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Post by x-centercourt400s on Aug 31, 2020 8:19:25 GMT -5
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HOYAPLAYA
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IT'S TIME FOR A RUNNNNNNN!!!!!!
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Post by HOYAPLAYA on Aug 31, 2020 8:20:32 GMT -5
RIP Coach Thompson! This man had hero status in my household growing up where watching Georgetown when they were on TV was a requirement. A sad day for Georgetown and sports overall.
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Post by cindad on Aug 31, 2020 8:25:20 GMT -5
I always enjoyed watching GU when I was kid, because that was the first time I have seen a Coach in any sport bigger than his players.
Plus he reminded me of several deacons at my church with the way he dressed.
Another giant of Basketball lost this year.
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Post by nepa hoya on Aug 31, 2020 8:37:29 GMT -5
RIP Coach!!!
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hoya73
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Post by hoya73 on Aug 31, 2020 8:50:31 GMT -5
Simply the best.
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NCHoya
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Post by NCHoya on Aug 31, 2020 8:54:04 GMT -5
RIP Coach John Thompson.
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Post by Lethal_Interjection on Aug 31, 2020 8:55:47 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Aug 31, 2020 8:57:38 GMT -5
Statement from the family.
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Post by hoyaknockoff on Aug 31, 2020 9:06:11 GMT -5
Rest In Peace Coach Thompson!
I would just like to add that I was in college (79-83) in Ohio. I didn't care about college basketball. Flipping channels one day I came across a Georgetown game. From the moment I saw Georgetown play I was hooked on the Hoyas and college basketball. I have been a die-hard fan ever since. Being black/afro-american and seeing what Coach Thompson stood for was something I had never seen before and was enamored with him from that point. I knew a couple "older" gentlemen who played with him on the Celtics team that felt he was tenacious as a player and a person.
Never met him but I will miss him!
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Post by FHillsNYHoya on Aug 31, 2020 9:12:43 GMT -5
Tough day for all associated with the Hilltop.
Vividly remember his walkout before the tip of our game v. BC my freshman year in protest of Prop 48. Larger than life.
Rest in peace.
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Post by metaphor on Aug 31, 2020 9:18:59 GMT -5
God speed coach Thompson. Thank you for making Georgetown a better place.
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Post by DallasHoya on Aug 31, 2020 9:19:44 GMT -5
To those who say things like "shut up and dribble":
Miller: You're the very first African-American head coach to win the national championship in college basketball. What do you think of that label?
Thompson: Well, I was very proud of winning the national championship and I was very proud of the fact that I was a black American, but I didn't like it if the statement implied that I was the first black person who had intelligence enough to win the national championship. I thought it had to be defined, and a lot of people will come up to you and say, "well, how does it feel for you to be the first African-American to win the national championship at the Division I level," and I said I feel offended by the statement, because the statement implies that John Thompson was the first black person who had enough intelligence. I might have been the first black person who was provided with an opportunity to compete for this prize, that you have discriminated against thousands of my ancestors to deny them this opportunity. So, I felt obligated to define that, and I got a little criticism for saying it, because some young guy came up to me and asked me, "How does it feel, coach Thompson, to be the first African-American...," and I said "I feel offended by the fact of what you're saying." But, I explained to him because a lot of men were deprived of the opportunity, who would have won it far before I did.
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Post by HometownHoya on Aug 31, 2020 9:20:28 GMT -5
RIP to an amazing man who pushed boundaries both on and off the court.
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Post by sead43 on Aug 31, 2020 9:24:08 GMT -5
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SSHoya
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Post by SSHoya on Aug 31, 2020 9:25:22 GMT -5
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Post by dchoya72 on Aug 31, 2020 9:26:05 GMT -5
Rest in Peace great leader. You inspired the black community and led the nation in becoming in more aware of racism in society and the sports arena. You developed young men and changed the trajectories of what they could accomplish in life. Thank you for what you brought to Georgetown University, and for competitive spirit you brought to the program. And thank you for the NCAA national basketball championship. Words are inadequate to express your impact on our nation. You are a hero!
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Post by SirSaxa on Aug 31, 2020 9:30:35 GMT -5
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Post by michaelgrahamfan on Aug 31, 2020 9:31:15 GMT -5
He personified respect. He was a man of his word. When I was at GU the endowment was down to next to nothing. This was right after his first NCAA appearance. The basketball program saved the university from financial ruin. Look where it is today. What more can you say?
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Post by mdtd on Aug 31, 2020 9:50:14 GMT -5
All the stories coming out show how much impact Big John had both on and off the floor. There isn't anything I can add that would do him justice. RIP Coach.
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Post by njhoya78 on Aug 31, 2020 10:03:40 GMT -5
Echoing the thoughts expressed in the earlier posts in this thread...the Georgetown University that exists today was shaped in no small part by John Thompson. His impact on the growth of the school stemmed from his impact on college basketball, the young men he led, coached and taught, and later on societal norms and expectations. With all that has been happening nationally, it was surprising to not hear John Thompson's voice being heard now; we know that a healthy JT would have been in the middle of it.
Our hearts go out to the Thompson family, those players whose lives he molded and feel his loss like that of a parent, and to all whose lives he enriched and made better because he cared. Requeiscat in pace, Coach. You truly were one of a kind.
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