RIP Denny Crum

[Frozen]

A legend.

Legendary Louisville basketball coach Denny Crum dies at 86

Louisville legend and Hall of Fame coach Denny Crum has died. He was 86.

www.wlky.com

 

[Ernj]

A legend.

Legendary Louisville basketball coach Denny Crum dies at 86

Louisville legend and Hall of Fame coach Denny Crum has died. He was 86.

www.wlky.com

I was mostly skimming and misread this quote:
He brought the team, and the city, their first-ever national championship in 1980.

Thought it said bought. Both would be right.

RIP

 

[sabach]

Met him outside of MSG after the 2009 BET. He was very gracious but that was easy because Louisville had just won. He told me that we had a great player in Jonny Flynn who had just won MVP for the losing team.

RIP

 

[SWC75]

A quiet, hugely efficient winner.

 

[Grbac]

My memory of Denny Crum was listening to his radio show with former UK coach Joe B Hall. They had a great rapport with each other. Great show.

 

[Fireball Jr.]

 

[Todd23]

That seems like a lot of characters for a tweet, isn't it?

 

[pfister1]

RIP Denny. Wow Hard to believe he was 86! I am obviously getting old.

 

[JustPherU]

JB had his first big win against Crum and the Cardinals in 1976. If I remember right I think Louisville was top 5 or top 10 at the time and we went into Freedom Hall and won a close one.

 

[OrangeDW]

JB had his first big win against Crum and the Cardinals in 1976. If I remember right I think Louisville was top 5 or top 10 at the time and we went into Freedom Hall and won a close one.

Hard to believe that JB just now retired, when he and Crum were more or less peers. Crum had a long career, and he retired 2 decades ago!

 

[JustPherU]

Hard to believe that JB just now retired, when he and Crum were more or less peers. Crum had a long career, and he retired 2 decades ago!

Yeah it’s pretty crazy JB stayed around that long.

 

[Fireball Jr.]

That seems like a lot of characters for a tweet, isn't it?

Rex must have one of these new jobbies.

Now Twitter Blue subscribers can write 4,000-character tweets

This article could easily fit in a long tweet.

www.theverge.com

 

[pfister1]

Yeah it’s pretty crazy JB stayed around that long.

Great to have a job you LOVE!

 

[Cheriehoop]

According to the rumor mill, Crum didn’t really retire voluntarily but was pushed out by Louisville’s AD Jurich (he had a rep) so he could snare Pitino. Crum’s dream was really to be head coach at UCLA where he had even taken a pay cut to be an ass’t there before heading to Louisville. (Crum had recruited Walton).

 

[sabach]

I remember my senior year in high school, we were beating the Cards big in the Dome and had 99 points with 40 seconds left. Crum told his team to stall the rest of the game so we couldn't get 100. Odd that I remember that but can't remember what I ate for dinner on Monday.

 

[Sherman20]

According to the rumor mill, Crum didn’t really retire voluntarily but was pushed out by Louisville’s AD Jurich (he had a rep) so he could snare Pitino. Crum’s dream was really to be head coach at UCLA where he had even taken a pay cut to be an ass’t there before heading to Louisville. UCLA sadly never offered him the head coaching job (Crum had recruited Walton).

It wasn’t a rumor. It was well documented that Jurich forced Crum into retirement. I posted a few times about this last winter when we were talking about if JB refused to retire what Wildhack could do.

Ex-Louisville AD Tom Jurich says ending Denny Crum’s tenure was his hardest moment

Former Louisville athletic director Tom Jurich said that forcing Denny Crum into retirement was the right decision, but the hardest one he made.

www.courier-journal.com

ESPN.com - ncb - Jurich seeking Crum's retirement

Report: Crum Retirement Package in Works

Louisville Athletic Director Tom Jurich has made a decision to pursue a forced negotiated retirement settlement with Hall of Fame Coach Denny Crum, according to ESPN.

www.latimes.com

 

[AlaskaSU]

Towards the end, like Big John and JB, he stopped winning.

 

[two3zone]

Towards the end, like Big John and JB, he stopped winning.

For a second I thought you were talking about BigNastyJon.