One Last Gift From Coach Smith

The Poet · 03-26-2015, 02:00 PM

Check it out, literally.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-...183029376.html

357 · 03-26-2015, 02:16 PM

Pretty cool of the coach to do that for his guys, and for all of them.

The Poet · 03-26-2015, 02:39 PM

Coach always said it was about his players, not about wins or losses, and certainly not about him. His was the only voice objecting to the naming of the new athletic center after him, and he valued the bench-warmers and walk-ons as much as the stars.

The old joke was that the only man who could hold Michael Jordan under 20 points was Dean Smith, simply because his philosophy of team play and the extra pass for a higher-percentage shot did not rely upon the stats of a single player, no matter how talented. Jordon was so disgruntled by these shackles that he always wore UNC shorts under his NBA ones while playing with the Bulls and Wizards.

kelmac07 · 03-26-2015, 03:38 PM

Very cool!!

jjirons69 · 03-26-2015, 03:53 PM

That's what life is all about - top notch gesture. I'm sure the majority of these find their way into a frame.

The Poet · 03-26-2015, 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jjirons69

That's what life is all about - top notch gesture. I'm sure the majority of these find their way into a frame.

Yeah, that would be my dilemma. Do I honor the final wish of my mentor, or do I cherish this forever in his memory? Not sure there is a right answer to that.

heyferg · 03-26-2015, 06:18 PM

Class act all the way.

03-26-2015, 02:00 PM	#1
The Poet Il megglior fabbro Join Date: Jun 2009 First Name: Thomas Location: Hickory, NC Posts: 8,420 Trading: (2)	One Last Gift From Coach Smith Check it out, literally. http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-...183029376.html __________________ Ninety percent of everything is crap - Theodore Sturgeon.

03-26-2015, 02:16 PM	#2
357 Will herf for food Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Mike Location: Home is where I park it Posts: 4,075 Trading: (9)	Re: One Last Gift From Coach Smith Pretty cool of the coach to do that for his guys, and for all of them. __________________ “Eating and sleeping are the only activities that should be allowed to interrupt a man's enjoyment of his cigar;” Mark Twain

03-26-2015, 02:39 PM	#3
The Poet Il megglior fabbro Join Date: Jun 2009 First Name: Thomas Location: Hickory, NC Posts: 8,420 Trading: (2)	Re: One Last Gift From Coach Smith Coach always said it was about his players, not about wins or losses, and certainly not about him. His was the only voice objecting to the naming of the new athletic center after him, and he valued the bench-warmers and walk-ons as much as the stars. The old joke was that the only man who could hold Michael Jordan under 20 points was Dean Smith, simply because his philosophy of team play and the extra pass for a higher-percentage shot did not rely upon the stats of a single player, no matter how talented. Jordon was so disgruntled by these shackles that he always wore UNC shorts under his NBA ones while playing with the Bulls and Wizards. __________________ Ninety percent of everything is crap - Theodore Sturgeon.

03-26-2015, 03:38 PM	#4
kelmac07 Resident Maduro Whore!! Join Date: Apr 2009 First Name: Mac Location: Newport News, VA Posts: 27,322 Trading: (218)	Re: One Last Gift From Coach Smith Very cool!! __________________ Dom in the MLB thread "I could probably get you to wear a Yankee hat for a Maduro!"

03-26-2015, 03:53 PM	#5
jjirons69 Haberdasher Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Jamie Location: Chucktown, SC Posts: 4,120 Trading: (94)	Re: One Last Gift From Coach Smith That's what life is all about - top notch gesture. I'm sure the majority of these find their way into a frame. __________________ Somebody has to go back and get a chitload of dimes

03-26-2015, 06:18 PM	#7
heyferg Feeling at Home Join Date: Jun 2014 First Name: Larry aka Hollywood Location: SoCal Posts: 640 Trading: (6)	Re: One Last Gift From Coach Smith Class act all the way.