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The mutual reclamation project of a disrespected coach and his wounded program is only 10 months and 18 games old. That’s easy to forget sometimes, isn’t it?
This is all so new, even now, this wild ride from punchline to national coach-of-the-year candidate and one of the country’s top-five teams. This is still very much in the getting-to-know-you stage, so Frank Haith never can predict when he’ll learn something new about the kids he’s coached into national relevancy.
For instance, he still chuckles about the red scooter his 6-foot-8 center, Ricardo Ratliffe, rides around campus.
“You ever see that movie ‘Friday’?” Haith says. “Ricardo is D-Bo.”
The last time the head coach learned something new came just now, back at the TV...
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