April 2, 200818 yr Statement from Lute Olsen on ESPN says he will not return to the staff. Shocker... Where does he go now?
April 2, 200818 yr It sounded like there was some bad blood there in Lute's news conference. I wonder what happened?
April 2, 200818 yr Author They had a pretty good squad, and O'Neill changed everything to his style. How could he have expected to have success doing that? I'm sure Olsen believes they would have been better off running Olsen's style. It's not like the staff didn't know the style.
April 2, 200818 yr Author Didn't they just name him heir-apparent to Olsen??? WEIRD! Yes, but I feel like that was precautionary in case Olsen did not return.
April 2, 200818 yr He was in a lose lose situation, Olsen got a vacation, O'Neil worked his tail off to get Arizona into the tournament and now he is unemployed.
April 2, 200818 yr I think O'Neill may be looking at the Cal job, along with a few others, including Steve Lavin, the former UCLA coach and ESPN color commentator.
April 2, 200818 yr I have always had a strong dislike for him. It doesn't help that he coached Marquette to a win over Kentucky. But he is just a very unlikeable guy! And how could you make a guy who you have worked for like Olson so upset?
April 2, 200818 yr Author I have always had a strong dislike for him. It doesn't help that he coached Marquette to a win over Kentucky. But he is just a very unlikeable guy! And how could you make a guy who you have worked for like Olson so upset? Not to mention he was at Tennessee...
April 2, 200818 yr Not to mention he was at Tennessee... And at Tennessee, he was constantly "challenging" Pitino and UK, yet they never really had even a decent team. He was just annoying.
April 2, 200818 yr I'm glad to see this, I'm always been a big fan of Olson and the Arizona program and I absolutely couldn't stand this guy. Here is the always entertaining Doyel's take on the situation: Well done, Lute Olson Kevin O'Neill had to go at Arizona, but frankly I'm surprised Lute Olson had the wherewithal to know it -- and the stones to do it. O'Neill, who joined Olson's staff before this past season and then replaced him on an interim basis, has been ripping Olson behind his back. Just crushing him. How do I know this? Because I've talked to several people -- not one; several -- who were on the receiving end of O'Neill's rants against Olson. O'Neill isn't as smart as he thinks if he thought his hammerings of Olson weren't going to come out. Good grief, Kevin. This stuff always comes out. O'Neill wasn't just the Wildcats' interim coach. He was their next coach, or at least, he thought he was. Arizona made him that verbal promise months ago, and O'Neill accepted it. Last week when Olson announced he was returning to the team for the 2008-09 season, O'Neill said he would be back at Olson's side. Apparently not. Olson seems to have fired O'Neill, and let me tell you, the pink slip was deserved. This is a bad guy, OK? Kevin O'Neill is simply not a good dude, and Olson -- whose program has been crushed by other bad dudes masquerading as players -- was able to sniff this one out. Good for you, Lute Olson. Shame on you, Kevin O'Neill. Go back to the NBA, you back-stabbing leach. You don't deserve to work in college basketball ever again.:eek: http://www.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/...881996/7484944 Doyel seems to be dancing around the subject, I wonder how he really feels...
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