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Evidently Alonzo Mourning has written a new book. Evidently he has also thrown out some interesting accusations about his college recruitment:
But first, in the publicity department, there is another matter that will need to be aired out. Mourning writes that various colleges - specifically Maryland, Syracuse, Georgia Tech and Virginia - recruited him with offers of fancy clothes and dinners, and that "everyone understood I could have gotten money at any of these places."
Obviously, you're going to hear about it. A guy's got to sell books, so he needs a hook. Evidently the compelling story of a big man overcoming life threatening kidney disease isn't enough. Well, multiple personality disorder wasn't enough for any of the Hershal's, so you need something more juicy.
We went through the whole Sebastian Telfair accusations, which proved to be false. Now this junk. Of course there's no proving or disproving anything.
Hope you sell some dead trees my man. I'm sure part of the story is how he rose above the traps of stardom to pick Georgetown, where all they could offer him was a scholarship and a gym. Yeah, right.
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i have spent some time with bobby c on 2 occasions.
i could be wrong but... i just cant see bobby offering him money and cars.
yes to fancy dinners.
yes to a trip to the chetah. golly gee i bet even scott has been to the chetah ;0)
sorry but i just dont see bobby offering him cash.
i do remember one comment in the paper bobby said about alonzo.
he said whomever ended up with alonzo would win an nc.
nope i just dont see bobby cheating like that!
What garbage! Mourning is the one guy I always hated that we missed on, but no more. I hope Cremins comments on this at some point; he would never compromise in that way to win. Far too classy, unlike some book peddlers.
I remember at the time Mourning said he chose Georgetown because they gave him "a better chance to win a national championship." Is that the only reason, Alonzo????
From: Cornelius in DC
Mourning is an after thought. He never materialized in the pros like he was projected to do.
Georgetown is a cult within itself. They are private, lily-white, in the heart of a totally black city, DC. John Thompson was the master of keeping the press and public away from his players. Why? Most could not qualify to attend schools such as UNC, TECH, etc. There were many run-ins with the law, all covered up by the Georgetown power structure and local constaabulary. The public thought Thompson had choir boys....
I can tell you that John Thompson is still on the take from Georgetown when they canned his butt several years ago. His wife divorced him and broke his financial back. Never heard what "The Old Man" did that raised her ire.
Cornelius
Don't deify Bobby too quickly. I wouldn't put it past Cremins to look the other way or claim he didn't know about things done on behalf of the program . Any good recruiter can sweet talk and Cremins was a great recruiter. I would liken him to Jim Valvano, nice guy but very close to the edge.
When Stephon Marbury came for his visit to GT, his family took everything from their hotel room that wasn't nailed down. Bobby seemed to hush that one up pretty well. I also know that he was a very vocal advocate for his players receiving preferential treatment from professors at the Institute. Bobby played nice but you don’t get where he did without a ruthless streak.
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