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Lombardi Owes it All to SMU
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Wed Dec 22, 2010 2:18 amby Stallion
anybody notice the reference to SMU in HBOs Lombardi. Apparently after winning 6 straight state titles at St. Cecelia he was asked to coach the Basketball team. His preparation involved reading a book by an SMU Coach who preached the art of passing before shooting. Pretty cool. Was it Doc Hayes or probably his predecessor
Re: Lombardi Owes it All to SMU
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Wed Dec 22, 2010 2:23 amby Get_Some_Ponies
He also called Forrest the best player he ever had.
Re: Lombardi Owes it All to SMU
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Wed Dec 22, 2010 9:40 amby EastStang
He was also one of the seven blocks of granite from Fordham who got whupped by the Mustangs in 1935 and witnessed Peruna's kill shot.
Re: Lombardi Owes it All to SMU
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Wed Dec 22, 2010 10:30 amby Bergermeister
gotta love the dead ram
Re: Lombardi Owes it All to SMU
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Fri Dec 24, 2010 12:29 pmby bhoskinson
Does anyone know the name of the book or who wrote it?? I am looking for the book as a gift, but I can't seem to find the name.
Thanks!
Re: Lombardi Owes it All to SMU
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Fri Dec 24, 2010 4:09 pmby NavyCrimson
My guess it is Ray Morrison but don't recollect the book. SMU was dubbed the "Aerial Circus".
Re: Lombardi Owes it All to SMU
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Fri Dec 24, 2010 7:32 pmby Stallion
No this was a basketball coach at SMU. Looking at Lombardi's tenure at St. Cecelia it sounds like he would have taken over as BASKETBALL coach in about 1945-47 so it would have been prior to that. I think I read Doc Hayes was hired by SMU in 1947. Who was his predecessor. I want say St. Clair but really don't know
Re: Lombardi Owes it All to SMU
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Mon Dec 27, 2010 10:51 amby Sewanee Stang
Didn't Matty Bell coach basketball during his tenure as football HC?
Re: Lombardi Owes it All to SMU
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Thu Dec 30, 2010 3:03 amby Stallion
I saw Lombardi again and found an additional hint. It was an SMU Basketball Coach who wrote a book 15 years earlier. It might have been that Coach named J. W. St. Clair