17 November 2008

Pete Newell, 1915-2008.


"Players today have increased physical skills, but basketball skills have diminished," he said a few years ago. "I resent the fact that many of them take the game for granted. It starts at the top, though. It's an overpriced, corporate-dominated business run by lawyers who have a bad product, and don't know how to fix it."


4 comments:

sonny house said...

how can you improve on that quote?

Dr. D said...

USF v. Cal tonight; i'll be at Henry's at 6 having my own pre-game nachos. fall by, take part, live the Dons dream...

Anonymous said...

am I just a grouchy old son of a birch for findi g vindication in the words of a 93 year old man?

Anonymous said...

Ok. I guess I'm comfortable with that. Next..