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[Tommy_Taylor_1972]

I listened to it and it is truthful. I could not tell who her audience was. If to college student athletes, coaches should avoid recruiting those, and it is easy to notice that. during real recruiting, maybe not depending on recruiting services. If it was to a kids camp whose parents have paid a couple hundred dollars for attendance and the kids have never done any work, then it's appropriate.

 

[LargeFO]

Tommy, thought you’d enjoy this picture my dad found..

 

[Tommy_Taylor_1972]

Tommy, thought you’d enjoy this picture my dad found..

Thanks Large Frosty Orange, looking forward to that picture. Living across the expressway from the Varsity in Towers dorm as a freshman, I could even smell the frosty orange. The founder of the Varsity was a classmate of my dad in 1925 at Tech.

 

[UgaBlows]

Thanks Large Frosty Orange, looking forward to that picture. Living across the expressway from the Varsity in Towers dorm as a freshman, I could even smell the frosty orange. The founder of the Varsity was a classmate of my dad in 1925 at Tech.

Tommy, I am enjoying the hell out of every one of your posts, please keep it up!

 

[Tommy_Taylor_1972]

Tommy, I am enjoying the hell out of every one of your posts, please keep it up!

Thank you. I am having fun in this forum, learning from Tech fans much of the "new" basketball that has come upon us in recent years. As we age, I find that long-term memory is more abundant that last year or even yesterday. So much has changed and I have been having to catch up on what's going on today with all the new lingo and concepts of modern basketball. I am not quite from Naismith days of basketball, but I was coached by Whack Hyder, who was a good jumper as a player as a guard and forward at Tech 1933-37, leading Tech to an undefeated 10-0 SEC record. They would have gone to the NCAA tournament, but the NCAA tournament did not happen until 1939. The 1938 team won the SEC tournament, but again no NCAA tournament yet. Whack jumped at center court after ever made basket by either team, thus low scoring games. The coach(s) could not talk to the players at timeouts, thus no on-court coaching, much like soccer today. That is why Coach Hyder and such as Coach Wooden were somewhat quiet on the bench. Their coaching was done in practice when they were college players and that was evident in their coaching style. They very seldom even stood up from the bench during the game. But they did talk to us during timeouts. Coach Hyder played all his home games in the old Naval Armory at the NE corner of Grant field. There was only room for some students and even fewer fans.

 

[Northeast Stinger]

Thank you. I am having fun in this forum, learning from Tech fans much of the "new" basketball that has come upon us in recent years. As we age, I find that long-term memory is more abundant that last year or even yesterday. So much has changed and I have been having to catch up on what's going on today with all the new lingo and concepts of modern basketball. I am not quite from Naismith days of basketball, but I was coached by Whack Hyder, who was a good jumper as a player as a guard and forward at Tech 1933-37, leading Tech to an undefeated 10-0 SEC record. They would have gone to the NCAA tournament, but the NCAA tournament did not happen until 1939. The 1938 team won the SEC tournament, but again no NCAA tournament yet. Whack jumped at center court after ever made basket by either team, thus low scoring games. The coach(s) could not talk to the players at timeouts, thus no on-court coaching, much like soccer today. That is why Coach Hyder and such as Coach Wooden were somewhat quiet on the bench. Their coaching was done in practice when they were college players and that was evident in their coaching style. They very seldom even stood up from the bench during the game. But they did talk to us during timeouts. Coach Hyder played all his home games in the old Naval Armory at the NE corner of Grant field. There was only room for some students and even fewer fans.

I’ve commented before that CDS reminds me (slightly) of coach Wooden in that he is low key much of the time on the bench during games because he’s done everything in practice to teach the players how to win and now during the games it’s largely up to the players. It tickles me when he just gives a look at a player that says, “we’ve gone over that a thousand times in practice.”

 

[gameface]

I’ve commented before that CDS reminds me (slightly) of coach Wooden in that he is low key much of the time on the bench during games because he’s done everything in practice to teach the players how to win and now during the games it’s largely up to the players. It tickles me when he just gives a look at a player that says, “we’ve gone over that a thousand times in practice.”

Similar to when CBC would say, "what were you thinking".

 

[Tommy_Taylor_1972]

Tommy, thought you’d enjoy this picture my dad found..

Oh the memories! What did I get from my 4 years at Georgia Tech? I got shoes, a sweater, a jacket , a ring, a blanket, a degree on the dean's list (a 3.6 GPA taking 21 hours my last quarter), and an Army officer commission. And lots of great memories and friends. It really did not matter that I had only a 2.6 GPA and averaged 2.2 points per game. What mattered was I was there and took advantage of every opportunity as best I could. I was all set for a good life and continuously thankful to Georgia Tech for that.

My relatively ancient wish is that for every basketball player who signs a letter of intent or transfers to Georgia Tech has the commitment to complete their degree and a commitment from the coach to enable that to happen. That puts accountability on the two parties of that letter of intent. 50 years ago, there was no great ambition among us to play pro basketball, even though we had several drafted. The Hawks were new in town and were coached by player-coaches Richie Gueren and assistant Gene Tormohlen. The average rookie salary was around $40,000 and the ABA was always trying to steal NBA players. They shared our facilities, including the coliseum, showers and similar locker rooms down the hallway from our concrete floor, gray metal lockers and a wooden bench to put on our Chuck Taylor's. And we all had to figure military service into the equation. There are far different motivations for today's "student-athletes" and coaches.