RIP Jerry Tarkanian

[ChrisLong]

Will the obits mention Richard "The Fixer" Perry (Smith/Wooden crossthread).

 

[da man]

Will the obits mention Richard "The Fixer" Perry (Smith/Wooden crossthread).

The LA Times obit (linked above) did. It also mentioned Sam Gilbert.

 

[Guy_Incognito]

Will the obits mention Richard "The Fixer" Perry (Smith/Wooden crossthread).

Will the obits mention San Antonio?

 

[LongTimeListener]

The NCAA is so well-known for hypocrisy, but I don't think it has ever topped or will ever top the way it dealt with UNLV. The NCAA put the defending champs on probation in July 1990 and barred them from defending the title; then a few months later the sides reached a deal that UNLV could go for that undefeated season and dynasty-making championship, but they were going to be on probation the following year (when everybody would be gone anyway).

Got damn fine ratings against Duke, though.

 

[mpcincal]

RIP Tark. Was a big Runnin' Rebels fan back in the day. I grew up in Southern California, but one of the then-independent LA stations would run the UNLV games on tape-delay on Saturday night with Chick Hearn calling the action.

We almost had him at SDSU after he left UNLV -- the AD had all but hired him when Aztecs basketball was at its nadir, but the school president nixed it. It would been interesting to see what he would have done with the program, although the NCAA probably would have opened an office in San Diego if that had happened.

 

[JackReacher]

Sorry if someone already linked it, but it's worth another one.

Jerry Tarkanian: A true rebel if ever there was one - Yahoo Sports

 

[swingline]

"Tarkanian vs. NCAA was the legal version of Ali vs. Frazier."

Nice.

 

[exmediahack]

Smith. Tark.

If I am Norm Stewart, John Thompson, Louie C, Nolan Richardson, George Raveling or Bobby Cremins, I probably stay on the couch until this passes.

 

[HanSenSE]

Tarkanian was always a joy to talk to. Covered his Fresno State teams occasionally and his basketball mind was amazing. The SID at the time told us how he really enjoyed the interaction with the press.

RIP.

 

[Jake_Taylor]

Smith. Tark.

If I am Norm Stewart, John Thompson, Louie C, Nolan Richardson, George Raveling or Bobby Cremins, I probably stay on the couch until this passes.

Talked to a a former Houston player a while back and unfortunately I think Guy Lewis is a strong candidate

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

Smith. Tark.

If I am Norm Stewart, John Thompson, Louie C, Nolan Richardson, George Raveling or Bobby Cremins, I probably stay on the couch until this passes.

Raveling should be fine since every other guy you named could actually coach.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Sorry if someone already linked it, but it's worth another one.

Jerry Tarkanian: A true rebel if ever there was one - Yahoo Sports

Loved the two stories of making the inmate the valedictorian and the other one of telling the NCAA official to steal the coach's bag of money.

Here's another cool story, of the guy in charge of Tark's towels.

Why superstitious Jerry Tarkanian was always chewing on a towel | The Dagger - Yahoo Sports

 

[Songbird]

Not sure who the player is just like the shot.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

Waiting for the editorial cartoons of the towel draped over an empty chair.

 

[Songbird]

I want to see Tornoe do one with Tark at the gate and both he and Peter are biting on a towel.

 

[gators85]

2006 interview:

RIP Coach Jerry Tarkanian: CYInterview Pulls a Conversation with the Coach from Our Archives | CYInterview

 

[poindexter]

Not sure who the player is just like the shot.

Reggie Theus _ i never know who is sarcastic and who isn't.

 

[Vombatus]

Heard on the radio that Vegas will dim the lights to honor Tark. Radio made it sound like that hasn't happened very often. They gave a brief list, including honoring JFK.

 

[Webster]

When is the 30 for 30 on Augmon throwing that game against Duke?

 

[Starman]

Heard on the radio that Vegas will dim the lights to honor Tark. Radio made it sound like that hasn't happened very often. They gave a brief list, including honoring JFK.

There was this kid I grew up with; he was younger than me. Sorta looked up to me, you know. We did our first work together, worked our way out of the street. Things were good, we made the most of it. During Prohibition, we ran molasses into Canada... made a fortune, your father, too. As much as anyone, I loved him and trusted him. Later on he had an idea to build a city out of a desert stop-over for GI's on the way to the West Coast. That kid's name was Moe Greene, and the city he invented was Las Vegas. This was a great man, a man of vision and guts. And there isn't even a plaque, or a signpost or a statue of him in that town! Someone put a bullet through his eye. No one knows who gave the order. When I heard it, I wasn't angry; I knew Moe, I knew he was head-strong, talking loud, saying stupid things. So when he turned up dead, I let it go. And I said to myself, this is the business we've chosen; I didn't ask who gave the order, because it had nothing to do with business!