Read, Pt. 2: Shaquille O’Neal’s recruitment was from another time

Mind of Micah

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🗓️ 26 May 2021

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Read of the Week is back with the unbelievable story of the recruitment of Shaq. Subscribe to Micah's Newsletter: micahwiener.substack.com Check back tomorrow for part 3. Read it: theathletic.com/2561725/2021/05/1…search_query=shaq

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0:00.0	Hello, and welcome to Mind of Micah.
0:08.6	Today is Part 2 of Micah's Read of the Week about the recruitment of a high school
0:13.7	Shaquille O'Neill.
0:15.7	It's a fascinating story.
0:19.5	You know where else you can find fascinating stories?
0:22.2	On Micah's Read of the Week, the newsletter, the free newsletter that hits your inbox
0:26.6	every Monday around lunchtime.
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0:34.1	Our Sports Podcast.
0:38.1	Without further ado, we will continue.
0:40.7	Robert G. Cole High School is a public school on the US Army base at Fort Sam Houston in
0:47.8	Texas.
0:49.2	It's enrollment, covered around 320, when Shaquille O'Neill, age 15, enrolled as a junior for
0:55.9	the 1987-88 school year.
0:59.7	He was 6'9", about 230 pounds, with size 17 feet.
1:05.8	Having struggled with his coordination, he was advised in Germany to quit basketball and
1:09.3	focus on being a soccer goalie.
1:12.4	But he was a pretty athletic kid, Cole Coach Dave Madura said during a school hall of
1:17.3	fame speech in 2014.
1:19.9	I thought, oh, maybe we have something here.
1:24.4	Yeah, perhaps.
1:29.0	As a junior, O'Neill averaged 18 points, 14 rebounds and 6 blocks.
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