jimmykc Posted February 8, 2015 Report Posted February 8, 2015 Dimes can move this to appropriate location if desired but personally I think it is worthy of the main forum. In my basement I have a personal letter and autographed Sports Illustrated cover from Dean to my father saying that my dad was Dean's boyhood idol. He was my dad's ball boy at Emporia high school where his own father coached and mine starred for one of his teams. Dean sent him a North Carolina yearbook each year until he developed Alzheimers at the end of his life. He was one of the true greats. Norm Peterson 1 Quote
jimmykc Posted February 8, 2015 Author Report Posted February 8, 2015 By the way, I'm not sure whether this could be embedded here, but anyone interested should read the tribute by Alexander Wolffe, ex SI basketball writer and author of excellent basketball books, which is now on AOL. It shows what a gentleman and role model Coach Smith was for our sport. Quote
CAPTAIN ROGER Posted February 8, 2015 Report Posted February 8, 2015 He was one of the greats for sure. RIP Quote
Huskerpapa Posted February 8, 2015 Report Posted February 8, 2015 One of the top ten college basketball coaches ever. RIP Coach Smith. Quote
HuskerCager Posted February 9, 2015 Report Posted February 9, 2015 Great coach. But he was only able to beat Nebraska once. Silverbacked1 1 Quote
Dean Smith Posted February 9, 2015 Report Posted February 9, 2015 Dean Smith's legacy lies in his innovation and more importantly his convictions towards social justice. As great of a coach as he was, he was a better person. http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=12296331 jimmykc 1 Quote
AuroranHusker Posted February 9, 2015 Report Posted February 9, 2015 Apparently Dean lives on in cyberspace with our very own "Dean Smith" On a serious note, I believe that John Wooden & Dean Smith have impacted the game in all aspects both on & off the court. Legends of coaching the game of basketball and the game of life. jimmykc 1 Quote
Norm Peterson Posted February 9, 2015 Report Posted February 9, 2015 Dimes can move this to appropriate location if desired but personally I think it is worthy of the main forum. In my basement I have a personal letter and autographed Sports Illustrated cover from Dean to my father saying that my dad was Dean's boyhood idol. He was my dad's ball boy at Emporia high school where his own father coached and mine starred for one of his teams. Dean sent him a North Carolina yearbook each year until he developed Alzheimers at the end of his life. He was one of the true greats. That's a great story, Jimmy. Quote
Norm Peterson Posted February 9, 2015 Report Posted February 9, 2015 Dean Smith's legacy lies in his innovation and more importantly his convictions towards social justice. As great of a coach as he was, he was a better person. http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=12296331 I'm pretty sure Dean Smith was known pretty much just for his basketball coaching prowess. Never heard anything about Dean Smith and social justice before. What does it mean to have "convictions towards social justice" anyway? Is this a discussion where tcp needs to go get his jack boots? Quote
Huskerpapa Posted February 9, 2015 Report Posted February 9, 2015 Dean Smith brought the first black player to the south, specifically to North Carolina and the ACC. Quote
cipsucks Posted February 9, 2015 Report Posted February 9, 2015 Is this a discussion where tcp needs to go get his jack boots? I'm always ready to wear my mean-spirited racist, bigot, sexist, homophobe hats if need be, Norm. Quote
Dean Smith Posted February 10, 2015 Report Posted February 10, 2015 Dean Smith's legacy lies in his innovation and more importantly his convictions towards social justice. As great of a coach as he was, he was a better person. http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=12296331 I'm pretty sure Dean Smith was known pretty much just for his basketball coaching prowess. Never heard anything about Dean Smith and social justice before. What does it mean to have "convictions towards social justice" anyway? Is this a discussion where tcp needs to go get his jack boots? I think anyone that really looked into Dean Smith behind googling his run and jump, knew that he was focused on a lot more than basketball. That was the difference between John Wooden and him. Along with better basketball players, Wooden wanted to make better men. Coach Smith made better basketball players, better men and broaden his scope working to make a better world for those better men. If you don't know hit the hyperlink and watch the 3 minute video. Quote
Norm Peterson Posted February 10, 2015 Report Posted February 10, 2015 Dean Smith's legacy lies in his innovation and more importantly his convictions towards social justice. As great of a coach as he was, he was a better person. http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=12296331 I'm pretty sure Dean Smith was known pretty much just for his basketball coaching prowess. Never heard anything about Dean Smith and social justice before. What does it mean to have "convictions towards social justice" anyway? Is this a discussion where tcp needs to go get his jack boots? I think anyone that really looked into Dean Smith behind googling his run and jump, knew that he was focused on a lot more than basketball. That was the difference between John Wooden and him. Along with better basketball players, Wooden wanted to make better men. Coach Smith made better basketball players, better men and broaden his scope working to make a better world for those better men. If you don't know hit the hyperlink and watch the 3 minute video. That's my point. You'd have to really look into it. An aspect of his personal story that isn't well known can't really be called part of his legacy. His legacy, to me, is that he was one of the greatest basketball coaches of all time. And, for me, that's enough. I don't need all the "and he was really nice to old women" stuff in order to appreciate what a great hoops coach he was. Frankly, if not for the hoops coach part, he wouldn't be famous and his passing would have drawn no attention. There are plenty of people out there who are really nice to old women. What set him apart was that he was exceptionally gifted as a basketball coach. I don't think it would have made him any less deserving of our noting his passing if he'd just kinda been nondescript when it came to "social justice," whatever, exactly, that is. Quote
jimmykc Posted February 10, 2015 Author Report Posted February 10, 2015 I have to agree with our own Dean on this one, Norm. I think those players like Charley Scott who played for North Carolina as the old South colleges began to fully integrate basketball would also agree that his legacy was a lot deeper than his skill as a basketball coach. Adolph Rupp and Joe Paterno are a couple of successful coaches I personally would have not thought deserving of my humble thread. Silverbacked1 1 Quote
Norm Peterson Posted February 10, 2015 Report Posted February 10, 2015 Well, for those of you who knew him well, your remembrances will be different. For Average Joes like me, however, most will remember him as a hell of a ball coach who always seemed like a real nice guy in interviews. Especially when he described himself as sort of the Tom Osborne of college basketball coaches. Quote
AuroranHusker Posted February 10, 2015 Report Posted February 10, 2015 Dean Smith's legacy lies in his innovation and more importantly his convictions towards social justice. As great of a coach as he was, he was a better person. http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=12296331 I'm pretty sure Dean Smith was known pretty much just for his basketball coaching prowess. Never heard anything about Dean Smith and social justice before. What does it mean to have "convictions towards social justice" anyway? Is this a discussion where tcp needs to go get his jack boots? I think anyone that really looked into Dean Smith behind googling his run and jump, knew that he was focused on a lot more than basketball. That was the difference between John Wooden and him. Along with better basketball players, Wooden wanted to make better men. Coach Smith made better basketball players, better men and broaden his scope working to make a better world for those better men. If you don't know hit the hyperlink and watch the 3 minute video. Probably the main difference is that Dean Smith lived & worked in the South, and John Wooden was out West. Both great men & brilliant coaches... Quote
hhcmatt Posted February 21, 2015 Report Posted February 21, 2015 North Carolina started today's game running the 4 corner offense Silverbacked1 1 Quote
Silverbacked1 Posted February 21, 2015 Report Posted February 21, 2015 That is cool. Now I have something to explain to my sons about what at was. Quote
Red Don Posted February 21, 2015 Report Posted February 21, 2015 North Carolina started today's game running the 4 corner offense Cool! But it doesn't seem like it would be very good for getting offensive rebounds? Silverbacked1 1 Quote
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