Throughout last season, Eric Musselman and Johnny Jones kept constant correspondence through text.
Musselman was going through a historic season at Nevada and Jones was grinding through a rough campaign at LSU. They lobbed messages back and forth, some meant to uplift and others to congratulate.
After the season was completed, Musselman was greeted with a contract extension and Jones a pink slip. Instead of simply texting after the year ended, the quick friends – Jones hired Musselman at LSU in 2014 – turned to phone calls, with Jones reaching out first.
“I knew he had some movement on his staff and instead of texting I actually called a couple of times and I didn’t ask him about a job, but I wanted to make sure he knew I was out there,” Jones said with a smile.