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Rest in peace Big John Thompson
Posted on 8/31/20 at 6:34 am
Posted on 8/31/20 at 6:34 am
Iconic coach of Georgetown
This post was edited on 8/31/20 at 6:53 am
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Posted on 8/31/20 at 6:45 am to JEAUXBLEAUX
Posted on 8/31/20 at 7:07 am to Obtuse1
RIP
Not gonna lie, if you would have told me 40 years ago he’d make it 78 I’d be surprised
That heart took a lot of stress.
Not gonna lie, if you would have told me 40 years ago he’d make it 78 I’d be surprised
That heart took a lot of stress.
Posted on 8/31/20 at 7:43 am to dallastiger55
Fav story of him is how he got rayful Edmond to stay away from zo
Posted on 8/31/20 at 7:48 am to JEAUXBLEAUX
Damn only 78? Didn’t realize he was so young when he retired from Georgetown
Posted on 8/31/20 at 8:00 am to JEAUXBLEAUX
R.I.P. to one of the goat college basketball coaches. He is a icon and a legend!
Posted on 8/31/20 at 8:03 am to JEAUXBLEAUX
RIP Coach. All time great one.
2020 is not slowing down.
2020 is not slowing down.
Posted on 8/31/20 at 8:14 am to JEAUXBLEAUX
He wasn't even 60 when he retired, no way I would've guessed that.
Posted on 8/31/20 at 8:58 am to JEAUXBLEAUX
John Thompson was one of the only people to tell
Rayful Edmond to GTFO and stay away from his players, and he did. Thompson was a DC legend, he’s on Saban’s level in the sense that what he said around a university and community got done no questions asked.
Rayful Edmond to GTFO and stay away from his players, and he did. Thompson was a DC legend, he’s on Saban’s level in the sense that what he said around a university and community got done no questions asked.
Posted on 8/31/20 at 9:08 am to JEAUXBLEAUX
Incredible coach. I'd love to see Georgetown as a power again
Posted on 8/31/20 at 9:09 am to JEAUXBLEAUX
RIP, loved Georgetown and big East basketball growing up. This guy is a legend
Posted on 8/31/20 at 9:16 am to saintsfan22
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He wasn't even 60 when he retired, no way I would've guessed that.
Same here. He was 31 years old when he got the Georgetown job. He took an elite, lilly-white, private school who had very little basketball history before he arrived and was able to recruit almost exclusively black kids (many from tough upbringings) to make them one of THE powerhouses of the 1980's. He's probably on the Mount Rushmore of DC sports figures
Posted on 8/31/20 at 10:13 am to JEAUXBLEAUX
Gerogetown was a great program and Thompson was a hell of a coach..
Man the old big east games with Georgetown and Syracuse were great.
RIP coach
Man the old big east games with Georgetown and Syracuse were great.
RIP coach
Posted on 8/31/20 at 10:56 am to SpartyGator
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Man the old big east games with Georgetown and Syracuse were great.
I grew up watching SU-Georgetown games in the '80s. They basically built the Big East and ESPN. RIP, Big John.
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