Comments on: Rick Majerus, Former Utah and St. Louis Basketball Coach, is Dead at 64

By: WheresWallace

WheresWallace — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 07:14:56 +0000

I rarely get affected when people die, but Rick Majerus always reminded me of my dad. Such a nice person. Never thought he was bigger than you. Took the time to talk. I welled up when i heard the news. A great great coach. and a great man. He knew the end was coming. I will always love coach Rick.

By: roastbeast

roastbeast — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 06:04:15 +0000

that’s quite a collection th

By: TH

TH — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 05:56:57 +0000

Andy Katz is claiming in his interview after majerus’ passing that he played two on two with majerus and Katz on one side, Kevin Costner and Steve erkell on the other. Yea, chew on that.

By: rodmansrage

rodmansrage — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 04:57:10 +0000

good coach, alienated those outside the game. he had signed power of attorney to his girlfriend, was spending all his cash, had him moved from slc to sc to find a heart, didnt work out as we heard tonight.

By: HPN

HPN — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 03:53:18 +0000

He, next to Coach K, was my favorite basketball coach. Always wanted to meet him/ go to a camp he was at.Never got the chance. RIP Rick.

By: vajayjay redick

vajayjay redick — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 03:50:11 +0000

Rick was the man…My brother in law thinks he was gay for some reason.

Obligatory.

By: roastbeast

roastbeast — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 03:20:10 +0000

thanks for sharing gc

By: golfercraig

golfercraig — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 03:11:50 +0000

517-216. Pretty nice record for a guy who coached where he coached. A basketball genius.

By: golfercraig

golfercraig — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 03:09:24 +0000

Man, I’m gonna miss him. Spent a lot of time with him. We spent hours together while he was showing me a blitz zone look he was building. It was a weird thing. We’d watch film, he’d spend hours discussing how rotations had to happen, how hard it was to convince kids to help uphill and to the apex of the next pass, and then next thing he’d want to talk about my old job. I was a chemistry/BMS student who had started in the strategic defense studies graduate program before my love of basketball took over, and he was VERY knowledgeable about my old field. You could literally talk about almost anything with him. He knew he was fat. He knew it was going to cost him his life. He knew it made him look weak. He knew what people thought, and said, and he would discuss it honestly. I’m going to miss him. He was funny, bright, honest and loving. I hope people say the same about me when I die. RIP.

By: $650

$650 — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 02:55:05 +0000

Rick was the man…My brother in law thinks he was gay for some reason.

By: Monster is Meth

Monster is Meth — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 02:39:59 +0000

about the time he crapped into that towel shortly

Funny how as I read that they’ve got the ad on the side of the screen with that chick wearing the shirt that says “I pooped today!”

By: sctrojans

sctrojans — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 02:38:45 +0000

Majerus won legendary status with that ’98 Final 4 run, beating the Bibby-Simon Zona team and the Carter-Jamison UNC team. Unfortunately he never really came close to that again, primarily due to his health.

He took, then resigned from, the SC job because it was too far away from his mother.

By: AssaultWithAConcreteDildo

AssaultWithAConcreteDildo — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 02:36:36 +0000

Deadspin will probably be posting the story about the time he crapped into that towel shortly

By: Some Random Old Dude

Some Random Old Dude — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 02:35:15 +0000

Much respect to this guy. Good coach, genuinely funny guy. R.I.P.

By: Jimmy Chitwood

Jimmy Chitwood — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 02:35:03 +0000

Quite a career – big time college basketball coach AND starred in Ghostbusters

By: vajayjay redick

vajayjay redick — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 02:27:07 +0000

After reading the first comment, I had to check whether Bill Kirchenbauer was still alive.

Majerus won legendary status with that ’98 Final 4 run, beating the Bibby-Simon Zona team and the Carter-Jamison UNC team. Unfortunately he never really came close to that again, primarily due to his health.

By: sctrojans

sctrojans — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 02:26:43 +0000

Was hilarious how he’d pronounce it OH-ffense

By: The Wayne Fontes Safari

The Wayne Fontes Safari — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 02:22:34 +0000

One cannoli assume what caused his heart problems.

By: Jason McIntyre

Jason McIntyre — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 02:21:50 +0000

Big fan of his work.
That run to the title game in 1998 with Andre Miller & Michael Doleac was a great coaching job.

By: sctrojans

sctrojans — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 02:21:05 +0000

Was a big Majerus fan. An honest, no frills, no bullshit guy with encyclopedic basketball knowledge. Sad, but not surprising.