Your timeline is off
Posted on: August 14, 2017 at 11:19:13 CT
FIJItiger
MU
Posts:
147933
Member For:
22.52 yrs
Level:
Moderator
M.O.B. Votes:
7
Mario came to ku because the Pump brothers that were the primary beneficiaries of the 'ticket scandal' were selling players to schools at that juncture. Mario Chalmers, David Padgett, Omar Wilkes, Tyrel Reed, Elijah Johnson, Jeff Withey, Travis Releford and Brady Morningstar are such examples the Pumps funneled to ku.
Ronnie Chalmers served as the coach of one of the Pumps AAU teams. He also was a high school coach in Alaska with 5 years of experience. He then accepted the Director of Basketball Operations position at ku, a position he would hold only for the timeframe that overlapped when his son played at ku, as a way to legally funnel money to the family for Mario’s services.