At the end of Bruiser's first season as head coach of men's basketball at UMass, the Flints lounge in their family room, sharing a bag of Ruffles. Rene a denim top and black slacks. Jada feeds him a potato chip. Rene says they don't get out much.
Home is the refuge where they can loll on the couch, watch videos, be parents.
We're always trying to catch up on sleep. As anyone who's seen Bruiser Flint's dazzling smile on television can imagine, his household is one of abundant good humor. Jada bounces from parent to parent, bringing in her toys for inspection and inspecting the visitor's toys, the tape recorder and computer, in turn. There's nothing formal, much less ostentatious, about the way the Flints live. This is not my beautiful house, this is not my beautiful wife . . .