{"id":427509,"date":"2023-06-21T19:10:16","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T19:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=427509"},"modified":"2023-06-21T19:10:16","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T19:10:16","slug":"bob-huggins-daughter-defends-him-post-resignation-for-dui-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/bob-huggins-daughter-defends-him-post-resignation-for-dui-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Huggins&#8217; Daughter Defends Him Post Resignation For DUI Arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Huggins&#8217; SUVI stopped in the midst of traffic in Pittsburgh on Friday at 8:30 p.m. ET with a flat tire and the driver&#8217;s side door open. He was then taken into custody on a DUI charge. Huggins was ordered to step to the side by responding cops, but it was noted that he had difficulty doing so, according to the authorities.<\/p>\n<h2>Bob Huggins&#8217; Daughter Defends Him Post Resignation For DUI Arrest<\/h2>\n<p>Officers questioned him more and thought he could be under the influence, so they requested him to get out of the car. According to the police report, he failed the required sobriety tests and was immediately taken into custody and brought to a different location for additional testing. Officers discovered empty beer bottles and cans in the trunk as well as a garbage bag full of empty beer cans in the front of the car, according to the Herald-Dispatch.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer when I was freshman at WVU. <\/p>\n<p>Bob Huggins was the one who brought her to Morgantown and ensured me she\u2019d have the best surgeon and care possible. <\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s been cancer free for 4 years. <\/p>\n<p>Always in your corner coach \u2764\ufe0f thank you. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/awRomONubk\">pic.twitter.com\/awRomONubk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; J5 (@JordanMcCabe5) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JordanMcCabe5\/status\/1670546952918822914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The former West Virginia University basketball coach Bob Huggins&#8217; daughter has come out in defense of her father after he resigned over the weekend following a DUI arrest.<\/p>\n<p>In a lengthy post on Facebook, Jacque Huggins expressed her support for her father and harsh criticism of West Virginia University, whom she believes deserted her father in the wake of the event.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You can keep your negative comments away from me. Bob Huggins was the embodiment of a coach. One of the few true coaches left. I remember watching this live and had never seen a coach do it. What a poignant moment it was. The game will miss Bob and it\u2019s sad what\u2019s happened <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J3bTlqGnHh\">pic.twitter.com\/J3bTlqGnHh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BIG MAN ON CAMPUS (@JeffNadu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffNadu\/status\/1670601705782689792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To [school president] Gordon Gee &amp; your board, be better and do better,&#8221; Jacque wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Throwing stones at glass houses is also not how to represent such a great University. Treating someone like they don\u2019t matter after they have given their whole heart and soul to your University? You could have helped, but chose to turn your backs. Not only on him, on the guys, the staff, the boosters. Everyone. You\u2019re the classless ones, the cowards, the backstabbers and most of all hypocrites,&#8221; her post read.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bob Huggins is a human who made a mistake. We\u2019ve all made mistakes. <\/p>\n<p>Thank you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoachHuggs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CoachHuggs<\/a> for all you\u2019ve done for WVU and our fanbase. Mountaineer Nation is always behind you \ud83d\udc99\ud83d\udc9b\u26f0\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Felt only right to bust out this video for Huggs <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c3FDxBV2ok\">pic.twitter.com\/c3FDxBV2ok<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jevon Carter Enjoyer (@CarterEnjoyer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CarterEnjoyer\/status\/1670623607133708288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Remember the 24 million dollar practice facility, that was not in anyway funded by the University? The 17 million into your hospitals for cancer research? I can only pray you never make another mistake like you have in the past to be crucified for. Cue Ohio State. Enrollment down 30%, mountains of debt, and \u00a0too much more to list. Do your job that you were assigned to do and bring WVU back.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bob Huggins\u2019 career ended in a disappointing way. <\/p>\n<p>But let\u2019s not forget the impact he made on college basketball and his players. <\/p>\n<p>Consoling Da\u2019Sean Butler after a torn ACL: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UyiC9WKxLD\">pic.twitter.com\/UyiC9WKxLD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CBB Content (@CBBcontent) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBBcontent\/status\/1670499282355474436?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Not that i need to touch anymore on what happened, but I\u2019m going to,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Because the people above don\u2019t deserve the right to hide how it really happened and the kind of people they actually are. My dad is not an alcoholic, he drinks like 90% of us do and made a mistake that cost him his job, reputation and his livelihood. Which he didn\u2019t deserve.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For decades Bob Huggins gave West Virginians something to cheer for, be proud of, and believe in. <\/p>\n<p>The ending doesn\u2019t take away from all the joy he brought to those who proudly wear the Blue and Gold. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YVOWaEH4Ca\">pic.twitter.com\/YVOWaEH4Ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jordan Crammer (@JordanCrammer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JordanCrammer\/status\/1670514716374978561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He told Gordon and his board that he would go to rehab for a 60 day stint to be able to stay for these guys. The guys who don\u2019t want to play for anyone else. He cares that much, that much. Refused. Not even considered. 100% no without a thought. Also given 30 MINUTES to decide if he was being fired or retiring. But they want to preach this society of understanding and compassion. I\u2019ve not passed the bar but I\u2019m pretty sure there are some stiff laws against this. Once a mountaineer, always a mountaineer, right?&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bill Self on Bob Huggins: &quot;We&#39;re all sad&#8230; You guys know how I feel- I love the guy. I hate the way it went down. Certainty not making excuses nor would Bob make excuses either. But he will certainly be missed.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y1fh0f6K8E\">pic.twitter.com\/Y1fh0f6K8E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Glenn Kinley (@glenn_kinley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/glenn_kinley\/status\/1671276392208642049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 20, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Jacque Huggins then addressed the notion her father had beer cans &#8220;all over the car.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jacque Huggins then addressed the notion her father had beer cans &#8220;all over the car.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;The lack of compassion shown in this situation absolutely disgusts me. The way it was handled disgusts me. 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