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Kris Henry says:
" Texas will talk the
talk but the Ducks
will walk the walk
in Utah. Arkansas,
Kentucky, Missis
sippi State and Vil
lanova will shake
things up when the
heat is on. Can you
say repeat?'
■ SPORTS EXTRA BASKETBALL
—-— Meet the Green
Jerry Green
Kris Henry
OntQtifi Omtr
()rogon head < oat h Jerry Green is a sales
man
Nut your polyester wearing, fast talking
tvjm* of salesman, but a salesman nonetheless
The St-year-old s honest fat e ami genuine
smile were used to sell the Oregon men s lias
kethnll team tint past two years to vit lory •
starved Dut k followers
Sunday's announcement that Oregon was
invited twit k to the Nf AA tournament after a
34-veer drought just gives him more ammu
nition to fend off the disbelievers
"The more i think about today Green said
on Sunday, "the hapjwmng of (begun getting
into the NGAA tournament is very important.
"Today, tiie big tiling to me is the ext ite
moot for the people who have iw k with us
tins length of time when other people said.
'Von're not going to I*- aide to turn it around "
Things more than turned around at (tregon
after the Dur ks named Green its 14th head
i oar h in tiie spring of 10*12
1 le inherited a group that went t> 21 the pre
vious year and a program that strut k fear in
the hearts of few But. the salesman that lie
is, Green preai tied to t urrent ami future Ore
gon player* of w hat would soon lie
I remember it pretty vividlyOregon for
ward Jeff Holier said about (.men's first meat
ing with his new team lie came down to the
old It* keroom and told us that he wanted us
to st ore 1 (Mi points a game, play unbelievably
hurt! and untwliovabiy unselfish.
"I think he has accomplished a lot tint »>
he s been here I don't think we really real
i/eti how far down this program was until he
got lien*
After two 10 win seasons. Green ball liegan
showing glimmers of hope and hit iis first
milestone with Sunday s NCAA announce
menl offit uilly signifying that the |errv Green
era has arrived ami talk of tiie Dit k Harter era
should lie set.ondarv
Greens lttM-95 team has toppled every
at t omplishmnnt (and then some) that the
1070s "C ardie* kids" coat h did during his
heyday at Oregon — a phenomenal feat con
sidering Green has only had two ret ruitmg
years at Oregon.
The 51-vear-old native of Stariex. S.C was
ktn Williams' top assistant at Kansas for four
years before moving to lingerie Prior to that
he held the top jmisI at UNC-Asheville for nine
seasons where lie posted a ) Ml-108 ledger
Ht.E PHOTO
Oregon Tread coach Jerry Green has displayed many expressions throughout his trials with the
Ducks, but the anguish has turned to ecstasy thanks to Sunday's Invitation to the "Big Dance
Groan is 38-45 in thri-e seasons at Oregon and
1H8-153 overall
In hi* !fi year*, Green has displayed an
uncanny talent for l>einga siguifn-ant element
In turning a decimated program around Koch
team he has been a part of has eventually
found itself m the upper echelon of the
school's record hooks
"Coach Croon canto in and completely
turned this program around and revitalized
the attitude.” Oregon i enter Aaron Johnson
said of Green's efforts "He kept telling us
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