Deacfreak07
Ain't played nobody, PAWL!
I did, but I took all of that off in appreciation for the civil posting that has been going on over on the Fantrax thread. Hope you read my post about that over there.
I didn't. I assume it's deleted?
I did, but I took all of that off in appreciation for the civil posting that has been going on over on the Fantrax thread. Hope you read my post about that over there.
Hated Smith on the court. Off the court he really was a good guy and took chances with his career by being so forward thinking in a Southern state back in the 60s.
(And the dementia comments & jokes on this thread should really be beneath WF graduates.)
Dean Smith would be a great American if he hadn't coached at Carolina.
Does Bobby Knight have one of these? Doesn't he have a long list of political contributions?
You're saying these people are not Wake grads/students?
I have a lot of respect for Smith in many areas, but the praise he gets for being a "pioneer" in recruiting Charlie Scott is a bit overplayed. Fact is Lefty Driesel had already gotten a commitment from Scott to play at Davidson, but on a subsequent visit to the Davidson community some idiot at a small coffee shop or restaurant either refused or gave him minimal service, and Scott started getting cold feet about attending a small, almost all-white school in a small southern town. I have no idea if Smith started negative-recruiting against the Wildcats or if Scott had already bailed before UNC got involved, but the point is that in some ways Driesel was as much or more of a pioneer/trailblazer than Smith was.
And yes this is somewhat sour grapes, b/c growing up a Davidson fan I saw UNC and Scott take the Wildcats out in regional play two years in a row. With Scott on the roster, I think Davidson would have had a decent chance of unseating UCLA during his career.
Dean Smith would be a great American if he hadn't coached at Carolina.
I have a lot of respect for Smith in many areas, but the praise he gets for being a "pioneer" in recruiting Charlie Scott is a bit overplayed. Fact is Lefty Driesel had already gotten a commitment from Scott to play at Davidson, but on a subsequent visit to the Davidson community some idiot at a small coffee shop or restaurant either refused or gave him minimal service, and Scott started getting cold feet about attending a small, almost all-white school in a small southern town. I have no idea if Smith started negative-recruiting against the Wildcats or if Scott had already bailed before UNC got involved, but the point is that in some ways Driesel was as much or more of a pioneer/trailblazer than Smith was.
And yes this is somewhat sour grapes, b/c growing up a Davidson fan I saw UNC and Scott take the Wildcats out in regional play two years in a row. With Scott on the roster, I think Davidson would have had a decent chance of unseating UCLA during his career.
I hate UNC as much as anything, but Dean Smith should absolutely be respected for who he was on and off the court.
Nobody should be making fun of dementia at all. It's a horrible disease to see a family member go through. Obviously not a laughing matter.
Not something that should be joked about in any sense.
I have a lot of respect for Smith in many areas, but the praise he gets for being a "pioneer" in recruiting Charlie Scott is a bit overplayed. Fact is Lefty Driesel had already gotten a commitment from Scott to play at Davidson, but on a subsequent visit to the Davidson community some idiot at a small coffee shop or restaurant either refused or gave him minimal service, and Scott started getting cold feet about attending a small, almost all-white school in a small southern town. I have no idea if Smith started negative-recruiting against the Wildcats or if Scott had already bailed before UNC got involved, but the point is that in some ways Driesel was as much or more of a pioneer/trailblazer than Smith was.
And yes this is somewhat sour grapes, b/c growing up a Davidson fan I saw UNC and Scott take the Wildcats out in regional play two years in a row. With Scott on the roster, I think Davidson would have had a decent chance of unseating UCLA during his career.