RIP Rick Majerus

[Drip]

Hoo, boy. Dave Jones in Harrisburg writes a blog post that's going to earn him lots of hate mail.

http://blog.pennlive.com/davidjones/2012/12/rick_majerus_death_food_heart.html

Damn. Ok Majerus was a foodaholic. Dave Jones' piece hit home but it definitely was mean spirited. WTF did Majerus do to him? Not pass him a roll or something? I truly wonder if anyone read this **** before he blogged it.

 

[dixiehack]

I wish he would have lived a longer, healthier life and I'm sure there's lots more he wanted to do. But dying at 64 doesn't feel like a life cut short. Not trying to be a ****.

 

[HanSenSE]

Excellent find, old_tony!

 

[ifilus]

I wish he would have lived a longer, healthier life and I'm sure there's lots more he wanted to do. But dying at 64 doesn't feel like a life cut short. Not trying to be a ****.

Is it safe to assume dixiehack is not 63?

 

[Joe Williams]

Great job, Bubbler!

I used to date a gal who taught at St. Sebastian's. Classy and humble act (her and the school).

 

[imjustagirl]

Yes, I'm partial. But I thought Chuck Culpepper's very specific look at one game in Majerus' career did exactly what Chuck does in summing up exactly what Majerus was as a coach.

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/40497616/

 

[Bodie_Broadus]

To Jay Bilas, wearing a polo shirt rather than the traditional Hawaiian shirt while covering a tournament in Hawaii...
"Jay, only a guy who gets out of the shower to take a **** would wear a shirt like that."
[ESPN, 01/04/2005, Quoted on DukeBasketballReport.com]

God, that link is awesome.

That made me laugh really hard.

I always loved the story about Majerus and KVH on the night his father passed away.

 

[Bubbler]

Great job, Bubbler!

I used to date a gal who taught at St. Sebastian's. Classy and humble act (her and the school).

No ****. That's cool.

 

[slappy4428]

Great job Bubs.... awesome

 

[bpoindexter]

I was privileged to meet him back in the early '90s, when he was visiting Sacramento. Wonderful guy. No more pain now, Rick. I'm not gonna say RIP, because he's now living forever in paradise.

 

[The Big Ragu]

Hoo, boy. Dave Jones in Harrisburg writes a blog post that's going to earn him lots of hate mail.

http://blog.pennlive.com/davidjones/2012/12/rick_majerus_death_food_heart.html

I thought about this a lot, for some reason, when I head that Majerus had died.

I disagree with the column. We all make our choices. It isn't as if Majerus didn't know he was fat to unhealthy levels. Yet, he still reveled in eating.

I personally don't get it, and I want to do everything I can to try to reduce the risk of my heart giving out in my 50s or 60s. But that is my choice. From what I can tell Majerus lived his life on his terms. That is all anyone can ask for.

As it turned out, for him it meant sacrificing years in favor of overeating crappy food. But he didn't seem like the kind of guy who would have had it any other way. Maybe I am wrong and in his last moments he was saying, "I wish I had taken better care of myself." But near as I can tell he kind of knew he was fat and unhealthy and he was OK with it. He was smart enough to know that meant he was at risk of dying early. There is nothing tragic about it to me. If he had a happy life and overeating contributed to that happiness -- and I was not inside his skin, so I can't say whether he did or didn't -- he actually fared better than most people. I don't personally get it, but if he was OK with his choices, I am not going to sit here and call his death tragic.