From: http://deadspin.com/the-lovers-guide-to-the-ncaa-tournament-456853792
Quote3. Marquette. Every Marquette game includes at least six soft-focus montages of Al McGuire being Al McGuire. And the reason that CBS and the like love bringing up Al McGuire is because coaches today SUCK. They're awful human beings. They have little to offer in the way of personality or outside interests. And if you dare to actually be a bit colorful, fans and the media tear into your crap because you aren't 100 percent focused on BASKETBAWL. We get the coaches we deserve, people. I'd like more coaches to be drunken raconteurs, please. Here are a few Al McGuire stories from this message board. I have no earthly idea if they're true or not and I don't really care:
QuoteApparently he got drunk once (not unusual) and set out from New York City in a rowboat with a case of beer and some bologna sandwiches headed for Ireland...
At his first game as a head coach at Belmont Abbey he made a bet that he would buy an ice cream cone for every fan in attendance if they did not win. Al lost and was on the hook for something like 2500 ice cream cones...
Al McGuire's restaurant evaluation method: "If the bread is warm & the waiter is gay, the food will be good."
Unfortunately Scoop is not the message board linked.
This year is the "Lover's Guide."
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Every Marquette game includes at least six soft-focus montages of Al McGuire being Al McGuire. And the reason that CBS and the like love bringing up Al McGuire is because coaches today SUCK. They're awful human beings. They have little to offer in the way of personality or outside interests. And if you dare to actually be a bit colorful, fans and the media tear into your crap because you aren't 100 percent focused on BASKETBAWL. We get the coaches we deserve, people. I'd like more coaches to be drunken raconteurs, please. Here are a few Al McGuire stories from this message board. I have no earthly idea if they're true or not and I don't really care:
Apparently he got drunk once (not unusual) and set out from New York City in a rowboat with a case of beer and some bologna sandwiches headed for Ireland...
At his first game as a head coach at Belmont Abbey he made a bet that he would buy an ice cream cone for every fan in attendance if they did not win. Al lost and was on the hook for something like 2500 ice cream cones...
Al McGuire's restaurant evaluation method: "If the bread is warm & the waiter is gay, the food will be good."
You beat me by less than one minute.
Quote from: Blue Horseshoe on March 20, 2013, 11:36:29 AM
You beat me by less than one minute.
It was actually a full minute and 44 seconds, but who's counting...
That rowboat one is freakin awesome. I love the fact that he had some baloney sandwiches. Priceless...