OT: Sports trivia part 2.
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Dukeman I appreciate the very kind words my friend!! However when you are old as I am and you've followed one team your whole life.....I just wish I could remember what I had for dinner last nite.
Bobby obviously was an excellent baseball player, but also served as a very able running back for the Blue Devils. If memory serves, Bobby ran for over 100 yards in an excruciatingly tough loss at UNC in '78, 16-15. That was head coach Mike McGee's final Duke game, and Dukeman mentioned Red Wilson who indeed took over after McGee was let go.
Speaking of Red Wilson, how many winning seasons did he have at Duke during his 4 year tenure prior to his termination? OFC
DI you nailed it, back to back 6-5 records- which would be good enough to go to a bowl now......YOU ARE UP SIR!!
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Hart I’m right there with you on that old age thing.
As for Red Wilson, imagine a Duke football coach having back to back winning season’s and being fired? If I remember correctly he was fired after defeating the Cheats?
I was REALLY angry with our AD Tom Butters after that move! You're right we had just closed the year with a 23-17 win over The Cheats. At Butters announcement presser after he terminated Red, he opened it by saying;"I will not respond to any questions as to why I fired him." Burned me up.They bumped Red to Duke Hospital in an administrative role....OFC
Since I'm from the Elon area and was familiar with Red because I had a couple of friends that played for him at Elon is that Red didn't fit the description of a Duke coach with some of the heavy paying boosters at the time. In other words he was considered a country bumpkin or too southern good ole boy. He didn't sound enough like a distinguished head coach should sound like. At least that was the word coming out from the area here. Don't know if that was true or not. The thing about Red was that he surrounded himself with good assistants which he let them coach. He was successful at Elon in doing that. I really don't think Red was fired for not winning but just not fitting in. OFC
I’m with you Hart on that Red Wilson firing. I didn’t understand it either.
It was Red that gave a young man his first coaching job as an offensive coordinator. That young man is affectionately known today as the Ol Ball Coach.
It was Red that gave a young man his first coaching job as an offensive coordinator. That young man is affectionately known today as the Ol Ball Coach.
Phil, that is the same story I heard about Red’s firing. I believe Red is still living and in his 90’s.
Both of you are spot on on your posts....Boosters wanted somebody in there who would speak more eloquently as Sky noted.Be danged if Red had back to back winning seasons ( seasons again good enough for bowls now!), he was viewed as a bumpkin by some VERY ARROGANT HIGH DOLLAR DONORS. Steve Sloan was disappointing after Red, and resigned to take an AD job (which he was much better suited!)
Our offense sure got untracked Red's 6-5 seasons with Red head coach, Spurrier (Dukeman noted) as OC and Ben Bennett at qb!We could flat out light up the scoreboard!
We truly lived up to the biiling, #RedMeansGo
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I should know this. I remember some of his staff. Mickey Brown, Sam Story and Richard McGeorge along with Steve Spurrier but I don't think any of them were the D.C. OFC
I don't have any answers but I am ashamed at my lack of knowledge of those Duke football years. A misspent youth.
Correct. They were not the DC. Interestingly, Bob Matheson was linebackers coach. Keep trying. Last name begins with an "H".
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This is an easy one, but deserves mention. One of the most famous dunks in Duke's history occurred in a game between Duke and a military academy. Who dunked and who got dunked on?
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