My ode to Bill Raftery ... I have been fortunate in my lifetime to have met some really great people. Back in my other life as a college basketball coach, I had the good fortune to be introduced to Bill Raftery, who at the time was the Head Basketball Coach at Seton Hall University. I [...]
It was September, 1960 and we had just finished our second practice of the day at the St. Louis Hawks training camp in steamy St. Louis. Lenny Wilkins (first round draft choice) and I (3rd round draft choice) were rookies that year. We were headed out to get something to eat. As we prepared [...]
For over 40 years I have been a member of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). And, as a member I have regularly attended its national convention. This event is always held at the site of the Final Four. Back in the day, the site for this event was rotated from an East Coast [...]
March Madness is upon us. What a great time of year given my love of the game of basketball. That is until I had to witness a game played in what is called the œFirst Four. These are the teams seeded sixty thru sixty-eight. The four winners fill out the field of sixty-four. The game [...]
The Ides of March is fast approaching, which signals that we are fully into that madness called college basketball and its NCAA Championship competition. Our media pundits are fully engaged in identifying who is in and who is out, and of course, who is on the œinfamous bubble. Its one of the very few occupations [...]
It is Monday in February, so the Super Bowl must be over and the football is ended. A sad day for our friends in the media. Not sad for too long given March Madness is just around the corner. Thats a conversation for another time. I wonder why the powers that be think they have [...]
It seems to me that, over the years, come November, I have cast more votes to cancel someone elses vote than I have to support a candidate of my choosing. In other words, I knew who I didnt want more than who I thought was the best person for the job. The exception was [...]
I have been involved with learning on an active basis for fifty years I say active as directly accountable for the learning process of others. Simply said, œI am a coach. For 25 years I coached the game of basketball. I coached at all the levels the game is played. For more on my history, [...]
In the bible it says, œHe who is without sin, cast the first stone. In my view, there is too much moral judgment in the œsin part. I am not much interested in questioning someones beliefs. That is personal to them and who am I to question? I think, in practice, we might want to [...]
A very wise man once told me that the most dangerous enemy that you can have is the one that is undeclared. The one that looks willing to play with you, but is secretly against you.