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Author Topic: Rock Oliver is back and will build a Army for Joker! catmandoo Player Member # 1284 posted 02-12-2010 11:46 AM                     He definitely will help Calipari and the basketball program in any way he can also! He is true blur through and through! "Joker and I had always talked about if he ever became head coach, he'd want me on board," Oliver said. "And three years ago, after he was named head-coach-in-waiting, he asked me about if I would still be interested. He thought I was kidding when I said I would be." It all made sense. Oliver's wife, Winone, always had a special place in her heart for Lexington. Oliver's 21-year-old daughter, a student at Vanderbilt, has applied to law school at UK, and his 19-year-old son will be transferring to UK from the University of Cincinnati. As soon as Phillips took over for Rich Brooks, he made the call. The Bengals tried to hold on to Oliver, but his affinity for Lexington and the unanimous support from his family made the decision for him. "If you've never worked here, you don't understand how special this place is," Oliver said. "(Former UK athletics director) C.M. Newton once told me, 'You'll regret leaving this place.' And he was right. There isn't a guy that ever worked here that left that won't admit to you, 'That might have been a mistake.' Rick (Pitino) even said it." Oliver also is close to UK basketball coach John Calipari. They first met at Kansas when Calipari was an assistant coach. Oliver was the head strength coach for Calipari and the New Jersey Nets in 1996-97 and at the University of Memphis from 2001-03. Calipari has said he'll pick Oliver's brain, but Oliver made no bones about his task during his second go-round at UK. "John knows I'll always be there for him," he said. "We started out together at Kansas. He's going to lean on me, and I'm going to lean on him. We're close. But as far as what I'm here to do, I'm here to build an army for Joker. I'm here to work for Joker and get this thing the way he wants me to have it." Link -------------------- http://www.ukfightsong.com/ Posts: 186363 | From: st. augustine florida 32092 | Registered: Mar 2001  |  IP: Logged Old Norm Administrator Member # 1482 posted 02-12-2010 11:58 AM                     I was truly blurred once! -------------------- Pray For Our Country! Posts: 36281 | From: Western KY | Registered: Aug 2001  |  IP: Logged

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