R.I.P. to Legendary Georgetown coach John Thompson dead at 78
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RIP Coach
Noted. Made an update to the title
Rest in peace.
Excellent coach and professor of the game.
Condolences to his family & many hundreds / thousands of past players.
Excellent coach and professor of the game.
Condolences to his family & many hundreds / thousands of past players.
I posted in that thread earlier.
The original title of this thread was distasteful and even the new title of this thread sucks. It should honor the man, it doesn't need to be a 2020 theme post in any way. The thread that got merged into this one had an appropriate title.
The Big East in the 80s and 90s was crazy
definitely deserved more credit! Rest in Power Big John!!
Yeah this hits hard.. especially if you live in the DMV.. not only do i remember him as a coach.. but also a radio host on ESPN980 local station in DMV area... He would call out callers on their BS but also he showed he had a very good sense of humor too.. He made some of these terrible Wizard/Redskin years bareable..LOL
RIP
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Legendary Georgetown basketball coach John Thompson dies at 78
Georgetown coach John Thompson, the first African American coach to win an NCAA title, has passed away at 78. Thompson famously coached Patrick Ewing, Allen Iverson, and Alonzo Mourning.
R.I.P. Coach
Man fuck 2020. RIP coach. Thanks for giving us legends and Hall of Famers. You definitely made a difference in the game and life!
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RIP to Coach Thompson
I was a football fan going up and never really cared about basketball until I saw the Georgetown/NC championship game. I loved Georgetown and it was because of John Thompson. Even as a teenager I felt the pride of him being the most visible Black coach as well as a great on court coach. I loved Ewing,Motombo,Mourning and of course Iverson because of coach. I used to listen to games on tv he was commentating on cause he was so learned and broke games down so beautifully. This year is taking a bit of our collective souls as Black people losing huge icons. We have had years where we lost people that hurt like 2009 with MJ and 2016 with Prince but never have we had so many in one year. Damn we lost Kobe,Black Panther,John Lewis,Little Richard,now coach Thompson,hell even Herman Cain and so many more due to Covid this year is a bitch.
RIP to a coaching legend. He put the Hoyas on the map.
owens played for syracuse. you meant Alonzo Mourning
no disrespect to you, but not in this thread.
This is the best John Thompson story I’ve ever heard.
sports.yahoo.com
"This is a fast city," said John Duren, one of Thompson's first important players in the late 1970s along with Craig Shelton. "When a young kid comes in this city and he's a star—[Allen] Iverson, Ewing, Alonzo—the top ballplayer is going to meet the thug, the top drug dealer. They shopped for clothes at the same store and ate at the same restaurant, the old Houston's up on Wisconsin [Avenue]. It was just inevitable."
Thompson invited Edmond to his office and lit into him. He told the drug dealer to stay away from his players or suffer the consequences. Edmond, it was said, never associated with a Georgetown player again
"That's about how it went down," Duren said. "Everybody remembers the day Rayful went to Coach's office."
The legend of Georgetown’s John Thompson begins with unflinching toughness
Rayful Edmond answered to no one in the 1980s. No one, that is, except John Thompson, when Thompson got wind Alonzo Mourning and other players were fraternizing with the drug lord.
sports.yahoo.com
"This is a fast city," said John Duren, one of Thompson's first important players in the late 1970s along with Craig Shelton. "When a young kid comes in this city and he's a star—[Allen] Iverson, Ewing, Alonzo—the top ballplayer is going to meet the thug, the top drug dealer. They shopped for clothes at the same store and ate at the same restaurant, the old Houston's up on Wisconsin [Avenue]. It was just inevitable."
Thompson invited Edmond to his office and lit into him. He told the drug dealer to stay away from his players or suffer the consequences. Edmond, it was said, never associated with a Georgetown player again
"That's about how it went down," Duren said. "Everybody remembers the day Rayful went to Coach's office."
Let me see
right off the bat my favorite players from Georgetown BACK IN THE DAY
in no particular order...
Patrick Ewing
Alonzo Mourning
Dikemba Mutumbo
Allen Iverson
Horace Broadnax
Reggie Williams
Micheal Jackson
Fred Brown
Eric Sleepy Floyd
Micheal Graham
right off the bat my favorite players from Georgetown BACK IN THE DAY
in no particular order...
Patrick Ewing
Alonzo Mourning
Dikemba Mutumbo
Allen Iverson
Horace Broadnax
Reggie Williams
Micheal Jackson
Fred Brown
Eric Sleepy Floyd
Micheal Graham
good post. Hell he put the entire big east on the map when you think about it. RIP to coach Thompson, a DC legend.
Fuck...you are right
