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MUScoop => Hangin' at the Al => Topic started by: 77ncaachamps on April 06, 2009, 12:00:41 AM

Title: NY Post Two-Part Series on AL
Post by: 77ncaachamps on April 06, 2009, 12:00:41 AM

Enjoy!

PART ONE:
http://www.nypost.com/seven/04052009/sports/moresports/mcguire_an_unorthodox_legend_163057.htm

(http://www.nypost.com/seven/04052009/photos/al_macguire.jpg)

Title: Re: NY Post Two-Part Series on AL
Post by: CAINMUTINY on April 06, 2009, 07:35:53 AM

Nice.....When is Eddie Burns going to make a movie about AL? He would be the only actor I could imagine playing him...

Title: Re: NY Post Two-Part Series on AL
Post by: 77ncaachamps on April 07, 2009, 06:32:05 PM

PART TWO is up!

http://www.nypost.com/seven/04072009/sports/moresports/mcguire_consistently_one_step_ahead_163280.htm

(http://www.nypost.com/seven/04072009/photos/al_mcguire.jpg)

Props to my Johnnies buddy, Joe from Queens, for sending me the links!  ;)

Title: Re: NY Post Two-Part Series on AL
Post by: CAINMUTINY on April 07, 2009, 09:02:13 PM

Thanks for the wonderful article.....and as someone who grew up on stories about Al, it just never seems as though there can be enough good things said about the man and that no article or words can ever truly capture the full Alfred McGuire.

My absolute favorite is the story my father told me about how he waited outside the athletic office waiting to hear what seed MU was in the tournament. This was the year (1970?) MU was set to possibly play Kentucky at rupp arena and Al was livid.  He came out and asked my father and another student " so you represent the student body, NCAA or NIT?" and they;re response was both "NCAA" and Al's response was "So much for democracy!" and the rest they say (literally) is history.

Title: Re: NY Post Two-Part Series on AL
Post by: sailwi on April 08, 2009, 07:44:29 AM

I see this same thing mentioned when the 70 NCAA decision is discussed, the NCAA did not seed teams in those days which was part of the problem, they somewaht arbitarily determined who played who and where.

Title: Re: NY Post Two-Part Series on AL
Post by: CAINMUTINY on April 08, 2009, 12:14:07 PM

Either way you missed the point......it was a good story about a great man

Title: Re: NY Post Two-Part Series on AL
Post by: augoman on April 08, 2009, 04:34:19 PM

great article- being old enough to have enjoyed him firsthand, I really appreciate the 'Abbey' stories.

Title: Re: NY Post Two-Part Series on AL
Post by: foreverwarriors on April 09, 2009, 08:13:02 AM

Part 2 of the article is absolutely spectacular.