ESPN Takes Notice of the Change in Corvallis

by Jake Bertalotto on Jan 26, 2009 9:45 AM PST in Men's Basketball Comment 5 comments

Not long ago we cried out to our readers to produce a Coach Robinson poster in lieu of his brother-in-law's Presidential Campaign.

Barack's in the White House now, Robinson was in the Lincoln Bedroom on Tuesday, and his Oregon State Beavers beat Cal on Thursday, and Stanford on Saturday.

This is what BtD reader Jeff produced:

And this is what ESPN's College Basketball front page looked like for most of Sunday:

Whether you're on the left wing or the right wing, you have to admit that the publicity that Oregon State is getting these days is just disgusting. In a sarcastic way.

ESPN's Andy Katz, who wrote an elaborate piece on Obama and Robinson earlier in the year, is at it again, this time taking a look at Robinson's 'emotional' week:

"It was the most moving thing I've seen, other than Tuesday," Robinson said Friday morning, comparing the ovation [he received in Berkeley] to the emotion he felt watching his brother-in-law, Barack Obama, become the 44th president of the United States and his sister, Michelle, the first lady.

"It was the classiest thing I've ever seen," Robinson said. "It's by far the most emotional thing that has happened to me since Tuesday."

Robinson said he hadn't been introduced yet. He had just come out for warm-ups when the ovation started. He said Cal coach Mike Montgomery hadn't even come out from his team's locker room.

But arguably even more impressive than that nod was Katz' decision to dub Oregon State the "Team of the Week" in the nation, and Roeland Schaftenaar one of his "Players of the Week". in his Weekly Watch.

That's impressive, considering the Beavers are currently sitting at sixth in the Pac-10. But it's hard to ignore the success Oregon State is having after being the first team to go winless in the Pac-10 since it expanded to 10 teams in the 1970s, just a year ago.

Add this in with the front-row airtime that Craig got at Tuesday's Inauguration, and you get publicity that money can't buy.

Way to make your boss look good, Coach Robinson.

--Jake (jake.buildingthedam@gmail.com)

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Awesome!

Too bad ESPN didn’t use the Coach Rob graphic. Hehehe.

by sangdorange on Jan 26, 2009 11:19 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

What's funny is that Robinson was maybe 4th on the list of potential coaches

And he may turn out to be the best. DeCarolis is looking like a genius right now, albeit it may have been a little lucky.

I support Takimoto in his effort to support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.

by The VD Special on Jan 26, 2009 12:23 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Totally

I was thinking about that recently for I actually did not know Robinson was fourth on the list until reading some stuff about the hire. It’s funny for me for I’ve been thinking before learning this along those lines of damn what a “first choice” and exactly thinking this “DeCarolis is looking like a genius right now.” But you are totally correct to state that it is indeed a bit lucky in how it is all playing out for us right now.

-RVM

by rvm on Jan 26, 2009 1:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Not to say that the other coaches wouldn't have been solid

But I think a guy like Bone (Portland State) would have been more of a long-term fix. Robinson has come in and completely changed the attitude around here.

Game, set, and match:
This could be the best recruiting class we have had in a long, long, LONG time

I support Takimoto in his effort to support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.

by The VD Special on Jan 26, 2009 3:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs