UCLA Basketball Legends Remember John Wooden

Former Bruin players gathered to remember their former teacher.

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[jubjub2112]

Simply the greatest

[VideoGameCoupons]

want to be there playing..

[tellthetruthg]

All the critics & hoopla on this simple post about Wooden and what he meant to his players/kids is about their egos and what they think. If you don't know about Mr Wooden, listen to the men who played for him and don't bother reading the posts.

[ShunyamNiketana]

@HoopsDiva1 , Who am I? I'm an informed observer, fan, and educator. I realize that others criticize Walton for his tendency to dominate the air waves. But in this context, while not knowing K.E. personally, I'm inferring a certain attitude on his part. I applaud the young Walton for protesting an immoral foreign policy and a secret war in Cambodia. Walton agreed to get his hair cut, and he appropriately exercised his first amendment rights. As Wilkes says, "There were real issues."

[AwfulVague]

the NCAA had no post-season tourney when Wooden played at Purdue so that was no real championship only "mythical". And at UCLA he never won any titles until his 17th season after the notorious Jewish booster Sam Gilbert began to purchase the elite prepsters from the East coast such as Walt Hazzard and Lew Alcindor. The media helped to cover up the shenanigans at UCLA until the NCAA forced Wooden to leave after the 1974-75 season.

[HoopsDiva1]

ShunyamNiketana - you are so dead wrong about Keith Erickson. If you knew him, you would know there is not a mean bone in his body. Everyone of the former players pick on Bill Walton, including Coach himself, and not in a mean-spirited way...YOU'RE THE ONE being condescending by suggesting what Mr. K.E. should be watching, and who are you to do so?

[ShunyamNiketana]

Keith Erickson can barely restrain his criticism of Walton for protesting the war on Wilshire Blvd, and he gets in a swipe about his long hair, too. If Walton was standing up for what he believed and if it didn't compromise the team's integrity or excellence, then more than being true to his convictions, Walton was true to Wooden's principle. Erickson, condescending, should watch The Killing Fields for a review of what our government was doing when Walton was in college. B-ball vs. war?

[ShunyamNiketana]

I like the variety of interviews and interviewees. Coaches with this ability to inspire and motivate have always been fascinating to me. I'm not convinced that the "pyramid" was as responsible as his motivational skills for his success. Maybe in 1960 those values & concepts arranged in that kind of hierarchy were unique, but it has to be the impact of the person that results in comments like the ones voiced here by former players.

[CandeeGotUSprung]

5:28 MARIAH'S DAD

[kshadford]

Just beautiful. Thanks for posting this.