KENTUCKY BEFORE DENNY CRUM ARRIVED? DENNY CRUM DEFINED LOUISVILLE BASKETBALL FOR A GENERATION. THE HALL OF FAME COACH WAS REVERED FOR HIS DOMINANCE ON THE COURT. HE TOOK A SCHOOL THAT HAD A NICE PROGRAM. IT WASN맥스카지노�T LIKE THEY WEREN맥스카지노�T SUCCESSFUL HERE. THAT맥스카지노�S WHAT WINNING SEASONS. BUT HE BROUGHT IT TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL. DID HE COME? DOES IT AGAIN? HE CHANGED HOW THE GAME WAS PLAYED ON HIS WAY TO SIX FINAL FOURS, WINNING TWO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS. COACH WAS EXTRAORDINARY BECAUSE HE MADE OTHERS BETTER. BUT HIS LASTING LEGACY EXTENDS FAR BEYOND THE HARDWOOD COACH CRUM CHANGED THE LIVES OF HIS PLAYERS. HE ACTUALLY GAVE ME WHAT I GAVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE WHO I AM TODAY SO I COULD NOT BE HERE WITHOUT HIM. AND AND COUNTLESS OTHERS THROUGH HIS CHARITY WORK. WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET. HE맥스카지노�S JUST A VERY SINCERE, LOVING, CARING PERSON AND JUST EVERYBODY LOVES COACH. HE BROUGHT PROMINENCE TO THE LOUISVILLE BASKETBALL PROGRAM AND PRIDE TO COACH A NATION THAT맥스카지노�S NEVER DIMINISHED. DENNY KROM A LOUISVILLE LEGEND. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. COACH DENNY CRUM ACHIEVED JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING AS A COLLEGE BASKETBALL COACH FROM FINAL FOURS AND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS TO THE HALL OF FAME. BUT HE ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH MORE OFF THE BASKETBALL COURT GIVING BACK TO THOSE WHO CHEERED FOR AND EVEN AGAINST HIM. AND TONIGHT, WE맥스카지노�RE LOOKING BACK AT THE LOUISVILLE LEGEND맥스카지노�S IMPACT AND LEGACY AND HEARING FROM THOSE WHO KNEW HIM BEST. DENNY CRUM COACHED THE CARDINALS FOR 30 YEARS, BRINGING THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE TO PROMINENCE. THE PROGRAM HAS SEEN ITS UPS AND DOWNS SINCE HE LEFT THE BENCH, BUT HE NEVER LEFT THE COMMUNITY THAT BECAME HIS HOME. ABSOLUTELY ONE OF A KIND. YEAH. GENEROUS, LOVING, CARING, KIND. UNDERSTANDING. YOU WOULDN맥스카지노�T FIND A MORE PATIENT MAN AS A COACH AND A PERSON THAN COACH GRAHAM. I MEAN, HE WAS ALL THAT DENNY CRUM IS REMEMBERED BY FORMER PLAYERS, COACHES AND THE COMMUNITY AS ONE OF A KIND. COACH CRUM MADE HISTORY AT LOUISVILLE, BRINGING U OF L BASKETBALL IN THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE, THEIR FIRST NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1980. THE FIRST TITLE CAME NINE YEARS AFTER CRUM TOOK OVER THE JOB. THEY KNEW THAT WE WERE CAPABLE AND WHEN WHEN IT FINALLY WHEN IT CAME TOGETHER AND IT WORKED. I THINK THEY COULD SEE MORE SUCCESS DOWN THE ROAD. AND THE PROGRAM HAD MORE SUCCESS BECAUSE OF DENNY CRUM, INCLUDING A SECOND NATIONAL TITLE IN 1986. IN TOTAL, OVER HIS TIME LEADING THE CARDS, COACH CRUM WON TWO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, SIX FINAL FOURS AND 675 WINS IN A 30 YEAR RUN. AND ALL HIS SUCCESS PUT HIM IN THE SPORTS HALL OF FAME. BUT FOR FORMER PLAYERS, COACH CRUM MEANT EVEN MORE OFF THE COURT. DO YOU LEARN SO MUCH FROM SOMEONE LIKE A COACH FROM THE X맥스카지노�S AND O맥스카지노�S? ABSOLUTELY. BUT THE THE LIFE LESSONS RIGHT, ARE SO IMPORTANT. OKAY. JUST SO IMPORTANT. IT HE TAUGHT ME HOW TO GIVE BACK. COACH CRUM ACTUALLY SAVED MY HE ACTUALLY GAVE ME WHAT I GAVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE WHO I AM TODAY SO I COULD NOT BE HERE WITHOUT HIM. AND HE맥스카지노�S LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT I맥스카지노�VE I맥스카지노�VE BECOME A COACH. CRUM WAS KNOWN AS AN INCREDIBLY COMPETITIVE MAN, AND HE ALWAYS PUSHED HIS PLAYERS TO BE BETTER. BUT IT WAS HOW HE GOT EVERYONE TO WORK TOGETHER AND WIN TOGETHER. PLAYERS SAY THEY REMEMBER THE MOST. I KNOW ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT I REALLY WITNESSED WAS THE FACT THAT HE NEVER YELLED. AND THE WHOLE TIME I WAS ON THE BASKETBALL TEAM, I NEVER HEARD HIM SAY A CURSE WORD. IT WAS JUST HIS DEMEANOR. AND WHILE COACH CRUM WAS A HALL OF FAMER, ANALYST BOB VALVANO DESCRIBED HIM AS AN EVEN BETTER TEACHER AND NOT JUST ABOUT THE GAME, BUT ABOUT THE LIFE LESSONS THAT COME FROM IT. HE JUST HE ROSE ABOVE IT ALL. IT WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I AM WHO I AM AND I맥스카지노�M NOT GOING TO BE TAKEN AWAY FROM THAT JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE, FOR WHATEVER REASON, HAVE THEIR OWN MOTIVES TO TRY AND DENIGRATE ME OR SOMETHING. HE WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, HE WAS DENNY CRUM AND I LOVED MAN. DENNY CRUM LOVED LOUISVILLE AND THE CITY LOVED HIM RIGHT BACK. I HOPE THEY REMEMBER THAT. I REALLY CARED ABOUT LOUISVILLE. I LOVED LOUISVILLE. I LOVE THE PEOPLE HERE. AND THE PEOPLE HERE LOVED HIM AS WELL. WHAT A LEGACY HE LEAVES BEHIND. SPECIAL FOR SURE, FRED. HE EVEN IMPACTED OTHER PROGRAMS IN THE CITY. EXPONENTIAL. SO ACROSS THE BOARD, SCOTT DAVENPORT LEARNED THE GAME AS A CARDS ASSISTANT UNDER DENNY CROMARTIE INFLUENCED THE BELLARMINE BASKETBALL HEAD COACH AND EVERYTHING HE HAS DONE SINCE ABOUT SIX WEEKS AGO ON A SUNDAY WHEN IN MY OFFICE AND I맥스카지노�D PINNED A VERY, VERY, VERY LONG LETTER TO COACH AND WHEN I WALKED OUT THAT DAY, I FELT GOOD BECAUSE IF BELLARMINE BASKETBALL IS BUILT ON THAT SAYING ABOUT NEVER DELAY GRATITUDE, WHY WOULD I NOT SAY THANK YOU. AND NOW, AS THINGS GO, YOU THINK WHAT COACH BUILT WAS ON ONE PREMISE. IT WAS BUILT ON THE PREMISE THAT VERY SELDOM, IF EVER, WITH THE FIVE BEST PLAYERS MAKE THE BEST TEAM. SO THE EMPHASIS WAS ON TEAM AND FRED, I HAVE SAID THIS THROUGHOUT THIS DAY TO ANYBODY WOULD LISTEN. I CHALLENGE YOU TO NAME ME ONE PERSON HE SAID NO TO, NEVER SAID NO. SO THE COACH, TEACHER AND COACH CRUM WOULD SAY, LET맥스카지노�S EVERYBODY IN THIS COMMUNITY LEARN FROM THAT. AND THERE HAS NOT BEEN A DAY GO BY IN MY CAREER FOR FROM THE MOMENT AS A WALK-ON JV PLAYER IN 1976 TO A COACHING CAREER THAT맥스카지노�S GOING IN 2023 THAT MY LIFE HAS NOT BEEN IMPACTED BY COACH CRUM. PEOPLE ASK ME HIS STRONGEST STRENGTH. WELL, HE WAS A MATH MAJOR, SO HE맥스카지노�S VERY ANALYTICAL AND IT DIDN맥스카지노�T