30 for 30 running thread

I saw no real purpose in humanizing the guy, considering he got out of prison and ran another scam shortly after that. He seemed like a sociopath who considered his few moments of pleasure worth all the pain he caused others. (Notice his wife is just some poor schlep he refers to once or twice.)

 

The Connors doc should have been 30 minutes and solely focused on the Krickstein match to the exclusion of almost every interview save the main two.

ESPN's crews consistently distrust the viewer to make their own decisions about a subject. They aren't documentaries so much filmed narratives with 12 talking heads telling you how to think and why to think it. Mostly, they're time fillers.

 

Agreed. I don't mind hearing from the McEnroes, Courier, and even Lupica and Fowler, guys who know tennis. But Chuck Klosterman?!?! Why!?! Again!?! This is the second 30 for 30 he's appeared in, where I can't for the life of me wonder why he'd be a trusted source on this particular subject.

 

This Big East basketball 30 for 30 is outstanding.

 

This.

 

Took me right back to my coming of age in the early to mid-'80s. I used to rue having to go to temple Sunday mornings because the games began at 9 my time.

I was a Georgetown guy who loved Pearl Washington but couldn't stand Boeheim and was pleasantly amused by Mullen and the Redmen. Even though they made a great point of noting that Villanova almost beat Georgetown twice in '85, fact is it's still the biggest upset ever. The only reason they won the title is because they played a perfect game.

It's really too bad they couldn't congregate Boeheim, Thompson, Massimino, Carnesecca, Pitino, Calhoun, Carlesimo and a few other originals in the same room for a photo-op, then and now. Boeheim provided a few quality sentimental moments, as did Thompson. I loved seeing the footage of a younger Boeheim again -- so much cocksure about him.

Did a great job providing the in-depth history of Dave Gavitt (things I never knew till last night), and without knocking us over the head, Ezra Edelman the director put the dissolving of the Big East on Syracuse.

Which also made me think about what I posted on the CBB thread a few weeks ago bemoaning Boeheim's comment after the Duke game at the Carrier Dome. It was a great game, no doubt, an all-timer, but part me wondered last night if he said it was the greatest game in the Carrier Dome because he wanted to stick it to Thompson one last time. Because Thompson got to stick it to Boeheim after Georgetown snapped Cuse's 57-game home win streak at Manley Field House.

"Manley Field House is officially closed" was Thompson's line.

Had to have stuck in Boeheim's craw.

So I have a hard time believing Boeheim when he says Duke@Cuse I was the best game ever in the Carrier Dome. No way it was better than some of those Georgetown@Cuse wars.

Anyway, great piece of sports film. Also the first time I've seen Pierce on TV. At length, anyway. I may have seen a few soundbites but he was a featured player last night. Some funny insights.

 

Jim Calhoun is wondering why his two NCAA championships couldn't even get a mention.

It was good, but not one of the best 30 for 30s. There wasn't enough John Pinone

 

Thoroughly enjoyed Big East show. Gavitt was a brilliant administrator that could also
be vindictive. Supposedly he was so mad that URI stole Sly Williams after he had
signed a non binding letter of intent to attend Providence that he did not
extend an invitation to URI to join the Big East. It killed their recruiting after that
because they were surrounded by Big East schools.

There was also a question on whether Holy Cross was offered a slot and turned down
or was not offered. Either way it killed their program also.

It's too bad that his years with The Celtics tarnished what overall was a great
basketball career.

 

Pinkney is a more interesting speaker than 95% of the ex-athlete talking heads on ESPN or FS1.

 

Agree. Loved his story of his HS friendship with Mullin, traveling the NYC courts together. A real slice of NYC basketball in it's heyday.

 

Pearl Washington might well be the most overrated player in the history of college basketball.

He was a turnover machine.