Please make sure you eat right, get plenty of exercise, and get regular checkups with your doctor. And I've written about this before, but as a profession coaching is one of the worst health-wise because coaches often times do not take care of their bodies. It talks at length about what made Majerus such a brilliant student and teacher of the game, but also what drove players crazy about him, it's an interesting look at his complicated legacy as one of the great basketball coaches of our time.įinally, Majerus' health problems were well documented and I don't think anyone wants to die early. I read a great article that was written several years ago by Sports Illustrated as Majerus was just getting back into coaching at Saint Louis, click here to read " The Life and Times of Rick Majerus". He had his convictions and he stuck to them no matter what. It wasn't enough that you won, but that you did it a certain way, the right way. His attention to detail was incredible, precision was extremely important to him.
Personally, I've enjoyed watching and listening to anything Majerus had to say, whether it was on ESPN or through coaching videos. I think his legacy as one of the great college basketball coaches of our time is fairly certain, especially when you think about the finals run at Utah, his early success at Ball State and Marquette, and finally a Sweet 16 run with the Billikens this past March. Things are never always so black or white, but different shades of gray. Balanced Floor- Offensive formation displaying. That relationship didn't end well, but like all people, he was a complicated man. A B C D E F H I J L M O P R S T U W Z Arm Bar- Action of using forearm to body check offensive player. I followed Majerus very closely since the late 90s as a local basketball star played for him at Utah, Jordie McTavish. As many of you probably know, former Saint Louis head coach Rick Majerus died yesterday at the age of 64.
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