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General Category => Fighting Illini Basketball Forum => Topic started by: frankiew on November 16, 2022, 12:39:43 PM
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It's been 2 years but I still haven't adjusted to coaches not wearing suits and ties
Some of the coaches look sloppy with the pullovers or whatever they are wearing
I feel like mentally I'd coach better in a suit and tie then in a pull over
what's everyone else think?
Just knowing we may not see a orange blazer again is pretty upsetting
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I’d probably coach best if I were comfortable
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I never understood why basketball coaches felt the need to dress like wall street bankers to coach basketball. I always thought it was stupid.
Doesn't matter to me what any of them wear.
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Basically it comes down to free-throws. Even in 30 point wins.
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Basically it comes down to free-throws. Even in 30 point wins.
Practice like you play.
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Free shots.
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George Raveling always looked like a bum. JMHO.
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George Raveling always looked like a bum. JMHO.
Yeah. Bad face, too.
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I think Underwood looks awful in the orange blazer. It’s cut all wrong and isn’t even the right shade of orange.
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George Raveling always looked like a bum. JMHO.
Yes, and it sure wasn't a good look for him when coaching at USC. There were always plenty of bums outside of the Sports Arena in LA in those days.
I came through a corridor for floor seating at the Long Beach Arena and about 30 feet ahead of me was Jerry Tarkanian of UNLV. The guy was wearing fancy $500 cowboy boots but had on cheap looking slacks that he picked up at KMart or Pep Boys. My friend that was with me still laugh about that look. Wonder if he got a free lube and tune when he got those slacks.
I guess everybody can't look like Jay Wright of Villanova.
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Coaches wore jackets last night. Good!!!
Gives less of an AAU feel
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At least basketball coaches don't wear jerseys like the schlubs in baseball.
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They should all dress like Tracy Dildy or Anthony Longstreet, two legendary Chicago pimps
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Yeah. Bad face, too.
George Raveling was awesome. I remember a game where he threw his glasses -- HARD -- to the floor after a call. Immediate T.
The legend lived on for a while. A few years later (Warning: lameness ahead), I was watching someone else play one of those Ultima games. There was a part of the game where you had to conduct business in some sort of Gargoyle city. Anyway, the character ends up at the gargoyle optician's office. Goyle is wearing some funky specs, and at one point, he turns to the side with a strange look on his face. I say, "Hey, it's George Raveling!" thinking no one would get the joke. But they did.
I will look to see if there are any awesome George Raveling clips that show his awesomeness.
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So I just looked up Raveling on wiki. He had a .535 career winning percentage, went 2-6 in the NCAA Tournament, had an ok college career as a player. He’s in both HOFs. Why?
In like 22 years of coaching he never even won a division title.
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Must of been the connections he made in his role as Nike’s Global basketball marketing director, because there’s nothing in his playing or coaching career that merits HOF consideration.
Assistant coach for ‘84 Gold medal winning team. That’s the most impressive thing on his résumé. And that’s when US was dominant.
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So I just looked up Raveling on wiki. He had a .535 career winning percentage, went 2-6 in the NCAA Tournament, had an ok college career as a player. He’s in both HOFs. Why?
In like 22 years of coaching he never even won a division title.
Because he was awesome, Tempo34. More awesome than you can imagine.
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Fuck George Raveling. Iowa puke.
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I think Underwood looks awful in the orange blazer. It’s cut all wrong and isn’t even the right shade of orange.
He's no Phil Cantone. [/obscure Harlem Nights reference]
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Fuck George Raveling. Iowa puke.
It's a funny story, though, how he ended up in Iowa. (F)Lute Olson was coaching Iowa. At the same time, Arizona was just beyond putrid. Illinois Wesleyan, a DIII school, goes to Tucson and wins.
People in Arizona crap bricks. Flute gets hired away from Iowa. Raveling comes to Iowa.