HAVE TO BE, WELL, SHOOT YET. BANK SHOT ABOVE THE BLOCK. IT WOULD BE AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE AND AND BUT BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE WAS A RIGHT WAY AND A WRONG WAY TO PLAY. AND FROM A FUNDAMENTAL STANDPOINT, PASSED ON FROM COACH WOODEN TO COACH CRUM, ON AND ON AND ON. THERE WAS A RIGHT WAY AND A WRONG WAY TO PLAY, BUT IT WAS ALWAYS ABOUT TEAM AND HIS LOVE FROM THIS COMMUNITY TO BE AN LA TRANSPLANT HERE. AND TO EMBRACE THIS COMMUNITY AND TO CARE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY IS SOMETHING THAT THAT I맥스카지노�VE EMBRACED MY WHOLE LIFE. I CHALLENGE IT. LET맥스카지노�S LEARN FROM HIM RIGHT NOW. TODAY WE맥스카지노�RE BEING CHALLENGED IN THIS COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW. LET LET맥스카지노�S FOLLOW THE ULTIMATE MASTER TEACHER SLASH COACH AND LET맥스카지노�S MAKE OTHERS BETTER IN THIS COMMUNITY. WHAT IF WE JUST NEVER SAID NO AND WE JUST GO HELP SOMEONE? I맥스카지노�M GOING TO SAY THIS TO YOU, FRED. I WON맥스카지노�T GET THROUGH THIS. 18 YEARS EMPOWERMENT. I HAVE RECEIVED TEXT ALL DAY TODAY FROM FORMER BELLARMINE PLAYERS WHO NEVER MET COACH CRUM, BUT BUT THEY WERE ASKED TO STUDY ABOUT HIM AND THEY HAVE REACHED OUT TO COACH. ARE YOU OKAY? I KNOW HOW MUCH HE MEANT TO YOU. SO THOSE PLAYERS KNOW WHAT HE MEANT TO ME. SO NOW IT WAS PASSED ON TO THEM. THEY NEVER MET HIM, BUT THEY WERE CARING. PEOPLE SAID, OH, YOU COACHED HENRY MANN. YOU LEARNED FROM COACH CRUM. AND SOMETIMES I LOOK MYSELF IN A MIRROR BECAUSE ONE OF HIS STRONGEST VIRTUES WAS PATIENCE. AND ANYBODY SEEN ME COACH, I MAY HAVE FAILED IN THAT REGARD. AND I맥스카지노�M LIKE, COACH, BUT I COULDN맥스카지노�T BE COACH CRUM. I COULDN맥스카지노�T BE COACH. I HAD TO BE SCOTT DAVENPORT. BUT TO HAVE THESE TYPE INDIVIDUALS LIKE COACH CRUM IMPACT MY LIFE, I맥스카지노�M THANKFUL EVERY SINGLE DAY AND PEOPLE MAKE FUN OF ME ABOUT THE NEVER DELAYED GRATITUDE, SAYING AT BELLARMINE, WELL, I맥스카지노�M THANKFUL EVERY DAY AND WE ARE THANKFUL FOR HIM. AFTER LEAVING LOUISVILLE, SCOTTIE맥스카지노�S LED BELLARMINE AND BASKETBALL TO A DIVISION TWO NATIONAL TITLE AND A TRANSITION TO DIVISION ONE, AND SCOTTY SAYS MUCH OF IT IS DUE TO WHAT HE LEARNED FROM COACH CRUM. AND COACH CRUM ALSO TOUCHED THE LIFE OF KENNY CLINE, THE FORMER U OF L SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR WORKED FOR FOUR MEN맥스카지노�S BASKETBALL COACHES AND TALK TO MARK VANDERHOFF ABOUT GETTING HIS START WITH DENNY CRUM. HE WAS JUST SUCH A GENTLEMAN AT ALL TIMES. KENNY CLINE FIRST BEGAN WORKING WITH DENNY CRUM IN 1983. HE EMBRACED ME RIGHT FROM THE START. A YOUNG GUY THAT HAD A LOT TO LEARN AND AND HE REALLY EMBRACED ME AND I JUST CAN맥스카지노�T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT HIM AS A PERSON. CRUM HAD ALREADY CEMENTED HIS REPUTATION BY THEN. HE GOT US TO SIX FINAL FOURS, AND BUT IT IT STARTED IN HIS FIRST YEAR, 71, 72 SEASON. HE HE LED U OF L TO THE FINAL FOUR. AND HE HE I REMEMBER TALKING TO HIM ABOUT A COACH. WHAT WAS THAT LIKE TO GO TO THE FIRST YEAR? HE맥스카지노�S LIKE, WELL, I CAME FROM UCLA. I THOUGHT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO DO THAT EVERY YEAR. AND CLINE SAYS FANS KNEW HIS MANNERISMS, SOME OF HIS SAYINGS THAT HE HAD WITH THE THAT HE KIND OF PULLED FROM JOHN WOODEN A LOT OF TIMES THE BE QUICK, DON맥스카지노�T HURRY. GOING UP THE SIDELINES WITH THE OLD PROGRAM. CRUM WAS RECOGNIZABLE AND CLINE SAYS HE WAS ALWAYS GENEROUS WITH THOSE FANS. I ACTUALLY STARTED CARRYING A PEN IN MY POCKET, A SHARPIE IN MY POCKET BECAUSE HE GOT STOPPED SO MANY TIMES FOR AUTOGRAPHS AND PICTURES AND WHAT HAVE YOU, CLINE SAYS. CRUM WAS ALSO GENEROUS WITH THE LOUISVILLE COMMUNITY, SERVING ON LOCAL NONPROFIT BOARDS AND RAISING MONEY FOR SCHOLARSHIPS. JUST EVERY LITTLE THING IN THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT맥스카지노�S, YOU KNOW, SO MANY TIMES A HOSPITAL VISIT, YOU KNOW, JUST, HEY, YOU KNOW, THIS GUY WAS SUCH A GREAT COACH. CRUM FAN OR WHATEVER. AND HE맥스카지노�D STOP BY AND DO THOSE THINGS THAT NEVER GET TALKED ABOUT OR HEARD ABOUT. BUT HE HE DID THOSE OFTEN FAMILY TEACHERS. DENNY CRUMB맥스카지노�S LEGACY AT LOUISVILLE WENT WELL BEYOND BASKETBALL. HE ALSO IMPACTED PLAYERS THAT HE NEVER COACHED. DOMINIC YATES CAUGHT UP WITH U OF L GREAT LUKE HANCOCK, WHO SHARED MEMORIES OF HIS TIME WITH THE COACH. THE BASKETBALL STUFF IS GREAT, BUT YOU START TO TO REALIZE THE TYPE OF PERSON HE IS AND THE IMPACT THAT HE HAD. AND THAT맥스카지노�S WHAT맥스카지노�S REALLY SPECIAL. I THINK DANNY CRUM WAS LONG RETIRED WHEN LUKE HANCOCK ARRIVED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE IN 2012, BUT IT DIDN맥스카지노�T TAKE LONG FOR THE GEORGE MASON TRANSFER TO LEARN OF CRUMB맥스카지노�S IMPACT. WELL, I CERTAINLY DIDN맥스카지노�T THINK HE OWED US ANYTHING OR HAD A REASON TO COME CONNECT WITH OUR GROUP, BUT HE CERTAINLY WENT OUT OF HIS WAY TO JUST HAVE AN INTERACTION WITH US, YOU KNOW, TO SPEND 30 MINUTES SITTING AT THE TABLE AND HEAR HIS STORIES FROM. I FELT LIKE A LITTLE KID. I SAID IT EARLIER. HE WAS SUCH A LEGEND. HE맥스카지노�S SUCH A TITAN IN THE GAME OF COLLEGE BASKETBALL. HE HE COULD HAVE BEEN WILLIAM WALLACE. HE COULD HAVE BEEN EIGHT FEET TALL. AND SO FOR HIM TO SIT DOWN AND JUST SPEND A LITTLE TIME WITH US, IT WAS SO IMPACTFUL FOR ME. THE 2013 FINAL FOUR MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER DOES WORK ON THE ACC NETWORK AND WEEKLY RADIO ON ESPN 93 NINE THE VILLE ON THIS SOMBER DAY, FAN SHARED UPLIFTING STORIES ABOUT THE COACH. HE TALKED TO ME LIKE HE TALKED TO ME ALL OF ME ALL HIS LIFE. STORY AFTER STORY WAS TOLD ABOUT A MEMORABLE ENCOUNTER WITH THE HALL OF FAME COACH SHOWING HIS LEGACY GOES BEYOND BASKETBALL. I WAS VERY FORTUNATE TO GO DO THE FINAL FOUR EXPERIENCE WITH THE ACC NETWORK AND JOEL BERRY AND CARLOS BOOZER AND SEE THE DUKE AND CAROLINA BROTHERHOODS. DENNY CRUM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LOUISVILLE BROTHERHOOD. I THINK IT맥스카지노�S GOING TO BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR FOR US TO GRASP WHAT THIS MAN MEANS TO THIS UNIVERSITY HAS MEANT TO THIS UNIVERSITY. AND