The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, October 03, 1979, Page Page 14, Image 14
McGuire from page 1
The Gamecocks finished the
season with a 14-13 record, but it
wdo tiitrii Luutu o . uy an
overwhelming majority, the state
legislature voted to name Carolina
Coliseum after the man who built
it, Frank McGuire.
The Blatts, Marchant and Carlen
obviously could not force McGuire
out at this moment. Instead, they
worked silently to undermine his
position. When Frank went to
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attend the Hall of Fame
ceremonies, not a single USC official
or Carolina notable appeared
at the event or even sent a
mp??:a(jp "That was lntisv nnri
painful," remarked Donnie Walsh.
"We used to hate Dietzel, but when
he went to a bowl game we sent
him a telegram."
When he returned to Columbia,
Frank was confronted with more
bad news. The board of trustees
had tabled the motion to rename
the Coliseum after him, claiming
that the school's faculty would not
1" accept the change. The board did,
however, consent to name the
arena after McGuire. "Isn't that
ridiculous," Frank quipped. "Did
they name the pool or the whole ~
physical education center after Sol
Blatt?"
PRIOR TO THE start of the 197778
season, as McGuire was approaching
his 65th year, the roof
caved in. Donnie Walsh left to take
a coaching job with the NBA's
Denver Nuggets. Walsh had been a
devoted friend and confidant, and
it was assumed that he would
succeed Frank whenever the head
man retired. Yet Donnie knew the
trustees would never hire another
New Yorker, especially one who
had acted as McGuire's mouthpiece.
"When I left," said Walsh,
"I told the press I had not been
assured I would get the job; what I
didn't tell them was that I had been I
assured I wouldn't get it." j
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Then Greg Blatt surprised
everybody by taking an assistant's
position at the Citadel in
Charleston. Two days later,
university president Holderman
announced Frank would become
athletic director in charge of (JSC's
regional campuses and would be
expected to assume these duties
immediately after the basketball
season. It was the proverbial boot
upstairs.
Publicly, McGuire shouted thai
he was not ready to retire; ir
private, he berated Holderman for
"selling out" to the Blatts. Frank
wanted to coach for at least twc
more seasons; his opponents,
however, asserted they were doing
him a favor, since the university's
new mandatory retirement age
was 65 and Frank was 64. "Let the
courts decide that," Frank
countered.
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team effort before the collegiat(
season gets into full swing.
The bulk of their tough seasor
will begin Friday and Saturday
October 5 and 6 when the Lad}
Gamecocks host their owr
Carolina tournament. The teams
featured are ten of the strongesi
teams in the Southern Regior
according to Martino.
Kentucky, N.C. State, UNC,
Duke, High Point, College of
Charleston, East Carolina.
Georgia and USC will all be contenders
in the tournament to be
held in the Solomon Blatt P.E.
Center.
, Ahead for the Lady Gamecocks
are a host of invitationals which
make up one of the hardest
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to Martino.
AFTER COMPETING in
tournaments at FSU, Florida and
Tennessee, the Carolina squad will
fly up to Maryland for another
important contest. "The Maryland
tournament will include 20 of the
strongest teams from the northeast
and midwest regions,"
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)wn to is your season play is
nportant only in regard to getting
ou ready for your state and
egional tournaments," Martino
xplained. "We may lose a couple
f tough games against some tough
earns but it'll be worth the exerience.
"Because we're upgrading our
chedule we'll be in much better
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