Comments on: Top 5 College Coaches of All-Time http://dimemag.com/2009/10/top-5-college-coaches-of-all-time/ Dime is your daily source for NBA News, NBA Trades, NBA Rumors, NBA Videos and Sneakers Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:02:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Billy Dean http://dimemag.com/2009/10/top-5-college-coaches-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-213162 Billy Dean Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:53:31 +0000 http://dimemag.com/?p=21655#comment-213162 I believe theres this Track coach at Arkansas who has like 42 National Championships. Thats coaching to me. I believe theres this Track coach at Arkansas who has like 42 National Championships. Thats coaching to me.

]]> By: nicky http://dimemag.com/2009/10/top-5-college-coaches-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-182803 nicky Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:50:06 +0000 http://dimemag.com/?p=21655#comment-182803 Dean Smith is there because he basically invented the modern game of basketball. The Four Corners? Dean Smith invented that shit. Full-court press? That too. Even that weird ritual of everybody high-fiving the foul shooter after the shot, hit or miss. He invented that too. You may think it's all about wins and losses and numbers in this world. But, you'd be wrong. Dean Smith is there because he basically invented the modern game of basketball. The Four Corners? Dean Smith invented that shit. Full-court press? That too. Even that weird ritual of everybody high-fiving the foul shooter after the shot, hit or miss. He invented that too.
You may think it’s all about wins and losses and numbers in this world. But, you’d be wrong.

]]> By: ... http://dimemag.com/2009/10/top-5-college-coaches-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-182097 ... Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:06:38 +0000 http://dimemag.com/?p=21655#comment-182097 GOOD LIST!!!! No one else is REALLY on their level, yet! Obviously JW is the coach every coach strives to be like... or at least SHOULD strive to be like. The other 4 are about even, but that is a pretty accurate list... GOOD LIST!!! GOOD LIST!!!!

No one else is REALLY on their level, yet! Obviously JW is the coach every coach strives to be like… or at least SHOULD strive to be like. The other 4 are about even, but that is a pretty accurate list… GOOD LIST!!!

]]> By: jason http://dimemag.com/2009/10/top-5-college-coaches-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-181279 jason Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:02:18 +0000 http://dimemag.com/?p=21655#comment-181279 i find it hard to believe that gary williams has not been listed i find it hard to believe that gary williams has not been listed

]]> By: Peter http://dimemag.com/2009/10/top-5-college-coaches-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-181190 Peter Sat, 17 Oct 2009 05:20:05 +0000 http://dimemag.com/?p=21655#comment-181190 Strongly recommend reading any of Wooden's books, esp. "They Call Me 'Coach'." Full of a simple, rock-solid and distinctly American philosophy of life. Excellent accounts of how he managed racial issues at UCLA. In keeping with his character he never complains about the pressure of coaching the highest-profile program and the highest-profile players in the blast-furnace of racial tension that was L.A. in the late 60's. Final thought on that program's unmatched dominance. At the start of each season the question wasn't whether UCLA would win the championship, it was whether UCLA would lose a game. Strongly recommend reading any of Wooden’s books, esp. “They Call Me ‘Coach’.” Full of a simple, rock-solid and distinctly American philosophy of life. Excellent accounts of how he managed racial issues at UCLA. In keeping with his character he never complains about the pressure of coaching the highest-profile program and the highest-profile players in the blast-furnace of racial tension that was L.A. in the late 60′s.

Final thought on that program’s unmatched dominance. At the start of each season the question wasn’t whether UCLA would win the championship, it was whether UCLA would lose a game.

]]> By: Chicagorilla http://dimemag.com/2009/10/top-5-college-coaches-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-181079 Chicagorilla Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:07:15 +0000 http://dimemag.com/?p=21655#comment-181079 @Factchick, I checked out your link.... first thing i noticed is it's produced by "the Big Blue Network" and coaches/broadcasters from the state of Kentucky. 2ndly (and most importantly), they actually pointed this out---->Jim Tucker, an African-American from Paris, Kentucky for whom coach Rupp helped arrange a scholarship to Duquesne University in the 1950s------- are you fuking joking? Did that just happen? lol. during what should have been the product description, they had to point out that Jim Tucker was black. Not only that, but I didn't read about how -Dick Gabriel, Larry Conley, Neil Reed were white. Why point out the one black man associtated with the project? Yeahhh so basically the point is Rupp was a fuking Racist. @Factchick,

I checked out your link…. first thing i noticed is it’s produced by “the Big Blue Network” and coaches/broadcasters from the state of Kentucky.

