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Proving that even the smartest, wealthiest CEOs can lose their minds when it comes to college sports, please say hello to FedEx Express President and CEO Dave Bronczek. Mr. Bronczek is also a major booster of for the Memphis Tigers, an original “ambassador” level donor.

Oseye Gaddy is an 11-year employee of FedEx. She is a customer service rep based in Tacoma, Washington. Oh, and her son Abdul Gaddy is considered the 2d best point guard in the country for the 2009 class, and being recruited by schools such as Washington, Kansas, Arizona, UCLA and Memphis.

So Mr. Bronczek decided to place a call to one of his loyal employees just to congratulate her on her son’s achievements. Just a short 10 minute conversation.

When the secretary notified Gaddy that Bronczek was on the phone, Gaddy said she “was a little nervous.”

Recalling the conversation while watching her son play in a tournament in Las Vegas last week, Oseye Gaddy told FOXSports.com, “I was like, ‘Why would he want to talk to me?’ But the whole time he talked to me, he talked about my son.

“He was just talking to me a little bit about (John) Calipari and the program and then he was telling me about The FedEx Forum and how he goes to a lot of games and sits on the floor,” she added. “How Calipari is a really nice guy.”

That’s a big no-no.

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