I JUST PRAY IT맥스카지노�S GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE THAT WAY. I맥스카지노�M HAPPY HIS NAME IS IS ALL OVER THE PLACE BECAUSE HE CERTAINLY DESERVES IT. U OF L ANNOUNCER PAUL ROGERS HAD A FRONT ROW SEAT DURING THE DENNY CRUM ERA. HE TALKED TO BRETT DEL BARBA ABOUT GETTING AN UP CLOSE LOOK AT HOW DENNY CRUM COACHED AND THE IMPACT THAT HE HAD ON HIS PLAYERS. HE JUST BECAME SUCH A LOUISVILLE INSTITUTION AND A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY AND SOMETHING THAT HE NOR ANYBODY ELSE, I THINK, EVER REALLY SAW COMING BECAUSE HE CAME HERE WANTING TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF HEAD COACHING EXPERIENCE SO HE COULD GO WITH THE HEAD COACH AT UCLA AND CAME HERE, NEVER LEFT. HE JUST LIKED IT TOO MUCH. HE DIDN맥스카지노�T WANT TO LEAVE AND NOBODY WANTED TO LEAVE. AND FORTUNATELY, HE STAYED TO THE VERY END FROM LOS ANGELES TO LOUISVILLE, THE HALL OF FAME HEAD COACH FULLY IMMERSED HIMSELF IN THE COMMUNITY BEYOND COACHING THE CARDINALS. HE DIDN맥스카지노�T JUST COME HERE AND SAY, THIS IS A GREAT PLACE. I맥스카지노�M GOING TO GRAB WHAT I CAN, HE GAVE BACK. I맥스카지노�VE NEVER TURNED DOWN AN AUTOGRAPH, NEVER SAID NO TO A CHARITY, WAS JUST TOTALLY ENGAGED AND INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY TO WHERE THIS HOTSHOT FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BECAME A LOUISVILLE ICON CARRIED A CALM DEMEANOR ALONG THE SIDELINES. HE WAS NEVER A GUY TO RANT AND RAVE AND GO INTO HISTRIONICS. I CAN맥스카지노�T EVER REMEMBER HAVING A CROSS WORD WITH HIM AFTER A POST AND A POST-GAME INTERVIEW OR NO MATTER HOW DISAPPOINTING THE LOSS WAS, HE MIGHT BE DISAPPOINTED. BUT HE UNDERSTOOD IT. THE GAME. IT맥스카지노�S A COMPETITION ONE TEAM IS GOING TO WIN. ONE TEAM IS GOING TO LOSS, HE ALWAYS CREDITED THE OPPONENT. HE WOULD POINT OUT HIS TEAM맥스카지노�S SHORTCOMINGS, BUT HE ALWAYS DID IT. AND SPORTING GENTLEMANLY WAY AND THINK PEOPLE REALLY APPRECIATED THAT FOR 30 YEARS. PAUL ROGERS HAD A FRONT ROW SEAT AS THE U OF L ANNOUNCER FROM THE 675 WINS TO BEING CROWNED A TWO TIME NATIONAL CHAMPION. IT맥스카지노�S THE MOMENTS AND RELATIONSHIPS AWAY FROM THE GAME THAT REMAIN WITH ROGERS THE MOST. IT WAS FUN TO WATCH IT WAS FUN TO WATCH HIS INTERACTIONS WITH PLAYERS AND PLAYERS REACTIONS TO HIM. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES HE WOULD SAY THINGS THAT PLAYERS DIDN맥스카지노�T LIKE, BUT THAT맥스카지노�S A COACH맥스카지노�S JOB. HE HAS TO POINT OUT THE RIGHT THINGS, AND IT WAS ALWAYS FUN TO BE IN CLOSE ENOUGH PROXIMITY TO TO OBSERVE THOSE THINGS AND SEE THOSE THINGS AND SEE THE RELATIONSHIPS HE HAD WITH PLAYERS. AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TALK TO ANY PLAYER TODAY AND THERE맥스카지노�S NO QUESTION ABOUT THE LOYALTY AND THE LOVE THEY HAVE FOR THEIR COACH. AND KENNY PAYNE IS TRYING TO FILL THE BIG SHOES OF THE MAN WHO COACHED HIM AT LOUISVILLE. HE맥스카지노�S REFLECTING ON COACH CRUMB맥스카지노�S PASSING IN A STATEMENT SAYING IN PART, MY THOUGHTS GO THROUGH ALL THE LESSONS THAT HE TAUGHT, NOT JUST TO ME, BUT EVERY PLAYER HE EVER CAME IN CONTACT WITH. THOSE LESSONS ARE STILL RELEVANT TODAY. COACH PAYNE WENT ON TO SAY, WE WERE SO BLESSED TO HAVE HIM IN OUR LIVES, HE WAS A TRUE TREASURE WHO GAVE SO MUCH TO UNIVERSITY AND THE COMMUNITY. WE MUST KEEP HIS MEMORY ALIVE. HE IS IN A BETTER PLACE. REST IN PEACE, COACH. YOU TOUCHED SO MANY. WELL DONE, DENNY. CRUMB맥스카지노�S TEAMS HELPED CHANGE THE GAME AS WE KNOW IT, BRINGING FANS TO THEIR FEET WITH HIGHLIGHTS. SLAM DUNKS. WE LOOK BACK IN OUR ARCHIVES AT THE DOCTORS OF DUNK. LOUISVILLE WILL WIN IT. THE CARDINALS HAVE WON THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. DID HE COME DOES IT AGAIN IF YOU GREW UP IN LOUISVILLE, CHANCES ARE YOU REMEMBER THIS MOMENT. THAT CHAMPIONSHIP WAS 15 YEARS AFTER COACH CRUM CAME TO LOUISVILLE. YEAH, COACH CRUM GREW UP IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND WAS PART OF THE DYNASTY THAT JOHN WOODEN BUILT AT UCLA IN THE 60S AND 70S WITH KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR AND BILL WALTON. WHEN HE GOT HERE, HE TOOK THOSE LESSONS AND TURNED LOUISVILLE INTO A POWERHOUSE. TIME NOW TO TAKE YOU INTO THE WUKY ARCHIVES FOR A LOOK AT THIS LEGENDARY CAREER. HERE맥스카지노�S A FORMER MEMBER OF OUR SPORTS TEAM, DAVE REYNOLDS. IT WAS THE LATE AL MCGUIRE WHO GAVE DENNY CRUM THE NICKNAME COOL HAND LUKE FOR THE WAY HE PERFORMED UNDER PRESSURE FOR THREE YEARS AFTER LEADING LOUISVILLE TO THE FINAL FOUR IN HIS FIRST SEASON. HE WAS BACK U OF L SQUARED OFF AGAINST CRUMB맥스카지노�S ALMA MATER, UCLA, IN THE 1975 FINAL FOUR. TO TOP IT OFF, THE BRUINS WERE GUIDED BY CRUMB맥스카지노�S MENTOR JOHN WOODEN. HOWEVER, ON THIS DAY THE TEACHER BEAT THE PUPIL AS UCLA WON THE GAME AND WENT ON TO CAPTURE WOODEN맥스카지노�S 10TH AND LAST NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. BUT CRUM WOULD GET ANOTHER CHANCE. LED BY THE SPECTACULAR DARRELL GRIFFITH AND THE REST OF A FUN LOVING CAST OF CHARACTERS KNOWN AS THE DOCTORS OF DUNK LOUISVILLE WENT 33 AND THREE AND BEAT UCLA TO WIN THE 1980 NATIONAL TITLE. WILLIAM MILLS, 33 AND THREE RECORD BECOMES THE SECOND MOST WINS BY AN NCAA CHAMPION. U OF L REMAINED AMONG THE NATION맥스카지노�S ELITE PROGRAMS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. THEN IN 1986, THANKS TO AN ENORMOUS CONTRIBUTION FROM A SKINNY FRESHMAN CENTER NICKNAMED NEVER NERVOUS, THE CARDS ROSE TO THE TOP AGAIN, BEATING DUKE TO GIVE CRUM HIS SECOND. AND AS IT TURNED OUT, LAST NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, THE CARDINALS HAVE WON THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. DENNY CRUM DOES IT AGAIN. AND THEN AFTER SIX MORE NCAA APPEARANCES FROM TOOK HIS PLACE AMONG THE SPORT맥스카지노�S ALL TIME GREATS. ON MAY 9TH, 1994, HE WAS NAMED TO THE BASKETBALL HALL HALL OF FAME. JOHN WOODEN AND HIS PUPIL, DANNY CROP. OH, WHAT A NIGHT. THE SLAM DUNK IS A HIGHLIGHT IN BASKETBALL, BUT THERE WAS A TIME WHEN IT WAS ACTUALLY ILLEGAL. YEAH, BUT WHEN THE NCAA BROUGHT IT BACK, COACH CRUMB맥스카지노�S TEAMS EMBRACED IT. THE 1980 TEAM, AS YOU맥스카지노�VE HEARD THROUGHOUT THIS STORY TONIGHT, THE NICKNAME DOCTORS OF DUNK WAS THE TEAM. HERE맥스카지노�S A FORMER MEMBER OF OUR SPORTS TEAM, KEITH FARMER, ON THIS. FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIFE, HERE맥스카지노�S YOUR MIRACLE. STAND UP AND FIGHT THIS. THIS. IF THERE WERE BEST KNOWN AS THE DOCTORS OF DUNK DUNKS FOR THOSE GUYS WERE 100% SHOTS AND I LIKE HUNDRED PERCENT SHOTS AT THE SMALLEST GUYS ON THE TEAM LIKE TONY BRANCH AND GREG DUZER. THOSE GUYS GET DONE EVERYBODY ON THE TEAM COULD DUNK. I맥스카지노�M A CREATIVE TYPE INDIVIDUAL AND I LIKE TO LET MY CREATIVE JUICES FLOW WHEN TIME PERMITS. IT맥스카지노�S DIPPED OUT. PICKED UP BY DEREK SMITH. HERE GOES, GRIFF. IT맥스카지노�S NO TIME. WOW, WHAT A PLAY BY GRIFFIN. 