Craig Robinson is the new head coach of the Oregon State Beavers. He has experience both playing and coaching D-1 basketball, and he has a tough task ahead of him. Getting a new coach at a big-time, D-1, Pac-10 school is noteworthy, but what might be even more interesting is that Robinson is actually the brother-in-law of Barrack Obama, who, as timely news would have it, just wrapped up the Democratic Party presidential nomination last night. Needless to say, there are a lot of comparisons being drawn between Obama and Robinson right now. One of the better stories about this topic can be found at Sports Illustrated.com.
Oregon State has had its share of basketball problems in the past couple of decades. The Beavers used to be a great team back when Gary Payton was running the show, but they have fallen on hard times, and the Pac-10 in an unforgiving, inhospitable place for a program with bad luck. Will Robinson be the catalyst of change that they’ve been looking for? Let’s hope so. The Final Four Blog would love to see Robinson and the Beavers succeed.
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