1 00:00:19,269 --> 00:00:22,731 You gotta bust him out. All right, come on, now. 2 00:00:38,872 --> 00:00:40,457 How bad can it get? 3 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:45,170 Just how goddamn bad can it get? 4 00:00:45,671 --> 00:00:49,549 This is by far the worst team that has ever sat in this locker room. 5 00:00:50,467 --> 00:00:53,762 You son of a bitches, you don't deserve a locker room. 6 00:00:53,804 --> 00:00:57,224 You don't deserve a locker room, the way you're playing this year. 7 00:00:57,349 --> 00:00:59,309 You should be playing without uniforms. 8 00:00:59,309 --> 00:01:03,063 You should be playing in your jockstraps. God damn it! 9 00:01:05,857 --> 00:01:08,860 Every time we get ready to play, I just wanna throw up. 10 00:01:08,860 --> 00:01:11,863 I'm goddamn sick of watching you guys play. 11 00:01:11,863 --> 00:01:14,241 There's not one of you, not one of you, 12 00:01:14,241 --> 00:01:15,450 that's learned how to win. 13 00:01:15,492 --> 00:01:20,956 We got hammered the last four games, and it stops right now! 14 00:01:23,458 --> 00:01:25,210 If you keep playing the way you're playing, 15 00:01:25,210 --> 00:01:27,754 we're gonna get our ass beat again tonight. 16 00:01:28,422 --> 00:01:31,008 I'm so depressed I don't even wanna talk about it. 17 00:01:31,550 --> 00:01:34,511 I'm through fighting, you sons of bitches! 18 00:01:36,263 --> 00:01:39,016 You're the dumbest team I ever coached. 19 00:01:41,935 --> 00:01:43,520 You guys think of something. 20 00:01:52,696 --> 00:01:54,698 All right, guys. The guards... 21 00:01:54,698 --> 00:01:58,619 Honest to Christ, I just wanna go home and cry when I watch us play. 22 00:01:58,619 --> 00:02:00,495 Don't you boys understand? 23 00:02:00,871 --> 00:02:04,291 Don't you know how bad I wanna see this team play? 24 00:02:04,291 --> 00:02:08,462 I wanna see this team play so fucking bad, I can taste it. 25 00:02:08,545 --> 00:02:10,297 Honest to Christ! 26 00:02:10,339 --> 00:02:13,342 You boys, the only joy I have right now is 27 00:02:13,342 --> 00:02:16,553 I only have to watch you guys play two more games. 28 00:02:17,554 --> 00:02:19,056 God damn it! 29 00:02:27,898 --> 00:02:29,066 Oh, man. 30 00:02:31,568 --> 00:02:34,237 All right, guys, let's start thinking about the game. 31 00:02:34,363 --> 00:02:36,865 Let's start thinking about what we're gonna do out there. 32 00:02:38,784 --> 00:02:43,038 I can't tell you how sick I am of basketball right now. 33 00:02:43,121 --> 00:02:44,831 I never thought I'd see the day 34 00:02:44,873 --> 00:02:48,001 when Western basketball is in the state it is right now. 35 00:02:49,461 --> 00:02:53,840 If I never see another game in my life, that's just fine by me. 36 00:02:58,095 --> 00:03:01,223 Dwayne, you can get through college half-assed. 37 00:03:02,391 --> 00:03:05,560 Richard, you can get through life half-assed. 38 00:03:05,602 --> 00:03:07,646 But I'll guarantee you boys one thing. 39 00:03:07,646 --> 00:03:11,483 Sure as hell, I'll guarantee you this. You cannot win half-assed! 40 00:03:13,151 --> 00:03:15,737 I wanna win this ball game! Let's go! 41 00:04:00,365 --> 00:04:01,408 Go! 42 00:04:20,010 --> 00:04:21,094 Yeah! 43 00:04:27,559 --> 00:04:29,102 Yeah! 44 00:04:44,409 --> 00:04:46,077 And welcome to the Dolphin Dome 45 00:04:46,077 --> 00:04:48,580 for tonight's game between the Texas Western Cowboys 46 00:04:48,580 --> 00:04:50,874 and the Western University Dolphins. 47 00:04:50,999 --> 00:04:53,543 Coach Pete Bell for Western iS on the hot seat. 48 00:04:53,710 --> 00:04:56,505 He's in danger of having his first losing season ever, 49 00:04:56,505 --> 00:05:00,258 but a victory tonight would ensure a winning season for Coach Pete Bell. 50 00:05:00,258 --> 00:05:03,804 It's gonna be tough, though, because Texas Western is tournament bound. 51 00:05:03,929 --> 00:05:06,014 They are well-coached by Rick Pitino. 52 00:05:06,014 --> 00:05:09,976 They've got a dynamic backcourt duo with Sam Crawford and Rex Walters, 53 00:05:10,060 --> 00:05:12,062 and they should get up-front court help 54 00:05:12,062 --> 00:05:14,064 from Chris Mills and George Lynch. 55 00:05:14,105 --> 00:05:16,733 It should be a great game. First-half action coming up. 56 00:05:21,238 --> 00:05:23,073 D-up, man. Play him up. 57 00:05:23,156 --> 00:05:25,325 Hands up, Hack. Deny those leads! 58 00:05:25,617 --> 00:05:27,452 Dwayne, pick up the ball! 59 00:05:27,994 --> 00:05:31,706 Hands up, baby. He's going to his left! 60 00:05:31,706 --> 00:05:33,250 Get in front of him. 61 00:05:34,709 --> 00:05:38,338 Two shots. Bounce it. Bounce it. Screen across. 62 00:05:38,338 --> 00:05:40,048 Pick him up, pick him up! 63 00:05:40,173 --> 00:05:42,425 -Play yourself, Mitch. -Help on the ball. 64 00:05:42,425 --> 00:05:43,760 Mitch, use your feet! 65 00:05:43,885 --> 00:05:46,054 -Come on, Ed. That's a foul. -Personal foul... 66 00:05:46,596 --> 00:05:49,975 Oh, for chrissakes! What the hell's the matter with you? 67 00:05:50,100 --> 00:05:51,977 God damn it, we're not moving the ball. 68 00:05:52,102 --> 00:05:55,230 Just standing around, for chrissake. Let's go to the four-man motion. 69 00:05:55,397 --> 00:05:56,982 If they go to their one man, 70 00:05:56,982 --> 00:05:59,943 don't worry about the big guy, he's not gonna handle it. 71 00:05:59,943 --> 00:06:04,739 Don't trap four and five. Only trap one, two and three. 72 00:06:08,702 --> 00:06:09,995 Take him to the hoop! 73 00:06:14,082 --> 00:06:17,252 -What the hell is this? -Great call. You're the best. 74 00:06:17,335 --> 00:06:20,422 What in the hell is this? Have you got blinders on tonight? 75 00:06:20,505 --> 00:06:23,049 I mean, you haven't made a call all night. 76 00:06:23,049 --> 00:06:24,134 Look out. 77 00:06:24,801 --> 00:06:26,344 That's why you're a good official. 78 00:06:27,804 --> 00:06:30,974 Now look, now look. Up and under, George. Up and under. 79 00:06:31,641 --> 00:06:34,185 Move, George, move. Move, George. 80 00:06:34,561 --> 00:06:38,356 -Nice move. We got it. -Stay with it. Stay with it! 81 00:06:39,524 --> 00:06:42,527 What the hell is that kind of a call? Explain that to me. 82 00:06:42,527 --> 00:06:44,946 You've got your last warning. You sit down. 83 00:06:44,946 --> 00:06:47,574 You've got your last warning. I'll ring you up. 84 00:06:47,574 --> 00:06:48,617 Horseshit! 85 00:06:49,242 --> 00:06:51,453 Get back, get back, get back! Full speed. 86 00:06:55,457 --> 00:06:57,000 Son of a bitch. 87 00:06:59,961 --> 00:07:01,046 Three. 88 00:07:02,714 --> 00:07:06,301 Now, now, now, now. There itis. 89 00:07:07,969 --> 00:07:09,763 Good job. Rebound, let's go! 90 00:07:10,555 --> 00:07:13,642 Go slow. Stay in it. Stay in it! 91 00:07:17,228 --> 00:07:19,397 They're getting tired. They're breaking down now. 92 00:07:19,397 --> 00:07:20,690 They are not in great shape. 93 00:07:22,567 --> 00:07:24,152 Come on, fill the lanes. Let's go. 94 00:07:24,527 --> 00:07:25,820 -George! -There itis. 95 00:07:25,820 --> 00:07:27,656 -Did you see that? -That's it, take away the middle. 96 00:07:27,697 --> 00:07:29,449 Dunk it. He fouled! Foul! 97 00:07:31,493 --> 00:07:33,578 Rebound it. Rebound it, yes! 98 00:07:35,497 --> 00:07:37,499 -Rotate. -Watch, he's coming! 99 00:07:40,126 --> 00:07:41,461 They foul me every time I get the ball. 100 00:07:41,461 --> 00:07:42,587 I don't give a shit! 101 00:07:42,754 --> 00:07:46,800 The tempo is ours. Go strong, Rick. 102 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:49,844 -He got killed. -Plug up the middle. Plug it up. 103 00:07:59,813 --> 00:08:02,399 Nigel, god damn it, get over on his left foot! 104 00:08:03,525 --> 00:08:05,777 Ray Charles could've made a better call, for chrissake. 105 00:08:05,902 --> 00:08:07,112 Call that in the box! 106 00:08:07,195 --> 00:08:08,989 You know he didn't touch him! 107 00:08:08,989 --> 00:08:10,407 -I'm here! -God damn it! 108 00:08:11,199 --> 00:08:12,492 He's over there! 109 00:08:12,951 --> 00:08:15,996 I didn't call it. I didn't call it! 110 00:08:16,663 --> 00:08:17,914 I swear to God... 111 00:08:20,792 --> 00:08:22,836 That's the third fucking time you did that! 112 00:08:22,836 --> 00:08:24,504 He was pushing off all the way-- 113 00:08:24,587 --> 00:08:26,131 He was not pushing. Are you blind? 114 00:08:26,131 --> 00:08:28,258 -What do you want me to do? -You son of a bitch! 115 00:08:30,301 --> 00:08:32,429 -You son of a bitch! -You son of a-- 116 00:08:32,595 --> 00:08:36,182 You get out of here! Get out of here! 117 00:08:36,766 --> 00:08:38,309 I got it! I got it! 118 00:08:38,309 --> 00:08:40,520 Am I wrong? Was I wrong or what? 119 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:42,939 -He had a different angle than you. -Bullshit! 120 00:08:42,939 --> 00:08:45,817 Am I wrong or what? Ah, piss it. 121 00:08:47,193 --> 00:08:50,947 Coach Bell is ejected from the arena. 122 00:09:08,423 --> 00:09:12,594 Yo, Coach. It's your friendly athletic director. 