Memory Lane

[BrookJersey Redmen]

For those not around in the Lapchick era , he was quite a guy !
Bobby Knight revered Joe , Called him Mr Lapchick or , Coach Lapchick .
Getting such accolades from Bobby Knight were few and far between .
It’s called Respect . Which isn’t as much in use as back then .
How did Bobby and Joe connect ? Bobby was Coaching Army at the time and Joe lived in Yonkers , not that far away . Plus , SJ use to play Army regularly back then .

Bobby Knight's a complicated guy and not all bad. His respect for Joe Lapchick carried over to Looie C., and whenever Bobby got talking about the St. John's Lapchick and Lou eras he did it with reverence. I always respected him for that.

Later on when he did some color commentary and the name St. John's came up, he told some great stories.

Bobby Knight and Joe Lapchick two absolute pillars of the Game.

 

[fan since 65]

Bobby Knight's a complicated guy and not all bad. His respect for Joe Lapchick carried over to Looie C., and whenever Bobby got talking about the St. John's Lapchick and Lou eras he did it with reverence. I always respected him for that.

Later on when he did some color commentary and the name St. John's came up, he told some great stories.

Bobby Knight and Joe Lapchick two absolute pillars of the Game.

I was at a Lapchick luncheon one year when Coack K. was honored. I was at a table with Mr. Kaiser, Coach C., Carmine Calzonetti, Rino and several others. At one point, Coach K. and Carmine were reminiscing about how they held each other scoreless when K was at Army and Carmine at SJU. Of course, they mentioned that was due to the fact that both Knight and Carnesseca almost forbade their point guards to shoot....