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McKay has work
cut out for him
By Landon Hall
The Associated Press
CORVALLIS (AP) — Ritchie
McKay stirred the passions of Ore
gon State basketball fans Monday,
recalling the school’s rich past
while assuring them that he’s here
for the near future.
“I don’t want to make promises
that I can’t fulfill, but I’m really
excited and have a vision for this
program to get to a position where
they return to the glory days,”
McKay said in his first public ap
pearance since being named the
Beavers’ coach last Friday.
“I don’t know if we can be No. 1
in the nation, but I do think we can
get in the postseason,” he added.
McKay, 34, coached at Portland
State for two years and Colorado
State for the last two, with his eye
apparently on the University of
Washington, where he was an as
sistant from 1993-95.
Flanked by orange and black
% balloons, McKay tried to assure
the small gathering of boosters at
Gill Coliseum that Oregon State
has all the qualities he would
have wanted in Seattle — namely,
that it’s part of the Pac-10 and in
the Northwest, where he said he
had longed to return.
“I think there are so many
things you can build on here in
Corvallis, and I’m very anxious to
get started and hopefully restore
the tradition and pride that we
once had,” he said.
“In other words, I’m not looking
to go anywhere.”
McKay’s deal, which will pay
him about $350,000 to $400,000
annually including endorsements
and other bonuses, includes a
buyout clause that will force any
other school to pay around
$250,000 to hire him away, athlet
ic director Mitch Barnhart said.
Oregon State had to pay a much
smaller amount — $108,000 — to
get him out of his final four years at
Colorado State. Washington was
the only school that would have
been exempt from the clause.
“He never raised that issue with
us,” Barnhart said of the buyout
clause. “Ritchie’s made it very
clear — he wants to be here for a
longtime.”
McKay, who said he felt “sor
row” when Eddie Payne was fired
at OSU on March 12, added that it
was “a bit agonizing” to leave Fort
Collins. He also said he was mis
quoted two years ago when he re
portedly called Colorado State his
“dream job.”
“I did say I had dreamed of
playing at Colorado State, but I
never called it my dream job,”
McKay said.
McKay also put to rest his ru
mored concerns about the aging,
rundown facilities at OSU, name
ly Gill Coliseum. It was no coinci
dence that Monday’s feel-good
news conference was inside the
50-year-old building.
“I think Gill Coliseum is a great
place to play,” he said. “I’m excit
ed, especially to play the Ducks,
get the place packed and see if we
can’t make some noise in here. I
really think this atmosphere and
the tradition are great positives to
build on.”
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