123 00:09:13,094 --> 00:09:14,679 Thought I'd better stop by 124 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:17,557 and officially comment on your behavior out there tonight. 125 00:09:17,682 --> 00:09:18,850 Well, god damn it, Vic. 126 00:09:18,850 --> 00:09:21,478 If I have to get on these kids as hard as I did tonight 127 00:09:21,478 --> 00:09:23,146 just to get them to play good, 128 00:09:23,146 --> 00:09:25,398 I don't know if I can take another goddamn game. 129 00:09:25,398 --> 00:09:28,193 Coach, relax, will you? It's the end of a long season. 130 00:09:28,193 --> 00:09:31,863 You know how it works. You'll feel better about it in the morning. 131 00:09:31,988 --> 00:09:35,492 There's no way in hell I'm gonna feel better about it in the morning. 132 00:09:35,492 --> 00:09:36,785 You know I'm gonna feel worse. 133 00:09:36,785 --> 00:09:38,870 I'm just gonna get angrier and angrier. 134 00:09:38,870 --> 00:09:41,581 Take all day. You'll feel better by tomorrow night. 135 00:09:41,623 --> 00:09:44,417 You know, if we keep losing, you're gonna be out of a job. 136 00:09:44,417 --> 00:09:46,169 Tell me something I don't know. 137 00:09:50,006 --> 00:09:53,635 My congratulations to Texas Western and their wonderful coaching staff. 138 00:09:53,635 --> 00:09:55,386 They played a terrific game. 139 00:09:56,221 --> 00:09:58,223 That's about all I have to say on that. 140 00:09:58,264 --> 00:10:01,684 Any questions, stupid or otherwise? All right, Allan? 141 00:10:01,851 --> 00:10:03,686 Yeah, Coach. We'd like to hear your side 142 00:10:03,770 --> 00:10:05,730 of the basketball-kicking incident. 143 00:10:07,023 --> 00:10:09,150 The basketball-kicking incident. 144 00:10:09,359 --> 00:10:11,611 Next question. Allan, you used up your question. 145 00:10:11,611 --> 00:10:13,655 That was stupid. Ed? 146 00:10:14,239 --> 00:10:16,783 Think it's fair to say that your inability to get the program 147 00:10:16,825 --> 00:10:19,828 back on track is strictly related to recruiting problems 148 00:10:19,869 --> 00:10:23,331 that started four years ago after the alleged point-shaving incident? 149 00:10:23,373 --> 00:10:25,959 How long you gonna keep this bullshit up, Ed? 150 00:10:26,626 --> 00:10:29,420 You know goddamn well there was no such incident. 151 00:10:29,420 --> 00:10:32,590 There was an alleged incident which you invented, 152 00:10:32,924 --> 00:10:36,136 in the same way that if I assert that you sleep with sheep, 153 00:10:36,177 --> 00:10:39,097 then it is alleged that you sleep with sheep! 154 00:10:39,138 --> 00:10:41,349 -That's out of line, Coach. -What do you mean? 155 00:10:41,349 --> 00:10:43,393 If you can't take the heat, get out of my face. 156 00:10:43,434 --> 00:10:45,645 You know nothing like that happened here. 157 00:10:45,728 --> 00:10:47,730 Listen, I didn't say that it happened. 158 00:10:47,772 --> 00:10:51,526 I merely asked you if you thought that the allegations hurt recruiting. 159 00:10:51,526 --> 00:10:52,861 I didn't say it happened. 160 00:10:52,902 --> 00:10:55,738 If this is the level of questions I'm gonna get here tonight, 161 00:10:55,738 --> 00:10:57,323 this press conference is over. 162 00:10:59,450 --> 00:11:00,702 He's a beauty, huh? 163 00:11:26,227 --> 00:11:27,478 Did you see the game? 164 00:11:27,562 --> 00:11:29,981 No rebounding. You got beat on the boards. 165 00:11:31,107 --> 00:11:32,734 Yeah, no rebounding. 166 00:11:33,526 --> 00:11:35,278 We're not aggressive enough. 167 00:11:35,862 --> 00:11:38,156 Actually, I thought the kids played their hearts out. 168 00:11:38,198 --> 00:11:40,366 Yeah, they did. They did the best they could. 169 00:11:40,992 --> 00:11:42,744 Don't put the game tapes in the VCR. 170 00:11:42,827 --> 00:11:43,953 I want to just... 171 00:11:43,953 --> 00:11:45,997 -We'll just watch this tonight. -Not tonight. 172 00:11:49,334 --> 00:11:50,460 All right. 173 00:11:50,710 --> 00:11:52,629 You should've pressured the guards more. 174 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:58,092 Yeah, we should've pressured their guards, but we're not quick enough. 175 00:11:58,092 --> 00:11:59,886 That's the good stuff, Coach. 176 00:11:59,886 --> 00:12:01,512 You're gonna drink like a fish, 177 00:12:01,512 --> 00:12:03,556 there's some cheap stuff in the kitchen. 178 00:12:04,933 --> 00:12:08,102 -Now you're trying to slow me down? -Always. 179 00:12:09,729 --> 00:12:11,773 -How was your day? -My day? 180 00:12:13,441 --> 00:12:16,778 I had 20 first-graders making valentines. 181 00:12:19,197 --> 00:12:24,077 -Yeah, hearts are tough to cut out. -Easier than pumpkins. 182 00:12:26,037 --> 00:12:27,956 Yeah, well... 183 00:12:34,921 --> 00:12:39,342 -Honey, you okay? -Yeah. 184 00:12:40,510 --> 00:12:41,803 You sure? 185 00:12:44,222 --> 00:12:47,684 Oh, that damn Ed Axe. He'll be in on the Daily News rider. 186 00:12:49,268 --> 00:12:53,439 He brought up the alleged incident again. 187 00:12:53,481 --> 00:12:55,024 That's bullshit. 188 00:12:56,734 --> 00:13:00,029 I'm looking at my first losing season. I just can't handle it. 189 00:13:00,071 --> 00:13:02,323 Think it's a bit much for a 50-year-old man 190 00:13:02,365 --> 00:13:05,118 to be kicking basketballs up into the stands? 191 00:13:05,159 --> 00:13:07,328 -I hope it didn't hit anybody. -No. 192 00:13:10,790 --> 00:13:13,876 I just... I don't do well with losing, do I? 193 00:13:13,918 --> 00:13:16,004 You've won two national championships. 194 00:13:16,045 --> 00:13:17,672 -Go on. -This is two more than 195 00:13:17,714 --> 00:13:19,299 most coaches dream of. 196 00:13:19,340 --> 00:13:22,635 You've won eight conference titles. I don't call this losing. 197 00:13:22,677 --> 00:13:25,722 You've got great kids. The cleanest program in America. 198 00:13:25,763 --> 00:13:26,931 They all graduate. 199 00:13:26,973 --> 00:13:30,059 You make a lot of money doing exactly what it is you wanna do. 200 00:13:30,101 --> 00:13:31,978 -I could go on and on. -No, do. Do. 201 00:13:32,020 --> 00:13:34,439 I'm not going to, because I'll get angry. 202 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:36,941 Do you like it when I'm angry because it turns you on? 203 00:13:36,983 --> 00:13:38,651 -You think it's sexy? -I do. 204 00:13:38,693 --> 00:13:40,320 -Do I look sexy? -Yes, you do. 205 00:13:40,361 --> 00:13:41,696 Wanna do a little one-on-one? 206 00:13:41,738 --> 00:13:42,780 -Yes. -No. 207 00:13:42,822 --> 00:13:45,700 -Can I stay here tonight? -No. 208 00:13:46,534 --> 00:13:48,703 -Oh, come on. What do you say? -No. Come on, let's go. 209 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:55,877 Come on, come on. Let's go. 210 00:14:09,223 --> 00:14:10,892 Why are we divorced, Jenny? 211 00:14:11,309 --> 00:14:13,102 Because you're impossible to live with. 212 00:14:13,144 --> 00:14:15,021 -Besides that. -Good night. 213 00:14:59,107 --> 00:15:03,111 So Texas Western 74, Western University 59. 214 00:15:03,152 --> 00:15:05,655 The Dolphins out of it, now at 500. 215 00:15:05,696 --> 00:15:08,783 And in danger of their first losing season under Pete Bell. 216 00:15:08,825 --> 00:15:11,869 In closing, it is time to tell Coach Petey Bell 217 00:15:11,911 --> 00:15:14,455 of the Western University Dolphins to take a hike. 218 00:15:14,497 --> 00:15:16,999 He has clearly lost the touch he once had. 219 00:15:17,041 --> 00:15:19,043 This year's team is the least disciplined, 220 00:15:19,085 --> 00:15:22,130 the least fundamentally sound squad we've seen in years, 221 00:15:22,171 --> 00:15:25,842 and his sideline antics are becoming boorish and embarrassing. 222 00:15:25,883 --> 00:15:29,887 To the alumni, to the chancellor, to the athletic director, Vic Roker, 223 00:15:29,929 --> 00:15:33,558 it is time to tell Coach Petey Bell to take a hike. 224 00:15:33,891 --> 00:15:37,436 Move it, move it, move it! Keep your spacing. 225 00:15:37,854 --> 00:15:40,064 All right. Keep your spacing there, Phil. 226 00:15:41,274 --> 00:15:43,359 Widen out. Where's the goddamn spacing? 227 00:15:44,402 --> 00:15:47,905 When I'm coming down here and I'm setting this screen, give it here. 228 00:15:47,947 --> 00:15:49,740 Lock him off. Lock him off! 229 00:15:49,824 --> 00:15:51,701 Don't get lazy on us. Come on, Rick! 230 00:15:51,868 --> 00:15:53,453 -Set it. -Roll, Tony! 231 00:15:54,036 --> 00:15:55,705 Tony, when you get on this screen, 232 00:15:55,705 --> 00:15:57,790 you've gotta get this foot locked here. 233 00:15:57,790 --> 00:16:01,252 If your footwork is here and this is open, you're trying to rotate, 234 00:16:01,377 --> 00:16:03,921 he's got all the room in the world. But if you lock here... 235 00:16:04,005 --> 00:16:06,465 Now try to go this way, Steve. See? 236 00:16:06,591 --> 00:16:08,676 But if you got this foot back, here, 237 00:16:08,676 --> 00:16:12,013 set the screen like this, now I'm trying to rotate, I can't get there. 238 00:16:12,138 --> 00:16:15,141 But if I set this foot in here and I rotate, I'm here. 239 00:16:15,266 --> 00:16:17,185 Tony, son, it's footwork. 