Don't ask them to come - just go get them. How hard is that?
From an article in Bleacher Report:
"Caldwell was so good that UCLA coach John Wooden wanted him—UCLA is one of the schools that has, coincidentally, already offered Bagley a scholarship. Back in those days, Wooden usually got what he wanted. But Caldwell's grades were not good enough to get into UCLA.
So the UCLA coaches came up with a clever plan for landing Caldwell on campus. If he passed Spanish and History at a nearby junior college in the summer of 1960, he'd be able to get into UCLA. That summer, he lived on the UCLA campus and pulled weeds outside of the basketball arena for $3.50 an hour.
One night after a 3-on-3 on game with other UCLA players, he was back in his dorm room when someone knocked on his door. It was Dr. Jose Burruel, who was his Spanish teacher, and two other men. Caldwell thought he was in trouble because he was struggling in Spanish.
“My heart swelled because I’m flunking Spanish,” Caldwell said.
Turns out, Burruel was an Arizona State booster, and the other men were Arizona State assistant football coach Gene Felker and assistant basketball coach Fanny Markham, who was hiding in the background with a hat on and sunglasses covering his face.
They wanted Caldwell to go for a ride, and he started to understand their intentions.
"Uh-uh. I'm not coming to Arizona," Caldwell said he remembers telling them. "It's too hot."
"Well, just get in and take a ride with us," the men pleaded.
Caldwell agreed to go for a ride, and he ended up in Tempe with just the clothes he was wearing.
"Next thing I know we're on I-10, and they kidnapped me from UCLA, and I've never been back,” he said. “If they want you that bad to come and get ya, you might as well go with them.”
http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nca...wanted-by-every-college/ar-AAdOiUW?li=BBgzzfc
From an article in Bleacher Report:
"Caldwell was so good that UCLA coach John Wooden wanted him—UCLA is one of the schools that has, coincidentally, already offered Bagley a scholarship. Back in those days, Wooden usually got what he wanted. But Caldwell's grades were not good enough to get into UCLA.
So the UCLA coaches came up with a clever plan for landing Caldwell on campus. If he passed Spanish and History at a nearby junior college in the summer of 1960, he'd be able to get into UCLA. That summer, he lived on the UCLA campus and pulled weeds outside of the basketball arena for $3.50 an hour.
One night after a 3-on-3 on game with other UCLA players, he was back in his dorm room when someone knocked on his door. It was Dr. Jose Burruel, who was his Spanish teacher, and two other men. Caldwell thought he was in trouble because he was struggling in Spanish.
“My heart swelled because I’m flunking Spanish,” Caldwell said.
Turns out, Burruel was an Arizona State booster, and the other men were Arizona State assistant football coach Gene Felker and assistant basketball coach Fanny Markham, who was hiding in the background with a hat on and sunglasses covering his face.
They wanted Caldwell to go for a ride, and he started to understand their intentions.
"Uh-uh. I'm not coming to Arizona," Caldwell said he remembers telling them. "It's too hot."
"Well, just get in and take a ride with us," the men pleaded.
Caldwell agreed to go for a ride, and he ended up in Tempe with just the clothes he was wearing.
"Next thing I know we're on I-10, and they kidnapped me from UCLA, and I've never been back,” he said. “If they want you that bad to come and get ya, you might as well go with them.”
http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nca...wanted-by-every-college/ar-AAdOiUW?li=BBgzzfc
