Op/Ed piece on Broadus

[millerj9]

Stealing victory

...Broadus arrived with promises of on-court prestige, but last summer, once again bloggers and journalists alike scratched their heads over his atypical choices. He brought in a player who was kicked off his high school basketball team and didn’t academically qualify for Syracuse University, another who was arrested for marijuana possession at Gonzaga University in Washington and yet another who was briefly suspended for academics at St. Joesph’s College...

[SirSaxa]

Nov 11, 2008 7:49:06 GMT -5 millerj9 said:

Stealing victory

...Broadus arrived with promises of on-court prestige, but last summer, once again bloggers and journalists alike scratched their heads over his atypical choices. He brought in a player who was kicked off his high school basketball team and didn’t academically qualify for Syracuse University, another who was arrested for marijuana possession at Gonzaga University in Washington and yet another who was briefly suspended for academics at St. Joesph’s College...

Very unfortunate about the assaults, although the three incidents referenced above don't seem like such a big deal. Maybe the number of them combined with the two assaults make the whole look worse than the sum of the parts.

It was particularly disappointing to read about his GU connection:

As an assistant at Georgetown, he pursued a player who had a 1.33 GPA in core classes. That caught the eye of The New York Times, which described his players as “ignominious” and “unaccredited.”

The real issue though is the two assault charges and the implications for the entire team. Let's hope for Kevin's sake he gets things turned around.
Story about the two assault charges here:

www.bupipedream.com/pipeline_web/display_article.php?id=9674