240 00:16:17,310 --> 00:16:19,187 All right, let's go. Let's go. 241 00:16:19,854 --> 00:16:20,855 Got that? 242 00:16:21,772 --> 00:16:24,275 Spin and roll. Hit and spin. 243 00:16:24,275 --> 00:16:26,736 Move right to the basket. Come on, now. 244 00:16:27,236 --> 00:16:28,529 Free throws! 245 00:16:32,492 --> 00:16:35,453 -Tony! Tony, come here. -What's up, Coach? 246 00:16:35,453 --> 00:16:37,288 You've been looking down lately. What's going on? 247 00:16:37,330 --> 00:16:38,789 How you doing in your classes? 248 00:16:38,789 --> 00:16:41,626 -Well, I'm flunking a class. -You're flunking a class? What class? 249 00:16:41,626 --> 00:16:44,504 -TV. -TVV? How can you be flunking TV? 250 00:16:44,504 --> 00:16:47,006 Coach, that's a tough class. You don't just watch the tube. 251 00:16:47,548 --> 00:16:49,508 How's it going with that little girl? 252 00:16:49,508 --> 00:16:52,386 Man, she's cool. She's not pregnant after all. It's all right. 253 00:16:52,512 --> 00:16:54,597 Remember, you've got a responsibility there, 254 00:16:54,597 --> 00:16:56,349 so you take care of it, all right? 255 00:16:56,474 --> 00:16:58,392 -Go on back in. -All right, Coach. 256 00:16:58,518 --> 00:17:02,605 Mel, come here. Get a tutor for Tony for TV, all right? 257 00:17:03,147 --> 00:17:05,107 Freddie, take Tony. 258 00:17:05,107 --> 00:17:07,985 Take him to a pharmacy and get him some prophylactics. 259 00:17:07,985 --> 00:17:11,697 Coach! Come on, baby, what's wrong? Coach. 260 00:17:16,077 --> 00:17:19,163 When other teams used to come in and see these banners, 261 00:17:19,705 --> 00:17:21,415 it scared them to death. 262 00:17:22,917 --> 00:17:25,628 All these banners were worth, what, eight points anyway. 263 00:17:28,005 --> 00:17:31,133 But everything changes, huh? 264 00:17:31,175 --> 00:17:32,969 Everything changes, Coach. 265 00:17:33,010 --> 00:17:36,264 Yeah, there's very little in life that man's got a control over. 266 00:17:36,305 --> 00:17:37,807 Things just happen, 267 00:17:37,848 --> 00:17:40,518 so when you got a chance to make a statement, you gotta do it. 268 00:17:40,559 --> 00:17:42,311 We haven't been making a statement. 269 00:17:42,353 --> 00:17:43,980 When we were winning conference titles 270 00:17:44,021 --> 00:17:46,315 and going to the Final Four, we were making a statement. 271 00:17:46,774 --> 00:17:49,360 The kids are working as hard as they can, you know. 272 00:17:49,402 --> 00:17:51,320 They just don't have the talent. 273 00:17:51,362 --> 00:17:53,614 Yeah, well, I can't beat anybody with banners. 274 00:17:53,656 --> 00:17:55,700 I need players. I need horses. 275 00:17:56,826 --> 00:17:59,328 You got horses. What you need are thoroughbreds. 276 00:18:00,746 --> 00:18:04,208 Well, everybody in the country is buying these kids out of high school, 277 00:18:04,250 --> 00:18:08,546 giving them cars and money under the table, God knows what. 278 00:18:10,673 --> 00:18:12,133 Don't you ever miss? 279 00:18:14,385 --> 00:18:17,263 That's the idea of the game, put the ball in the hole. 280 00:18:19,974 --> 00:18:22,643 Two reasons I'm incapable of cheating. You wanna hear them? 281 00:18:22,685 --> 00:18:23,728 Tell me. 282 00:18:26,689 --> 00:18:28,357 One, if I break the rules 283 00:18:29,984 --> 00:18:32,778 and I get caught, I'll get kicked out of coaching. 284 00:18:34,071 --> 00:18:35,948 And what's the second reason? 285 00:18:37,033 --> 00:18:38,576 I might not get caught. 286 00:18:39,327 --> 00:18:41,495 Miss the goddamn ball once, will you? 287 00:18:42,413 --> 00:18:44,290 Jesus Christ. 288 00:18:47,793 --> 00:18:49,962 You can't even miss left-handed. 289 00:18:57,345 --> 00:18:59,263 All right, does anybody know what this is? 290 00:18:59,430 --> 00:19:00,848 -A heart. -That's what it is. 291 00:19:00,848 --> 00:19:03,017 It's a goddamn heart. That's what it is. 292 00:19:03,017 --> 00:19:06,103 I'm beginning to think there's some intelligence in this room. 293 00:19:06,187 --> 00:19:08,397 Now, if you guys show me you got one of these, 294 00:19:08,439 --> 00:19:10,566 we're gonna win this game tonight. 295 00:19:10,608 --> 00:19:13,027 -Tony, you got one of these? -Yes, sir. 296 00:19:13,027 --> 00:19:15,196 Tony, do you know what we're trying to do on defense, 297 00:19:15,196 --> 00:19:17,907 -how it triggers our transition game? -Yes, Sir. 298 00:19:17,948 --> 00:19:21,035 Do you think the entire team understands what we're trying to do? 299 00:19:21,077 --> 00:19:23,079 -Yes, Sir. -Good, because I'm holding you 300 00:19:23,120 --> 00:19:26,999 personally responsible for this whole team understanding this philosophy. 301 00:19:26,999 --> 00:19:29,460 -Do you accept that responsibility? -Yes, Sir. 302 00:19:33,672 --> 00:19:35,216 Phil, get in for Dwayne. 303 00:19:36,717 --> 00:19:40,096 Byron, come here. Nice pass, Tony. 304 00:19:47,228 --> 00:19:49,271 Good steal, Mitch. Good steal. 305 00:19:52,108 --> 00:19:54,735 Post him up, Richie. Post him up, baby. Post him up. 306 00:19:54,735 --> 00:19:55,986 Yeah, take him, take him. 307 00:19:56,904 --> 00:19:58,823 Nigel, get back! Full speed! 308 00:19:59,323 --> 00:20:02,410 Pick up the open man, Richard! Oh, shit! 309 00:20:06,914 --> 00:20:08,541 -Protect the ball! -Shit! 310 00:20:09,250 --> 00:20:11,168 Get your hands up. Man, come on. 311 00:20:23,389 --> 00:20:24,974 Have you given it any thought 312 00:20:25,015 --> 00:20:27,309 you may be 20 minutes away from your first losing season? 313 00:20:27,393 --> 00:20:29,103 These kids have played their heart out. 314 00:20:29,103 --> 00:20:30,938 I'm not answering that kind of bullshit. 315 00:20:30,980 --> 00:20:33,357 Don't mean to ruffle feathers. Good luck in the second half. 316 00:20:33,482 --> 00:20:35,609 -Pick up your man. -Move out on the ball! 317 00:20:36,986 --> 00:20:38,446 Move out on the ball! 318 00:20:43,784 --> 00:20:45,619 Pick up on the point guard in there. 319 00:20:45,619 --> 00:20:47,705 Make the point guard have to work in there. 320 00:20:47,788 --> 00:20:49,248 Whoever's got the point guard, 321 00:20:49,248 --> 00:20:52,710 pick him up high and keep him going to his left in there. 322 00:20:55,212 --> 00:20:57,006 Set her up, Tony. Nice move. 323 00:20:57,006 --> 00:21:00,801 -Take it. Take it, Tony. Take it. -Yeah, yeah, got you! 324 00:21:01,385 --> 00:21:04,764 All right! That's what we need. 325 00:21:06,849 --> 00:21:08,058 Better get them rebounds. 326 00:21:14,648 --> 00:21:16,567 Shot! Take the shot! 327 00:21:18,736 --> 00:21:20,571 Richard what are you doing? 328 00:21:22,865 --> 00:21:24,408 Come on, guys, come on. 329 00:21:26,327 --> 00:21:27,870 Lay it out, lay it out. 330 00:21:29,330 --> 00:21:30,498 Get back! Full speed! 331 00:21:30,623 --> 00:21:32,374 Somebody gonna block out Rogers? 332 00:21:33,167 --> 00:21:35,127 Somebody gonna block out Rogers tonight? 333 00:21:41,091 --> 00:21:42,468 Get around on him, Ricky! 334 00:21:42,635 --> 00:21:45,012 -Full speed! -Stop the ball! 335 00:21:49,183 --> 00:21:51,227 Come on, now. Don't quit on me. 336 00:22:16,502 --> 00:22:19,588 Okay. You call me, now. All right. 337 00:22:23,050 --> 00:22:26,595 Guys. Guys, listen up. Listen up. 338 00:22:27,179 --> 00:22:30,224 I just wanna thank you all again for a hell of a season. 339 00:22:30,724 --> 00:22:33,227 I want you to remember one thing, god damn it. 340 00:22:33,227 --> 00:22:36,146 When we leave this locker room, we're not losers. 341 00:22:36,230 --> 00:22:38,065 We're winners, okay? 342 00:22:39,692 --> 00:22:43,654 We're losers. We're an absolutely mediocre basketball team. 343 00:22:43,696 --> 00:22:45,823 But these kids are a great bunch of guys, Coach. 344 00:22:45,864 --> 00:22:47,324 I know they're a great bunch of guys, 345 00:22:47,366 --> 00:22:49,368 but not one of them can play basketball. 346 00:22:49,410 --> 00:22:51,996 Except Tony, and he's flunking TV. 347 00:22:52,454 --> 00:22:55,124 What the hell happened? How did we sink so low so fast? 348 00:22:55,708 --> 00:22:58,711 Kids are going east to play. They want the television exposure. 349 00:22:58,752 --> 00:23:00,588 That's part of it, Freddie, but god damn it, 350 00:23:00,629 --> 00:23:02,756 I think what it is is we've been sitting on our butt. 351 00:23:02,798 --> 00:23:04,550 We haven't been going out there. 352 00:23:04,592 --> 00:23:07,052 We expected the kids to come here out of tradition. 353 00:23:07,094 --> 00:23:08,804 That's not happening anymore. 354 00:23:08,846 --> 00:23:10,180 What happened to the Jones kid? 355 00:23:10,222 --> 00:23:12,725 -He was right in our own back yard. -Cedric Jones, I remember. 356 00:23:12,766 --> 00:23:15,102 -I had six meetings with his family. -What happened? 357 00:23:15,102 --> 00:23:16,937 We lost him to the East, to a bag of dough. 358 00:23:16,979 --> 00:23:20,482 I mean, come on, guys, maybe it's time we should start anteing up. 359 00:23:20,524 --> 00:23:23,819 No, god damn it. We ain't doing that. We ain't opening that Pandora's box. 360 00:23:23,861 --> 00:23:24,903 Ask Freddie. 361 00:23:24,945 --> 00:23:27,656 I don't recommend under-the-table recruiting. 