Chuck Daly

Another mini-streak. Two sporting personalities in a row.

For the first time in a while, I actually scooped myself on this one. Well, it's not like I was there or anything. I just use this handy reference, which everyone should also bookmark.

Here is my highly personal memory of "Daddy Rich." It was the Spring of 1990, and I worked the front desk at Econo Lodge Tallahassee on West Tennessee St. What was terrific about the job was that the hotel would fill up quite often, and pretty much after 9 PM my job was done. I was still obliged to sit there, and field the occasional request for a towel or a porno VHS tape (this was before Spectravision).

One of the selling points of the job was the fact that I would have upward of 4 hours a night to study. So, every night I would bring a big stack of books to work and every night I would end up watching the NBA playoffs on the TV in the desk clerk's office. It was nearing the end of the "short shorts" era in basketball.

That was the season that Daly's "Bad Boys" won their second title, and I recall getting heavily behind Clyde Drexler's Trailblazers to no avail. In fact, I remember the final game. The series ended in five, but it was actually an amazing comeback from the Pistons on the road that sealed it. This meant no more basketball for me, and back to my studies. So, thank you, Coach Daly for sticking the final dagger in the Blazers and helping me get back on the right track of studying.

...Or, did I switch over to watching those video tapes?