zip37 Posted May 11, 2005 Report Posted May 11, 2005 www.cincypost,com will get you to sports page, so sad. Quote
ZipDude Posted May 11, 2005 Report Posted May 11, 2005 About Higgins and his band of thugs? I love him as a coach but when you get the job done with JUCO's this is what you get. The stories are rampant about his kids. But they do play great defense. Quote
Captain Kangaroo Posted May 11, 2005 Report Posted May 11, 2005 Gee, and it wasn't but 11 moth's ago that Bob was making these headlines. Does Cincinnati have ANY standards regarding their athletic programs? When officers pulled Huggins' car over at 11:35 p.m. Tuesday night, he said, "Don't do this to me," but was cooperative, according to the report by Sgt. Jeff Bronson and two other officers. Officers said Huggins told them he was on his way home after talking to recruits and had had a "couple" of beers. He denied that he was under the influence of alcohol. The report said Huggins was stopped because his car was straying out of its lane, and he sat at a light for 10 seconds after it turned green. Officers noticed vomit on the inside of the driver's side door and reported a strong smell of alcohol, prompting them to administer the field sobriety test. Huggins had slurred speech and red, watery eyes, the report said. Officers said he "staggered" out of the car and couldn't keep his balance during the sobriety test. Asked to recite the alphabet from the letter "E" through "P," Huggins said, "E, F, G, H, I, K, L, N, Z," according to the police report. Asked to count backward from 67 to 54, he counted from 62 to 52, the report said. Quote
Zippy989 Posted May 11, 2005 Report Posted May 11, 2005 For what it's worth.... I know someone who used to work at UA and did some work around and inside the office of Bob Huggins during his time at Akron. Apparently, Coach had a private stash in a small fridge inside the office.. the players had free access... Which would be ok except most of them were not yet 21.... He has had this problem a long time... but if you win, people are willing to look the other way.... Quote
Captain Kangaroo Posted May 11, 2005 Report Posted May 11, 2005 For what it's worth.... I know someone who used to work at UA and did some work around and inside the office of Bob Huggins during his time at Akron. Apparently, Coach had a private stash in a small fridge inside the office.. the players had free access... Which would be ok except most of them were not yet 21.... He has had this problem a long time... but if you win, people are willing to look the other way.... For the record: You were legal to drink @ 19 during a few of Huggins' years. I was good friends with Doug Schutz (former player, now deceased) during the Huggins years. I once asked him why the team was so good at home, and so bad on the road. He said some of the guys partied too hard on their road trips. Quote
Zippy989 Posted May 11, 2005 Report Posted May 11, 2005 ok.. then under age freshman had access to the Open bar.... doesn't matter anyway.. just pointing out that Huggy Bear has been struggling with this demon for a long time... Quote
zip37 Posted May 11, 2005 Author Report Posted May 11, 2005 Bob's pblm w/alchy is not news, but the loss of players is to me, he does't recruit the same type of players of character as he did here i.e. Mike Dowdell, John Lawyer, Russ Holmes etc. etc. Bob did not do anything I haden't done in my past (long past) I JUST DID NOT GET CAUGHT SHEER L;UCK. With ball ammunition lock and load. Quote
Captain Kangaroo Posted May 11, 2005 Report Posted May 11, 2005 Bob's pblm w/alchy is not news, but the loss of players is to me, he does't recruit the same type of players of character as he did here i.e. Mike Dowdell, John Lawyer, Russ Holmes etc. etc. Bob did not do anything I haden't done in my past (long past) I JUST DID NOT GET CAUGHT SHEER L;UCK. With ball ammunition lock and load. I agree he recruited a better caliber of person @ Akron than Cinci. I knew a lot of the guys on his teams because I was @ U of A from '84-'89. Most of the guys were good people. They drank beer when they were 18...and they did it with me! Usually it was at The Townhouse. How does Huggins recruit against the likes of Kentucky, North Carolina, Duke, etc when he's at a C-USA school like Cincinnati? He can't...unless he takes a lot of character risks. The kids with skills + character + grades are all gone by the time Bob Huggins knocks on their door. Ironic that after taking all those risks and all those suspect players, he bows out of the tourney every year by round 2. MAC, MVC or Horizon League schools do as well as him, but with decent kids...and at a fraction of Cincinnati's budget. Quote
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