362 00:23:27,656 --> 00:23:29,617 It's a personal hell you're letting yourselves in for. 363 00:23:29,658 --> 00:23:30,701 Let's get these guys. 364 00:23:30,743 --> 00:23:34,079 Let's get on the phones, and let's stay here all night if we got to. 365 00:23:34,204 --> 00:23:38,709 All right, tell us about Cornelius Brown, 6'7" power forward. 366 00:23:38,876 --> 00:23:40,544 By way of Pluto, he's a major head case. 367 00:23:40,544 --> 00:23:43,631 He can stick it from anywhere, I mean, I think he's committed 368 00:23:43,631 --> 00:23:46,592 to Western Nebraska with a phony job from an alumnus congressman. 369 00:23:46,592 --> 00:23:48,385 Okay. All right. Willy Hutchinson. 370 00:23:48,385 --> 00:23:52,181 We heard this guy was on the verge of signing a letter of intent to Eastern. 371 00:23:52,181 --> 00:23:54,642 And his old man's been seen driving a Mercedes-Benz 372 00:23:54,642 --> 00:23:56,644 -since the day he signed the letter. -Lot of rumors. 373 00:23:56,644 --> 00:23:58,771 There's a lot of rumors. Do yourselves a favor. 374 00:23:58,771 --> 00:24:01,899 Chop off the bottom eight names on your list. They are irrelevant. 375 00:24:01,899 --> 00:24:03,233 Top two guys are the ones you want. 376 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:09,073 -Okay, that's Butch McRae. Chicago? -Yeah, he's from St. Joseph's. 377 00:24:09,406 --> 00:24:12,576 And Ricky--Ricky Roe. We got him there. 378 00:24:13,202 --> 00:24:15,371 -6'8" power forward. -The Butch and Ricky show. 379 00:24:15,371 --> 00:24:18,749 You get those two guys, you are in the Final Four next year. 380 00:25:36,827 --> 00:25:39,580 What do you think, guys? He looks pretty good, huh, Tark? 381 00:25:39,621 --> 00:25:42,249 Great player, but I don't think we can get him in academically. 382 00:25:42,291 --> 00:25:44,376 -You don't think so? -I don't think so. 383 00:25:48,213 --> 00:25:50,924 -What do you think? -I don't think he can play for you. 384 00:25:50,966 --> 00:25:52,593 -You don't? -Too many bad shots. 385 00:25:52,634 --> 00:25:54,678 -Can he play for you? -Well, maybe. 386 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:56,221 That's what I figured. 387 00:25:56,263 --> 00:25:57,848 I hear his mother's a pain in the ass. 388 00:25:57,848 --> 00:25:59,224 His mother's a pain in the ass. 389 00:25:59,266 --> 00:26:01,685 What has he got? He's got 27 points now? 390 00:26:07,483 --> 00:26:08,859 You guys looking for Rhodes scholars? 391 00:26:08,901 --> 00:26:10,819 Yeah, Rhodes scholars who can dunk. 392 00:26:12,738 --> 00:26:13,947 -Coach Pete. -Yes. 393 00:26:13,947 --> 00:26:16,033 -Tell Father Dawkins I'm here? -I sure will. 394 00:26:16,075 --> 00:26:18,577 And we can send these ugly guys home. 395 00:26:18,911 --> 00:26:21,205 Father Dawkins, Coach Pete is here. 396 00:26:30,714 --> 00:26:32,174 There's blood in the water. 397 00:26:32,174 --> 00:26:34,301 Must be a point guard on the block around here somewhere. 398 00:26:35,219 --> 00:26:37,054 All right, gentlemen, what am I bid? 399 00:26:37,096 --> 00:26:39,056 Give me $50 for this strapping young boy. 400 00:26:39,056 --> 00:26:41,683 Seventeen and getting bigger every day. 401 00:26:42,100 --> 00:26:43,602 Dig deep in your pockets, gentlemen. 402 00:26:43,644 --> 00:26:46,355 They say he's a potential all-American. 403 00:26:46,396 --> 00:26:49,358 And he can read and write. The boy can actually read and write. 404 00:26:49,358 --> 00:26:53,195 He got 1,250 on his SATs. He ain't no problem, either. 405 00:26:53,195 --> 00:26:55,656 His name ain't Abdul Ahmad X or nothing like that. 406 00:26:55,697 --> 00:26:57,908 The boy's actual name is Butch. 407 00:26:57,950 --> 00:27:00,202 With a name like that, he ought to have him some freckles. 408 00:27:00,244 --> 00:27:03,705 Now, what am I bid, gentlemen? Dig deep in your pockets. Dig deep! 409 00:27:08,293 --> 00:27:10,879 Hey, Pete, step inside. 410 00:27:14,299 --> 00:27:15,717 We're in trouble. 411 00:27:15,717 --> 00:27:17,636 -I think we're in trouble. -Yeah. 412 00:27:17,678 --> 00:27:21,306 -How's Tony? -Tony's fine. Tony's fine. 413 00:27:21,890 --> 00:27:24,351 -Is he going to class? -Yeah, he's going to class. 414 00:27:24,351 --> 00:27:26,270 He's trying. It's a struggle, though. 415 00:27:27,104 --> 00:27:29,273 I love him, but if he flunks, he deserves it. 416 00:27:29,273 --> 00:27:30,566 I'm not gonna let him flunk. 417 00:27:30,732 --> 00:27:32,651 You're here because of Butch McRae, aren't you? 418 00:27:32,651 --> 00:27:35,779 Yeah. Yeah. He's something, huh? 419 00:27:35,779 --> 00:27:38,490 Yeah, he's the best we've had. And he's smart too. 420 00:27:38,490 --> 00:27:41,201 He's got his head screwed on straight. Doesn't make any mistakes. 421 00:27:41,285 --> 00:27:43,745 -His father's not around, right? -No. 422 00:27:44,580 --> 00:27:46,456 I hear his mother is a piece of work. 423 00:27:47,791 --> 00:27:49,459 She's a powerful piece of work. 424 00:27:50,586 --> 00:27:53,964 I hear she wants money. She wants money just to talk. 425 00:27:54,006 --> 00:27:56,508 She only charges the schools she doesn't like. 426 00:27:57,092 --> 00:27:58,802 Well, did she like us? 427 00:27:58,844 --> 00:28:00,721 She likes your science department better than 428 00:28:00,762 --> 00:28:02,472 she likes your basketball program. 429 00:28:02,556 --> 00:28:04,975 I don't blame her. Science department got a better record. 430 00:28:05,017 --> 00:28:06,977 I can get her to waive the grand, 431 00:28:08,228 --> 00:28:12,691 but if you try to bullshit Lavada McRae, she will eat you alive. 432 00:28:30,500 --> 00:28:32,127 -Coach Bell. -Mrs. McRae. 433 00:28:32,169 --> 00:28:34,796 Lavada McRae. You have any trouble finding us? 434 00:28:34,838 --> 00:28:36,715 No. No problem whatsoever. 435 00:28:38,091 --> 00:28:39,426 -Come on in. -All right. 436 00:28:41,178 --> 00:28:42,346 This is my son, Butch. 437 00:28:42,346 --> 00:28:44,765 -Good to meet you. -Thanks a lot. A pleasure to meet you. 438 00:28:44,806 --> 00:28:46,683 -Wonderful game. -Thanks. 439 00:28:46,725 --> 00:28:49,228 This is my mother, Miss Dorothy. 440 00:28:49,645 --> 00:28:51,647 How do you do? It's good to meet you. 441 00:28:51,647 --> 00:28:54,733 -My daughter Qiana. -Hello, Qiana, how are you? 442 00:28:54,816 --> 00:28:58,946 -My baby, Britney. This is Alicia. -All right, Britney. 443 00:28:58,946 --> 00:29:01,573 -That's Alicia. -Alicia, good to meet you. 444 00:29:01,573 --> 00:29:03,492 Britney, it's good to meet you. 445 00:29:04,117 --> 00:29:05,744 It's nice to meet you too. 446 00:29:05,786 --> 00:29:08,664 Mrs. McRae, your children are well-mannered. 447 00:29:08,705 --> 00:29:10,874 That's good Catholic upbringing. 448 00:29:11,208 --> 00:29:14,336 -You know what, I'm Catholic too. -I'm not. 449 00:29:15,754 --> 00:29:17,297 I just send them all to St. Joseph's 450 00:29:17,339 --> 00:29:19,591 because priest and nuns don't take no shit. 451 00:29:20,133 --> 00:29:22,177 Butch, is there anything you wanna ask Mr. Bell? 452 00:29:22,678 --> 00:29:26,181 I don't know, Mom, L.A.? L.A. is a long ways from here. 453 00:29:26,181 --> 00:29:28,392 -Yes, itis. -That's part of going to school. 454 00:29:28,392 --> 00:29:31,520 Getting away from home, meeting new friends. 455 00:29:31,561 --> 00:29:34,648 We'd love you to come out to Western and visit the campus. 456 00:29:34,648 --> 00:29:37,276 I don't know, Coach. I'll think about it. 457 00:29:37,317 --> 00:29:39,987 I'm kind of scared to take the college courses. 458 00:29:40,946 --> 00:29:42,281 That's normal, Butch. 459 00:29:42,322 --> 00:29:45,075 I mean, Dr. George Howe, the head of our science department, 460 00:29:45,117 --> 00:29:47,536 he's world-famous. He loves basketball. 461 00:29:47,536 --> 00:29:50,289 Are you implying that classes are rigged for athletes? 462 00:29:51,373 --> 00:29:56,336 Mrs. McRae, my players take real classes. 463 00:29:56,378 --> 00:29:58,005 My players do graduate. 464 00:29:58,380 --> 00:30:01,591 I think the thing that I wanted to ask you is, will I start next year? 465 00:30:01,633 --> 00:30:04,219 Well, you'll get the opportunity to start, Butch. 466 00:30:04,261 --> 00:30:07,723 I mean, our whole offense is gonna be geared around the point guard. 467 00:30:07,764 --> 00:30:11,226 And that's the position we'd love you to come in and play. 468 00:30:11,310 --> 00:30:13,770 I've been doing some thinking about this, and... 469 00:30:16,690 --> 00:30:19,484 Let me show you. Mrs. McRae, do you mind if I do this? 470 00:30:19,484 --> 00:30:22,029 Kids, come on over here. I got something. 471 00:30:22,029 --> 00:30:25,032 You guys are gonna have a lot of fun. Stand right here for a second. 472 00:30:25,407 --> 00:30:28,744 Can I use this lamp? Is this lamp... Yeah, it's on an extension cord. 473 00:30:28,827 --> 00:30:31,246 Grandma, can you come on over and help us? 474 00:30:31,288 --> 00:30:34,333 Yeah, come on over here. I want you to guard this chair. 475 00:30:34,333 --> 00:30:36,918 Now, put your arms out like you're guarding. 