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Post by bopper235 on Apr 4, 2007 6:31:39 GMT -6
As a young african american coach and S.W.A.C. Alumni (Alcorn State) I just wanted to post this message in honor of Legendary Coach Grambling State University Football Coach Eddie Robinson. He was everything I hope to be. Not just a coach in the game of football but a coach in the game of life.
Rest in Peace!!!!!
We will miss you!!!
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Post by jet on Apr 4, 2007 7:00:22 GMT -6
It's important that his legacy is known. As an African American coach, I couldn't agree with you more bopper. He sent more than 200 players to the N.F.L. and taught young men how to be men. Many coaches could learn a lesson on dealing with people from coach Robinson.
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Post by phantom on Apr 4, 2007 7:53:34 GMT -6
He was a great one who embodied not just everything that a coach should be but everyhing that a man should be. He will be missed.
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Post by dubber on Apr 4, 2007 8:04:20 GMT -6
56 years doing the best job on the planet........an inspiration to all
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Post by saintrad on Apr 4, 2007 8:07:52 GMT -6
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Post by amikell on Apr 4, 2007 8:16:59 GMT -6
What a loss. One article I read quoted him as saying "I coached every player like he was going to date my daughter." I thought that was a great way to put proper coaching. What a great man.
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Post by coachdawhip on Apr 4, 2007 8:51:46 GMT -6
He is the reason I became a football coach.
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Post by dubber on Apr 4, 2007 9:19:39 GMT -6
After reading this article and all he overcame, I will never again complain about not getting our field goal post pads in on time. This man was the meaning of dedication
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Post by airraider on Apr 4, 2007 9:23:19 GMT -6
The statement he made about out of all his records, the two that meant the most was holding the same job and the same wife for 50 years, that to me shows just how great of a man he was. RIP Coach!!
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Post by dubber on Apr 4, 2007 9:27:21 GMT -6
The statement he made about out of all his records, the two that meant the most was holding the same job and the same wife for 50 years, that to me shows just how great of a man he was. RIP Coach!! word
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Post by 3rdandlong on Apr 4, 2007 9:40:02 GMT -6
I like how the entire team went to pick cotton with the star running backs. Great that he emphasized team work.
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Post by dubber on Apr 4, 2007 9:53:42 GMT -6
Great that he emphasized team work. ......and making sure his best players were on the field!!!
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Post by senatorblutarsky on Apr 4, 2007 10:21:33 GMT -6
Like almost all coaches, I’ve been to several clinics with big-name, big-time speakers. A lot of times, afterward, some coaches go up to “meet” the big timer and get an autograph. I’ve never done that…I do not get too excited about autographs… except for one time. I went up to shake hands with Coach Robinson and asked him to sign his picture on the clinic flyer. It was like meeting Shakespeare or Socrates. The man made a lasting impression.
When I began in coaching in 1991, I read everything about Coach Robinson that I could find- articles, clinic manuals, whatever… I adopted many of his philosophies and can honestly say that aside from coaches with whom I worked directly, he had the greatest influence on me as a coach. We were from different backgrounds, were different generations and yet much of my coaching value system comes from Coach Robinson.
His prominence was and is one that transcends era or culture. He will be greatly missed here… but amidst the sadness is a realization that I not only was able to learn a great deal from this man, but also had the opportunity to meet him and hear him speak. His legend and influence will continue to live on in those thousands who were influenced by him.
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kdcoach
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Post by kdcoach on Apr 4, 2007 14:21:18 GMT -6
What a tremendous loss to our planet.
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Post by groundchuck on Apr 4, 2007 14:48:15 GMT -6
Men, we lost a great man today.
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Post by Yash on Apr 4, 2007 14:58:23 GMT -6
Good foot coaches coach football, great ones coach life. He was a great one. What he did, in the era he did it, for how long he did it for, amazing.
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Post by herky on Apr 4, 2007 19:21:57 GMT -6
EDDIE ROBINSON, Distinguished Iowa Alum, M. S., Physical Education, 1954 by AL SCHALLAU Eddie Robinson, Grambling's legendary football coach, left us yesterday at age 88. Eddie was one of the University of Iowa's most distinguished alums. Nobody has ever been more proud of his Master's degree that he achieved at the University of Iowa. In 1970-71, I was the attorney for the Grambling Athletic Dept. in putting together a weekly TV show of Grambling football highlights. Our show was aired weekly on 104 television stations. During those two years, Eddie and I got to be good friends. We had a special bond the minute he found out that I was a graduate of the University of Iowa. Eddie always felt a special fondness and respect for Iowa. He received his B. A. degree from Leland College in Baker, LA in 1941 and immediately became football coach at Grambling at age 21. By the late 1940s, Leland College was closed up and defunct and nobody bothered to save the academic transcripts of its graduates. So when Eddie tried to get into Master's degree programs, he had a lot of problems. The universities asked for his undergrad transcripts and he could not provide any. Eddie told me, "The University of Iowa was the only university that would accept me into their Master's degree program. They accepted all of my undergraduate course work, and I am forever grateful to them for doing that. I was in Iowa City for quite a few summers to get my Master's degree." Coach Robinson was an ardent admirer of Forest Evashevski and the Wing-T offense. His Grambling teams forever ran from the same Wing-T offense that Ken Ploen, Randy Duncan, and Wilburn Hollis executed so effectively at Iowa in the late 1950s. When I mentioned "931 counter" to him, he smiled a lot because his Grambling teams ran that play thousands of times in practice and in games. Eddie used the Wing-T at Grambling up to the day he retired as football coach. In 1978, I paid for a full-page ad in the Iowa City Press-Citizen urging Iowa to hire Eddie Robinson as their new football coach. Bump Elliott and Ed Jennings did interview Eddie at Shreveport, LA. Then they went to Dallas to interview North Texas State's football coach Hayden Fry. The rest is history. Coach Fry and Coach Robinson are both in the College Football Hall of Fame. From 1978 onward, I have been so grateful to Bump that he did not offer the Iowa coaching job to Eddie Robinson. Why? Because Eddie and I had not consulted Mrs. Robinson on the matter. She was NOT happy to learn in the newspapers that he was pondering a move to Iowa City. As of 1978, they had lived in Grambling for 37 years, and she did not want to move. We will read many tributes telling us what kind of man Eddie Robinson was. The stories are all true. The one I remember best came from Green Bay Packers Hall of Famer Willie Davis. He said, "My mother was concerned about whether I would be going to church after I left for college. Coach Robinson said, 'If your son goes to Grambling, he will go to church every Sunday whether he wants to or not.' My mother looked at me and said, 'You're going to Grambling.' " Eddie Robinson will be remembered forever in the annals of college football. He was loved and respected by everyone who knew him. He deserved every good thing that has ever been said about him.
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