1980 WAS A YEAR THAT SAW U OF L CLAIM ITS FIRST EVER NCAA MEN맥스카지노�S COLLEGE BASKETBALL TITLE. ONE THAT THE SCHOOL맥스카지노�S ALL TIME LEADING SCORER, DARYL GRIFFITH, PROMISED TO DELIVER TO HIS HOMETOWN IN THE SENIOR LETTER LINE LINEUP THAT FEATURED THREE SOPHOMORES AND A FRESHMAN TO A 5954 TITLE GAME VICTORY OVER UCLA. THAT WAS HEAD COACH DENNY CRUMB맥스카지노�S ALMA MATER, TO THIS DAY, I MEAN, EVEN IF I WOULD HAVE WON AN NBA CHAMPIONSHIP, NOTHING WOULD HAVE BEEN AS SPECIAL AS ONE OF THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP HERE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LAW. DARYL GRIFFITH HAD LED ALL SCORERS WITH 23 POINTS, AND HE HAD KEPT HIS PROMISE OF BRINGING HOME THE NCAA TITLE TO HIS HOMETOWN OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. YOU KNOW, IT WASN맥스카지노�T ALL ABOUT, QUOTE UNQUOTE, ME, THE STAR PLAYER. IT WAS TEAM. MY TEAMMATES KNOW THAT I PLAYED MY TEAMMATES ALL THE TIME. HIS TEAMMATES DEFINITELY HAD THEIR MOMENTS. FRESHMAN RODNEY MCCRAY STEPPED UP AFTER HIS OLDER BROTHER, SCOOTER SUFFERED A SEASON ENDING KNEE INJURY. IN THE THIRD GAME, SENIOR GUARD TONY BRANCH, A STARTER THE YEAR BEFORE, ACCEPTED HIS REDUCED ROLE. AND THEN WITH GRIFFITH ON THE BENCH WITH FIVE FOULS, HIS ROOMMATE HIT THE GAME WINNER AGAINST KANSAS STATE IN THE SECOND ROUND OF THE NCAA. HE맥스카지노�S GOT A SHOT COMING. IT IS UP. IT IS. GOOD BYE, TONY BRANCH. AND THEN THERE WAS THE HIGH FIVE WHICH GEORGIA NATIVES DEREK SMITH AND WILEY BROWN CLAIMED TO HAVE INVENTED DURING THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON. DEREK SAID ONE DAY, JUST ALL OUT OF CLEAR BLUE. SO GIVE ME GIVE ME A HIGH FIVE. AND I HADN맥스카지노�T HEARD IT BEFORE, BUT WE DID IT AND IT BECAME NATIONAL. BROWN WAS ALSO AT THE CENTER OF ONE OF COLLEGE BASKETBALL맥스카지노�S GREAT STORIES. AFTER LOSING THE TIP OF HIS THUMB AS A CHILD, HE WAS FITTED WITH A PROSTATE AT U OF L ON THE MORNING OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, HE LEFT THE NEW THUMB ON HIS BREAKFAST TRAY. SO WE HAD TO GET ALL THE TRAINERS AND MANAGERS AND EVERYBODY TO GO THROUGH THE TRASH. AND THEY FOUND IT AND THE REST WAS HISTORY. IT WAS A UNIFIED EFFORT BECAUSE WE NEEDED THAT THUMB BAD WITH STORIES LIKE THAT. AND DUNKS LIKE THIS. U OF L BURST ONTO THE NATIONAL SCENE, A SCENE MADE EVEN MORE PROFITABLE BY THE BIRTH OF NATIONAL CABLE TELEVISION AND THE ESPN SPORTSCENTER IS NEXT. RIGHT? I맥스카지노�M UP. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THEY BECAME A FASHION MODEL IN A WAY AT DUNKING THE BASKETBALL IN TERMS OF COLLEGE BASKETBALL. TWO DECADES AGO. REALLY, WE REALLY ARE A VERY UNIQUE TEAM THAT UNDERSTOOD HOW TO PLAY AS WELL. THEY JUST WEREN맥스카지노�T DUNKERS. THEY FLAT OUT KNEW HOW TO PLAY THE GAME HERE. THE MOMENT IS NOW. OH, WHAT맥스카지노�S THAT YOU LOVE? HERE맥스카지노�S YOUR MIRACLE. STAND UP AND FIGHT THIS DOESN맥스카지노�T MAKE NO WONDERFUL MEMORIES FOR SURE. MANY FORMER PLAYERS GOT INTO COACHING AND EVEN STAYED IN LOUISVILLE BECAUSE OF COACH CRUM. PRIDE AND JOY OF BALLARD HIGH SCHOOL맥스카지노�S JERRY EAVES JOINS US IN STUDIO TO TALK ABOUT THE COACH맥스카지노�S IMPACT ON HIS LIFE AND CAREER FOR. YOU CAN맥스카지노�T JUDGE A CAREER ON THE BASIS OF ANY ONE GAME EITHER ON OR ANY ONE YEAR ON THE BASIS OF WINNING IT ALL OR LOSING IT ALL. I MEAN, I A CAREER IS A CAREER. IT맥스카지노�S A TOTAL COMBINATION OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU맥스카지노�VE DONE AND ACCOMPLISHED. AND I FEEL GOOD ABOUT MY CAREER BOTH ON AND OFF THE FLOOR. BASKETBALL. IT WASN맥스카지노�T ONE GAME OR ONE SEASON, BUT AN ENTIRE CAREER. COACH CRUM RECEIVED THE DISTINCTION OF BECOMING A HALL OF FAMER. WE맥스카지노�RE JOINED NOW BY LOUISVILLE NATIVE JERRY EAVES, WHO PLAYED FOR COACH CRUM AND WAS PART OF THE 1980 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS TEAM. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. GREAT TO SEE YOU, MAN. THANKS FOR COMING IN. NO QUESTION. I. HOW ARE YOU ABSORBING THIS DAY? WE KNEW IT WAS COMING, JERRY, BUT IT JUST STILL BITES, DOESN맥스카지노�T IT? WHEN I SPOKE WITH SUSAN TODAY, AROUND 12 OR SO, IT KIND OF SANK IN. THAT COACH WAS GONE. BUT LIFE WELL LIVED. THE NICEST GENTLEMAN IN THE WORLD, A BETTER PERSON THAN HE WAS A BASKETBALL COACH. NOT CLOSE. AND HE WAS A HALL OF FAME COACH. THERE맥스카지노�S NOTHING ELSE YOU CAN SAY. YOU맥스카지노�RE WITH HIM AS A PLAYER AND ASSISTANT COACH. ABSOLUTELY. TALK ABOUT THOSE DIFFERENCES. WERE THERE DIFFERENCES AND WHAT DID HE MEAN IN YOUR LIFE? WELL, HE RECRUITED ME, SO I WAS THE FIRST RECRUIT IN 1978. WE WENT IN IN 80, DERRICK SMITH, WILEY BROWN, SCOOTER MCCRAY, PONCHO WRIGHT, MYSELF. AND HE WAS THE SAME PERSON IN 78 THAT HE WAS IN 80. THAT HE WAS WHEN I WORKED FOR HIM IN 96. THAT HE WAS 3 OR 4 WEEKS AGO. AND I SAW HIM THE MOST HUMBLE INDIVIDUAL YOU맥스카지노�LL EVER RUN ACROSS. HE WAS SELFLESS. IT WAS EVERYBODY FIRST, HIM SECOND WAS ALWAYS FATHER FIGURE. I MEAN, WE맥스카지노�VE HEARD SO MANY DIFFERENT ANGLES TO THE PLAYERS AND HOW HE IMPACTED THEM. WELL, AGAIN, WHEN I WENT TO WORK FOR HIM, I HAD TWO YOUNGER SONS, MY BOYS AND HE TOLD ME THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN LIFE ARE THEM. HE SAYS THEY맥스카지노�RE MORE THAN WELCOME AT EVERY PRACTICE, EVERY GAME. ANY TIME YOU BRING THEM WITH YOU, BECAUSE THAT맥스카지노�S YOUR JOB. IT WASN맥스카지노�T GO GET RECRUITS, SAVE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE. WE HAVE