476 00:30:37,002 --> 00:30:40,088 Qiana, I want you to guard this lamp right here. 477 00:30:40,172 --> 00:30:41,923 Come on. This will be fun. This will be fun. 478 00:30:41,923 --> 00:30:43,425 You're the off guard. 479 00:30:43,508 --> 00:30:47,054 This pillow, this is the ball. Here you go, Butch. 480 00:30:47,179 --> 00:30:49,890 Okay, you pass it to your mom over there. That's it. 481 00:30:49,890 --> 00:30:51,683 Now, you pass it him, Mrs. McRae. 482 00:30:51,683 --> 00:30:54,102 Pass to Butch. Pass the ball over here. 483 00:30:54,102 --> 00:30:57,272 Butch, you cut around right there. Throw it in to your brother. 484 00:30:57,731 --> 00:31:01,234 -Lay in it there. Beautiful. -Yes. Beautiful. 485 00:31:03,445 --> 00:31:06,365 -I have a family to consider. -Oh, of course. Of course. 486 00:31:06,907 --> 00:31:10,243 And if Butch chooses to become a Dolphin, 487 00:31:10,368 --> 00:31:14,998 I plan on moving to a new and better job. I have references. 488 00:31:14,998 --> 00:31:16,750 Well, there are rules. 489 00:31:16,792 --> 00:31:19,586 I would also like a house with a lawn. 490 00:31:19,628 --> 00:31:21,755 My children have never had a lawn. 491 00:31:21,755 --> 00:31:25,759 Mrs. McRae, do you know how the NCSA regulations work? 492 00:31:26,551 --> 00:31:31,098 Mr. Bell, I don't know a great deal about basketball, but I do know this. 493 00:31:31,848 --> 00:31:35,936 A foul is not a foul unless the referee blows his whistle. 494 00:31:36,353 --> 00:31:39,397 Mrs. McRae, do you really want your son to start out life 495 00:31:39,439 --> 00:31:41,817 by learning how to bend and break the rules? 496 00:31:42,526 --> 00:31:46,571 What's he gonna be when he grows up, and then he's out in the world? 497 00:31:46,613 --> 00:31:50,075 Now he's responsible and the leader of other young men. 498 00:31:50,951 --> 00:31:52,452 What's he gonna become? 499 00:31:53,662 --> 00:31:54,913 A millionaire? 500 00:32:56,099 --> 00:32:58,768 A white farm boy with a basketball? 501 00:32:59,060 --> 00:33:02,647 Oh, I don't know, son. I don't think you're ever gonna make it. 502 00:33:02,647 --> 00:33:05,442 Can't run, can't jump, bad back, pathetic. 503 00:33:05,442 --> 00:33:07,402 -How's it going? -I'm doing good, Larry. 504 00:33:07,402 --> 00:33:09,738 I was just driving around, I was in the neighborhood. 505 00:33:09,779 --> 00:33:10,864 I thought I'd stop by. 506 00:33:10,864 --> 00:33:12,949 Yeah, you and every other coach in the country. 507 00:33:13,408 --> 00:33:16,369 Well, all those years I spoke for free at your basketball camp, 508 00:33:16,369 --> 00:33:18,163 those stock tips I gave you? 509 00:33:18,163 --> 00:33:19,915 Cut the B.S., Petey. What do you want? 510 00:33:19,915 --> 00:33:21,791 -Ricky Roe. You know him? -Yeah. 511 00:33:21,791 --> 00:33:23,877 -Will you call him for me? -When? 512 00:33:23,877 --> 00:33:25,962 -Whenever you got time. -Let's go. 513 00:33:34,137 --> 00:33:35,555 -Hello. -Hi. 514 00:33:35,555 --> 00:33:39,184 -Welcome to French Lick, Mr. Bell. -Thank you, thank you very much. 515 00:33:39,184 --> 00:33:41,061 -How are you, Mr. Roe? -Fine. Fine. 516 00:33:41,102 --> 00:33:42,270 You can call me Pete. 517 00:33:42,270 --> 00:33:44,606 I'd just as soon keep it businesslike, if you don't mind. 518 00:33:44,606 --> 00:33:47,067 -My wife, Lucille. -Hello, Lucille, how are you? 519 00:33:47,108 --> 00:33:48,652 -My son, Ricky. -Hi, Ricky. 520 00:33:48,652 --> 00:33:50,237 -What's up, Coach? -Come on in. 521 00:33:52,864 --> 00:33:55,825 Dear Lord, we thank you for the blessings you've given to us. 522 00:33:55,867 --> 00:33:57,327 We thank you for this food, 523 00:33:57,327 --> 00:33:59,246 please bless it to the nourishment of our bodies 524 00:33:59,287 --> 00:34:02,707 and our bodies to thy service. These things we ask in Christ's name, amen. 525 00:34:02,958 --> 00:34:04,042 Amen. 526 00:34:04,876 --> 00:34:08,255 Well, this looks wonderful. Oh, meat loaf, great. 527 00:34:09,130 --> 00:34:11,925 So, what direction do you see your college studies taking you, Ricky? 528 00:34:12,467 --> 00:34:14,678 Actually, I haven't given it much thought. 529 00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:17,973 There's no reason you have to decide now, you have plenty of time. 530 00:34:18,056 --> 00:34:19,766 He'd like to take over the farm someday. 531 00:34:19,766 --> 00:34:22,060 -I would? -Yes, you would. 532 00:34:22,519 --> 00:34:25,188 The truth is, I haven't even decided if I wanna go to college at all. 533 00:34:26,731 --> 00:34:28,567 Well, what are you interested in? 534 00:34:29,150 --> 00:34:31,111 You really wanna know what I'm interested in? 535 00:34:31,111 --> 00:34:32,362 -Yeah. -Girls. 536 00:34:34,030 --> 00:34:36,074 It's girls and just playing basketball, you know. 537 00:34:36,116 --> 00:34:37,909 -Girls and hoops. -Those are good interests. 538 00:34:37,909 --> 00:34:39,703 -Yeah, yeah, yeah. -You know? 539 00:34:39,744 --> 00:34:41,579 Ricky, let me tell you something. 540 00:34:41,579 --> 00:34:44,583 You know, you got an opportunity to use your basketball skills 541 00:34:44,583 --> 00:34:47,877 to get into school, and you gotta take that opportunity. 542 00:34:47,877 --> 00:34:50,589 Now, don't get me wrong, we got a lot of girls at Western. 543 00:34:50,589 --> 00:34:53,383 -Hell, we got a million of them. -They'd like what I can do out there. 544 00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:56,553 I think I could go out to California and just, you know, 545 00:34:56,553 --> 00:34:57,887 show them what I got out there. 546 00:34:57,887 --> 00:35:00,432 Well, take this opportunity, get your education, 547 00:35:00,432 --> 00:35:02,601 you know, even if you don't come to Western. 548 00:35:02,601 --> 00:35:05,520 You know, the girls are gonna wait. They'll be there. 549 00:35:10,442 --> 00:35:12,610 -Boy can shoot. -Yes, he can. 550 00:35:14,404 --> 00:35:16,114 But does he wanna go to college? 551 00:35:17,282 --> 00:35:18,575 Oh, yeah. 552 00:35:19,826 --> 00:35:21,870 And I still have some influence over that. 553 00:35:23,872 --> 00:35:26,333 You know, it's a very funny thing. 554 00:35:27,417 --> 00:35:31,212 A lot of coaches have been by here, asking me what I needed. 555 00:35:32,255 --> 00:35:36,092 I told them I need a new tractor. Look at that thing over there. 556 00:35:36,259 --> 00:35:39,763 Old Farmall, 44 years old this month. 557 00:35:40,764 --> 00:35:43,433 Hard work making it with a small farm anymore. 558 00:35:43,808 --> 00:35:45,435 All them big combines. 559 00:35:46,811 --> 00:35:49,189 -Tractor, huh? -Yeah. 560 00:35:49,189 --> 00:35:50,690 Now, I didn't ask for nothing. 561 00:35:51,316 --> 00:35:54,778 I just keep getting offered farm equipment by this school and that. 562 00:35:55,945 --> 00:35:58,990 Whether it's bending the rules or not, don't bother me none, 563 00:35:59,074 --> 00:36:01,659 because they ain't my rules. 564 00:36:01,659 --> 00:36:04,829 So, what you're saying is, somebody's gonna give you a tractor? 565 00:36:05,997 --> 00:36:07,707 That's what I'm saying. 566 00:36:09,167 --> 00:36:13,922 Well, I want my boy, if he was to decide to go on to college, 567 00:36:14,547 --> 00:36:17,050 to be with a coach that's gonna watch over him. 568 00:36:18,176 --> 00:36:20,345 Well, maybe it's time to let him go a little. 569 00:36:21,513 --> 00:36:27,394 Maybe. But in that case, I'd like him to be with someone who's a... 570 00:36:28,937 --> 00:36:31,189 Well, a churchgoing type. 571 00:36:32,565 --> 00:36:37,445 Well, for whatever it's worth, Mr. Roe, I was raised a Baptist. 572 00:36:39,489 --> 00:36:41,533 First Baptist or Southern Baptist? 573 00:36:43,868 --> 00:36:45,745 First Baptist, of course. 574 00:36:47,997 --> 00:36:50,208 Well, thank the good Lord, Pete. 575 00:36:51,543 --> 00:36:54,462 We don't think too much of Southern Baptists around here, 576 00:36:55,463 --> 00:36:56,798 if you catch my drift. 577 00:37:08,810 --> 00:37:10,019 Hi! 578 00:37:11,896 --> 00:37:13,064 And now a special treat. 579 00:37:13,565 --> 00:37:16,735 Riding with our own Ricky Roe is the grand marshal of the parade, 580 00:37:17,569 --> 00:37:19,696 the man who went from the Blackhawk black, 581 00:37:19,696 --> 00:37:22,490 white and gold to the clover green of the Boston Celtics, 582 00:37:23,074 --> 00:37:25,618 French Lick's very own Larry Bird. 583 00:37:25,910 --> 00:37:28,288 Let's give them all a big French Lick welcome. 584 00:37:57,650 --> 00:38:00,653 -Welcome home, Coach. -Slick. What are you doing here? 585 00:38:00,695 --> 00:38:02,155 -Waiting for you, Pete. -Me? 586 00:38:02,197 --> 00:38:04,616 Because I got a hot one for you, baby, come here. 587 00:38:04,657 --> 00:38:06,951 And you're telling me nobody's ever heard of this guy? 588 00:38:06,993 --> 00:38:08,495 I've been watching him for a while. 589 00:38:08,536 --> 00:38:10,371 Kid never even played ball in high school. 590 00:38:10,371 --> 00:38:12,081 He went into the Army, played in Europe. 591 00:38:12,123 --> 00:38:14,167 He grew eight inches in two years. 