ray2x
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Registered: April 2009
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I would like to be off topic for a moment and give a gentle nod to a great man who died this past week in Los Angeles. John Wooden was basketball coach at UCLA for about 46 years and won 12 NCAA basketball championships. He was by far the best sports coach ever. His philosophy was very old fashion, part of his Indiana upbringing. He coached at UCLA during turbulent times of Vietnam and the protests. His players included Kareem Ablul Jabbar and Bill Walton, two of the best players ever. He was deeply devoted to his wife Nell who died in 1985. He wrote love letters to her often after her death and kept them on his dresser as a way of communicating with her.
So what? Well, he was a one of a kind man. Private and yet well known. I got to meet him twice, saw most of his championship games and admired him as a great man. He never directly coached me in sports but his coaching lessons have made me a better person.
Raymundo
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