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realgreggym

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  1. You want the gym as close to campus as possible. However even then, there is no guarantee that students will show but at least its a better option.
  2. I need to lend him my burnt orange tie.
  3. Of course it is but I blame it on The Schwartz.
  4. Mel definitely had character issues.
  5. café, since you seem to remember those prehistoric times, here's something that shows how strange recruiting can be. As mentioned Larry played at Hobbs NM which was a national power back in the day. Coaches from all over the country descended on Hobbs but not to see Larry. Hobbs had a 6'9 white kid I think his name was Kyle Williams who every one wanted. Our coaches go to see Kyle and they see this skinny black kid who was unstoppable. All the other coaches were infatuated by Williams. Our coaches started recruiting Larry and since I believe he was born in Lampasas, he had no problem coming to Austin. Kyle wound up going to Kansas State and played for the legendary Jack Hartman. Johnny Moore is another great story.
  6. I am good with that as long as Barry isn't in one of them.
  7. café, Larry's freshman team had better attendance than the varsity did.. There were a couple of other kids on that frosh team that left school or the team would have been even better. Very few know that freshman were not eligible to play varsity until 72. I would have loved to see Larry's high school team in Hobbs play the Wheatley teams in those years. No 3 point shot and no shot clock and yet those teams felt bad if they didn't score at least 100 every game.
  8. Your Dad is correct. He should have a lot of stories since he was part of the sports media back then. Larry was drafted I believe in the 5th round but was the last cut because he had bad knees. He hurt his knee in our last non conference game against OU and missed his entire JR conference year. Came back the next year and was conference MVP. He was probably the best player in the SWC in the 70s. We recruited his brother Ronnie but ultimately he went to NMSU because he didn't want to be known as Larry's little brother. He did go to Sweden and as of a couple of years ago, he was still there and I hope that has lived and will continue to live a great life. He's a good guy. As far as the UH story goes, that was the first round of the NCAAs and that game was in Las Cruces. That was literally a 1-16 battle. We had to win a playoff game I think against SMU to win the conference. UH was considered to be a final four team in Los Angeles I believe that year.. They had Dwight Jones and Dwight Davis who were both NBA lottery picks. The game started and we couldn't break their press. Jimmy Blacklock was our starting point guard but couldn't break their trap. We were down by something like 11 points and Coach Black called a time out and put in Larrabee. Harry was probably 5'10 and slow as molasses but UH couldn't contain him. We fought our way back and near the end of the game if I remember, we took the lead. Near the end, there was a jump ball between Harry and either David or Jones. and damn if Harry doesn't get the tip. Robinson came up huge that game and out played the entire UH frontcourt on one leg. The rest is also true. I remember the media telling us that if we didn't go and just forfeited the game, the final score would be 2-0 instead of the ass whipping that UH was going to give us. The lesson to be learned is that can never count out any team or any player because you don't know his heart . Any team on any given day can beat any other team and thats why you don't sell any opponent short. Thats what UH did and they paid a big price.
  9. café, great question. Our slow start didn't play into this. We played one of the toughest non conference schedules in the country and with a couple of exceptions, most of the games were extremely competitive. The problem was DKR. He was a great football coach but as an AD, he could care less about us. He probably wouldn't have known that we were conference champs until the next morning when he went into his office.
  10. I'm not being rude to you but let me tell you what depressing really is. Its winning the conference the last game of the season, getting back to campus around midnight and the tower wasn't even lit. A couple of parents were so upset that they called DKR at home and demanded that the tower be lit orange. About 20 minutes later it was. That's depressing. Not some exhibition on a Wednesday when most students are focused on the football team having the season thats developing. BTW, I just rechecked the email that the T Association had sent me an others and it said that only the first 3000 in line when the doors opened would be admitted on a first come basis. FWTW,
  11. Some kids sadly are just bad kids. Some bad kids desperately need guidance and can turn their life around. If its the former, no thanks. If its the latter, maybe. I suspect the coaches know the situation.
  12. No, the main difference in us is that you don't know nearly as much as you believe you do and when everyone tells you that you're wrong either you keep thinking that everyone is wrong but you or all of a sudden you change your tune as if you always felt that way. You said that Jericho would be a JAG because of his freshman stats. You're the king of taking cheap shots at the kids. End of discussion. I knew Coach Barnes a lot better than you but sometimes it best for both sides to follow other opportunities. And I care far more about the kids than any of the meaningless nonsense you fret over.
  13. I have been on conference championship teams when there were attendance problems. This isn't about attendance. This nothing more than your taking a cheap shot at Coach Smart because you don't like him and you think that you deserve better. Seriously, you're arguing about attendance for a Wednesday night event. Seriously?
  14. This is probably beyond your comprehension but the fact that Greg Gym overflowed 3 years ago had more to do with Coach Smart being new. Its like a new toy gets lots of attention in the beginning and then it gets ignored. I remember when the Drum first opened and you had sellouts for the most of the games. What you did was nothing more than take a cheap shot at Coach Smart like you try to do whenever possible. It was a freaking scrimmage on a Wednesday night not the NCAA finals..
  15. Newsflash, little guy. There were games that we would have killed to have that kind of attendance. This isn't a shaka problem. Its a student problem long before you were born
  16. Courageous people from all over the world helped Jews in WW2 so they could have called themselves Japanese .
  17. Kai, welcome to the family. Work hard on and off the court and you will have an opportunity for a great future.
  18. Thanks Mac. Keep going!
  19. Sammy Davis Jr. Lenny Kravitz, Drake, Jordan Farmar and of course Cory Booker.
  20. Its strange but nice to see an actual post with some common sense. Thanks.
  21. Ford will be the next Sheehan.
  22. Lets enjoy watching these young men and worry about them coming back after the season. Amazing how play calling looks better when we can throw and catch and yes, props to our wr coach as painful as that may be for some of you.
  23. Thanks for the kind words Icon. Cali, when it comes to politics, Jews and blacks are the 2 dumbest groups of voters. The dems could care less about them other then when its time to raise money and votes. Most Jews support dems because they always have. My Mom is in her 80s and still votes dem even though she recognizes that the dem party is no longer the party of JFK and Scoop Jackson. She is so offended by the actions of dems with Kavanaugh, she won't vote for them any longer. So yes, when it comes to voting most Jews are idiots and vote for dems simply because they always have but that is slowly beginning to change.
  24. From what I was told, a trust fund with 40k was set up before he signed with SMU and it would be available for him after he left so there was no paper trail while in school. If you heard something different, fine. Post it.
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