592 00:38:14,209 --> 00:38:16,002 He got too big for Army regulations. 593 00:38:16,044 --> 00:38:17,921 And he played a little JC ball in New Mexico. 594 00:38:17,962 --> 00:38:21,549 But when he finally stopped growing, he got all his coordination back. 595 00:38:21,591 --> 00:38:25,136 He showed up at a gym recently with some pros, kicked butt bigtime. 596 00:38:25,178 --> 00:38:26,721 Why are you bringing him to me? 597 00:38:27,138 --> 00:38:29,891 Even though this kid is still a project with a lot of rough edges, 598 00:38:29,933 --> 00:38:32,143 I know your program's so screwed up right now, 599 00:38:32,185 --> 00:38:34,062 my boy will move into the starting lineup. 600 00:38:34,103 --> 00:38:35,772 You wanna take a plane ride to meet him? 601 00:38:35,813 --> 00:38:37,357 -Plane ride? -See if I'm right? 602 00:38:37,398 --> 00:38:38,942 -Where is he at? -Algiers. 603 00:38:39,234 --> 00:38:40,485 Algiers? 604 00:39:06,678 --> 00:39:08,680 -For chrissake. -Oh, come on. 605 00:39:08,721 --> 00:39:10,640 This guy better pan out, or I tell you, 606 00:39:10,682 --> 00:39:14,394 you're never gonna come to any more games at Western, god damn it, Slick. 607 00:40:05,403 --> 00:40:07,363 Did you see that? He went... 608 00:40:11,618 --> 00:40:14,954 He ain't just big, Pete, he's quick, he's got big hands. 609 00:40:15,079 --> 00:40:16,748 Watch how he moves away from the ball. 610 00:40:17,248 --> 00:40:20,335 He's totally raw. He's never been coached. 611 00:40:22,837 --> 00:40:24,255 Jesus Christ. 612 00:40:26,257 --> 00:40:29,677 Oh, man. I'm not gonna bullshit you, Pete. 613 00:40:29,719 --> 00:40:31,638 He ain't no brain surgeon, all right? 614 00:40:31,638 --> 00:40:34,933 Took the SAT recently, scored 520 out of a possible 1,600. 615 00:40:35,099 --> 00:40:39,145 5207 You get 400 for just spelling your name correctly. 616 00:40:39,145 --> 00:40:41,314 That's it. He messed up on his name. 617 00:40:47,695 --> 00:40:49,197 Slick, what up, man? 618 00:40:49,197 --> 00:40:51,366 Coach Bell, Neon Bodeaux. 619 00:40:51,366 --> 00:40:53,534 -Hey, bro, how you doing? -Fine. 620 00:40:53,660 --> 00:40:55,995 Neon, did you ever think about going to college? 621 00:40:55,995 --> 00:40:57,580 I thought about it a few times. 622 00:40:57,580 --> 00:41:00,625 All right, there's a thing called Proposition 48, 623 00:41:00,667 --> 00:41:04,379 which says that if your grades aren't up to par, you can take the SATS, 624 00:41:04,420 --> 00:41:07,298 and if you score 700 or more, you can get into college. 625 00:41:07,382 --> 00:41:09,217 Would you be willing to take the test again? 626 00:41:09,258 --> 00:41:11,094 I don't know. Them tests are culturally biased. 627 00:41:11,094 --> 00:41:15,723 Everything is culturally biased, Neon. I'm just trying to get you in college. 628 00:41:15,723 --> 00:41:18,267 If I couldn't play basketball, would you be trying to get me in college? 629 00:41:21,187 --> 00:41:23,231 -No. -At least you're honest. 630 00:41:28,027 --> 00:41:31,280 -What kind of church is this? -Assemblies of God. 631 00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:34,534 Pentecostal? Hell, I grew up in the Pentecostal Church. 632 00:41:45,712 --> 00:41:48,339 I promise you boys this, if you come to Western University 633 00:41:48,339 --> 00:41:51,342 you will enjoy the finest athletic facilities in the country. 634 00:41:51,467 --> 00:41:55,471 We got 45,000 students, 60 percent of them are girls, Ricky. 635 00:41:55,638 --> 00:41:57,724 Sports are a way of life here. 636 00:41:57,724 --> 00:42:01,644 Football team's been in the top 10 consistently for the last 20 years. 637 00:42:01,728 --> 00:42:04,647 Baseball team is in the College World Series this year. 638 00:42:04,689 --> 00:42:06,274 Track-and-field team... 639 00:42:06,274 --> 00:42:09,986 Track-and-field team, eight gold medals in the last Summer Olympics. 640 00:42:10,027 --> 00:42:12,280 And look at this weather. I mean, look at this. 641 00:42:12,280 --> 00:42:13,531 No more cold weather. 642 00:42:13,698 --> 00:42:14,991 Beats the hell out of those cold, 643 00:42:15,116 --> 00:42:17,660 harsh winter nights in Chicago and Indiana, right? 644 00:42:17,702 --> 00:42:20,163 I mean, look at this. There it is, gentlemen. 645 00:42:20,663 --> 00:42:23,291 Students used to wait all night long just to get tickets. 646 00:42:23,332 --> 00:42:26,169 -Be back in a minute. -We're on the verge of that again. 647 00:42:26,294 --> 00:42:29,630 Have you gentlemen ever heard 15,000 people cheering for you? 648 00:42:29,630 --> 00:42:31,424 -Of course, all the time. -All the time. 649 00:42:31,507 --> 00:42:33,134 Twenty. About every game. 650 00:42:49,942 --> 00:42:51,444 Ladies and gentlemen, 651 00:42:51,486 --> 00:42:54,322 the starting lineup for the Western University Dolphins. 652 00:42:56,616 --> 00:43:00,661 At guard, 6-foot-9, from Chicago, Illinois, 653 00:43:00,703 --> 00:43:04,499 number 22, Butch McRae. 654 00:43:04,540 --> 00:43:10,296 At forward, from Indiana, 6-foot-11 inches, number 42, 655 00:43:10,338 --> 00:43:12,799 Ricky Roe. 656 00:43:14,509 --> 00:43:18,096 And from New Orleans, at center, number 50, 657 00:43:18,137 --> 00:43:24,185 standing 7-foot 4-inches tall, Neon Bodeaux. 658 00:43:28,064 --> 00:43:30,274 Hey, that's great, Coach, but I'm not 6'9". 659 00:43:30,733 --> 00:43:32,610 -I'm no 6'11" either. -I am 7'4". 660 00:43:32,652 --> 00:43:33,903 You are 7'4". 661 00:43:34,028 --> 00:43:37,156 Listen to me, guys, that's how tall you're gonna be when you play here. 662 00:43:37,657 --> 00:43:41,494 When I first came to this land 663 00:43:41,661 --> 00:43:45,706 I was not a wealthy man 664 00:43:45,748 --> 00:43:48,209 So I built myself a shack 665 00:43:48,209 --> 00:43:50,503 Hey. Jenny. Jenny. 666 00:43:50,545 --> 00:43:53,422 I did what I could 667 00:43:53,422 --> 00:43:54,507 Neon. 668 00:43:54,507 --> 00:43:58,010 And I called my shack Break my back 669 00:43:58,010 --> 00:44:00,346 That's Jenny right there. She's the greatest tutor. 670 00:44:00,346 --> 00:44:02,515 But the land was sweet and good 671 00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:05,852 I did what I could 672 00:44:07,895 --> 00:44:09,605 Great, that was so good. 673 00:44:09,605 --> 00:44:12,775 We'll do it again in a minute, and you can play for a while I Spy. 674 00:44:12,817 --> 00:44:14,569 Good. Really, really good. Great. 675 00:44:14,569 --> 00:44:17,113 -Jenny, I want you to meet someone. -No way. No way. 676 00:44:17,113 --> 00:44:18,614 No, this is Neon Bodeaux. 677 00:44:18,614 --> 00:44:20,449 -Neon, nice to meet you. -Nice to meet you. 678 00:44:20,533 --> 00:44:21,659 I am very sorry, Neon, 679 00:44:21,659 --> 00:44:24,787 but I haven't tutored college students in years, not since Tony. 680 00:44:24,787 --> 00:44:26,998 That's what you're about to ask for, isn't it? 681 00:44:27,081 --> 00:44:28,457 Greatest tutor in the conference. 682 00:44:28,499 --> 00:44:31,669 The '84 team, she got the whole front line into school. 683 00:44:31,752 --> 00:44:34,547 And I kept them in school for four years, but that was then, Neon. 684 00:44:34,630 --> 00:44:38,676 Jenny, this is special. This is unusual. 685 00:44:40,553 --> 00:44:42,179 Can he play with the kids? 686 00:44:43,306 --> 00:44:45,349 -Neon, go play with the kids. -Yeah, go on. 687 00:44:45,933 --> 00:44:47,435 -You sure? -Yes. 688 00:44:47,560 --> 00:44:49,020 Okay. Thank you. 689 00:44:49,645 --> 00:44:51,063 Look at him, what do you think? 690 00:44:51,063 --> 00:44:53,399 I've never seen anything like this guy. 691 00:44:53,482 --> 00:44:55,026 -This guy is phenomenal. -Outrageous. 692 00:44:55,151 --> 00:44:57,153 What happened to Butch McRae and Ricky Roe? 693 00:44:57,236 --> 00:45:00,281 -Well, I'm working on them. -I never heard of Neon Bodreaux. 694 00:45:00,281 --> 00:45:02,617 Bodeaux. Bodeaux. Neon Bodeaux. Nobody has. 695 00:45:02,617 --> 00:45:04,160 He's a project, like Tony. 696 00:45:04,160 --> 00:45:07,121 Look, you got Tony admitted, and look how wonderful he's doing. 697 00:45:07,163 --> 00:45:08,915 I thought Tony was flunking TV. 698 00:45:08,915 --> 00:45:12,335 Well, he's having a little trouble, but that's a tough class. 699 00:45:12,335 --> 00:45:14,212 You know, you don't just watch the tube. 700 00:45:17,673 --> 00:45:19,759 Neon, please try and not step on the children. 701 00:45:20,259 --> 00:45:21,510 Okay, all right. 702 00:45:23,179 --> 00:45:26,098 Jenny, come here. Come here, come here. Now, listen. 703 00:45:26,182 --> 00:45:30,102 Listen, I found this kid in the sticks in New Orleans, okay? 704 00:45:30,728 --> 00:45:34,273 He's had a tragic life. I mean, his father was a gar fisherman. 705 00:45:34,273 --> 00:45:37,485 He had a boating accident, he got eaten by an alligator. 706 00:45:37,485 --> 00:45:38,861 I know that sounds funny, 707 00:45:38,861 --> 00:45:40,780 but he doesn't have any relatives or a sister. 708 00:45:40,780 --> 00:45:42,365 Nobody knows what happened to his mother. 