I was under John fall '80/spring '81. He was very personable but i think he did an injustice to his legacy by having real sick people as assistant coaches...Marv Goux, Don Lindsey and a few others that fell into line under these two.
Goux knocked players around. If he was coaching now and did what he did to me and others (no doubt) he would have a broken nose and a lawsuit so far up yonder he'd need a telescope to get it out, that little puke. Its a diffrent culture now...you just dont humiliate and/or hit players now. If you do a lawsuit is very possible.
As for Def- coordinater Lindsey...what a sick dude. He was sadistic, at best.
Combine that with noisy living conditions, cramped, shared living quarters, no $ for going against 1st string giants (Matthews, Mosbar, Van Horn, Ray Foster...) who would then on weekends turn around and battle for the national championship... I suppose there's SO many inner-city guys that think thats a good deal but it made no sense to me to stay around.
Interesting to note how many recognizable coaches and players were on that team.
I hope 18 yr old players and up can get out of playing for free some day.

Matt McLaughlin
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