Huggins considering job offer from Kansas State
March 22, 2006
By Gregg Doyel
CBS SportsLine.com Senior Writer
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Former Cincinnati coach Bob Huggins is considering an offer to become the new coach at Kansas State, CBS SportsLine.com learned Wednesday night.
Although a controversial figure, Huggins would be an ideal fit for a floundering Kansas State program that a.) needs a jolt of energy and legitimacy and b.) has always struggled to find mainstream recruits.
Huggins knows how to plumb junior colleges and other off-the-path places for talent, and he already has a handful of players ready to follow him anywhere -- most notably 7-foot-2 center Jason Bennett, a high school senior from Jacksonville, Fla. Huggins also would be the frontrunner to sign two of the top five players from the class of 2007, O.J. Mayo and Bill Walker from the Cincinnati suburb of North College Hill, Ohio.
Kansas State athletics director Tim Weiser has spent considerable time speaking with the NCAA and other sources about Huggins' background -- which has had equal parts smoke and fire -- and has been assured that Huggins would be a solid hire.
Cincinnati forced out Huggins in August after he lost a power struggle with president Nancy Zimpher. Huggins had hoped to land a higher-profile job this offseason -- most notably at Missouri or perhaps Arizona State -- but those schools are going in other directions.
March 22, 2006
By Gregg Doyel
CBS SportsLine.com Senior Writer
Tell Gregg your opinion!
Former Cincinnati coach Bob Huggins is considering an offer to become the new coach at Kansas State, CBS SportsLine.com learned Wednesday night.
Although a controversial figure, Huggins would be an ideal fit for a floundering Kansas State program that a.) needs a jolt of energy and legitimacy and b.) has always struggled to find mainstream recruits.
Huggins knows how to plumb junior colleges and other off-the-path places for talent, and he already has a handful of players ready to follow him anywhere -- most notably 7-foot-2 center Jason Bennett, a high school senior from Jacksonville, Fla. Huggins also would be the frontrunner to sign two of the top five players from the class of 2007, O.J. Mayo and Bill Walker from the Cincinnati suburb of North College Hill, Ohio.
Kansas State athletics director Tim Weiser has spent considerable time speaking with the NCAA and other sources about Huggins' background -- which has had equal parts smoke and fire -- and has been assured that Huggins would be a solid hire.
Cincinnati forced out Huggins in August after he lost a power struggle with president Nancy Zimpher. Huggins had hoped to land a higher-profile job this offseason -- most notably at Missouri or perhaps Arizona State -- but those schools are going in other directions.
jeffksu said:
He had a 0% graduation rate one year. That much is true. He had 3 recruits - of the 3 kids, 1 transferred and 2 didn't graduate.
From that year on, kids have graduated - but once that 0% figure gets attached to you, good luck shaking it off.
It's like when someone goes 0-3 or 3-0 sometimes in capping games. it happens and it doesn't mean shit.
What rubs people the wrong way is that after a game he isn't concerned about how the other team plays and his only talks about what his team did - so opposing fans looking for "props" find him to be pretty arrogant - and truth be told, he is arrogant but if he's your coach, you'll love the attitude he brings - kinda like a Mike Shanahan (without the rings).
The best thing about him is his honesty - he is brutally honest - and in this day and age, its better to be fake and pretentious like Pitino and Calipari
jeffksu: if you all get huggins you will be an instant final four team....The paper here is quoted as saying that o.j. mayo, bill walker will be going were ever he goes...they are the #1,2 players in the country....Also you could land keenan ellis who is 6'11 and pat patterson who has already been offered by kent, wake wvu and more.....Hopefully you get him....
People in wv hope Belion goes to Missouri so we get huggins....
People in wv hope Belion goes to Missouri so we get huggins....
ground hog11 said:
Think of this.
In the year he was away, he had no restrictions on recruiting. He could meet Mayo and Walker everyday if you wanted to. He could take them to restaurants and have them over for dinner. Try getting Mayo away from Huggins - NO CHANCE.
Also, Bennett might follow him too. That means that in two/three years, KSU will be Final Four candidate.
cincy_ said:
Your right....He was up at my old high school talking to Pat Patterson after the game....He still talks to oj and company several times a week....
Also another thing that gets over blown about him is his graduation rate....Yes, it is low but now with th NCAA taking away schships... he will just hire someone to tutor the kids and make them pass....
ground hog11 said:
It is not just about tutoring. Cincinnati is not a big sports institution like Ohio State that has professors who are very willing to "help" student athletes. Think of a dumbass like Andy Katzenmoyer at OSU. How does he even pass ANY course?
If you want to pass a course at UC, you need to pass - plain and simple. Huggins and the program never tried to guide students to certain teachers and never tried to influence professors.
