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Post by SSHoya on Feb 8, 2015 9:41:39 GMT -5
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Post by SirSaxa on Feb 8, 2015 9:47:04 GMT -5
Thanks for posting SS. Dean was a class act and a great friend and mentor to JT-Pops. We have lost a giant of college basketball and of doing things the right way.
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Post by DFW HOYA on Feb 8, 2015 10:06:31 GMT -5
A good man on and off the court. And unlike Adolph Rupp, Smith was willing to put his career on the line for what was right. "Dean Smith knew that with such a prominent position, he had the power to enact the change he desired to see in the world. He helped establish a settlement house in Chapel Hill for low income workers. He demanded that revenue from the basketball program be shared with all the school’s athletic programs, both men’s and women’s. He campaigned for higher wages for domestic workers. Most importantly, however, he brought equality to a city, a school, and a conference that desperately needed it." www.sportsinblackandwhite.com/2012/10/27/meet-dean-smith/ |
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Post by Elvado on Feb 8, 2015 11:01:42 GMT -5
RIP Coach. I am glad he did not live to see the carnage that is coming at UNC.
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Post by Nevada Hoya on Feb 8, 2015 13:08:38 GMT -5
RIP. He will be forever entwined with the Hoyas program for his relationship with Pops and his being the winning coach against the Hoyas in JTII's first final four. And yes UNC could use a man like hiim to clean up the mess these. He was the first to integrate the ACC.
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Post by SSHoya on Feb 8, 2015 15:00:34 GMT -5
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Post by matersammich on Feb 8, 2015 17:20:08 GMT -5
Very sad news, he was one of the giants.
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Post by sleepyjackson21 on Feb 8, 2015 20:46:09 GMT -5
RIP Coach. Better person than coach and he was obviously a great coach.
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Post by hoya9797 on Feb 8, 2015 22:12:38 GMT -5
RIP. He will be forever entwined with the Hoyas program for his relationship with Pops and his being the winning coach against the Hoyas in JTII's first final four. And yes UNC could use a man like hiim to clean up the mess these. He was the first to integrate the ACC. Maryland had the first black mens basketball player in the ACC - Bill Jones. |
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Post by EasyEd on Feb 9, 2015 7:43:39 GMT -5
RIP Dean. Only person to hold Jordan under 20 points a game.
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Post by DanMcQ on Feb 9, 2015 8:07:18 GMT -5
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Post by SirSaxa on Feb 9, 2015 10:33:06 GMT -5
A Basketball Mind in Tune With the Social Fabricwww.nytimes.com/2015/02/09/sports/ncaabasketball/a-basketball-mind-in-tune-with-the-social-fabric.html?ref=sportsExcerpts- John Thompson Jr., Georgetown’s renowned coach, never failed to speak, publicly or privately, about how much he admired Smith as a friend, as a mentor and as an ally in battling to give young black athletes opportunities.- Many coaches are just coaches, concerning themselves with education only as far as maintaining their players’ eligibility. Smith was an educator.- He recruited Charlie Scott, the first African-American star in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and over the next three decades saw the number of black players grow. But he knew enough about race relations to know the importance of staying vigilant.- Smith, who retired in 1997, felt that his players’ moral development was his moral responsibility.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2015 12:18:58 GMT -5
A Basketball Mind in Tune With the Social Fabricwww.nytimes.com/2015/02/09/sports/ncaabasketball/a-basketball-mind-in-tune-with-the-social-fabric.html?ref=sportsExcerpts- John Thompson Jr., Georgetown’s renowned coach, never failed to speak, publicly or privately, about how much he admired Smith as a friend, as a mentor and as an ally in battling to give young black athletes opportunities.- Many coaches are just coaches, concerning themselves with education only as far as maintaining their players’ eligibility. Smith was an educator.- He recruited Charlie Scott, the first African-American star in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and over the next three decades saw the number of black players grow. But he knew enough about race relations to know the importance of staying vigilant.- Smith, who retired in 1997, felt that his players’ moral development was his moral responsibility. Take that last quote, turn it around, and you have Jim "I keep a loose watch of my program" Boeheim... |
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Post by DFW HOYA on Feb 21, 2015 23:56:33 GMT -5
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Post by DanMcQ on Feb 22, 2015 0:26:54 GMT -5
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Post by SirSaxa on Feb 22, 2015 9:46:10 GMT -5
Nice piece, rather sad. Aging is not fun. Guthridge was a class act just like his boss. Thanks for posting DFW. |
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