Bob Huggins: Just a good ol’ WV boy
By MountaineerBob on Oct 9, 2007 in Basketball, Humor, Video/Audio
Today I was honored to attend The Pittsburgh Coaches Corner Luncheon sponsored by Pittsburgh Brewing Co. They hold this luncheon every month and it’s basically a forum for coaches from around the area to talk about their program and some of the good things going on in the region.
I was pumped to go to this one because WVU’s new head basketball coach, Bob Huggins, was (in my opinion) the main speaker. Also, I was going to get the chance to meet him, ask a few questions, and tell him about the site.
I must admit, Huggins is a great speaker. He was funny, engaging and informative, yet straight to the point. I recorded most of his speech [see below] but missed the first minute or so, which might have been the best part.
Since the other speakers were touting their kids graduation rate and GPA, Huggs cut himself down with a quick joke about how WVU’s kids have an average of 3.48 and now he’s the coach and will have to take care of that. He said he doesn’t like to coach kids smarter than him. It was some of the best self-depricating humor, i’ve heard in a long time. Funny stuff.
On the other hand, it was refreshing to hear a coach not beat around the bush about their team. Huggins openly admitted that he didn’t know how the team was this year. With just a few summer practices, he said he will have to wait till this Friday to really start evaluating the players and won’t know till then to really see how they will adjust to his style of ball. He’s a straight shooter and doesn’t BS the media. I got the sense he was happy that he was back in his home town and back to where he could be just “a good ol’ boy”.
I got a chance to meet him after the reception and was able to squeeze in one question. I asked him what we, as fans, could expect from the team and his new style of ball this season. He simply stated, “I don’t know. Come Friday, we’ll find out”. For a second I thought he was inviting me to come watch the first official practice! I was wrong.
Check out the audio version of his speech. It’s about 13 minutes long (a little muffled at first) and starts at the beginning of a funny story he’s telling about one of the biggest games he coached at Cincy vs. DePaul, and continues with some info about the team.
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JackedUp | Oct 10, 2007 | Reply
I was the luncheon as well. Good Ol’ Boy Bobby Huggins is a very funny guy, but really all business. Things will change at WVU for the basketball team. He said he was recruiting all summer and that’s why he didn’t know his current team. Let me tell you something, he is the best recruiter in the country. You will start to see top players in the country start to attend WVU. I’m a Pitt fan, but a little jealous you got Huggins.
Couchburner | Oct 10, 2007 | Reply
The one thing that Huggins and Dixon have in common: neither can win in the Tournament.
MountaineerBob | Oct 10, 2007 | Reply
Huggs was just waiting to get to a real school. He’s going to rip it up now. Let him bring in the the Huggs Thuggs. Who cares as long as they win.
Funny thing about that Luncheon I noticed. There were 3 other College level coaches there, all 3 were from WV! Duquesne’s head coach used to play ball with Huggs when he was at WVU, and the PITT guy was also a good ol’ WV boy.
JackedUp | Oct 10, 2007 | Reply
Big deal! This year the Big East will get the Blair Factor! DeJuan Blair will eat teams alive inside. 6′ 7″ 250 lbs of pure muscle!