Forgive Minnesotans, they just realized nine months ago that basketball was a sport
By Travis
Minneapolis Star-Tribune columnist Patrick Reusse can’t get it right, even when he’s trying to correct himself. Reusse admitted he was technically wrong in writing on Dec. 20 that Patrick Patterson and Jai Lucas had given Tubby Smith verbal commitments before bolting Kentucky for Minnesota in March.
But he excused himself by citing the Minnesota sports information director, who asked Tubby himself (a novel idea Reusse should be fired for not thinking of himself), and was told there was no commitment but Tubby “was very confident.” As mentioned last week, I’m sure he was just as confident about Brandan Wright, Tyler Hansbrough, Darius Rice and so many others. And, not sure where else Reusse would have gotten the idea, I suspect he’s only providing a correction because the only logical conclusion is Tubby or someone on his staff made the claim, and Reusse needs to take the blame to divert the blame.
But Reusse littered his correction with more errors than his initial column. For one, Patterson is from Huntington, W.Va., not Morgantown. And his jab at the infamous Chris Mills package, was incorrectly called a FedEx package instead of from Emory Worldwide Express.
WTG, Reusse. We’ll be waiting for another correction, or your dismissal — whichever comes first.