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| Vol. 23 No. 50 | Monday
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Sweet Lou Carnesecca |
Sweet Lou Carnesecca died Saturday in New York at age 99. Lou is remembered for his tenure as Coach of the St. John's University Basketball Team where he shepherded “The Red Men” to national fame. Today New York Newspapers and even the national U.S. television news are covering his death as the loss of a genuinely sweet, decent and completely wonderful human being amongst us for all of those 99 glorious years. Last time I talked to Lou we were both waiting on line for our old man meds at our local RITE AID where someone snapped this picture and luckily later sent it around. We talked while we waited about all the people we knew, some now sadly having departed this dimension. We touched upon a time when I had contemplated a sports career and was involved for some years with the New York Nets, a basketball team now known as The Brooklyn Nets. Lou had moved over from St. John's as Coach of the Nets for the three years I worked in pro sports. Of course we all knew he was the College Hall of Fame “Sweet” Lou Carnesecca, who as coach of The St. John’s University “Red Men” boasted a record of over 500 wins versus 200 losses over a 24-year period. St. John’s basketball was represented in the USA national finals every year that “Looie” was coach. It all came back to both of us: the salad years in sports, the people, and of course the great career of Carnesecca. Lou and family at the time still lived near us in Hollis, Queens, New York, and at age 90 he still drove himself to the office he maintained at St. John’s, where they named the basketball arena after him. I was sad to learn that our mutual boss and dear friend Roy Boe, once owner of The Nets died some time ago. Roy took the small fortune he earned after his wife designed some clothes, and parlayed it into purchasing The New York Nets basketball franchise as part of the old (ABA) American Basketball Association. But Roy never forgot sports or his love for Lou Carnesecca, as he once told me: “My dream of owning a major league sports franchise was made complete as we were able to get Lou Carnesecca here as our coach. “To my mind, win or lose, he is among the half-dozen greatest coaches the game has produced in its long and illustrious history,” Roy said. “I still talk to the players, hear from Bill Melchionni and some others,” Sweet Lou told me. “Bill said some nice things about Roy to writer Peter Vecsey.” “Let’s have a coffee,” Sweet Lou said as he waved goodbye and was off to St. John’s for an event, “and stay inside the foul lines,” the Coach advised. “I can’t wait,” I replied. Now I guess Sweet Lou and Roy are up there somewhere talking sports, while the Coach closes each encounter, as he did during his wonderful life advising all to "stay between the lines." Geoffrey |
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