TO WIN. IT WAS MY FAMILY. NEVER ALL THE PLANE RIDES. IT WAS NEVER ABOUT LOUISVILLE. IT WAS JUST ABOUT LIFE BEING A GOOD PERSON. TALKING ABOUT JOHN WOOD AND WHAT HE MEANT TO HIM. COACH CRUM HAS TOUCHED SO MANY LIVES, JUST NOT HIS PLAYERS, BUT THE PLAYERS, SONS AND DAUGHTERS AND THEIR SONS AND DAUGHTERS. THE MANAGERS. I MEAN, HE CAME IN FROM CALIFORNIA AND STATE. HE COULD HAVE CHASED THE MONEY. YEAH, BUT HE DIDN맥스카지노�T. JERRY TERRY HOWARD USED TO ALWAYS SAY, I SAID, WHAT WAS HIS KEY TO SUCCESS? HE SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, HE JUST WOULD DRAW IT UP AND SAID, IF YOU DO THIS, WE CAN SUCCEED. AND WE BELIEVED HIM. IS THAT WHAT IT WAS? IT맥스카지노�S THE PLAYERS BELIEVED IN HIM. WELL, IT WAS MORE THAN THAT. COACH CRUM WAS THE BEST. WELL, I MEAN, I맥스카지노�M JUST BEING HONEST WITH YOU WAS THE BEST GUY IN THE BUSINESS. THERE맥스카지노�S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. HE WAS SETTING UP PLAYS FIVE AND SIX PLAYS BEFORE THE FINAL PLAY. REALLY? PEOPLE HAD NO IDEA. THEY WERE LIKE, HE DREW UP THE PLAY. NO, HE DIDN맥스카지노�T. HE HAD RUN PART A, PART B, PART C, PART D, WE ALL KNEW WHAT WAS COMING. HE WAS THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS AT SETTING UP THE VERY NEXT PLAY. HE JUST WAS 10 OR 11 PLAYS AHEAD OF ALL THE COACHES AND THE PLAYERS, AND WE ALL KNEW IT. ALL WE HAD TO DO WAS FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS. AND THEN HE GAVE IT TO YOU LIKE ICE CREAM AND CAKE. I MEAN, I COACHED FOR 30 YEARS AND HE WROTE ME UP FOR CURSING WHEN I WAS AN ASSISTANT COACH AND HE WROTE ME UP. REALLY? JERRY, DON맥스카지노�T SHOW YOUR IGNORANCE ANYMORE. HE SAYS THEY CAN GET IT. COMMUNICATE CORRECTLY. HE WROTE ME UP HONESTLY. ANOTHER COMMONALITY IN MANY OF THE PEOPLE I맥스카지노�VE TALKED TO OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS ABOUT THIS IS SELF MOTIVATION. HE EXPECTED YOU TO FIGURE IT OUT. HE GAVE YOU SOME RESPONSIBILITY IN ALL THIS. IT WASN맥스카지노�T JUST ON HIM TO TO HOLD YOUR HAND. HE DEMANDED A LOT OUT OF YOUR PLAY. FAIR. THAT맥스카지노�S FAIR. BUT IT CAME BACK FROM COACH WITTEN. COACH WOODEN TAUGHT DANNY. DANNY TAUGHT ME. IF YOU ALWAYS TELL SOMEBODY EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT, THAT맥스카지노�S ALL YOU맥스카지노�RE GOING TO GET. JUST KIND OF LEAD THEM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND THEN HOLD THEIR FEET TO THE FIRE AND YOU맥스카지노�LL GET TEN THINGS, NOT ONE. SO THEY맥스카지노�LL JUST NOT FIX WHAT YOU WANT, BUT THEY맥스카지노�LL FIX OTHER THINGS. IF THEY WANT TO PLAY AND IF THEY맥스카지노�RE MOTIVATED. AND THAT WAS VERY GOOD. I ALWAYS WONDERED WHERE THAT CAME FROM. THAT맥스카지노�S FASCINATING. SO NO, HE WOULD NOT JUST DIRECT YOU AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO. HE WOULD TELL YOU, YOU맥스카지노�RE NOT DOING WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO. IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU WOULD FIX IT. AND THEN IT WAS YOUR ABILITY TO GO OUT AND SAY, WHAT IS HE TALKING ABOUT? FIGURE IT OUT AND FIX FIVE OF THE THINGS. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE TEAM맥스카지노�S A BETTER TEAM OUT OF ALL THOSE MEMORIES THAT YOU SHARED TOGETHER, THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, THE COACHING, THE TO LIVING HERE, GROWING UP, WHAT WILL YOU TAKE AWAY? JERRY WE WENT TO BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS ONCE AND WE DROVE TO WINCHESTER AND I DON맥스카지노�T KNOW IF EVERYBODY맥스카지노�S EVER DRIVEN THROUGH MASSACHUSETTS OUT FROM BOSTON. BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY, BUT IT맥스카지노�S LATE AND THERE맥스카지노�S WE DON맥스카지노�T HAVE ALL THE MAPS. AND HE맥스카지노�S GOT THE MAP IN HIS HAND. AND I맥스카지노�M DRIVING AND WE SPOKE AND TALKED ABOUT EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN. ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING. WHY HE DIDN맥스카지노�T LEAVE LOUISVILLE, WHY HE DIDN맥스카지노�T WANT TO GO BACK TO UCLA, WHY HE LOVED HIS KID SO MUCH. WHAT LOUISVILLE SPECIAL GUYS. IT WAS NEVER THE BASKETBALL PIECE. I SAID RIGHT NEXT TO HIM, HE맥스카지노�D READ A BOOK. EVERY AIR FLIGHT, EVERY TIME. REALLY. HE맥스카지노�D ONLY PUT THE BOOK DOWN WHEN SOMEONE WOULD COME UP TO SPEAK WITH HIM. IT맥스카지노�S COURTEOUS TO EVERYONE, BUT IT WAS NEVER HE WAS NEVER DRAWN A PLACE, DRAWN UP DEFENSIVE ASSIGNMENTS, EVER. IT WAS ALWAYS READ A BOOK AND HE맥스카지노�D SAY, JERRY, YOU NEED TO READ MORE. WHY CRITICAL THINKING. HE SAYS, IT맥스카지노�S JUST IMPORTANT. WE NEED TO HAVE IT. THIS IS 30 YEARS AGO. THIS IS 1996. YOU GOT ME 97. AND IT WAS TURBULENT TIMES. THEN LOUISVILLE WAS GOING THROUGH TURBULENT TIMES. PAT, 40, WAS AFTER, AS EVERYBODY REMEMBERS THE TIME I REMEMBER IT NEVER PHASED COACH AT ALL. NOT IN THE LEAST. JUST DO YOUR JOB. WHEN WE WENT TO WORK, WE DID OUR JOB AND AFTER THAT HE PUT IT TO BED. ONE OF THE VERY FEW COACHES THAT DID. IT맥스카지노�S BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. NO QUESTION. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU, JERRY, FOR THOSE MEMORIES OF COACH CRUM. AND IT WASN맥스카지노�T JUST HIS PLAYERS. COACH CRUM HAD A LASTING IMPACT ON PLENTY OF OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL. THAT INCLUDES ANALYST BOB VALVANO, WHO HAD A FRONT ROW SEAT TO THE HALL OF FAMER맥스카지노�S CAREER. HE TALKS ABOUT THE COACHES LEGACY NEXT. IT WAS NOT JUST HIS PLAYERS. COACH CRUM HAD A BIG IMPACT ON LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL, NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. THAT INCLUDES ANALYST BOB VALVANO, WHO HAD ONE OF THE BEST SEATS TO WATCH THE HALL OF FAMER맥스카지노�S CAREER. NEVER CONFUSE WHAT YOU DO WITH WHO YOU ARE AND YOU FIND OUT WHO HE REALLY WAS, BECAUSE AT THAT POINT NOW, THERE맥스카지노�S NO MORE THERE맥스카지노�S NO HE HAS NO ULTERIOR MOTIVE. HE맥스카지노�S RETIRED. HE맥스카지노�S OUT OF IT. AND YOU SEE, HE맥스카지노�S STILL GOING TO CHARITY THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY. HE맥스카지노�S STILL GOING. HE맥스카지노�S NOT TRYING TO WIN GOODWILL SO THAT YOU맥스카지노�LL SUPPORT HIS TEAM. HE DOESN맥스카지노�T HAVE A TEAM ANYMORE. HE맥스카지노�S JUST HE맥스카지노�S DANNY CRUM, BOB VALVANO HAD A UNIQUE