Congrats To Coach Rick Majerus

[Goose]

Was very pleased to see that Rick will be inducted in the Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame this year. Wonderful honor and well deserved. Congrats, Coach!!

[4everwarriors]

Truly one of a kind. Remarkable mind for hoops. When you look up "gym rat" in Merriam-Webster, Rick's picture turns up in the definition.

[Jockey]

As a young guy, I loved Rick’s weekly radio talks about recruiting in general and specifically the kids he was after.

[warriorchick]

Was very pleased to see that Rick will be inducted in the Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame this year. Wonderful honor and well deserved. Congrats, Coach!!

Well deserved.

That being said, is it actually possible to congratulate a dead person?

[Goose]

Chick

Good question. Both my folks are gone and I talk to them every day, guess the way I am wired. People may be physically gone in my life, but still part of my daily life.

[warriorchick]

Chick

Good question. Both my folks are gone and I talk to them every day, guess the way I am wired. People may be physically gone in my life, but still part of my daily life.

 

[WarriorDad]

Well deserved honor.

[Dr. Blackheart]

Maybe one of the most brilliant tacticians in the game. Analyzed and reacted to every detail.

[Anti-Dentite]

Well deserved, Rick was a national treasure.

[Billy Hoyle]

Maybe one of the most brilliant tacticians in the game. Analyzed and reacted to every detail.

I find it amusing that to finally become good and win a NCAA tourney game, SLU had to hire a Marquette grad, considering how bitter they are at MU after the CUSA split

[jutaw22mu]

Stand up guy.  Terrific coach.  Well deserved.  Congrats to Rick and the Majerus family.

[Herman Cain]

Truly one of a kind. Remarkable mind for hoops. When you look up "gym rat" in Merriam-Webster, Rick's picture turns up in the definition.

I agree with this analysis.

[Dr. Blackheart]

I find it amusing that to finally become good and win a NCAA tourney game, SLU had to hire a Marquette grad, considering how bitter they are at MU after the CUSA split

Well Chaifetz's money man came from MU so there's that.

[dajudge]

Was very pleased to see that Rick will be inducted in the Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame this year. Wonderful honor and well deserved. Congrats, Coach!!

  Great coach; even better heart!!!

[willie warrior]

Was definitely one of a kind
Too bad it did not work out for him at MU.
But he definitely had some big years later. Will never forget that Indiana game where we only had 4 or was it 3 guys on the floor to finish the game, and Knight congratulated the players and Rick at end of game. Been looking for My life on a Napkin book for about 10 years now, but somebody stole it

[DoggyDaddy]

I first ran into Rick Majerus when he was the freshman BB coach at Marquette High. I didn't play buckets so I thought he was a weight-challenged upper classman at the time. But he was approachable to all and he often had lunch in the cafeteria with the students. During his brief stay at MUHS, he developed the players that won a championship or two for MUHS a few years later. Those teams included guys like Jeff Jonas, Gary Rosenbuger, and Bill Neary. The latter two helped Al win the 1977 MU championship. Jonas on the other hand, was a star at the University of Utah and later instrumental in getting Rick to move out there and come so very close to winning one for the Utes.
Rick had knack for seeing and developing talent, telling great stories, and supporting the best eateries. We We all credit Al for those years of greatness and that wonderfull 1977 finish. But Al knew--we all knew--it would not have been without Hand Raymonds and Rick Majerus at his side.       

[Dr. Blackheart]

Was definitely one of a kind
Too bad it did not work out for him at MU.
But he definitely had some big years later. Will never forget that Indiana game where we only had 4 or was it 3 guys on the floor to finish the game, and Knight congratulated the players and Rick at end of game. Been looking for My life on a Napkin book for about 10 years now, but somebody stole it

Here ya go Willie.  There's this thing called the internet now where you can buy books and such.

https://m.barnesandnoble.com/p/my-life-on-a-napkin-rick-majerus/1114298764/2660223683282?st=PLA&sid=BNB_ADL+Marketplace+Generic+Used+Books+-+Mobile+Medium&sourceId=PLAGoNA&dpid=tdtve346c&2sid=Google_m&gclid=CjwKCAjw-ZvlBRBbEiwANw9UWu550Cne6xwOaJUYbjndnpqWVijw_LgEps3PiGb2ei22Wzcsrgod1BoCsQQQAvD_BwE

[Daniel]

Well deserved.

That being said, is it actually possible to congratulate a dead person?

Yes.  “There’s more to heaven and earth than’s met with in our philosophy, Horatio.”    Hamlet

[willie warrior]

Here ya go Willie.  There's this thing called the internet now where you can buy books and such.

https://m.barnesandnoble.com/p/my-life-on-a-napkin-rick-majerus/1114298764/2660223683282?st=PLA&sid=BNB_ADL+Marketplace+Generic+Used+Books+-+Mobile+Medium&sourceId=PLAGoNA&dpid=tdtve346c&2sid=Google_m&gclid=CjwKCAjw-ZvlBRBbEiwANw9UWu550Cne6xwOaJUYbjndnpqWVijw_LgEps3PiGb2ei22Wzcsrgod1BoCsQQQAvD_BwE

No
I have been looking around the house for the book
Still hoping it will turn up. Suspect one of my sons has it

[mileskishnish72]

Congratulations, Rick. Played with and against Rick in the Old Gym - can't believe how long ago that was.

[Gato78]

Congratulations, Rick. Played with and against Rick in the Old Gym - can't believe how long ago that was.

I played in a lot of those games. Rick would set up at the top of the key and direct the action—setting immovable picks. I probably payed with and against you.

[Mr. Sand-Knit]

Always felt it was such a shame Rick never made it back to MU to coach again.  Not only would we have been elite with him coaching but he was the embodiment of MU and him being anywhere else just did not feel right.

[Lennys Tap]

  Great coach; even better heart!!!

+1000

[MU82]

I'm still pissed he only gave me an A/B in Philosophy of Basketball.

Seriously, I always liked spending time with him. Few were more quotable than he was, and that's golden to a writer.

[Eldon]

I'm still pissed he only gave me an A/B in Philosophy of Basketball.

Seriously, I always liked spending time with him. Few were more quotable than he was, and that's golden to a writer.

And I'm still pissed that Marquette used this asinine grading system.

[MU82]

And I'm still pissed that Marquette used this asinine grading system.

Me too!

It really hurt schmoozers like me. If I had an 88 or 87, I could almost always get an A. But as soon as the "slash grades" came in, BOOM, it was automatically an A/B. Grrr.

[Goose]

MU

What year did you take Philosophy of Basketball? I took both of Rick’s ball classes and I think it was the ‘81-‘82 school year/season.

[MU82]

MU

What year did you take Philosophy of Basketball? I took both of Rick’s ball classes and I think it was the ‘81-‘82 school year/season.

I took it as a junior the year before, but my future wife probably was in your class. Glad you didn't see her first!

BTW, I'm pretty sure she got an A. Rick always gave favorable treatment to the young ladies!

[Goose]

I also got A’s both semesters. Rick knew the folks that knew the game 😀. Seriously, Rick really made those classes fun. Great memories.

[MU82]

I also got A’s both semesters. Rick knew the folks that knew the game 😀. Seriously, Rick really made those classes fun. Great memories.

I just told my wife about our conversation. She said that all she remembers from the class was that Rick was always talking about which restaurants he had just been to and which ones he wanted to go to. "The man was always talking about food. Not sure how much he talked about coaching." Cracked me up!

[Goose]

Very funny. We did have one whole class about Ricky Olson. That was weekend he was in for his visit. He maybe should have stuck with food conversation that day.