Kudos to Tom Chestnut for an insightful, heartfelt and well-written piece.
Butch was a players’ coach who magnified our love of the game. Two-hour uptempo practices, intense scrimmaging, and pauses to both instruct and criticize. Lots of tears when he left.
Butch encouraged physical play, hustling, rebounding, diving for loose balls. Bud Palmer, his teammate at Princeton and the Knicks who later became a smooth sports commentator, when asked what kind of player Butch was with the Knicks replied he would dive six rows into the seats to try to retrieve a ball going out.
Notice how thin the players were at the time. We had no strength coaches but I thought it would be wise to add some muscle and eventually found my way to the weight room tucked away in a remote corner of Dillon. It was packed with grunting and unfriendly footballers who looked at me in disdain; my last trip to the venue.
Kudos to Tom Chestnut for an insightful, heartfelt and well-written piece.
Butch was a players’ coach who magnified our love of the game. Two-hour uptempo practices, intense scrimmaging, and pauses to both instruct and criticize. Lots of tears when he left.
Butch encouraged physical play, hustling, rebounding, diving for loose balls. Bud Palmer, his teammate at Princeton and the Knicks who later became a smooth sports commentator, when asked what kind of player Butch was with the Knicks replied he would dive six rows into the seats to try to retrieve a ball going out.
Notice how thin the players were at the time. We had no strength coaches but I thought it would be wise to add some muscle and eventually found my way to the weight room tucked away in a remote corner of Dillon. It was packed with grunting and unfriendly footballers who looked at me in disdain; my last trip to the venue.
Again, thanks ’Nut; fond memories. Well done.