Comments on: Bill Simmons’ Column in ESPN the Magazine is No More* [Update From Simmons]

By: jaywashere

jaywashere — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:05:08 +0000

Can you really call not having Stephen A. Smith write for your magazine a loss?

By: wilhelmreems

wilhelmreems — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:07:24 +0000

nice update, now you just need to get an actual interview with him…but that sounds like it won’t happen soon.

By: Jay V

Jay V — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:04:38 +0000

Paolo, that quote isn’t from when he left IU…he coached many years there after he said that.

To be exact, it was addresing the crowd at IU’s Senior Day, 1994.

By: broseph

broseph — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:57:10 +0000

When my coaching days are over/
And my time has long since passed/
I hope they bury me upside down/
So my critics can kiss my ass!

Wow. All these years I just thought he said BEEEP.

By: Jay V

Jay V — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:56:09 +0000

When my coaching days are over/
And my time has long since passed/
I hope they bury me upside down/
So my critics can kiss my ass!

Paolo, that quote isn’t from when he left IU…he coached many years there after he said that.

By: bbryan

bbryan — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:48:48 +0000

When my coaching days are over/
And my time has long since passed/
I hope they bury me upside down/
So my critics can kiss my ass!

That is a beautiful quote.

By: Paolo4007

Paolo4007 — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:46:05 +0000

My girlfriend works for a VA hospital so I just give all the mags to her and they send them overseas.

A solid deed indeed General. I am an admirer of Bob Knight, born and raised in Indiana, though not an IU fan. The more he got put down for his plain-spoken demeanor characteristic of Midwestern folks who are not superevangelicals, especially by the New York media with even more a lock on media back then, the more I liked him.
Years later it was revealed that Bill Parcells and Bobby Knight were good friends as well, on which I reflected with a great smile because I think many a smug, arrogant New Yorker were pissed and exposed for the hypocrites most of them are at the core.
Pardon if I misquote him, but when he left IU after being baited and not able to restrain himself, one of the greatest sports quotes of all time unless of course you are a fuckin’ New Yorker:

When my coaching days are over/
And my time has long since passed/
I hope they bury me upside down/
So my critics can kiss my ass!

By: bbryan

bbryan — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:42:10 +0000

I dont get whats so outdated about the printed word. I for one get sick of looking at a computer screen all day.

Amen Cracker. My day consits of running numbers on a computer, creating excell sheets on a computer, creating power point presentations on a computer, writing emails on a computer, checking my fantasy teams on a computer and reading TBL…once again on a computer.

It’s nice to be able to pick up a mag or a fish wrap and read through it. Plus they are lighter and not as hot as a laptop. Plus I work in the printing industry.

By: HoopDreams

HoopDreams — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:38:28 +0000

Popularity breeds contempt. Truer words have never been spoken.

/yes, 1st post.

By: Joboo

Joboo — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:36:20 +0000

I dont get whats so outdated about the printed word. I for one get sick of looking at a computer screen all day.

With me, it’s not so much that the printed word is outdated, it’s just that with the computer word, you have more choice in what you read.