define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); leave of absence – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:19:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.9 http://rushthecourt.net http://rushthecourt.net/wp-content/mbp-favicon/RTC.jpg Rush The Court The Lute Olson Circus Continues… http://rushthecourt.net/2008/09/16/the-lute-olson-circus-continues/ http://rushthecourt.net/2008/09/16/the-lute-olson-circus-continues/#comments Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:43:17 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=1229

It’s no secret around these parts that Lute Olson has experienced a volatile year since he decided to take a leave of absence from his Arizona Wildcats last November.  There were already the rampant rumors that Olson was suffering from Parkinson’s disease, or at minimum, some other undisclosed health issue, accompanied by the not-so-private saga involving a divorce from his second wife, Christine.  Throw in the embarassingly open secret that Olson was unhappy with his replacement, Kevin O’Neill, in addition to the loss of several key players either in or coming into the program (Jerryd Bayless, Brandon Jennings, Emmanuel Negedu) and it’s safe to say that [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2008/09/16/the-lute-olson-circus-continues/feed/ 1