Bruiser Flint talks about his relationship (or lack thereof) with the city of Richmond

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Following Drexel’s last-second loss to VCU in the second round of the CAA Tournament last year, Bruiser Flint took his family out to dinner.

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Bruiser Flint has never been a hot commodity in the city of Richmond.

Bruiser Flint has never been a hot commodity in the city of Richmond.

Jim Swing
Sports Editor
Commonwealth Times’ Sports Twitter

Following Drexel’s last-second loss to VCU in the second round of the CAA Tournament last year, Bruiser Flint took his family out to dinner.

The Dragons’ head coach has never been a hot commodity in the city of Richmond, but on this occasion a fellow restaurant-goer decided to buy Flint and his family a round of drinks.

“I appreciate that about the Richmond people,” he said.

It was a change of scenery for Flint who is regularly taunted and jeered during his trips to Richmond.

In the Dragons’ first meeting with VCU in January, Flint became outraged with a non-foul call and was handed back-to-back technical fouls, leading to his ejection from the court.

Per usual, the VCU crowd began chanting the animated coach’s name in a teasing manner.

“They love me in Richmond,” Flint said jokingly. “I just want to stay in the games down there.”

But it’s just been the nature of the games as of late.

It may not be written down on paper, but Drexel and VCU have created an unofficial rivalry stemming from the intensity of its matchups.

Between all three meetings between the two teams last season, the margin of victory averaged out to just over three points.

“It’s always been a good battle, it’s always been a good fight,” Flint said. “I love playing in the Siegel Center, it’s got some of the best college atmosphere. I think the fans really get in to it and I love it, it makes for a really good game.”

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