Former Bruins head coach Rick Neuheisel was co-hosting his show on SiriusXM College Sports Nation, and decided to share his experience with Diddy and Justin Combs during their recruiting visit. He states one of the more jarring observations — Diddy’s celebrity was a huge factor in him offering Combs a scholarship.
But first, here’s the backstory between Combs and strength and conditioning coach Sal Alosi.
“There was a little history there,” Neuheisel said. “Justin had missed some workouts prior to this and had said to Sal that he was doing workouts with his dad’s private trainer. There are discretionary workouts and mandatory workouts. The NCAA has a window of time. Discretionary workouts, he missed, which he’s allowed to — they’re discretionary. He had said he’s working out with his dad’s trainer.
“So somehow, yesterday, and I still have a little pulse of what’s going on out there, Justin looks a little out of shape, and there was something said. He was actually removed from the workout. (Diddy) got the report from Justin and marched over.”
“What I learned was they were going to let this go, because the UCLA folks didn’t want to press charges,” Neuheisel said. “But when the campus police arrived on the scene, they looked at the film.”
Additionally, according to TMZ, Alosi saying, “I don’t care if your dad’s here. I’m going to treat you just like I treat everyone else.” Enraged Diddy which led to him being all in his feelings.
As previously reported, Diddy was charged with three counts of assault with a deadly weapon, one count of making terrorist threats and one count of battery.
On the reason why Justin Combs even got an offer, Neuheisel keeps it 100.
“I took them on their campus tour,” Neuheisel said. “A half-hour into it, (Diddy) asked me who I was. He said, ‘Tell me what you do, Rick.’ I said I’m the head football coach here. He said, ‘You’re giving us the tour?’ I said, ‘Absolutely, this is my school. This is where I went. I want to give you a feel of what it’s like to be a student.’ … When you’re weighing the assets of what a youngster can do for your program, there’s no question (being Diddy’s son) had something to do with it for me. Justin is a great kid. His problem was his size. He’s not big enough to be a dominant player. Could he be productive? Yes. The fact his father was an influential guy played into my decision to go ahead and offer him.”
What’s more, Combs went onto Instagram to show support to his father.
There’s much speculation the Combs will transfer and his career elsewhere.
via: Coaching Search