709 00:45:42,406 --> 00:45:43,741 Oh, cut the crap, Pete. 710 00:45:45,743 --> 00:45:48,454 -Can he rebound? -He's the next Olajuwon. 711 00:45:48,496 --> 00:45:51,415 -What are his SATs? -Six... 712 00:45:51,415 --> 00:45:52,500 -Pete. -520. 713 00:45:52,500 --> 00:45:55,294 -Oh, God. -Those tests are culturally biased. 714 00:45:55,294 --> 00:45:58,756 -Oh, now you're a sociologist? -Oh, just this once, Jenny. 715 00:45:58,839 --> 00:46:01,300 You know, I'll never ask you again, please? 716 00:46:01,634 --> 00:46:05,012 He is incredible. He can rebound, huh? 717 00:46:05,054 --> 00:46:07,890 Look at him. He owns the paint. 718 00:46:08,266 --> 00:46:09,308 -For you? -Yeah. 719 00:46:09,350 --> 00:46:10,559 No. 720 00:46:11,769 --> 00:46:14,230 For Neon, maybe. 721 00:46:15,690 --> 00:46:18,943 For Tony, yes. 722 00:46:20,027 --> 00:46:21,570 Maybe I'd like to see Tony have a little help 723 00:46:21,570 --> 00:46:23,072 on the boards his senior year. 724 00:46:23,155 --> 00:46:24,865 -That's just-- -Don't you kiss me. 725 00:46:25,032 --> 00:46:26,784 -All right, I'm sorry. -This is not for you. 726 00:46:26,784 --> 00:46:28,202 It's for the ball club. 727 00:46:28,244 --> 00:46:29,912 -Now, get out of here. -Okay. 728 00:46:30,371 --> 00:46:31,789 -Take him with you. -What? 729 00:46:31,789 --> 00:46:34,333 -Take him with you. Thank you. -Oh, yeah. 730 00:46:38,254 --> 00:46:39,255 Hey. 731 00:46:39,297 --> 00:46:40,965 Happy, where the hell have you been? 732 00:46:41,007 --> 00:46:42,466 Oh, you know, here, there, everywhere. 733 00:46:42,508 --> 00:46:45,052 -There's a table ready and waiting. -Just one second. 734 00:46:45,094 --> 00:46:47,763 I got somebody over here I want you to meet. Come on over here. 735 00:46:49,181 --> 00:46:53,144 Pete. I want you to meet two big Dolphin fans. 736 00:46:53,185 --> 00:46:55,521 This is Wendy, this is Karen. This is Coach Bell. 737 00:46:55,563 --> 00:46:57,523 How are you? Nice to meet you. 738 00:46:57,565 --> 00:46:59,191 -Hi. -Let me tell you something, 739 00:46:59,233 --> 00:47:01,360 that was a great job you did on that sportswriter. 740 00:47:01,402 --> 00:47:03,446 They're all a bunch of jerks, you know. 741 00:47:06,490 --> 00:47:08,367 Hey, why don't you go over to the table. 742 00:47:08,409 --> 00:47:09,952 I'll be right with you, okay? 743 00:47:12,705 --> 00:47:16,834 Let me ask you something, Pete. Why do you hate me so much? 744 00:47:19,712 --> 00:47:22,173 Because I think you and the 50,000 alumni 745 00:47:22,214 --> 00:47:25,134 you represent are a bunch of obnoxious slobs. 746 00:47:25,176 --> 00:47:26,635 You're pissed off, that's good. 747 00:47:26,677 --> 00:47:28,637 You're a better coach when you're pissed off. 748 00:47:30,222 --> 00:47:31,307 Good night. 749 00:47:34,727 --> 00:47:35,978 Going home, Coach? 750 00:47:37,688 --> 00:47:41,067 Hey. Why are you walking away from me, Coach? 751 00:47:41,734 --> 00:47:44,195 You never walk away from anything in your life, I know you. 752 00:47:44,236 --> 00:47:46,405 -You don't know shit. -I know everything. 753 00:47:46,447 --> 00:47:48,491 I know what Butch McRae's mother wants. 754 00:47:49,075 --> 00:47:53,162 I know you got a kid named Neon Bodeaux being tutored by your ex-wife. 755 00:47:53,204 --> 00:47:55,498 I know what Ricky Roe is gonna want. 756 00:47:55,539 --> 00:47:58,209 I know the amount of money it's gonna take to buy out your contract 757 00:47:58,250 --> 00:47:59,710 is the same that it's gonna take 758 00:47:59,752 --> 00:48:01,962 to get Butch and Ricky to sign letters of intent. 759 00:48:02,004 --> 00:48:03,547 We don't buy athletes. 760 00:48:03,589 --> 00:48:05,758 Let me tell you something, in case you don't know. 761 00:48:05,800 --> 00:48:09,303 Our football team ranked in the top 10 for the last eight years, 762 00:48:09,345 --> 00:48:12,765 has got a linebacker, a tailback, an offensive tackle, 763 00:48:12,807 --> 00:48:14,183 two safeties and a quarterback 764 00:48:14,225 --> 00:48:15,810 all recruited by friends of the program. 765 00:48:15,851 --> 00:48:16,894 I don't like football. 766 00:48:16,936 --> 00:48:21,273 They're all graduating this year. We're clean. My money is untraceable. 767 00:48:21,315 --> 00:48:24,652 It's been washed, scrubbed, laundered within an inch of its life. 768 00:48:24,693 --> 00:48:28,322 You got a future in politics, asshole. Why don't you run for office. 769 00:48:29,573 --> 00:48:32,159 These athletes generate millions of dollars for the university. 770 00:48:32,201 --> 00:48:34,120 What do they get? Nothing! 771 00:48:34,161 --> 00:48:37,123 What do you get? You get a multiyear contract. 772 00:48:37,164 --> 00:48:40,793 You get a six-figure shoe deal so your team can be a walking billboard, 773 00:48:40,835 --> 00:48:42,169 and that is all legal. 774 00:48:42,211 --> 00:48:45,548 And then you get another six figures for that lousy TV show. 775 00:48:45,589 --> 00:48:47,133 Get out of my face. 776 00:48:50,886 --> 00:48:52,763 We owe them this money. 777 00:48:56,475 --> 00:48:57,643 We owe it to them! 778 00:48:58,561 --> 00:49:01,522 Okay, Neon, tell me the country located 779 00:49:01,564 --> 00:49:03,607 immediately north of the United States. 780 00:49:03,941 --> 00:49:05,067 Spain. 781 00:49:06,527 --> 00:49:09,321 The country located immediately south of the United States. 782 00:49:11,240 --> 00:49:12,283 Canada. 783 00:49:12,324 --> 00:49:15,953 All right, I'll give you $50 if you will tell me the country located 784 00:49:15,995 --> 00:49:17,830 immediately south of the United States. 785 00:49:17,872 --> 00:49:18,998 -Fifty dollars? -Fifty. 786 00:49:19,832 --> 00:49:23,627 Mexico, followed by Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, 787 00:49:23,627 --> 00:49:26,714 El Salvador and Costa Rica. Where's my $507? 788 00:49:26,755 --> 00:49:29,550 -Oh, I was lying. -Crazy. 789 00:49:29,592 --> 00:49:31,969 Yeah, I was married to Pete. What's your excuse? 790 00:49:32,344 --> 00:49:35,347 You start off insulting me with these third-grade geography questions. 791 00:49:35,389 --> 00:49:37,892 You think you're liberal, but you're nothing but a racist. 792 00:49:38,893 --> 00:49:41,896 -Why'd you score 520 on your SATs? -Because I wanted to. 793 00:49:43,189 --> 00:49:44,857 That makes a lot of sense, Neon. 794 00:49:44,899 --> 00:49:47,610 When I was young, my ‘hood was so dangerous I joined the Army, 795 00:49:47,610 --> 00:49:51,071 we invaded the Persian Gulf for a vacation. I make my own sense. 796 00:49:52,239 --> 00:49:53,365 So why are we here? 797 00:49:53,741 --> 00:49:56,619 We're here because maybe I wanna go to college and maybe I don't. 798 00:49:56,660 --> 00:49:58,329 I won't know until I get in and find out 799 00:49:58,370 --> 00:50:00,080 how much bullshit it really is. 800 00:50:00,122 --> 00:50:02,500 I'll make you a bet for real. 801 00:50:02,541 --> 00:50:06,712 I bet you $100 that you can't score 700 points on your SATS. 802 00:50:06,712 --> 00:50:11,008 I'll score 700 in my sleep. For $400, I'll score 800. 803 00:50:13,219 --> 00:50:14,386 Be right back. 804 00:50:20,976 --> 00:50:22,520 -Hello. -How's he doing? 805 00:50:22,520 --> 00:50:24,688 -He's interesting. Yeah. -Good. 806 00:50:26,899 --> 00:50:30,152 -How's it going, Neon? -Your old lady's tough, bro. 807 00:50:30,152 --> 00:50:33,322 -My ex-old lady's tough. -Now I see why you left the bitch. 808 00:50:33,322 --> 00:50:36,200 He doesn't need tutoring, he needs a good kick in the butt. 809 00:50:36,242 --> 00:50:37,576 There's a test in two weeks. 810 00:50:37,576 --> 00:50:39,578 -He should sign up and take it. -Great. 811 00:50:39,578 --> 00:50:41,413 Get your money ready, I'm gonna win that bet. 812 00:50:42,706 --> 00:50:44,708 Come on, baby. Play him hard. Play him hard. 813 00:50:44,750 --> 00:50:47,711 -I got him, I got him. -Yo, man, why don't y'all help out? 814 00:50:48,879 --> 00:50:50,839 Jesus, what a mismatch. 815 00:50:56,554 --> 00:50:58,889 I got him, I got him, I got him. 816 00:50:58,889 --> 00:51:00,641 I'm taking. You, right there. 817 00:51:01,016 --> 00:51:02,393 Oh, man. 818 00:51:02,434 --> 00:51:05,688 Hey, come on, play some defense. Let's see what these guys have got. 819 00:51:08,566 --> 00:51:09,858 Come on, make him work. 820 00:51:20,744 --> 00:51:22,746 All right, there's Calbert Cheaney. 821 00:51:22,746 --> 00:51:23,914 -Right. -All right? 822 00:51:24,290 --> 00:51:27,960 Okay, so we don't even want him to get the ball, right? 823 00:51:28,085 --> 00:51:29,086 Deny him the ball. 824 00:51:29,086 --> 00:51:31,964 So let's shut him down, and we gotta double-team Cheaney, right? 825 00:51:31,964 --> 00:51:34,717 -We'll cut Reynolds loose? -Let's cut Reynolds loose, 826 00:51:34,717 --> 00:51:39,138 then Graham out here, he's gonna take shots, so we gotta shut him down. 827 00:51:39,138 --> 00:51:41,640 -You gotta get up on him. -All right. 828 00:51:41,640 --> 00:51:43,934 -Yeah? -Hi, Coach. 