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Old Thu Jan 11, 2007, 10:52am
Jurassic Referee Jurassic Referee is offline
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Originally Posted by Scrapper1
From what I've heard 4th or 5th-hand, this was Coach Wooden's approach. Every possession, he would have some little comment as you went by and then when you had enough and T'd him, he'd look completely innocent, since he was just sitting there on the bench without making any gestures and nobody else heard him say a word. So you look like an idiot for T'ing up this poor old guy who's just sitting there minding his own business.
I heard it first hand. Wooden was notorious for working the officials. That's why I laugh every time I see the term "sportsmanship" used along with his name. He was the Jim Boheim of his time.

Speaking of Boheim, the greatest description I ever heard of him came from an official. He said "If a hemmorhoid could talk, it would sound just like Boheim".

Coach K is another one that gets away with murder imo. Another whining phony that pays lip service to sportsmanship.

Grumble, grumble, grumble.....
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