Hugg Life
May 2, 2008 by Mike CasazzaHere’s your look at Friday’s press conference announcing the unprecedented-at-WVU lifetime contract for men’s basketball Coach Bob Huggins. Give it a listen. Please. Commit many parts to memory because you’ll be asked to remember them again soon.
Additionally, it’s a good listen. The good, tough and relevant questions were asked. And answered.
The basics: 11-years (he’ll be 65 at its conclusion) for about $1.5 million per season, plus incentives and annual increases and a $4 million buyout.
I’ll let you digest the curious shoutout to the Daily Mail 2:15 in because more — so much more — will come to light soon. The highlight comes at the 5:55 mark when the Bob Hertzel asks how Huggins has gone from a coach the University of Cincinnati could not rid itself of fast enough to a coach West Virginia University wants to keep around forever.
“We have a much more intelligent president here. It’s very obvious, Bob.”
Very! Let’s meet again on Monday, yes?