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Originally Posted by crispystl
I idolized Melvin Booker and one year I went to Norm's camp and he was my coach. It was unreal. Buck Grimm was there reffing games and he smashed my cousin's foot. I remember that was funny AF at the time because we always talked a ton of shit on Grimm during his career there.
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Lawrence Bowers coaches my daughters basketball team.
He is an INCREDIBLY cool dude. I mean just the nicest guy. They're the penguins -- he showed up in game 1 in a big ol' penguin costume because he told a pile of 7 yr olds he would.
Now he has a couple younger kids as mascots on the bench with them also in penguin costumes.
But he gets so excited for these little girls anytime they do something. And man, my little, to my absolute shock, is a stick of dynamite out there. She's diving for loose balls, getting shots up and mostly just being a menace (she tells me how many fouls she gets after the game -- we've decided that she shouldn't have more than 3 but absolutely shouldn't have fewer than 2; you're not gonna be tall so you'd better be tough). Of my 3, that little princess is the absolute last of my children I figured would be sharpening her elbows in pre-game...
I think Bowers just being a damn good youth coach has something to do with it.
On that note, my eldest absolutely steamrolled Drinkwitz's daughter in a practice one day. Didn't really do it on purpose -- just chasing a rebound and didn't see her, went straight through her. No killer instinct at all but she's 65 lbs of pure muscle and sinew because of the 12 hours of friggen gymnastics she does every week. I wouldn't want her charging into me either. Eli's kid took the worst of it.