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Dick Versace is interested in the Eastern Illinois job

real fan said:
Why? I think this is like his decision to run for office then not to run, he was a great coach but at his age I would think trying to run a college program is asking a lot.
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Why? Because I liked him as a coach. And who said 72 is old?
 
Dick Versace also got a few other mentions in the news recently...

When Portland fired Nate McMillan and promoted assistant Kaleb Canales to acting head coach - there were a few claims that he was the FIRST Hispanic head coach in NBA history..

Unfortunately, that is not true...he is the first Mexican head coach - but since Dick Versace's mom was Puerto Rican, Dick is the NBA's first Hispanic head coach.
 
Like DV or not, he gave me many memories of how great BU basketball could be. Who can ever forget the hastily arranged trip our good friend Don Draeger put together for the championship game of the 1982 NIT. Been on many road trips with Braves, but this was the greatest, and fastest, trip ever. Flew out of Peoria in the afternoon, saw the victory over Purdue, partied in the MSG neighborhood and we were back in Peoria at 3 the next morning. Not to mention Salt Lake City and Ogden, Utah. Get the job Dick and show EIU fans how much fun Division 1 basketball can be.
 
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tornado said:
Dick Versace also got a few other mentions in the news recently...

When Portland fired Nate McMillan and promoted assistant Kaleb Canales to acting head coach - there were a few claims that he was the FIRST Hispanic head coach in NBA history..

Unfortunately, that is not true...he is the first Mexican head coach - but since Dick Versace's mom was Puerto Rican, Dick is the NBA's first Hispanic head coach.
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I had zero idea he was 1/2 Puerto Rican. Thanks for the insight once again!
 
Versace to the east, Mo to the west. We could be surrounded by former Italian Bradley head coaches. And ironically they will inhabit towns whose Italian restaurants don't end with a vowel. All we're missing is Tony Barone to get the open SIU job now. But who would take Northern for the Italian directional U grand slam? Do I hear an Al Biancalana?

Viva Italia!
 
ancona flash said:
Versace to the east, Mo to the west. We could be surrounded by former Italian Bradley head coaches. And ironically they will inhabit towns whose Italian restaurants don't end with a vowel. All we're missing is Tony Barone to get the open SIU job now. But who would take Northern for the Italian directional U grand slam? Do I hear an Al Biancalana?

Viva Italia!
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Great post.
 
ancona flash said:
Versace to the east, Mo to the west. We could be surrounded by former Italian Bradley head coaches. And ironically they will inhabit towns whose Italian restaurants don't end with a vowel. All we're missing is Tony Barone to get the open SIU job now. But who would take Northern for the Italian directional U grand slam? Do I hear an Al Biancalana?

Viva Italia!
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Are you dinging Pagliai's for the apostrophe s?
 
Chico said:
Who can ever forget the hastily arranged trip our good friend Don Draeger put together for the championship game of the 1982 NIT. Been on many road trips with Braves, but this was the greatest, and fastest, trip ever. Flew out of Peoria in the afternoon, saw the victory over Purdue, partied in the MSG neighborhood and we were back in Peoria at 3 the next morning.
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DSD sure did know how to throw a trip or party together quickly!! I was just talking about his ability to get a NCAA pool together or 13 run pool the other day! My older brother was with me down in St. Louis for the tournament and he was telling our group about the NIT trip in 1982 and how dad got it done so quickly and got him out of school for it!
 
bigdaddystuck said:
DSD sure did know how to throw a trip or party together quickly!! I was just talking about his ability to get a NCAA pool together or 13 run pool the other day! My older brother was with me down in St. Louis for the tournament and he was telling our group about the NIT trip in 1982 and how dad got it done so quickly and got him out of school for it!
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Will never forget watching the NIT semi-final game with a group of BU fans at the Tartan Inn and after the victory and a phone call we were all heading to New York on a charter flight. Don sure was a master at getting things organized.
 
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