Re: T-Rat

[Brian Johnson]

Thanks for the story.  It was anything but boring.
--- Michael W Pickens <address@hidden> wrote:
> Last night I went to the game and actually sat in
> the box seat thanks to a
> couple of friends.  I was having a very good time
> watching our Cats beat up
> on Valpo and drinking the free beer.  I enjoyed the
> game very much.
> However it got much better at the end.  Instead of
> sitting in the traffic
> after the game we hung out in the box.  I turned
> around and there was none
> other than T-Rat, Terrance Gibson.  I have to say I
> was very impressed with
> him.  He seemed educated and well spoken, exactly
> the kind of person you
> want representing your University.  He stood and
> talked to us for almost an
> hour.  It was in one word Awesome.  I thought I
> would share some of the
> questions we asked and his comments.
>
> Q - 1992 (Final Four year) versus Kenyon's senior
> year.
> A - They would have never even made it past half
> court against our defense.
> That team was good but it wasn't even close.  The
> only person on that team
> that would have started would have been Kenyon.
>
> Q - K Legree good point guard or bad point guard. 
> (I had told my friends
> that he was a good point guard)
> A - Your point guard is supposed to be a floor
> general and Legree was
> definitely that.  He was better than Nick as a point
> guard.  Legree got
> everyone around him involved he just didn't have the
> talent around him that
> Nick had.  Nick was a much better player but Legree
> was a better point
> guard.
>
> Q - True or False you don't want Legree shooting
> foul shots at the end of
> the game.
> A - Dumbfound look and a noshit answer.  (I was
> making a point with this
> one to my friends, I didn't do that one again.)
>
> He talked about the days when he was playing and the
> fact they didn't have
> cell phones, pagers, cars and they lived in the
> dorms together.  Now a days
> its like baby-sitting for the coaches.  They were
> more focused and listened
> to everything Huggs said when he played.  The last
> few teams did not do a
> very good job of that.  He seemed to care about
> Huggs a lot and seemed very
> proud to have played on that team.  He said that
> Herb Jones was the best
> player he has ever played with.  There is nothing
> that Herb could not do.
>
> Q - Do you think E. Hicks will be a great player
> when he leaves here?
> A - He told us a story about calling up Huggs to
> stay for a few days longer
> at home for a family gathering and cookout because
> Huggs wanted him to be
> in Cincinnati to start working out.  Huggs let him
> stay and that is when he
> got shot in the leg.  If Hicks had listened to Huggs
> and come up when he
> should have he would be a much better player right
> now than what you are
> seeing.
>
> He then started talking about when Huggs would put
> him in, that he was
> supposed to know where everyone was and what they
> were supposed to be
> doing.  He said he would come into the game and they
> had a set designed for
> Nick but Nick would not be where he was supposed to
> be and so he would get
> taken out of the game. However he would always stay
> close to Huggs because
> he didn't want him to forget that he was there.   He
> wouldn't sulk like a
> lot of players.
>
> I won't bore you anymore with this but man it was
> just very nice to meet a
> player like him.  It made me proud to be supporting
> the team and that we
> had players like him out in the community doing good
> things.
>
> If you see this T-Rat thanks man and keep up the
> good work of spreading
> Beacat Cheer.
>
> M!


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