NEW ORLEANS The basic problem is, he's too normal to be hip, toonice to be obeyed and too tolerant to be respected. In the sneakylittle world of college basketball, an apple-cheeked, Jethro-voicedfellow named Steve Fisher can't control the runaway publicitylocomotive called the Fab Five. They are an overhyped,underachieving group of doggin', bustin', yip-yappin' players wholack measures of discipline and sportsmanship.
Whither Fisher? He's still back there in Herrin, Ill., hisdot-on-the-map hometown in the downstate wilds. Whither Fisher?He's still back at Rich East High in Park Forest, coaching conferencechampions as cheerleaders kick and moms bake cookies. As he …

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