Huggins . . . Prohm, boy oh boy

[heitclone]

I don't like the way WV plays but I've always liked Huggy. Watch right before his teams take the court, he gives every one of them a huge hug. I haven't seen a lot of coaches do that, it goes against the perception most have of him, he loves his kids and they would clearly run through walls for him.

 

[Pat]

I think, if you take away the team logos, Huggins more similar to a former ISU coach than many would care to admit. And that includes the somber, but occasionally wickedly hysterical post-loss press conferences.

 

[Cardinal2001]

Eustachy was pretty frosty and dry in interviews also. Huggy would walk through hell with a gas can for his players, you can see that.

 

[Clonefan32]

I see both sides. On one hand, I'd get real tired of sitting up there after every game hearing the exact same questions. Let's be honest, your average post game question is not the most hard-hitting stuff.

"How was the locker room after the game?"

"Can you tell me how it feels to lose twice in a row in the championship?"

At the same time, these are some of, if not the, highest paid public employees in the their respective states. You can do a little better job representing the university than sitting up there and acting like your sitting in the waiting room waiting for your name to be called for a colonoscopy.

Personally, I'm glad to have a guy like Prohm who takes the questions in stride and stays positive.

 

[harimad]

I believe he had a team close to the top one year and his best player broke his leg right before the tournament. Would have had a good shot to win that year. Still, I never really cared for the guy. The graduation rate thing is bad deal too.

That was the Fizer-Tinsley year, just FYI. I don't like admitting it, but the injury to Kenyon Martin is the reason we were the #2 team in the country instead of #3. That Cincy team would have won it all otherwise. Easily.

 

[cydsho]

Huggins is a coach who I respect for his coaching abilities and I think he really cares about his players. Do I like his style, no way. And I think he plays a little loose with the "student-athlete" side of things. I bet he would be a fun interesting guy to have a beer/dinner with away from sports. Really similiar to how I feel about Self.
Now coaches like Alfraud and probabaly Drew.....

 

[CTTB78]

.......

Bob Huggins
Born: September 21, 1953
Alma Mater: West Virginia (1977)
.....

I actually thought his post game was very calm, honest, and fairly vanilla.

On a different note, I was surprised to see he was 24 when he graduated WV. Supposedly he was tops academically.

 

[Acylum]

I've decided every thread title and newspaper headline should end with "Boy Oh Boy".

 

[mitten1975]

Here is what I have trouble with. Everyone related to WV now complains to the refs. The coaches, the players, the fans. Huggins apparently cultivates that attitude. It is completely unsportsmanlike. Don't like.

 

[cyIclSoneU]

Here is what I have trouble with. Everyone related to WV now complains to the refs. The coaches, the players, the fans. Huggins apparently cultivates that attitude. It is completely unsportsmanlike. Don't like.

I was at WVU Coliseum for the ISU-WVU game a couple weeks ago. It was a lot like Hilton in the sense that the crowd got on the refs, and it seemed to work. I don't think ISU fans have much standing to call that unsportsmanlike when we do it as well as anyone. Now if you want to just look at the coaches Prohm is very different from Huggins in that regard. But for WVU as a whole vs ISU as a whole it's very similar. Both fanbases are active in trying to affect the officiating.

 

[ruxCYtable]

Take it for what it's worth, which may be nothing.

I met someone at a basketball camp who had once worked inside Cincy's basketball program. He said Huggins treated everyone around him like dirt, his players most of all. This person's opinion was that he was bad for the game of basketball and just an extremely bad human being.

I didn't like him much before, but I've liked him even less since that conversation.

 

[CycloneBBFan]

I think, if you take away the team logos, Huggins more similar to a former ISU coach than many would care to admit. And that includes the somber, but occasionally wickedly hysterical post-loss press conferences.

No man wins over 800 games unless he loves the game, he loves his players, and his players love him in return. Not going to happen. What Fred Hoiberg is to Ames aka The Mayor Bob Huggins is to the Mountaineers and then some. The biggest difference is Huggins will never leave WVU. If Bob Huggins were to die tomorrow the entire state would shut down, flags would fly at half-mast, and dozens of coaches, sports writers, and former players would fly in for a final goodbye.

 

[leschmick1785]

Also agree at how stupid those pressers are--my fav was last year when Baylor's player mocked the reporter for asking how their first round opponent out rebounded them. The reporter deserved it and it was funny seeing him get played by a college kid.

 

[SpokaneCY]

Lengthy piece from espn on Huggins with the major theme being he doesn't give a f.... In the comments section someone said that not giving a f... doesn't mean your're "real", it just means your a jerk.

Anyway - long read but somewhat interesting...

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...st-virginia-coach-bob-huggins-change-like-not

 

[LLCoolCY]

Huggy can be abrasive especially after a loss then he says something in an interview like this:

@ESPNDanaOneil Bob Huggins on Jay Wright: "I keep telling him if I'd lose weight he'd be the second best good looking coach." espn.com/espn/now?nowId…

and totally redems himself.

 

[cyfanatic13]

Really good friends with a former basketball manager for WVU and was basically his right hand man for a couple years. He has the utmost respect for him and said everyone knows he loves them like his own kids. I can't stand him when they play ISU, but I guess in my opinion, that means he's doing something right.

 

[mitten1975]

I was at WVU Coliseum for the ISU-WVU game a couple weeks ago. It was a lot like Hilton in the sense that the crowd got on the refs, and it seemed to work. I don't think ISU fans have much standing to call that unsportsmanlike when we do it as well as anyone. Now if you want to just look at the coaches Prohm is very different from Huggins in that regard. But for WVU as a whole vs ISU as a whole it's very similar. Both fanbases are active in trying to affect the officiating.

Fans don't have much else to do. What bothers me worse are the coaches and players. I remember when Larry Eustachy was coach, he would complain about refs, but the players would not. I am particularly uncomfortable when players complain. I think players should show respect, at least as much as is possible for the referees on the court. It is good also when coaches are as respectful. I have really appreciated Steve Prohm and Fred Hoiberg.

 

[VeloClone]

No man wins over 800 games unless he loves the game, he loves his players, and his players love him in return. Not going to happen. What Fred Hoiberg is to Ames aka The Mayor Bob Huggins is to the Mountaineers and then some. The biggest difference is Huggins will never leave WVU. If Bob Huggins were to die tomorrow the entire state would shut down, flags would fly at half-mast, and dozens of coaches, sports writers, and former players would fly in for a final goodbye.

There were quite a few of Bobby's players who felt they weren't respected by him.

 

[NWICY]

No man wins over 800 games unless he loves the game, he loves his players, and his players love him in return. Not going to happen. What Fred Hoiberg is to Ames aka The Mayor Bob Huggins is to the Mountaineers and then some. The biggest difference is Huggins will never leave WVU. If Bob Huggins were to die tomorrow the entire state would shut down, flags would fly at half-mast, and dozens of coaches, sports writers, and former players would fly in for a final goodbye.

I'm pretty sure the comparison was to Eustachy. Not a alumni but the somber wicked post loss press conferences. But we can all pick or own ex ISU coach that pat was referring to.

 

[Pat]

I'm pretty sure the comparison was to Eustachy. Not a alumni but the somber wicked post loss press conferences. But we can all pick or own ex ISU coach that pat was referring to.

Yeah, I was thinking specifically of the brutal press conferences, and to a lesser degree, the abuse that Larry gave the officials and his players, and the to-the-limit physical defense. Ames may be in flyover country, but it's tough to think of a hero, even Fred, that would have the same impact as Huggy returning to WV.