It's weird how things play out. When Knight was at IU and Huggins was roaming the sidelines at Cincinnati, my guess is that the general consensus of Huggins and his program was that they were a bunch of thugs.
Now that he's at WVU and the way things have played out at IU over the last decade and a half, if Huggins were 10 years younger I think most IU fans would be okay with him taking over in Bloomington.[/QUOTE
True. I didn't think of much as him at Cincy, because from outside appearances, you wondered if there was some shadiness to him and his program. Also it's become more apparent as his talent differential has dropped at WVU that he coaches players and teams beyond their ability. Not sure he's shown he can recruit at the level I think an elite coach should be able to at IU, but X and O's, I don't think there are many better.
He's another of those guys like RMK or Wilson, that oftentimes the less you hear of him after a loss, probably the better off you are. RMK is extremely entertaining and likeable at times as Huggins can be, but he can be a total douche at times too. It was always hard for me to forget him raking that kid over the coals after the NCAA loss... was it Mizzou? He was reaming the kid about "you didn't hear I was not going to be here from anyone at Indiana, right?" about his postgame press conference, and I think it was a student volunteer or manager. Anyway, Huggins has definitely grown on me over the years, probably in direct proportion to the scarcity of good fundamental bball from our team.
