Interesting article with regards to how Wiscy lost out on Bo and Knight
From today's "Bacon Blog" John U. Bacon takes a look at a pivotal 40 minute head coaching interview back in 1966 with Bo and Wisconsin. Interesting stuff.
link here: http://bit.ly/8YXX6Q
“Michigan didn’t need some silly committee or student rep to check me out,” Bo told me, “and I didn’t need any dime-store tour of the campus to appreciate what Michigan had to offer.”
November 19th, 2010 at 9:33 AM ^
Don't mess with Bo. Ever.
November 19th, 2010 at 9:35 AM ^
Maybe its just because when they went after those 2 legends, Wisconsin athletics sucked
November 19th, 2010 at 2:04 PM ^
We weren't much different from them in football in the two decades before Bo.
November 19th, 2010 at 9:36 AM ^
I didn't realize they knew each other that far back. Was it some sort of Ohio (OSU for Knight, Miami for Bo) thing?
November 19th, 2010 at 9:43 AM ^
Or OSU for both?
November 19th, 2010 at 10:50 AM ^
Bo was an assistant coach for Woody Hayes at OSU (1958-1963) when Knight was on the OSU basketball team (1959-1962).
November 19th, 2010 at 9:51 AM ^
This story is actually in Bo's Lasting Lessons.
November 19th, 2010 at 11:22 AM ^
Srsly?
November 19th, 2010 at 11:09 AM ^
Good article. Wisconsin could have been amazing with those two coaches.
November 19th, 2010 at 11:37 AM ^
Years ago I had the opportunity to have breakfast with Bo and Shemy (sp?) along with George Lilja at a Fellowship of Christian Athletes event here in Northern Ohio. The four of us sat at a small table and I got to hear Bo tell that story first-hand, up close and personal.
Can you just imagine how different the Big Ten would've looked with both Bo and Bobby in Madison for the 70's and beyond? Wow.
November 19th, 2010 at 5:03 PM ^
We might have been stuck with BB, Hayden's offspring.
November 19th, 2010 at 5:25 PM ^
That's interesting. I never knew that.
It should also be noted that Wisconsin offered Lloyd Carr the head coaching job in 1989 before they offered Barry Alvarez. Lloyd thought about it but in the end, decided he didn't want to leave Michigan. Good man.