During his testimony Friday, Allen said that even though he was not impressed with the son’s caliber of play, the coach fell for Esformes’ pitch that he would take care of the coach if he helped ensure his son could play basketball at Penn and get into its Wharton School. “He said to me, ‘we would be family for life,’ “ Allen testified, pointing out that it was Esformes who decided on how much to pay him.