Top 10 Sports Celebrities - Steve Lavin

http://sanrafael.patch.com/articles/marins-top-10-sports-celebrities

1. Pete Carroll. What’s his deal? The Greenbrae native and coach of the Seattle Seahawks has retained such a Marin following on his rise up the football coaching ladder that he’d often invite his childhood pals to roam the USC sidelines with him. The bad news, Pete: We don’t do comps at this event.

2. Gavin Newsom. Like Carroll, the former slugging first baseman took the Redwood-to-SC sports route, albeit Santa Clara in the lieutenant governor’s case. Unlike Carroll, the former mayor of San Francisco has yet to be humbled by the new sheriff in town — 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh — but that day could be coming soon.

3. Brad Gilbert. Marin’s powerful tennis legacy has spanned from Sausalito’s Rosie Casals and Barry MacKay to new Mill Valley resident Ken Flach. San Rafael’s Gilbert was once ranked No. 4 in the world. A champion both on the court and in the television booth, he is the new King of Marin Tennis and his empire (son Zach is a recent grad of the powerful Cal program) is expanding.

4. Steve Lavin. How can Lavin, the St. Johns University men's basketball coach, ex-ESPN commentator and former sixth man on Drake High’s legendary 1982 state championship basketball team move up this list? That’s easy: Recruit the next Chris Mullin to St. John’s. Heck, given the current weakness of the Red Storm, better make that two.

5. Paul Cayard. Looking for a place to host the banquet? Let me suggest the Corinthian Yacht Club in Tiburon because few if any  regions in the country can boast of a stronger nautical lineup than Marin, a list topped by Kentfield’s America’s Cup-toting captain. And that’s despite the 2010 death of one of the county’s best-known sports celebrities, Franklin Mieuli, the former Warriors owner who lived on a houseboat in Sausalito.

What does he mean by current weakness?

What does he mean by current weakness?

Seriously.  We had one of the best recruting hauls the country has ever seen and we are probably 36 days away from having the #2 class in the country this year. 

Clearly the writer went into a coma in May of 2010, and must just recently come out of it.

things must be VERY slow in Marin county if this is the best they could do. 

typical lazy reporter doing no research.  he's one of those guys who'll be grateful to get a buck more than minimum wage.

I sent the fool an e-mail in an "attempt" to educate him.

Well there aren't any "Chris Mullins" on the team. Kevin Clark graduated. All kidding aside you don't know how any recruit will pan out and I think the writer means to get an NBA/Hall of Fame type player. We'll see if he did.