RIP Rollie Massimino
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RIP Rollie Massimino
He coached the Villanova basketball team from 1973 to 1992, winning the NCAA championship in 1985. He died at age 82 from lung cancer.
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Re: RIP Rollie Massimino
And just the other day Jud Heathcote, the former Michigan State basketball coach whose team won the 1979 title, died. The '79 title game was the Magic Johnson/Larry Bird game, the game that helped turn the NCAA Tournament into one of the country's most popular sporting events.
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Re: RIP Rollie Massimino
Unfortunately, Rollie was my fashion role model.
He was notorious, back in the days that coaches wore suits to courtside*, of showing up at warm ups and tip-off looking fairly dapper. By the first TV break, he was looking a little frumpy. By halftime, he looked like he'd been sleeping all week in the suit. I seem to have the same effect on clothing.
* Don't blame the coaches or changing fashion trends for the lack of suits anymore; blame the shoe companies for the change in coaches' gamewear. Nike doesn't make suits, ties, and dress shoes, but they make polo shirts and sneakers and such.
He was notorious, back in the days that coaches wore suits to courtside*, of showing up at warm ups and tip-off looking fairly dapper. By the first TV break, he was looking a little frumpy. By halftime, he looked like he'd been sleeping all week in the suit. I seem to have the same effect on clothing.
* Don't blame the coaches or changing fashion trends for the lack of suits anymore; blame the shoe companies for the change in coaches' gamewear. Nike doesn't make suits, ties, and dress shoes, but they make polo shirts and sneakers and such.
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Re: RIP Rollie Massimino
He somehow leveraged a 13-12 season coaching at Montana to earn the head coaching job at Michigan State. I don't think that would happen today.elwoodblues wrote:And just the other day Jud Heathcote, the former Michigan State basketball coach whose team won the 1979 title, died. The '79 title game was the Magic Johnson/Larry Bird game, the game that helped turn the NCAA Tournament into one of the country's most popular sporting events.
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Re: RIP Rollie Massimino
SpacemanSpiff wrote:Unfortunately, Rollie was my fashion role model.
He was notorious, back in the days that coaches wore suits to courtside*, of showing up at warm ups and tip-off looking fairly dapper. By the first TV break, he was looking a little frumpy. By halftime, he looked like he'd been sleeping all week in the suit. I seem to have the same effect on clothing.
* Don't blame the coaches or changing fashion trends for the lack of suits anymore; blame the shoe companies for the change in coaches' gamewear. Nike doesn't make suits, ties, and dress shoes, but they make polo shirts and sneakers and such.
Don't blame Larry Brown:
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Re: RIP Rollie Massimino
Vandal wrote:SpacemanSpiff wrote:Unfortunately, Rollie was my fashion role model.
He was notorious, back in the days that coaches wore suits to courtside*, of showing up at warm ups and tip-off looking fairly dapper. By the first TV break, he was looking a little frumpy. By halftime, he looked like he'd been sleeping all week in the suit. I seem to have the same effect on clothing.
* Don't blame the coaches or changing fashion trends for the lack of suits anymore; blame the shoe companies for the change in coaches' gamewear. Nike doesn't make suits, ties, and dress shoes, but they make polo shirts and sneakers and such.
Don't blame Larry Brown:
They should make the coaches in all sports wear the same uniforms as their players. Baseball has it right...
And unless it is Turn Back the Clock Night, nobody (players, coaches, officials, fans) should ever be wearing a suit anywhere near a sporting event....
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