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life that cause you great pressure. If  
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security, you will probably not win, but  
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_    (' 2 if ‘_   ‘g_,  .=* _   ing a coach," Hall says. To receive 1 »..,  
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Joe with 1975 UKlT trophy, oneofil'l¤in[his career. I {   ..’`     Hell ehetishes hls greatest m_umPhS .  
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(C the Soviet Union national basketball II.  
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    S   ry awards. Yet, no individual honors take  
. priority over being carried off the court. '  
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growl/2 cmd eleoelopment os people cmd   me I expeewed the sweet  ji,
b times at Kentucky, Hall says. No  
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Recruiting at Kentucky o ten as c Eating, co ege as gtN:EAA1s conge he Stayed at the helm. But he knew cap   ,/;V  
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ceive the signatures they need. But in ing, but I think 1t 1S not as wide-spread were his last as the Rcdmcn blew Out {O #»’V g
recent years, the blue-chip prospects as reported," Hall says. "The cheating an inSurmOumab1€1€ad V.  
have spread throughout the nation due that does go on needs to be corrected, H ` . . . I
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primarily to parity in college basketball. but I doubt that moral1ty among coach- . . . .4*
, , . · * . . me, but I was very firm 1n my commit- `  
l here is, however, one other factor UK es can be legislated any better than oth- - ——,’ ¤
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battles against each fall and spring, er business ventures. up ,, Hall Sa S NIH armouncin m I_€_  
"()ur opposition tells their players or While Hall concedes that winning is tirémem On ythc Ost amc Shgw l/that    
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recruits that kentucky has great talent the primary purpose of fielding a team, P - ·g it  
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and that s why they win every year, he says those goals should not be sacri- 1Ong_tim€ friendship with Caywood Q. fg
llall savs. "He tells them that he can ficed by deceit and illegal activities. L f QQ
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take a good player and make him a Winning 1S essential and cannot be mach th€1Oya]UK fans tt   .~t’ .,
great player tlo boost hiiz coaching Lm- pveremphasiaed, lso longl as you don’t with retirement Settling in more cV_    
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tgt, xi att is it sos it tntuc y, t ey osenyour princip es in t e quest to ex €ryday7 Hall admits to 3 numbness, but V  
win on talent alone and maybe good cel. has HO definite plans for thc near future _j
players can`t plav there. When vou are The UK coaching position is regard- tt · I It.;
· , .· · _ _ I want to find something that some-  
the \ ankees of basketball, people are ed as perhaps the most d1Hicult in col- what approaches the excitement I had ‘  
going to try to tninitnize your success, lege athletics, yet Hall says pressure to at Kcmuckyln  
hut overall. negative recruiting is a tre- win is not overbearing from fans across _____  
nientlous coinplitnent to our program." the state. Dan Mmger :84 if ,1 gmduate Ofihg UK Sthwl  
\\ ith the recent scandal at Tulane . ‘fIlve always felt that pressure was an ,,fJ,,u,,m[g_,,,, and is ,,my,[,,yg,{ by Caywggd Led-  
and many other schools being cited for individual thing and there are things in ford Pmdurtzkmx.  
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