Mizzou Gives Oregon Permission to Talk With Anderson
Missouri spokesman Dave Reiter said Friday morning that Oregon had asked for and had received permission - on Thursday evening - to speak with MU Head Basketball Coach Mike Anderson about the Duck's vacant hoops position.
"They asked for permission last night to talk to coach and it was granted," Reiter told The Star just a few moments ago.
Now, what that all means won't be known until later today when Reiter anticipates releasing a statement from Anderson, who on Friday was playing in mentor Nolan Richardson's charity golf tournament in El Paso, Texas.
"Once he's able to we'll get a statement from him," Reiter said.
The (Portland) Oregonian has posted a story on its web site contending that Anderson and the head of the search committee to find a new hoops coach for the Ducks, met in El Paso on Thursday night and discussed Anderson taking the post as the head quacker.
Couple of things. One, I don't believe Anderson is leaving Missouri.
Two, a current member of the MU team I contacted this morning said he had heard nothing.
Will we get a statement from Anderson saying that despite what could be up to a $3 million offer from Oregon, he will stay at MU? Don't know.
Again, I don't believe Anderson is going anywhere right now if only because he's just signed both sons of one of his best friends to be Tigers and he's not going to tell Paul Pressey he won't be in Columbia to coach them.
Here's a link to the story in The Oregonian (a similar piece is on the web site of the Eugene Register Guard:
http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindducksbeat/2010/04/oregon_basketball_pat...
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http://campuscorner.kansascity.com/node/842#ixzz0lHSStxI4