Late Arizona coach Lute Olsen wanted Wildcats to move on from Sean Miller

By Damon Amendolara, Orange Fizz: “He wanted the Sean Miller era over. He wanted to move on from it. He just felt like the program had gone through so much.”

How bad did it get in Tucson? Even Hall of Fame coach Lute Olson was tired of it. Olson has always been a gentleman, but before his death last summer couldn’t refrain from wishing the Wildcats would move on. That’s what college hoops insider Jeff Goodman told me this morning.

“When I sat down with Lute Olson before he passed away. You could tell, and he had trouble talking at that point, but he even, you could see it on his face.”

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“He wanted the Sean Miller era over. He wanted to move on from it. He just felt like the program had gone through so much.” How bad did it get in Tuscon? Even Hall of Fame coach Lute Olson was tired of it. Olson has always been a gentleman, but before his death last summer […]

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