel Monica Rimai, in a letter to Huggins' attorney, Richard Katz, cites:
That 27 of 95 Huggins' players (28 percent) graduated from Cincinnati or another university in 16 years.
That since the 1990 recruiting class, the NCAA reported Cincinnati's men's basketball graduation rate to be 20 percent. In four of nine reporting years, the graduation rate was zero.
That 21 players, from the 1990 to 2006 recruiting classes, "have had significant encounters with law enforcement, most of those consisting of arrests, with many ending in convictions."
Aug. 23, 2005 — University of Cincinnati president Nancy Zimpher gives Huggins a choice to be fired or resign, telling the media: "Character counts. Our coaches must be exemplary role models on the court and off."
Aug. 24, 2005 — Huggins agrees to leave Cincinnati after accepting $3.1 million buyout.
March 23, 2006 — Huggins introduced as Kansas State coach.
March 19, 2007 — Kansas State falls to DePaul 70-65 in the NIT second round, ending the season with a 23-12 record, the Wildcats' best since 1987-88.
April 5, 2007 — Kansas State officials announce Huggins is leaving for the head coaching job at West Virginia, his alma mater.
MANHATTAN — Tim Weiser and Jon Wefald made their best pitch to Bob Huggins. It appealed to his sense of reason. It tugged on his sense of right.
Huggins agreed with everything they said.
MSNBC.com, The Cincinnati Enquirer, The Cincinnati Post
But despite the pleas of K-State's athletic director and president, respectively, Huggins is leaving K-State only a year into his five-year contract. About 2 p.m. Thursday, he informed Weiser and Wefald he was returning to West Virginia, his alma mater.
"Even though he admitted this wasn't the right thing to do, he ultimately made the decision to go," Weiser said. "Our concern and our issue in talking with Bob was everything has a time and a place, and this wasn't the right time. It may have been the right place, but a year into this was by no means the time to say we finished the job."
Highlights and lowlights from the career of Kansas State basketball coach Bob Huggins:
1978-80 — Assistant coach at Ohio State.
1980-83 — Head coach at Walsh College (71-26).
1983-84 — Head coach at Akron (97-46).
1989-90 — Leads Cincinnati to 20 wins, NIT in first season.
Feb. 20, 1992 — Suspended one game after confronting official after loss to DePaul.
1991-92 — Bearcats win conference title, advance to Final Four.
1992-93 — Wins 27 games, advances to Elite Eight.
June 18, 1995 — Withdraws name from consideration as coach of NBA's Miami Heat.
June 20, 1995 — Agrees to 10-year contract extension.
1995-96 — Sweeps Conference USA titles, reaches Elite Eight.
Nov. 23, 1996 — Ranked No. 1 for first time in 34 years.
Dec. 4, 1996 — Loses 16-point lead in 72-65 loss to No. 1 team, Kansas.
Dec. 2, 1997 — Ruben Patterson is suspended 14 games for receiving extra benefits in violation of NCAA rules.
Nov. 5, 1998 — NCAA penalizes Cincinnati by taking away three scholarships and placing it on two years of probation for violations, concluding there was a lack of institutional control over Huggins' program.
March 9, 2000 — Kenyon Martin suffers broken leg, ending No. 1-ranked Cincinnati's national championship hopes.
March 25, 2002 — Withdraws from consideration for West Virginia job after 31-4 season that includes No. 1 NCAA seed.
Sept. 28, 2003 — Has massive heart attack in Pittsburgh airport.
Oct. 12, 2003 — Returns to coaching.
June 15, 2004 — Pleads no contest to drunken driving and ordered to attend alcohol education course.
Aug. 8, 2005 — University of Cincinnati general counsel Monica Rimai, in a letter to Huggins' attorney, Richard Katz, cites:
That 27 of 95 Huggins' players (28 percent) graduated from Cincinnati or another university in 16 years.
That since the 1990 recruiting class, the NCAA reported Cincinnati's men's basketball graduation rate to be 20 percent. In four of nine reporting years, the graduation rate was zero.
That 21 players, from the 1990 to 2006 recruiting classes, "have had significant encounters with law enforcement, most of those consisting of arrests, with many ending in convictions."
Aug. 23, 2005 — University of Cincinnati president Nancy Zimpher gives Huggins a choice to be fired or resign, telling the media: "Character counts. Our coaches must be exemplary role models on the court and off."
Aug. 24, 2005 — Huggins agrees to leave Cincinnati after accepting $3.1 million buyout.
March 23, 2006 — Huggins introduced as Kansas State coach.
March 19, 2007 — Kansas State falls to DePaul 70-65 in the NIT second round, ending the season with a 23-12 record, the Wildcats' best since 1987-88.
April 5, 2007 — Kansas State officials announce Huggins is leaving for the head coaching job at West Virginia, his alma mater.
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by MustangMan » Fri Apr 06, 2007 3:17 pm
If they're worried in Manhattan, Kansas, they're in need of straightjackets and padded pastures in West Virginia.Ponymon wrote:Guess he got tired of those feedlot smells at SiloTech where men are men and sheep are WORRIED!
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by CalallenStang » Fri Apr 06, 2007 3:24 pm
Ponymon wrote:Guess he got tired of those feedlot smells at SiloTech where men are men and sheep are WORRIED!
Seriously, Manhattan, KS, isn't that bad of town. It's no Dallas...but I am willing to bet that Manhattan has more going for it than Morgantown, WV
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by Terry Webster » Fri Apr 06, 2007 3:31 pm
Morgantown is a pretty nice place. You are close to some of the best mountains and hiking around, and the best skiing this side of the Rockies. Check out Snowshoe sometime.
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by MustangMan » Fri Apr 06, 2007 3:32 pm
I've been to both. It's not even close.
I realize WVU is his alma mater, and there's an emotional tie when an alma mater is involved that can't be measured (plus whatever measurable financial tie) that factored into the decision. But going from Manhattan to Morgantown is like going from a Rolls-Royce to a Yugo. Morgantown is hideous.
I realize WVU is his alma mater, and there's an emotional tie when an alma mater is involved that can't be measured (plus whatever measurable financial tie) that factored into the decision. But going from Manhattan to Morgantown is like going from a Rolls-Royce to a Yugo. Morgantown is hideous.
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by PonyDoh » Fri Apr 06, 2007 3:40 pm
Morgantown is a far better town than Manhatten, though both suck. Morgantown, by virtue of proximity, is easier to recruit the DC area, and thats where his head assistant is tied into. He was a main man w/AAU power DC Assault and that's where he got the nations #1 recruit, Michael Beasley. Beasley will be let out of his LOI to KSU.
Also, the east coast doesn't think much of the Big 12, they have basically one title in 60 years. Big East is a big upgrade
Also, the east coast doesn't think much of the Big 12, they have basically one title in 60 years. Big East is a big upgrade
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