Thanks to Dr. Blackheart: 20 minute video of Al and his 72/73 team

[77ncaachamps]

WOW...lovely video!

FAST FORWARD to the 35:55 mark.

- Awesome 5 second Hail Mary and Queen of Victory prayer!
- Al McGuire to Ray Meyer: "I tell that (Spychalla) guy to not take the layup and he takes the layup!"

http://www.mediaburn.org/Video-Preview.128.0.html?uid=3960

[Daniel]

Thanks for posting the link - that was fun to watch

[The Lens]

This is really cool.  Thanks so much for posting.

[4everwarriors]

I remember these events today, like it was yesterday. Good times and memories.

[nyg]

I remember these events today, like it was yesterday. Good times and memories.

McGuire, Washington, Chones, McNeil and Lackey.  Loaded.

The old gym for practices and cheerleaders in the bumble-bee outfits.  Classic times. 

[StillWarriors]

Awesome--seeing the old clip makes me appreciate even more how great a job that actor did in Enberg's one man play about Al. There was talk they were going to record and sell that play at some point. Not sure if they did, but if it is out there or becomes available, I highly recommend it to anyone interested in Al and MU Hoops history (pretty much anyone who would come on MU Scoop).

[wyoMUfan]

great post,
   thanks for sharing!

[mosarsour]

Thanks for posting, Enrico! That was time well wasted at work for me today!

[StillWarriors]

Imagine how that MU team and Al would have gotten ripped on the message boards for the DePaul game had they existed back then. Kind of funny to think about.

[muhoops1]

How about the two comments Al made that probably would have gotten him fired?  First, you want to go back to the Jungle?  Go live in the Jungle....That got KU's coach Mangino fired.

Then the foreshadowing of Mike Leach's comments about beating ND by six.  UCLA will beat them by 80!  Tell your girlfriends that!

Interesting how times have changed.

[IAmMarquette]

Am I the only one who can't see the videos???? 

[goldeneagles09]

What better way to kill the last half-hour of work than to watch this video. Very interesting stuff, thanks for posting!

[GOMU86]

Does anyone know of any other videos of Al like this?  What an awesome time that was.

[nycwarrior]

that video was a blast.

did you hear Al in practice? talk about a perfectionist. no wonder they were so good.

[Dr. Blackheart]

How about the two comments Al made that probably would have gotten him fired?  First, you want to go back to the Jungle?  Go live in the Jungle....That got KU's coach Mangino fired.

Then the foreshadowing of Mike Leach's comments about beating ND by six.  UCLA will beat them by 80!  Tell your girlfriends that!

Interesting how times have changed.

For today's PC crowd, the term "Jungle" refers to a book at the time that referenced the "Concrete Jungle"...and a song by Bob Marley that was popular at the time due to all the social unrest.  What other coach would tell his center on his unbeaten team to leave in the middle of the season and take the money like Chones did?  Of course, Al would have been fired today by the PC Police for calling his team the "Warriors"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete_jungle

[4everwarriors]

Lens,
Help a brother out. Saw the dark-haired dude in the beginning of the flick in the locker room with the burns goin' on, wearing a jacket, tie, and such. Know him from somewhere. Got a clue?

[romey]

McGuire, Washington, Chones, McNeil and Lackey.  Loaded.

The old gym for practices and cheerleaders in the bumble-bee outfits.  Classic times. 

Jerry Homan and George Frazier off the bench too.

Honestly we had three "bigs" in Chones, Lackey and McNeil that we haven't seen combined for the last, what, 20 years?  Lucas came in right after that too.

[4everwarriors]

Had Chones and McNeil not left early, the frontcourt would have consisted of Lucas, McNeil, and Chones for one season. You could have put Acker and Cube as starting guards on that team and I would have laid big money that they would have reached the FF. Oh, but it's a guards game. LOL

[The Lens]

Lens,
Help a brother out. Saw the dark-haired dude in the beginning of the flick in the locker room with the burns goin' on, wearing a jacket, tie, and such. Know him from somewhere. Got a clue?

This video made his day.  He loved it. 

[nyg]

Had Chones and McNeil not left early, the frontcourt would have consisted of Lucas, McNeil, and Chones for one season. You could have put Acker and Cube as starting guards on that team and I would have laid big money that they would have reached the FF. Oh, but it's a guards game. LOL

Yes, that would have been an awesome, intimidating team.  If McNeil had stayed for 73-74 season it would have been:

McNeil, Lucas and Ellis upfront with Washington and Walton in backcourt, with Tatum off bench.  Might have been a different story in 74 Championship game. What could have been, but......

Just like Kentucky this year, enjoy them while you can cause Patterson, Wall and Bledsoe are good as gone.

[ecompt]

That was as mad as I've ever seen Al. As they were walking off the court, Al grabbed Spychalla by the neck and screamed, "Did I tell you not the shoot? Did I? Did I?" He didn't want to embarrass old man Meyer. Classic.

[77ncaachamps]

I appreciate the compliments but it really was Dr. Blackheart who originally posted this (in the Superbar). I just brought it to the AL.

So thank the Doc!

What struck me most about the video:

- Al wasn't necessarily a set coach. He coached the feel of the game. And stressed as a result (loved the water cup/bottle during the Loyola game). Lots of commands from the side.
- The players just played the game. Al was the ringleader.
- Al was a manipulator...a coach in the sense of "knowing" what to say and how to say it to his players.
- Lots of talent on that MU team. Despite that, he was telling Chones to look behind him and slide down to the baseline.
- Practices were MUCH looser. Very anti-Buzz (down to the minute)! LOL! Funny how Al kinda paired people up...and didn't know that kid from Waukesha's name!

[4everwarriors]

I believe this video is actually the 71/72 team. Chones didn't play on the 72/73 team as he left in February 1972 for the Nets on the day following MU's victory vs. Jacksonville at the Arena.

[ChicosBailBonds]

That was the fastest Hail Mary on record. 

[ChicosBailBonds]

For today's PC crowd, the term "Jungle" refers to a book at the time that referenced the "Concrete Jungle"...and a song by Bob Marley that was popular at the time due to all the social unrest.  What other coach would tell his center on his unbeaten team to leave in the middle of the season and take the money like Chones did?  Of course, Al would have been fired today by the PC Police for calling his team the "Warriors"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete_jungle

I agree entirely....that comment would have a lot of people calling for his head.