SEAT FOR THE DANNY CRUM ERA. HE맥스카지노�S A LONGTIME ANALYST ON U OF L BASKETBALL RADIO BROADCASTS, AS WELL AS BEING A NATIONAL ANALYST FOR ESPN AND HOSTING A LOCAL SHOW ON ESPN RADIO. HE ALSO HAS A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE ON CRUM AND HIS IMPACT ON THIS COMMUNITY AND THE SPORT. VALVANO IS A FORMER HEAD COACH HIMSELF AT BELLARMINE AND HIS BROTHER, JIM VALVANO, COACHED AGAINST CRUM. BOB VALVANO SAYS ONE OF CRUM SECRETS WAS UNDER STANDING, THAT SPORTS ARE A NOBLE AND HONORABLE DISTRACTION FROM LIFE맥스카지노�S BRUTAL REALITIES. SO WHILE CRUM WANTED TO WIN AT EVERYTHING, VALVANO SAYS HE NEVER FORGOT THERE WERE BIGGER ISSUES OUTSIDE THE LINES. HE WAS AS COMPETITIVE AS THEY COME IN CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENTS AND OUR BOCCE TOURNAMENT. I MEAN, HE WANTED TO WIN, BUT HE WAS ALWAYS SO GOOD. ONCE THE EVENT WAS OVER AND UNDERSTANDING. THERE맥스카지노�S A BIG WORLD OUT THERE AND WHERE DO I FIT IN? AND I THOUGHT, I THINK THAT맥스카지노�S JUST THE GREATEST MESSAGE, LOVANO SAYS. AS MUCH AS CRUM WAS A HALL OF FAME COACH, HE WAS A BETTER TEACHER, NOT JUST ABOUT THE GAME, BUT ABOUT THE LIFE LESSONS THAT COME FROM IT. THE EQUITY OF THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING AROUND CRUM FOR YEARS AS A PEER AND BROADCASTER HAD A PROFOUND IMPACT ON VALVANO, AND IT LEFT A LONG LASTING IMPRESSION ON HIM AS HE ROSE ABOVE IT ALL. IT WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, I AGAIN, I AM WHO I AM AND I맥스카지노�M NOT GOING TO BE TAKEN AWAY FROM THAT JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE, FOR WHATEVER REASON, HAVE THEIR OWN MOTIVES TO TRY AND DENIGRATE ME OR SOMETHING. HE WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, HE WAS DENNY CRUM AND I LOVED MAN. NOW WE TAKE YOU BACK TO 2007 WHEN DENNY CRUM COURT WAS UNVEILED AT FREEDOM. ALL WE STUMBLED ON THIS. THIS AFTERNOON. WE FOUND THE RAW VIDEO FROM THAT NIGHT. WE WANT TO SHARE THE COACH맥스카지노�S COMMENTS AS HE REVEALED THE FLAW WITH THEN ATHLETIC DIRECTOR TOM JERK. AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE VIDEO WALL, COACH FROM EVEN HAD A HAND IN PAINTING THE FLOOR THAT NOW BEARS HIS SIGNATURE. GIVEN EVERYTHING HEAD COACH KATIE BRODY. THANK YOU. THIS IS RIGHT. I JUST CAN맥스카지노�T EVEN BEGIN TO TELL YOU HOW NICE THIS IS AND HOW MUCH IT MEANS TO ME. I I맥스카지노�VE HAD A 35 YEAR LOVE AFFAIR WITH THIS UNIVERSITY AND YOU AND THE FAN. THIS KIND OF THING DOESN맥스카지노�T HAPPEN BY ITSELF. IT맥스카지노�S SOMETHING THAT IT TAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE TO BE INVOLVED IN HAVING THIS KIND OF A CAREER. SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE ASSISTANT COACHES, THE TRAINERS AND THE DOCTORS AND AND THE ESPECIALLY YOU, THE FANS, THE ADMINISTRATION, EVERYBODY THAT맥스카지노�S HAD A PART IN THIS, ALL THE GREAT PLAYERS. GOLLY, CAN YOU EVEN DO THAT? SO SO, SO GLAD TO. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU, MY FAMILY, WHICH IS OVER HERE. I DON맥스카지노�T KNOW ALL I CAN SAY IS, IS THIS IS IF IT맥스카지노�S NOT THE BEST, THE NICEST THING THAT맥스카지노�S EVER HAPPENED TO ME, IT맥스카지노�S IT맥스카지노�S SO CLOSE TO THAT THAT I맥스카지노�D HAVE TO SAY IT맥스카지노�S RIGHT AT THE TOP. THIS IS A WONDERFUL THING TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE CARE ENOUGH ABOUT YOU TO TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. SO I LOVE YOU ALL FOR. THANK YOU SO. WE맥스카지노�LL TALK ABOUT PRICE맥스카지노�S VIDEO. CERTAINLY. IT맥스카지노�S AS WE LIKE TO REMEMBER IT, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. AFTER THE UNVEILING, DANNY TOOK QUESTIONS DURING THE POSTGAME NEWS CONFERENCE WHERE HE SPOKE ABOUT HIS LOVE FOR THE FANS AND THE REASONS HE MADE LOUISVILLE HIS HOME. WHAT WAS IT LIKE BEING OUT THERE IN THAT KIND OF. OH, YEAH. I MEAN. THESE PEOPLE ARE FANTASTIC. I MEAN, THEY맥스카지노�RE GREAT FANS AND LIKE I SAID, WE HAD A 30 YEAR LOVE AFFAIR. AND SO 35 NOW, I GUESS, AND IT맥스카지노�S JUST BEEN A. IT맥스카지노�S UNBELIEVABLE TRIP. I DON맥스카지노�T HAVE A SINGLE COMPLAINT. MY LIFE IS WONDERFUL. EVERYTHING IS GOOD. AND I JUST ABOUT AS RELAXED AND HAVING AS MUCH FUN AS THE GUY CAN HAVE. WHEN YOU맥스카지노�RE SITTING UP IN THE STANDS HERE, GET THE BANG FOR YOU DOWN THE SIDELINE. HE ASKS IF WHEN I맥스카지노�M SITTING UP IN THE STANDS, DO I EVER GET THE HANG OF TRYING TO WHAT I DO IS I DO WHAT I ALWAYS DID. WHEN I WATCH A GAME, I STILL I ANALYZE EVERYTHING AND I TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CHANGES I맥스카지노�D MAKE IF. BUT THEN I DON맥스카지노�T SHARE THEM WITH ANYBODY. I KEEP THEM TO MYSELF. BUT YOU CAN맥스카지노�T HELP WHEN YOU DO IT ALL YOUR LIFE. 41 YEARS. I COACH TO. AND WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU IT맥스카지노�S JUST PART OF WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU맥스카지노�RE AT WATCHING THE GAME. EVEN IF IT맥스카지노�S A HIGH SCHOOL GAME, YOU KNOW, YOU GO SEE THESE GAMES AND YOU JUST THAT맥스카지노�S PART OF WHAT YOU ARE. I MEAN, THAT맥스카지노�S AND I, I LIKE I SAID, I DON맥스카지노�T SHARE IT WITH ANYONE BECAUSE IT맥스카지노�S, IT맥스카지노�S NOT, I MEAN, I WOULDN맥스카지노�T I JUST WOULDN맥스카지노�T DO THAT. BUT I ALWAYS HAVE MY OPINIONS. YEAH, THAT맥스카지노�S NORMAL I THINK YOU DON맥스카지노�T GIVE UP COACHING AND YOU DON맥스카지노�T GIVE UP COMPETING WHEN IT맥스카지노�S BEEN YOUR WHOLE LIFE. I MEAN, REGARDLESS OF WHAT IT IS, I MEAN, WHAT YOU맥스카지노�RE DOING, IT맥스카지노�S COMPETE. THE COMPETITION PART OF IT IS, IS THE PART THAT I, I THINK I ENJOY THE MOST, ACTUALLY. I맥스카지노�M A FAN. I TRY TO BE JUST A FAN AND I DON맥스카지노�T TRY TO SECOND GUESS ANYONE. I JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT I WOULD DO AND AND ROOT FOR THE KIDS. THAT맥스카지노�S THAT맥스카지노�S THE WAY I APPROACH IT. THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT I HAD TO LEAVE AND GO OTHER PLACES. I MEAN, I, I HAVE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I COULD HAVE MADE A LOT MORE MONEY. AND WHEN I CAME HERE, MY INTENTION WAS TO BE SEE IF I COULD BE SUCCESSFUL AT THIS LEVEL AND THEN GO BACK TO UCLA WHEN COACH WOULDN맥스카지노�T RETIRE. THAT WAS WHAT I HAD IN MY MIND. AND THEN WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY CAME, I DID. I HAD FALLEN IN LOVE WITH LIVING HERE AND THE LIFESTYLE AND THE THINGS THAT YOU COULD DO AND THE FRIENDS THAT I MADE. I DIDN맥스카지노�T STAY HERE BECAUSE I THOUGHT I COULD DO BETTER HERE THAN ANYWHERE ELSE. THAT맥스카지노�S NOT TRUE. I STAYED HERE BECAUSE I JUST LOVED THE LIFESTYLE AND THE AND THE PEOPLE AND THEIR INTEREST AND LOVE FOR BASKETBALL AND COACH CRUMB맥스카지노�S LEGACY IS ALL AROUND THE CITY, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE KFC ON CENTER IS THE COACH맥스카지노�S HOMETOWN HERO BANNER. IN MARCH, HIS NEW BANNER WAS PLACED ON THE WHISKEY ROW LOFTS. DENNY CRUM WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL HONOREES, AND DENNY CRUMB맥스카지노�S IMPACT IS ALSO PRESENT ON THE U OF L CAMPUS. LAST FALL, COACH CRUM GOT TO CELEBRATE WITH HIS FORMER PLAYERS AND CURRENT CARDINALS AS THE UNIVERSITY OPENED A NEW RESIDENCE HALL NAMED AFTER HIM. IT HOUSES NOT ONLY MEN맥스카지노�S BASKETBALL PLAYERS, BUT OTHER STUDENT ATHLETES AS WELL. IN 2018, WE WERE HONORED TO PRESENT COACH CRUM WITH A BELL AWARD FROM THE WUKY SPIRIT OF LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION. HERE맥스카지노�S OUR STORY FROM THAT NIGHT. AND THE COACH IS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH. IT MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD TO KNOW THAT YOU YOU CAN HELP OTHER PEOPLE. I THINK THAT맥스카지노�S THE KEY FOR ME. I맥스카지노�VE MADE A CONSCIOUS EFFORT EVER SINCE I맥스카지노�VE BEEN HERE TO NOT ONLY GET MYSELF INVOLVED, BUT MY TEAMS. I맥스카지노�M PROUD OF IT AND I HAPPY TO SEE MY PLAYERS BE A PART OF IT. AND MY WIFE, A BIG PART OF IT TO. MY PARTICIPATION IS A PARTICIPATION, KIND OF A, I DON맥스카지노�T KNOW, A LOVE. FROM MY HEART TO THEM. THEY맥스카지노�RE LABORS OF LOVE AND WE DO WHATEVER WE CAN DO. AND I IT맥스카지노�S PROBABLY NOT NOT ENOUGH, BUT IT맥스카지노�S THE BEST WE CAN DO. I MEAN, WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN AND IT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER. MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD. WE ARE HAPPY THAT YOU맥스카지노�RE HERE ON SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY. THIS IS REALLY WORTH DOING. THIS IS A IT맥스카지노�S NOT JUST A FUN THING. IT맥스카지노�S A IT맥스카지노�S JUST A WAY OF LIFE THAT YOU HAVE TO SOME PEOPLE HAVE TO LEARN TO LIVE A DIFFERENT WAY OF LIFE. AND YOU CAN맥스카지노�T ALWAYS HAVE EVERYTHING THE WAY YOU WANT IT. AND WHEN YOU WHEN YOU FIND OUT THAT THIS IS WHAT IT TAKES TO TO TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT IT, CURING OR MAKING THOSE KIND OF PROBLEMS GO AWAY, YOU JUST IT MAKES YOU FEEL SO GOOD. YOU JUST WANT TO DO MORE AND MORE. AND THAT맥스카지노�S THAT맥스카지노�S THE WAY I FEEL. AND AND MY WIFE SUSAN FEELS THE SAME WAY. YOUR TIME IS VALUABLE AND YOU DON맥스카지노�T MIND GIVING IT TO HELP OTHERS? NO, I DON맥스카지노�T MIND GIVING IT. IT맥스카지노�S JUST A LABOR OF LOVE. I TOLD SUSAN I DON맥스카지노�T. I DON맥스카지노�T KNOW WHAT I맥스카지노�M GOING TO SAY WHEN I GET UP HERE AND I THINK THAT맥스카지노�S. THAT맥스카지노�S REALLY A GOOD THING BECAUSE I DON맥스카지노�T HAVE TO WRITE OUT HOW I FEEL ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY, ABOUT THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE맥스카지노�VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH AND HAVE TRIED OUR BEST TO HELP. COACH WOODEN WAS MY COACH AND BETWEEN HIM AND MY FATHER, I, I DON맥스카지노�T THINK THEY WOULD HAVE LET ME GROW UP ANY OTHER WAY THAN CARING ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE. I맥스카지노�M USUALLY OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY DOING SOMETHING AND THOSE THREE KIND OF LEAD ME BY THE HAND AND TAKE ME PLACES, MAKE TELL ME WHERE I맥스카지노�M SUPPOSED TO BE AND YOU KNOW, I LOVE EVERY MINUTE OF IT. I DON맥스카지노�T KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER I맥스카지노�VE GOT TO GIVE, BUT AS LONG AS I맥스카지노�M GOING TO BE HERE, I맥스카지노�M GOING TO GIVE THE BEST I CAN POSSIBLY GIVE. AND I KNOW YOU DO THE SAME OR YOU WOULDN맥스카지노�T BE HERE TONIGHT. I APPLAUD YOU. I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU. AND I맥스카지노�M JUST I맥스카지노�M JUST HAPPY TO BE HERE. AND I NEVER THOUGHT I COULD EVER RECEIVE AN AWARD LIKE THIS. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU맥스카지노�RE 50 OR 60, YOU THINK 80S. NOT SO OLD THAT THAT. SO I FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT MYSELF. I FEEL GOOD ABOUT MY FAMILY AND THOSE THAT HELPED ME. AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT NOTHING, NOTHING IN THIS WORLD THAT I COULD DO WOULD MAKE UP FOR NOT HAVING TRIED TO DO MY BEST. THAT I CAN ASSURE YOU I맥스카지노�VE DONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. LIKE WE SHOULD CLAP ALL OVER AGAIN. NO. THE BELL AWARD IS GIVEN TO OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEERS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND DENNY CRUM CERTAINLY WAS ONE. YES, HE WAS. AND THIS CAN BE A HARD ONE TO GET THROUGH. THE GUY WAS SO SPECIAL TO ME. HE WAS A FRIEND, A FATHER FIGURE, GOT MY WOULD FROM HIM, PLAYED GOLF WITH HIM, CELEBRITY CAR RACES. HE HE WOULD DO ANYTHING HE COULD FOR YOU. HE WOULD COME HERE AND HELP US OUT. THERE맥스카지노�S A PICTURE I맥스카지노�LL TAKE FROM THAT. WE DID THAT INTERVIEW EVERY TIME YOU TRY TO COMPLIMENT HIM, HE WOULD COMPLIMENT YOU BACK. HE WAS JUST A SUPER INDIVIDUAL. I LOVE HIM TO DEATH. TREASURER. I REMEMBER MEETING HIM BACK 2006, 2007 AT A CHARITY EVENT. I NEVER MET HIM BEFORE, GREETED ME WITH A SMILE AND A HANDSHAKE, LIKE WE맥스카지노�D BEEN FRIENDS FOREVER. WHAT A GUY. SPEAKING OF CHARITY EVENTS, DENNY CRANE NEVER SAID NO TO WELK. WHY HE WAS HERE EVERY YEAR FOR THE WEDNESDAYS. CHILD ADOPT A THON. THERE HE IS. HE WAS ON THE PHONE BANK FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, RAISING MONEY FOR WEDNESDAY맥스카지노�S CHILD. JUST A GREAT, GREAT. DO YOU REMEMBER THAT YEAR HE SANG WITH LINCOLN BRIDGE OR WAS BACK THERE AT THE PARTY JUST HELPING HIM OUT, CLAPPING, TAKING A BREAK OVER THERE. AND IT ENDED UP HE WAS PART OF THE THE GANG SINGING THERE. HE WAS WONDERFUL. WHAT A CHARACTER IN EVERY ROOM. TWO WORDS COME TO