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Danny would launch that jumper with the ball behind his ear and had a great eye for kissing it off the back board when shooting from the wing. It was beautifulI'm still praying for Bones to pull a Danny Kottak tomorrow night. Where is George Borden when we need him!!!
For you young bucks, Kottak's performance against Georgetown in 1978 might be THE gutsiest performance by any VCU player in the history of the program. Below is from an article from the Richmond Free Press, dated September 10, 2020. The link to the article is also attached. Everyone on these boards should give that article a read. Kottak got off of the bus at GW's Smith Center prior to the game on crutches and got back on the bus after the game on crutches.
"Still, star of the night honors went to Kottak, a slender 6-foot-5 wing forward who was playing with a heavily taped left ankle.
“For two days leading up to the game, we didn’t know if Danny would play,” Noe recalled. “He was on crutches. Then he went out there and went freakin’ nuts.”
In scoring 29 points, Kottak, aka “The Instamatic,” hit 13 of 15 from the floor—mostly from long range, three of three from the foul line and, surprisingly, collected 11 rebounds."
Beating Coach John Thompson’s Hoyas remains a sweet memory for former VCU Rams
One of Virginia Commonwealth University’s most memorable basketball victories came at the expense of one of the sport’s iconic coaches — the late Coach John Thompson Jr. of the Georgetown University Hoyas.richmondfreepress.com
Always felt he was a class act as a coach. Brain cancer survivor I think. I know it’s a minority opinion, but I don’t think he was biased against us. Gave our band and usually sold out crowd/fans multiple kudos. He’s a network guy not assigned to or involved with any team.
This is a great point. I love that Ace drove to the basket there. A lot of time players will just settle for jump shots. He attacked the basket and drew the foulyeah that much contact there had to be at least one foul in the mix. I agree with what others have mentioned that it seems like the refs were thinking it was going in so they didnt want to call a foul but then when it didnt go in they just werent ready to blow the whistle?
Great thing about that last play was we took the game in our hands, we didn't settle for a long shot that wasnt there. Took it hard to the hoop and earned the W. Easy
I thought he had an aneurysm during a game. I did not know he had cancer.
You are correct AA. I just googled him and it was an aneurysm.
Plays hard as heck is something I like to see
They have weight rooms, trainers and nutritionists in the NBA, plus no classes or workout limits and they pay you lots. He is currently thought to be a low first/high second candidate—if after the season he is locked into the first round, he should go. If not, it becomes a more nuanced evaluation.
He is like Fran Fraschilla lite—good old coach who obviously just loves the game to it’s core and calls it how he sees it
Potato-Potato—fixed it for you dear.
He is a low first/high second.
Bones will declare and get advice from scouts and have some workouts.