Friday, August 24, 2007

They Don't Make 'Em Like This Anymore

There was a time when eccentricity in basketball coaches was semi-normal. My eyes mist over as I recall Abe Lemons, Doug Moe, the McGuires, Al and Frank.

OK...the latter two were not related except their teams: Marquette and South Carolina routinely enjoyed bench clearing brawls. Those days are over. As well as the days of crazy guys getting NBA jobs.

Butch Van Breda Kolff was a piece of work. He was fired by the then New Orleans Jazz by the time I got down there. He coached UNO and did as good as someone could do with those guys. They were better than Tulane in any event.

He coached at Princeton, he played and coached in the NBA and he coached and taught history in a high school at Picayune, Mississippi.

You don't get these kind of characters nowadays.

Here is where you need to go if you have any interest in a good story.

Program note: I am off to Chicago to play golf in cooler climes and go to a Cubs game. Needless to say there will be nothing posted for awhile.

Talk amongst yourselves until I get back.

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