nyssa@abnji.UUCP (nyssa of traken) (01/21/86)
Am I the only one who finds it a bit off to name a building after an
active coach?
I personally who have named the building the University of North
Carolina SAC, and when Coach Smith retires, then rename it. It just
strikes me as a bit tacky to name it such while he is active.
Really, it is better to name it after Frank McGuire, after all, he
won as many NCAA titles in fewer attempts! :-)
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James C. Armstrong, Jnr. {ihnp4,cbosgd,akgua}!abnji!nyssa
"It's a sort of mini-clone!" Who said them, what story?bch@mcnc.UUCP (01/24/86)
In article <1060@abnji.UUCP> nyssa@abnji.UUCP (nyssa of traken) writes: >Am I the only one who finds it a bit off to name a building after an >active coach? No, but there is a long tradition in North Carolina of naming buildings After living people. Louis Round Wilson had an office in Louis Round Wilson library up until his death. Walter R. Davis didn't contribute enough to the SAC to have it named after him, so he got the new library instead (or so the story goes.) Grey Culbreath was alive when they named a local Junior High after him and Senator B. Everett Jordan was alive when they planned Jordan Lake. I guess there are just regional differences about these sorts of things. >Really, it is better to name it after Frank McGuire, after all, he >won as many NCAA titles in fewer attempts! :-) Um, Frank McGuire left UNC as a direct result of the point shaving scandals surrounding the "Dixie Classic" in the late '50s and early '60s. That is something that we'd just as soon not be reminded of. Besides, it isn't the winning record that marks Smith, but the tone he has set for athletics in addition to a winning record. If you aren't a Carolina fan you simply do not understand how much reverence is held for Coach Smith in Chapel Hill. -- Byron C. Howes ...!{decvax,akgua}!mcnc!ecsvax!bch