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[QUOTE="FfldCntyFan, post: 4617073, member: 71"]
One major problem back in the Perno days was that for a very large part of the fan base, every time they saw him they thought of him stealing the ball from Bill Bradley, putting us in the elite eight, which until the NIT win was the high point of UConn basketball.

I was done with him long before he was fired.  He had sufficient talent (albeit not well enough conditioned and his guards were tiny) to do more in the BE than they did during Corny Thompson's time there and I was furious when we blew what should have been an insurmountable lead against St John's in the BET in Hartford my senior year in college.  I believe it was 17 points at halftime with no shot clock.   The lead kept melting away and Mullin hit a 20 ft shot at the buzzer with the game tied.

A few weeks later, reading the sports section of one of the publications from the middle of the state, I read an article announcing Earl Kelly signing with UConn.  The author added "the best part is now Perno will have job security for four more years".  I was ready to beat the #$#@ out of him for writing that.
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