Hartford Courant: Larry Brown on the game, Ollie, legacy

[PonyPride]

(Typos abound, but it's a nice blog piece about SMU coach Larry Brown)

A Basketball Life: Larry Brown, 73, Reflects On The Game, On Kevin Ollie, On Leaving A Legacy
by DOM AMORE

01/03/14

DALLAS – Larry Brown and the kids he now coaches began the day in Cincinnati, waking up after a tough loss to the Bearcats.

After the long flight home, they arrived on SMU’s campus at 2 p.m., then went to work. And work.

And Brown, 73, never got off his feet, talking, gesturing, teaching until past 5 p.m. An endless stream of guests come and go, a high school team from Houston, in town or a tournament, watched practice for a while. Friends send their toddlers in to “say hello to coach,” and he greets them all like a grandad.

“It was a long day for the plays,” Brown said, as he finally exited the gym. “Not for me.”

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[Treadway21]

You think the reporter is a Yankee. Check out that name: Dom Amore.

[ponyscott]

Good story..what a great man.

[NavyCrimson]

http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-men ... 0873.story