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Post by beaverdreams on Mar 4, 2024 15:45:17 GMT -8
A true Beaver through and through. He coached the years I was there.....some great memories.
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Post by beavaristotle on Mar 4, 2024 16:49:20 GMT -8
Very sad. As loyal a guy as there ever was and him and Fi were surrogate parents to a lot of beaver hoopers.
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Post by oldbeav on Mar 4, 2024 16:54:13 GMT -8
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Post by speakthetruth on Mar 4, 2024 17:00:58 GMT -8
Well that sucks. Once a Beav always a Beav.
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Post by 86BEAVER on Mar 4, 2024 17:11:17 GMT -8
Made a great lieutenant for Ralph, good 'buffer' and recruiter of the kind of players that could be successful under 'Old Whiskey Sour'. Wish he had gone off on his own in the mid 80's to learn how to run his own program so he'd have (theoretically) more success as the head man when Ralph retired.
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Mar 4, 2024 17:11:29 GMT -8
Jimmy was truly a great guy and a Beaver through and through till the day he died. My condolences to Fifi and his children and grandkids.
Maybe not the greatest head coach in the world, but a quality person, through and through.
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Post by jefframp on Mar 4, 2024 17:12:14 GMT -8
Oh darn. Last time I saw him.....maybe a couple of months ago....he did not look so good.....but it is still sad.
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Post by babeav on Mar 4, 2024 17:43:04 GMT -8
Jimmy has had his share of medical issues so his passing isn’t a surprise. Truly a fine man, good human being and a damn fine Beaver. RIP Jimmy.
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Post by lebaneaver on Mar 4, 2024 18:01:56 GMT -8
A TRUE Beav. RIP, Coach
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Post by orangeexpress on Mar 4, 2024 19:09:42 GMT -8
I lived in Seattle in the early 90s after graduation. They asked Gary Payton in one of the local newspapers who should replace Jimmy Anderson when his final season concludes, and he responded "Jimmy Anderson". Speaks volumes on how well he connected with his players. RIP coach.
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Post by spudbeaver on Mar 4, 2024 19:18:47 GMT -8
Dang. I sat next to him at a Civil War hoop game. What a great experience. He most definitely knew the game of basketball. RIP Coach!
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Post by beaverdreams on Mar 4, 2024 19:44:28 GMT -8
Yeah for so long it seemed like he didn't age- always looked like the same old Jimmy. But then this season I saw the cameras panned to him on a broadcast and I hardly recognized him. Age took him fast it seems, as it does all of us I suppose if we're lucky enough.
I know people were pretty hard on him, and yeah maybe he wasn't an amazing head coach, but in this day and age of NIL, big money, and ephemeral ties to an institution, he was always a breath of fresh air for his earnestness and continued loyalty to the program, its coaches and players that came after him..... He sure loved Oregon State, and sounds like truly one of the good guys in this world. A sad day.
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Post by oldbeav on Mar 4, 2024 20:45:02 GMT -8
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Post by fridaynightlights on Mar 5, 2024 0:39:18 GMT -8
A quality person. He was the good cop that perfectly complimented Ralph the bad cop.
I had heard that when players were pissed at Ralph, they would go to Jimmy, and he would talk them off the ledge. A true players coach, which may have been why he didn't succeed as a head coach.
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Post by Werebeaver on Mar 5, 2024 4:30:51 GMT -8
A quality person. He was the good cop that perfectly complimented Ralph the bad cop. I had heard that when players were pissed at Ralph, they would go to Jimmy, and he would talk them off the ledge. A true players coach, which may have been why he didn't succeed as a head coach. He won a Pac-10 Championship as head coach. No other OSU HC that followed him can say that. |
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