MIND, DISARMINGLY CHARMING. HE WOULD LITERALLY PUT YOU AT EASE RIGHT AWAY. AND HERE맥스카지노�S A GUY THAT맥스카지노�S DONE AN AWFUL LOT WHEN I CAME HERE IN 1986, I WAS SO INTIMIDATED. FRED, COME ON IN. THE OLD CRAWFORD. JIM AND THE OTHER TWO WORDS I THINK OF CHANGED LIVES. AND IT WASN맥스카지노�T JUST HIS PLAYERS, ALTHOUGH YOU CAN START THERE FOR SURE, BUT IT WAS THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM, THEIR FAMILIES. I MEAN, YOU TALK ABOUT PLAYER AFTER PLAYER AT ALUMNI LIST WHERE THEIR LIVES ARE FOR THE BETTER BECAUSE THEY WERE A PART OF THIS AND IT IS HARD TO GET THROUGH. BUT HE WAS A BIG PIECE OF MY LIFE AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY, THANKS, COACH. HE COULD BE TOUGH AND THEY SAID JERRY WAS TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THAT HE WAS TOUGH. HAVE YOU HEARD ANYBODY SAY ANYTHING BAD ABOUT THIS GUY? NO, THAT맥스카지노�S AN EXCELLENT POINT. YEAH, IT REALLY IS. AND I THINK VERY FEW PEOPLE EARN THE TITLE OF LOUISVILLE LEGEND. AND HE IS ONE OF TWO. I CAN THINK OF. YES, I AGREE. I KEPT THINKING OF THAT. MOUNT RUSHMORE THING. AND I KNOW TWO FACES ON THERE. AND OF COURSE, MUHAMMAD ALI WON. BUT I THINK COACH IS SITTING RIGHT THERE WITH HIM, NO QUESTION. AND HE LOVED KIDS. HE맥스카지노�D DO ANYTHING FOR KIDS, VISIT HIM IN THE HOSPITAL. DIDN맥스카지노�T MATTER. HIS TIME WAS HE WOULD GIVE IT TO ANYONE, MADE POTATOES AND BAKED PIZZA, POTATO SOUP. HE DID IT ALL TO RAISE SOME MONEY. SUSAN, WE맥스카지노�RE THINKING OF YOU TONIGHT AS WELL. CERTAINLY OUR HEARTS AND THOUGHTS GO OUT TO DENNY맥스카지노�S FAMILY. WE ARE, AS RICK SAID, ALL OF US ARE THINKING OF YOU RIGHT NOW. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY WE WERE DOING HIS RETIREMENT PARTY, HIS PLAYERS LOVED HIM TO DEATH THEN. THEY LOVE HIM NOW. IT맥스카지노�S BEEN A HIGHLIGHT OF OUR CAREER. ALL HIS MILESTONES THAT HE SAID HE ALWAYS COUNT ON. DENNY CRUM. EVERYBODY LOVED HIM. LOUISVILLE LOVED HIM. WE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THIS SPECIAL LOOK AT DENNY CRUMB맥스카지노�S CAREER. WE맥스카지노�LL SEE YOU TONIGHT AT 11:00. IT맥스카지노�S A LOVE AFFAIR, I GUESS, THAT I맥스카지노�VE HAD THAT IT IS VERY REWARDING AND VERY PLEASING THAT THERE맥스카지노�LL BE THAT맥스카지노�S THE WORST THING THAT GOES. WHAT ABOUT IT? I MEAN, WHO KNEW ABOUT LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, BEFORE DENNY CROMWELL ARRIVED? I FEEL THE PRESSURE ALL THE TIME, LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE DOES. IT WAS ALL OVER. FINAL SCORE. LOUISVILLE, 59, UCLA 54. HIS LEGACY IS THAT HE TOOK A SCHOOL THAT HAD A NICE PROGRAM. IT WASN맥스카지노�T LIKE THEY WEREN맥스카지노�T SUCCESSFUL HERE. THAT맥스카지노�S THE WINNING SEASONS. BUT HE BROUGHT IT TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL AND THE LEGACY IS THE PEOPLE STILL DEMAND THAT LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE FROM THE PROGRAM, HE HAD INCREDIBLE CONFIDENCE AND THAT CONFIDENCE FILLED THE ROOM AND IT WAS CONTAGIOUS. SO I SAID, IF YOU CAN COMBINE THAT KIND OF COMPETITOR, TENNIS AND THAT KIND OF GRACIOUSNESS AND CLASS, YOU GOT SOMETHING SPECIAL. AND THE FACT THAT THE WAY THEY PLAYED, WHICH WAS VERY, VERY ENTERTAINING AS A FAN, THE PLAYERS LOVE TO PLAY IT. I SAID, THIS GUY맥스카지노�S GOT THE WHOLE PACKAGE. AND HE DID HIS WHOLE CAREER. DID HE? FROM DOES IT AGAIN, HE WON GAMES BY BEING A A VERY STRONG CHRISTIAN VALUED COACH. HE BROUGHT IT IN THE LOCKER ROOM. HE TOOK IT ON THE WAY GAMES. HE BROUGHT IT HOME TO LOUISVILLE. IT맥스카지노�S HARD TO REALLY PUT IN A SENTENCE BECAUSE YOU LEARN SO MUCH FROM SOMEONE LIKE A COACH. THE X맥스카지노�S AND O맥스카지노�S. ABSOLUTELY. BUT THE THE LIFE LESSONS, RIGHT. WHAT HE TAUGHT WAS INCREDIBLE CONFIDENCE THAT COMES FROM ONLY ONE PLACE. AND THAT맥스카지노�S BEING PREPARED. HE BUILT A REPUTATION OF BEING COOL, BEING HONEST, BEING A PERSON OF HIGH INTEGRITY. I THINK ALL THOSE THINGS KIND OF STAND OUT. BUT THE MERE FACT THAT HE STAYED HERE AND STAYED COMMITTED TO THIS COMMUNITY, STAY COMMITTED TO THE PLAYERS OUTSIDE OF OUR BASKETBALL DAYS MEANS A LOT TO ME. SO THAT맥스카지노�S WHAT STANDS OUT FOR ME UNTIL I HEAR HIS NAME. COACH WAS EXTRAORDINARY BECAUSE HE MADE OTHERS BETTER. THERE맥스카지노�S BEEN SO MANY GOOD THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED AND AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND 30 YEARS IN A PLACE IT JUST DOESN맥스카지노�T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN. ABSOLUTELY. ONE OF A KIND. YEAH. GENEROUS, LOVING, CARING, KIND, UNDERSTANDING. YOU WOULDN맥스카지노�T FIND A MORE PATIENT MAN AS A COACH AND A PERSON THAN COACH WHAT HE맥스카지노�S DONE AS A CIVIC LEADER, A COACH, A FATHER, HUSBAND, A FRIEND. WE PUT LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY ON THE MAP. I맥스카지노�VE ALWAYS FELT THAT IF YOU맥스카지노�RE GOING TO LIVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT YOU NEED TO GIVE BACK TO IT AND GIVING BACK TO IT. THIS IS ONE WAY I CAN DO THAT. OH, I SEE HIM AS AN ABSOLUTE WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL MAN. HE IS. HE IS A TEACHER. HE IS A. HE맥스카지노�S JUST A GODSEND. AND I LOVE GIVING TO THIS COMMUNITY WHO SUPPORTED ME FOR 30 YEARS. I DON맥스카지노�T LOVE FAILURE. DEBBIE CROW. NOW, HE JUST WAS SO EFFORTLESSLY GRACIOUS. IT MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD TO KNOW THAT YOU YOU CAN HELP OTHER PEOPLE. I THINK THAT맥스카지노�S THE KEY FOR ME. YOU KNOW, HE WAS DENNY CRUM AND I LOVED MAN, AND I THINK WE WERE VERY LUCKY. I DON맥스카지노�T KNOW ANYONE ELSE THAT CAN DO WHAT HE맥스카지노�S DONE, YOU KNOW, I DON맥스카지노�T. I TRULY DON맥스카지노�T. I DON맥스카지노�T KNOW HOW YOU REPLACE A DENNY CRUM. YOU WILL NOT FIND A MORE SINCERE, CARING AND GIVING LOVED PERSON THAN DENNY CRANE. WE LOVE IT, MAN. YOU KNOW, HE IS AN ICON. AND HE, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY A LEGEND. YOU KNOW, NAME THAT WILL NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, EVER BE FORGOTTEN AND AND SO HIS LEGACY IS, AS YOU KNOW, STRONG. WE맥스카지노�LL ALWAYS BE STRONG. PEOPLE LOVE COACH. I HOPE THEY REMEMBER THAT I REALLY CARED ABOUT LOUISVILLE. I LOVED LOUISVILLE. I LOVED THE PEOPLE HERE.