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| Topic subject | RIP John Chaney |
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2731136, RIP John Chaney
Posted by CherNic, Fri Jan-29-21 03:00 PM
Something so special about seeing him and John Thompson on the sidelines and now they're both gone.
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2731137, Respect due.
Posted by CyrenYoung, Fri Jan-29-21 03:01 PM
*skatin' the rings of saturn*
..and miles to go before i sleep...
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2731139, REST IN POWER - built Men and basketball players.
Posted by Castro, Fri Jan-29-21 03:03 PM
https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa-legendary-temple-coach-john-chaney-dies-192021750.html
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2731141, damn a lot of my heroes are leaving. RIP
Posted by ThaTruth, Fri Jan-29-21 03:10 PM
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2731144, R.I.P. I was going to school in Philly when he threatened to whoop...
Posted by mrhood75, Fri Jan-29-21 04:30 PM
...Coach Cal. Those were interesting times. Definitely one of the most "Philly" sports-related things that I experienced out there.
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2731158, RE: R.I.P. I was going to school in Philly when he threatened to whoop...
Posted by theMindofFury, Fri Jan-29-21 06:03 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6jUpHClybQ
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2731348, Man, I miss those days
Posted by The Real, Tue Feb-02-21 02:41 PM
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2731145, this was literally the era of college hoops I was introduced into...
Posted by Dstl1, Fri Jan-29-21 04:48 PM
watching with my pops. Thompson, Cheney, Dean Smith, Massamino, Lou Carnesecca, Boheim...man, we watched SO MUCH college basketball.
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2731152, Those really were the days
Posted by DJR, Fri Jan-29-21 05:34 PM
I swear there was just something special in the air when teams/coaches like that were facing off back then. There’s nothing like it.
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2731146, We’re losing everybody man. RIP
Posted by Beezo, Fri Jan-29-21 05:08 PM
One of my favorite college teams of all time was the 87/88 Temple squad.
Do ya googles if you don’t know young fellas.
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2731151, RIP to an absolute legend
Posted by DJR, Fri Jan-29-21 05:33 PM
When Temple really had it going, that defense was so smothering.
Him and Keady are easily the best coaches that never made a final 4. Not a backhanded compliment at all because he had Temple in a bunch of elite 8s at the peak of the sport.
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2731167, i remember watching UM beat his last truly elite squad
Posted by cgonz00cc, Sat Jan-30-21 12:19 AM
they got to the round of 8 a few more times after, but 93 was the last time they had <5 losses
it was like an excellent pro wrestling match that put Temple over to me even tho they lost, and made me an eddie jones fan. plus as a 10 year old i was fascinated by the fact that he honestly had an Owlish appearance.
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2731172, RE: i remember watching UM beat his last truly elite squad
Posted by DJR, Sat Jan-30-21 09:30 AM
Lmao, my brother and I used to say the same about the Owlish appearance.
Eddie Jones is still one of my favorite b-ball players ever.
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2731155, Rest in peace.
Posted by Shaun Tha Don, Fri Jan-29-21 05:56 PM
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2731163, RIP to a great coach and man. i went to Chaney-Hill bball camp
Posted by poetx, Fri Jan-29-21 09:11 PM
when i was in middle school. it was at cheyney state university.
John Chaney and Sonny Hill, both philly and hoop area legends. back when coach chaney was coach at Cheyney and just before he went to Temple.
he kept it real w/ us. told us if we did some dumb sht "you'll be out on cheyney road, with the bears" in that trademark raspy voice (it was dark af out there and i wasn't trying to be out there).
he turned temple into a powerhouse. but he turned a lot of young men into productive citizens.
peace & blessings,
x.
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2731166, Just a remarkable life
Posted by obsidianchrysalis, Fri Jan-29-21 11:20 PM
RIP
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2731173, RIP to a legend.
Posted by legsdiamond, Sat Jan-30-21 10:30 AM
I grew up on BE basketball and Marc Macon as a youth..
yep, I’m old af.
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2731335, Was at Temple during the days of their last really good squad
Posted by Overqualified, Tue Feb-02-21 02:57 AM
Lynn Grier, Pepe Sanchez, Mark Karcher, Quincy Wadley...forgetting the Big Man. Lost to Mateen Cleaves' Michigan State team in the Elite 8 that eventually went on to win the chip. You couldn't mention Temple without Cheney or (at that time) Cosby...RIP Coach.
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