2ndly (and most importantly), they actually pointed this out—->Jim Tucker, an African-American from Paris, Kentucky for whom coach Rupp helped arrange a scholarship to Duquesne University in the 1950s——-

are you fuking joking? Did that just happen? lol. during what should have been the product description, they had to point out that Jim Tucker was black. Not only that, but I didn’t read about how -Dick Gabriel, Larry Conley, Neil Reed were white. Why point out the one black man associtated with the project? Yeahhh so basically the point is Rupp was a fuking Racist.

]]> By: Chicagorilla http://dimemag.com/2009/10/top-5-college-coaches-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-181077 Chicagorilla Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:00:49 +0000 http://dimemag.com/?p=21655#comment-181077 @Nat, I love the buffoon line @FactChick, You have got to be kidding. Just because he recruited two of the top 10 greatest college basketball players of all time does not excuse his racism. that's like saying "I can't be a racist, I have a black friend". There is a reason that Rupp is viewed how he is from the black players in his day and even now. It doesn't mean he doesn't know X's and O's, it just means he lived in an era where not being a racist wasn't high on the priority list. @Nat,

I love the buffoon line

@FactChick,

You have got to be kidding. Just because he recruited two of the top 10 greatest college basketball players of all time does not excuse his racism. that’s like saying “I can’t be a racist, I have a black friend”. There is a reason that Rupp is viewed how he is from the black players in his day and even now. It doesn’t mean he doesn’t know X’s and O’s, it just means he lived in an era where not being a racist wasn’t high on the priority list.

]]> By: Natalie http://dimemag.com/2009/10/top-5-college-coaches-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-180822 Natalie Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:37:38 +0000 http://dimemag.com/?p=21655#comment-180822 Coaching is coaching -- doesn't matter if it's men or women, you sexist buffoons. Pat Summitt (Tennessee) C. Vivian Stringer (Rutgers) and Geno Auriemma (Connecticut) deserve consideration, but Pat Summitt should be in the Top 5 considering she has more wins than anyone -- MEN or WOMEN -- in NCAA basketball history. Wins 1005, Losses 192 (83.95%) She also has 8 national championships with Tennessee. Coaching is coaching — doesn’t matter if it’s men or women, you sexist buffoons.

Pat Summitt (Tennessee) C. Vivian Stringer (Rutgers) and Geno Auriemma (Connecticut) deserve consideration, but Pat Summitt should be in the Top 5 considering she has more wins than anyone — MEN or WOMEN — in NCAA basketball history. Wins 1005, Losses 192 (83.95%) She also has 8 national championships with Tennessee.

]]> By: Cody http://dimemag.com/2009/10/top-5-college-coaches-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-180818 Cody Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:49:55 +0000 http://dimemag.com/?p=21655#comment-180818 Bob Knight is number 5????? i do not understand this poll at all pointless and a waste of internet space Bob Knight is number 5????? i do not understand this poll at all pointless and a waste of internet space

]]> By: FactChick http://dimemag.com/2009/10/top-5-college-coaches-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-180747 FactChick Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:48:35 +0000 http://dimemag.com/?p=21655#comment-180747 The myth propogated by Glory Road is shameful. Adolph Rupp coached many black players as a high school coach in Kansas. There was a ban on black athletes in the SEC, even after George Wallace's infamous speech at the schoolhouse door at the U. of Alabama. Wes Unseld and Oscar Robinson, among others, were heavily recruited by Rupp many years before the Texas Western game but were intimidated by the hostile nature of the SEC. So, why don't you character assassins educate yourselves before further regurgitating the nonsense spewing out of Hollywood. For anyone interested in learning the truth about Rupp: http://www.amazon.com/Adolph-Rupp-Myth-Legend-Fact/dp/B000E99ZDA The myth propogated by Glory Road is shameful. Adolph Rupp coached many black players as a high school coach in Kansas. There was a ban on black athletes in the SEC, even after George Wallace’s infamous speech at the schoolhouse door at the U. of Alabama. Wes Unseld and Oscar Robinson, among others, were heavily recruited by Rupp many years before the Texas Western game but were intimidated by the hostile nature of the SEC. So, why don’t you character assassins educate yourselves before further regurgitating the nonsense spewing out of Hollywood. For anyone interested in learning the truth about Rupp: http://www.amazon.com/Adolph-Rupp-Myth-Legend-Fact/dp/B000E99ZDA

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