Keegan: Hiring Ole Roy took guts

Posted Dec 15, 2006

Those who hired Bill Self as the fifth successor to Phog Allen didn’t need a great deal in the way of either imagination or guts to pull the trigger. Self already had coached two schools into the Elite Eight, headed three Div. I programs and won 207 games. In contrast, hiring Roy Williams took guts and an ability to forecast on the part of Bob Frederick, the man who pulled the trigger. (Lawrence Journal-World)

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