Topic - Barry Collier

“The success that Thad has achieved at every one of his programs speaks for itself,” said Collier, who took over as Butler's athletic director in 2006.

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“So he comes in and says ‘I’ve been watching you guys all these years and he said you, Columbus...’ He called guys not by their name but by where they were from, so he said ‘Columbus (Littrell), you’ve been here four years and you haven’t played defense yet.’ The other guys were on the floor laughing and he (Hinkle) wasn’t inaccurate."

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