RIP Dana Kirk

AD · Feb 17, 2010

sorry: baskerville

Drip · Feb 17, 2010

Moderator1 said:

RIP to a very, um, interesting guy. Coached at VCU my last couple of years as a student there. As good a coach in-game as I've seen.

After a proper mourning period, I'll share the funniest Dana story I ever heard.
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Kirk was 74. Yeah Dana had some strange ways but the guy knew how to coach and knew how to recruit. Made a few dumb mistakes but so does everyone. Like Moddy said, he was interesting.

lone star scribe · Feb 17, 2010

Dana put VCU on the basketball map back in the day, which was no small accomplishment then. No question, he could recruit and coach. But a very strange guy.

Stoney · Feb 17, 2010

Moderator1 said:

After a proper mourning period, I'll share the funniest Dana story I ever heard.
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Has enough time passed yet?

D-3 Fan · Feb 17, 2010

Not yet. I'm anxious to read it, but Moddy is the boss. We can wait a few more days!

Moderator1 · Feb 18, 2010

I got to know Dana fairly well when he was at VCU. I was SE of the student paper for a year and a half earlier in my college days. I gave that up to work part-time at the daily paper but stayed on staff as a writer. Actually won some college newspaper writing award for a profile I did on him. Through all that, I had no idea if he was married - then or later.
I do know he had a rep of being something of a player and there was a rumor - emphasis on rumor - that he was carrying on regularly at lunch with a female student at the home of a wealthy booster who lived in the historic neighborhood next to campus. That daliance led to this great rumor, emphasis on rumor.

Dana's buddy goes home over the long holiday break but the antics resume when she returns in January. Dana calls the booster and says, "Damn, the place looks great. Looks like you remodeled every room. I really like the new furniture."

Booster goes oh shit. "Uh, Dana. We don't live there anymore. We moved right after Christmas." Private sale, never got listed, no signs.

Knowing Dana, if he'd been caught by the new owners he would have ended up laughing with them, having a drink or two and selling them season tickets before he left the house.

Drip · Feb 18, 2010

Moderator1 said:

I got to know Dana fairly well when he was at VCU. I was SE of the student paper for a year and a half earlier in my college days. I gave that up to work part-time at the daily paper but stayed on staff as a writer. Actually won some college newspaper writing award for a profile I did on him. Through all that, I had no idea if he was married - then or later.
I do know he had a rep of being something of a player and there was a rumor - emphasis on rumor - that he was carrying on regularly at lunch with a female student at the home of a wealthy booster who lived in the historic neighborhood next to campus. That daliance led to this great rumor, emphasis on rumor.

Dana's buddy goes home over the long holiday break but the antics resume when she returns in January. Dana calls the booster and says, "Damn, the place looks great. Looks like you remodeled every room. I really like the new furniture."

Booster goes oh shit. "Uh, Dana. We don't live there anymore. We moved right after Christmas." Private sale, never got listed, no signs.

Knowing Dana, if he'd been caught by the new owners he would have ended up laughing with them, having a drink or two and selling them season tickets before he left the house.
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Nice story.

Baron Scicluna · Feb 18, 2010

Moderator1 said:

I got to know Dana fairly well when he was at VCU. I was SE of the student paper for a year and a half earlier in my college days. I gave that up to work part-time at the daily paper but stayed on staff as a writer. Actually won some college newspaper writing award for a profile I did on him. Through all that, I had no idea if he was married - then or later.
I do know he had a rep of being something of a player and there was a rumor - emphasis on rumor - that he was carrying on regularly at lunch with a female student at the home of a wealthy booster who lived in the historic neighborhood next to campus. That daliance led to this great rumor, emphasis on rumor.

Dana's buddy goes home over the long holiday break but the antics resume when she returns in January. Dana calls the booster and says, "Damn, the place looks great. Looks like you remodeled every room. I really like the new furniture."

Booster goes oh shit. "Uh, Dana. We don't live there anymore. We moved right after Christmas." Private sale, never got listed, no signs.

Knowing Dana, if he'd been caught by the new owners he would have ended up laughing with them, having a drink or two and selling them season tickets before he left the house.
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Excellent.

lone star scribe · Feb 18, 2010

Dana used to wear these ugly-looking leisure suits on the bench (hey, it was the '70s), and I remember him walking down past the scorers table to berate the refs in one game. Somebody on the opposing bench called out, "Nice suit, Dana," and he whirled around, ready to mix it up right then and there.

93Devil · Feb 18, 2010

lone star scribe said:

Dana used to wear these ugly-looking leisure suits on the bench (hey, it was the '70s), and I remember him walking down past the scorers table to berate the refs in one game. Somebody on the opposing bench called out, "Nice suit, Dana," and he whirled around, ready to mix it up right then and there.
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Kind of like a Boy Named Sue?

SoCalDude · Feb 18, 2010

I don't remember the specifics, but Kirk brought Memphis to L.A. for the Winston Tire Classic. He demanded expenses and an "appearance" fee for the pre-tournament news conference, in which he said pretty much nothing.
I also remember reading that he got a local Coca-Cola distributor to donate sodas for his youth summer camp. Then he charged the campers for the drinks.

Bob Cook · Feb 18, 2010

SoCalDude said:

I don't remember the specifics, but Kirk brought Memphis to L.A. for the Winston Tire Classic. He demanded expenses and an "appearance" fee for the pre-tournament news conference, in which he said pretty much nothing.
I also remember reading that he got a local Coca-Cola distributor to donate sodas for his youth summer camp. Then he charged the campers for the drinks.
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One of things that got him into the hoosegow was not reporting that Winston Tire money.

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