Consigliere
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Sorry this comes so late but had to wait until I got home to avoid the "Pictures or it didn't happen" responses.
I was at a Big East tournament in the early 90's and enjoying a great family style Italian meal at our favorite Mulberry Street restaurant. We walked through the front of the restaurant where Pearl was sitting with a good friend. Gave him a quick hello to not interrupt his meal then went to the back room where tables were set up for larger groups. We had a table of UConn fans next to us who were pretty boisterous and the trash talking ramped up in proportion to the wine bottles emptied.
Well, these guys were significantly younger than we were and ultimately a challenge was thrown down. We'd find a hoop in the morning and our best 3 guys would play their best 3 with the losers coming back the next night to buy dinner for the winners. We said it would be me, one of the other guys in the picture (no not the guys in the Nova or Florida shirts) and our third was in the mens room and would be right back. I stepped out front where Pearl had finished his meal and said hello again and asked him if he would mind coming back and saying hello to our group of Cuse fans. He smiled and joined me as we returned to our table. The UConn kids collective jaws hit the floor, they began to fawn over Pearl and profess that he was an all time favorite and Cuse was their second favorite Big East team. Needless to say, talk of the challenge died right there. Never said a word to Pearl about how he undoubtedly saves us a few $$$ that week.
I was at a Big East tournament in the early 90's and enjoying a great family style Italian meal at our favorite Mulberry Street restaurant. We walked through the front of the restaurant where Pearl was sitting with a good friend. Gave him a quick hello to not interrupt his meal then went to the back room where tables were set up for larger groups. We had a table of UConn fans next to us who were pretty boisterous and the trash talking ramped up in proportion to the wine bottles emptied.
Well, these guys were significantly younger than we were and ultimately a challenge was thrown down. We'd find a hoop in the morning and our best 3 guys would play their best 3 with the losers coming back the next night to buy dinner for the winners. We said it would be me, one of the other guys in the picture (no not the guys in the Nova or Florida shirts) and our third was in the mens room and would be right back. I stepped out front where Pearl had finished his meal and said hello again and asked him if he would mind coming back and saying hello to our group of Cuse fans. He smiled and joined me as we returned to our table. The UConn kids collective jaws hit the floor, they began to fawn over Pearl and profess that he was an all time favorite and Cuse was their second favorite Big East team. Needless to say, talk of the challenge died right there. Never said a word to Pearl about how he undoubtedly saves us a few $$$ that week.
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