RIP Dean Smith

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A sad day for NCAA and all basketball fans; he was one of the best. He left a high bar for others coaches to follow.

RIP Coach.
 
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Posted in the Carolina thread, but I'll put it here too...

I do despise all things Carolina Blue, but Smith was a great leader, man and coach. One of the best ever in all three categories. I'll forever chant "Let's Go Devils", but Dean Smith will be missed. Prayers and condolences to his friends and family, as well as all of Carolina Nation.
 
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Great coach, brought a lot of integrity and class to the game in an era with a lot of change and racism.
 
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Dean Smith was a great head coach and a great man! Jesus be with his family and friends and comfort them.
 
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Dementia was a cruel way to go for such a great man. He was both a great man and coach. Graduated over 95% of his players while winning big
 
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He was a great man that exuded integrity but as a coach, I would just call him a great recruiter... His four corners offense almost ruined the game. The shot clock is basically the Dean Smith rule and there has never been a more talented team to not win a championship than the '84 Heels and they didn't even make the Final Four.
 
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I was wondering when the first trashy post would come. Boston Vol got that privilege. Good for him or her.
 
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Barack Obama came on the David Glenn (rdu local sports radio) show today. I found that to be very telling about the reverence and regard that people have for Dean Smith. I mean this isn't Mike & Mike or even Finebaum for that matter, this is a show that's syndicated from Greensboro to maybe Wilmington.
 
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Wayne Walden and Burgess McSwain knew everything about the scheme. I'm sure Dean knew nothing about it however.
 
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One thing about Smith's coaching that I never understood was that with the more talent he had, the slower and more conservative they seemed to play. The '82 Heels were so good they couldn't help but win the championship but most people don't remember that there was very nearly an epic choke in the 2nd round to James Madison that Smith would have never lived down. He had two of the best ever in Worthy and Jordan (along with Sam Perkins) and instead of running and gunning they basically just played keep away and held the ball. Worthy stole two in-bounds passes late in the JMU game or that could have been a career defining loss for Smith.

Conversely, he did win a championship in '93 when George Lynch was his only future NBA player and he had a point guard (Phelps) that couldn't shoot. They played faster and were looser though. Smith seemed to be more comfortable coaching lesser talent for some reason.

Their '84 loss to Indiana in the Sweet 16 with a starting lineup of Kenny Smith, Michael Jordan, Sam Perkins, Brad Daugherty and Matt Doherty was ridiculous. Indiana had a freshman named Steve Alford and that was pretty much it. There is no other way to explain that except that Bob Knight was a much better coach than Dean Smith.

Smith was a great man, though and it was hard not to cheer for Carolina back when he was there.
 
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BowlBrother85 said:
One thing about Smith's coaching that I never understood was that with the more talent he had, the slower and more conservative they seemed to play. The '82 Heels were so good they couldn't help but win the championship but most people don't remember that there was very nearly an epic choke in the 2nd round to James Madison that Smith would have never lived down. He had two of the best ever in Worthy and Jordan (along with Sam Perkins) and instead of running and gunning they basically just played keep away and held the ball. Worthy stole two in-bounds passes late in the JMU game or that could have been a career defining loss for Smith.

Conversely, he did win a championship in '93 when George Lynch was his only future NBA player and he had a point guard (Phelps) that couldn't shoot. They played faster and were looser though. Smith seemed to be more comfortable coaching lesser talent for some reason.

Their '84 loss to Indiana in the Sweet 16 with a starting lineup of Kenny Smith, Michael Jordan, Sam Perkins, Brad Daugherty and Matt Doherty was ridiculous. Indiana had a freshman named Steve Alford and that was pretty much it. There is no other way to explain that except that Bob Knight was a much better coach than Dean Smith.

Smith was a great man, though and it was hard not to cheer for Carolina back when he was there.
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I equate the UNC 1993 team to Duke's 2010 team. You left off Montross and Donald Williams from the '93 roster for UNC, they were great college players. I think Montross was a lottery pick for the Celtics.
 
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