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Sonny Allen died today

PostPosted: Fri Sep 11, 2020 9:11 pm
by ponyboy
Run Sonny run

Re: Sonny Allen died today

PostPosted: Sat Sep 12, 2020 7:11 am
by Charleston Pony
84 years old. Parkinsons listed as the official cause. Sonny won over 600 games as a Head Coach. Too bad he never got the HC gig at his alma mater. Might have been fun if he was coaching at Marshall when SMU was a conference mate in CUSA

Re: Sonny Allen died today

PostPosted: Sat Sep 12, 2020 1:09 pm
by Topper
I was a big Sonny fan. I really liked a lot of the kids he recruited and it was a lot of fun watching Dave Piehler and Billy Allen driving for the basket. I was a little bitter, but understood, why they decided it was time to replace him. But Dave Bliss? My goodness what a drop off in caliber of character.

Re: Sonny Allen died today

PostPosted: Sat Sep 12, 2020 3:07 pm
by ponyboy
It was a fun style of basketball.

Re: Sonny Allen died today

PostPosted: Sat Sep 12, 2020 7:05 pm
by SoCal_Pony
Sonny’s teams were very entertaining to watch.

I didn’t know that he played with future NBA HOF’er Hal Greer at Marshall and that after leaving SMU, Sonny Allen led Nevada to their first 2 ever NCAA tournaments.