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Article: RICHTER SCALE TIPS NATIONAL ATHLETIC DIRECTOR INTENDS TO AIM HIGH ON SEARCH FOR SUCCESSOR UW FIRES MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH BRAD SODERBERG.(SPORTS)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- March 20, 2001
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Brad Soderberg's worst fault as the University of Wisconsin basketball coach may have been that he isn't Dick Bennett.
As much as Soderberg tried to build upon his predecessor's foundation in his four-month trial as the Badgers head coach, UW athletic director Pat Richter came away with the notion that Bennett was unique not only to UW but to the game.
"Only (Bennett) has that ability to be that precise and concise about how it works," Richter said Monday afternoon moments after announcing that Soderberg would not be back as the UW coach and a national search for his replacment would commence immediately.
Soderberg did not address his firing ...
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Article: WE WEREN'T BACKED INTO CORNER, RICHTER SAYS SODERBERG HAS ...
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);
December 1, 2000 ;
680 words
... ... way,'' UW Athletic Director Pat Richter said of Bennett, ``nor is Brad.'' Richter emerged from a meeting with Bennett ... to operate in.'' According to Richter, contract issues regarding Bennett, who was scheduled to make a base ...
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