829 00:51:44,059 --> 00:51:45,644 -How you doing? -Can I talk to you? 830 00:51:45,644 --> 00:51:48,063 Yeah, come on in. Bring a chair over. 831 00:51:48,397 --> 00:51:50,190 -What's up? -How you doing, Rick? 832 00:51:50,232 --> 00:51:51,984 -How are you guys doing? -Played good. 833 00:51:51,984 --> 00:51:54,320 Oh, thanks. That was a good workout. 834 00:51:54,320 --> 00:51:55,821 Yeah. 835 00:51:55,904 --> 00:51:59,450 These girls out here, I look at them, I gotta shake my head. 836 00:51:59,491 --> 00:52:02,328 I mean, I'm blown away. I mean, these girls are amazing. 837 00:52:02,369 --> 00:52:04,455 I just shudder at it, but... 838 00:52:04,705 --> 00:52:06,999 It's great, and I think I'd like to come to college. 839 00:52:07,041 --> 00:52:08,834 -All right. Good, Rick. -That's great. 840 00:52:08,876 --> 00:52:09,918 Good. 841 00:52:10,461 --> 00:52:12,671 So I guess that leaves a little bit of business 842 00:52:12,713 --> 00:52:14,381 we have to discuss, though, I think. 843 00:52:17,259 --> 00:52:18,385 Business? 844 00:52:18,385 --> 00:52:22,556 I figure a white, blue-chip athlete like myself deserves something extra. 845 00:52:24,892 --> 00:52:27,102 So, you know, this is what I'm looking for, 846 00:52:27,394 --> 00:52:29,313 is about 30 grand. 847 00:52:31,607 --> 00:52:33,192 I'd like to have it in cash, 848 00:52:33,776 --> 00:52:36,695 and, you know, just toss it in one of those gym bags you got. 849 00:52:37,071 --> 00:52:40,449 You know, I've seen a lot of things now. I've been around a lot. 850 00:52:40,991 --> 00:52:43,243 You know, they've offered me this much money already. 851 00:52:44,370 --> 00:52:48,248 If you guys can match my offer, I'm yours, Coach. 852 00:52:56,048 --> 00:52:57,633 Get the hell out of here, Ricky. 853 00:52:58,550 --> 00:53:01,512 God damn it, get the hell out of here, Ricky. Get out of here. 854 00:53:01,512 --> 00:53:03,389 Get back in that gym, get your stuff, 855 00:53:03,389 --> 00:53:05,808 get the hell out of here and go on home. 856 00:53:05,808 --> 00:53:09,520 Take off that damn uniform. You don't deserve to wear it. 857 00:53:09,520 --> 00:53:13,482 Get out of here! Son of a bitch. 858 00:53:15,025 --> 00:53:16,694 I wanna know nothing. 859 00:53:18,028 --> 00:53:20,072 You know about your football team? 860 00:53:21,490 --> 00:53:22,491 I know nothing. 861 00:53:22,491 --> 00:53:24,660 For chrissake, Vic, come on, tell me something. 862 00:53:24,660 --> 00:53:28,872 Don't give me... What the hell does "lI know nothing" mean? Jesus. 863 00:53:31,834 --> 00:53:35,796 Listen to me. Maybe if just once 864 00:53:37,881 --> 00:53:43,220 you get the ball players, we just get things back the way they were, 865 00:53:43,846 --> 00:53:45,889 and we'd never have to touch it again. 866 00:53:45,931 --> 00:53:48,183 How many times do I have to tell you? 867 00:53:48,809 --> 00:53:50,853 I don't want any part of this. 868 00:55:14,937 --> 00:55:16,104 Coffee? 869 00:55:19,525 --> 00:55:21,360 Just tell me how it works. 870 00:55:21,902 --> 00:55:23,320 You don't wanna know how it works. 871 00:55:23,362 --> 00:55:24,988 Let's say there are friends of the program 872 00:55:24,988 --> 00:55:26,448 who'll take care of everything. 873 00:55:26,448 --> 00:55:28,367 I hate friends of the program. 874 00:55:29,451 --> 00:55:31,370 Yeah, but you hate losing more. 875 00:55:33,205 --> 00:55:35,916 Relax, we're gonna be on top again. 876 00:55:35,958 --> 00:55:37,709 I got a little confession to make too. 877 00:55:38,210 --> 00:55:41,922 I screw a hell of a lot better when we're winning, don't you, huh? 878 00:56:30,345 --> 00:56:33,348 -Mr. Bodeaux? -Yeah, what's up, bro? 879 00:56:33,390 --> 00:56:36,393 Congratulations. You're the owner of a brand-new Lexus. 880 00:56:36,476 --> 00:56:39,563 -I didn't ask for this. -I deliver them, I don't know nothing. 881 00:56:41,023 --> 00:56:43,901 This one goes to the right of the blue couch in the living room. 882 00:56:43,901 --> 00:56:46,236 This one goes opposite wall nearest the den, 883 00:56:46,278 --> 00:56:48,071 -and please wipe your feet. -Yes, ma'am. 884 00:56:48,238 --> 00:56:50,991 -Are you guys gonna be hungry soon? -Yeah. 885 00:56:50,991 --> 00:56:52,910 -Girls, are you hungry? -Yes. 886 00:56:58,582 --> 00:57:01,168 -Who wants to play tennis? -I do. 887 00:57:10,093 --> 00:57:11,595 -You Rick Roe? -Yeah. 888 00:57:11,595 --> 00:57:13,889 -This is for you. -Thanks. 889 00:57:25,609 --> 00:57:26,652 Yeah. 890 00:57:29,237 --> 00:57:33,116 Okay. It's done. Right. 891 00:57:51,551 --> 00:57:53,470 Letters of intent from Butch McRae and Ricky Roe 892 00:57:53,553 --> 00:57:55,055 to attend Western University. 893 00:57:55,180 --> 00:57:56,890 He bought them, I know he bought them. 894 00:57:56,890 --> 00:57:59,685 -No way, Ed, not Pete Bell. -Are you shitting me? 895 00:57:59,685 --> 00:58:01,645 He paid for them, baby. I can smell it. 896 00:58:04,439 --> 00:58:06,942 -Yeah? -I have a surprise for you. 897 00:58:07,275 --> 00:58:08,527 Mr. Bodeaux? 898 00:58:10,904 --> 00:58:12,239 960. 899 00:58:14,241 --> 00:58:16,410 -All right. -He improved 440 points. 900 00:58:16,535 --> 00:58:18,578 Somebody owes my ass $100. 901 00:58:18,578 --> 00:58:20,706 Way to go, Neon. Way to go. Congratulations. 902 00:58:20,706 --> 00:58:22,791 -Look at this. What do I see? -Jenny. Jenny. 903 00:58:22,791 --> 00:58:25,752 Somebody take him down to Administration and show him around. 904 00:58:25,752 --> 00:58:28,338 -Jenny, I'm gonna-- -Hold up, hold up. 905 00:58:28,338 --> 00:58:31,216 You didn't hear what I said. Somebody here owes my ass $100. 906 00:58:34,052 --> 00:58:36,471 And as the razor-sharp blade of the sword of Sir Gawain 907 00:58:36,638 --> 00:58:39,224 descends a mighty blow on the neck of the Green Knight, 908 00:58:39,266 --> 00:58:41,518 through the amazement of the steed of verdant hue, 909 00:58:41,685 --> 00:58:44,438 and the head of the Green Knight, thus lopped off cleanly... 910 00:58:44,438 --> 00:58:45,981 What the hell is he talking about? 911 00:58:45,981 --> 00:58:48,692 ...is kicked around like a soccer ball by Arthur's noble warriors. 912 00:58:49,359 --> 00:58:51,695 Whereupon the headless Green Knight strolls 913 00:58:51,695 --> 00:58:54,614 casually among Arthur's best and brightest, 914 00:58:54,656 --> 00:58:58,577 reaches down, picks up his own head and places it back upon his shoulders, 915 00:58:58,577 --> 00:59:01,538 where, magically, it becomes part of his body once again. 916 00:59:01,538 --> 00:59:04,249 And there they dallied and drank and deemed it good sport 917 00:59:04,249 --> 00:59:06,835 to enact their play anew on New Year's Eve. 918 00:59:07,127 --> 00:59:09,337 But Gawain asked again to go on the morrow, 919 00:59:09,379 --> 00:59:11,131 for the time until his tryst is not two days. 920 00:59:11,214 --> 00:59:13,508 -You see these legs over here? -The host hindered that 921 00:59:13,508 --> 00:59:15,343 and urged him to stay, and said... 922 00:59:15,343 --> 00:59:17,304 -Where you going? -"On my oath, here I take 923 00:59:17,345 --> 00:59:18,972 "that you shall get to the Green Chapel 924 00:59:19,014 --> 00:59:22,434 "to begin your chores by dawn on New Year's Day." 925 00:59:24,394 --> 00:59:26,688 This is a lecture, Mr. Bodeaux, not a discussion. 926 00:59:26,772 --> 00:59:28,940 -May I speak? -It's not your place to speak. 927 00:59:28,940 --> 00:59:30,692 Well, I'm making it my place to speak. 928 00:59:31,818 --> 00:59:34,780 I just wanna point out to this class that this course is culturally biased. 929 00:59:36,656 --> 00:59:38,784 Culturally biased? What do you mean by that? 930 00:59:38,909 --> 00:59:41,328 How come we ain't talking about African folk tales or something? 931 00:59:42,078 --> 00:59:44,289 Well, this is a course in English literature. 932 00:59:44,414 --> 00:59:46,166 How come we're not talking about African literature? 933 00:59:46,625 --> 00:59:48,085 Well, because we're not. 934 00:59:48,168 --> 00:59:50,212 I suppose you did read the course description 935 00:59:50,253 --> 00:59:51,421 before you took this course. 936 00:59:52,047 --> 00:59:53,381 I gotta take this up with my coach. 937 00:59:53,381 --> 00:59:55,592 -You told me to take this. -That's your privilege. 938 00:59:55,675 --> 00:59:57,969 Got me in this classroom listening to this crap. 939 00:59:57,969 --> 00:59:59,721 I'm gonna keep my eye on you. 940 00:59:59,721 --> 01:00:02,599 All right, man. Thank you. Appreciate it. 941 01:00:03,892 --> 01:00:05,018 Now, let us continue. 942 01:00:06,269 --> 01:00:09,022 That's Butch's mom in front of their new house in Chicago. 943 01:00:09,022 --> 01:00:12,692 The house is in her name with a co-signer, who we can't locate. 944 01:00:13,193 --> 01:00:16,780 The bank officer who approved the loan is an alumnus of Western U. 945 01:00:16,780 --> 01:00:18,365 -Friend of the program. -You got it. 946 01:00:24,663 --> 01:00:26,915 Thattaway. Way to go, Butch. Way to go. 947 01:00:28,542 --> 01:00:30,669 Just go for the front of the rim, now. 948 01:00:30,669 --> 01:00:32,587 All right, let's use the crossover, Butch. 949 01:00:35,257 --> 01:00:36,383 Nice form, Butch. 950 01:00:36,424 --> 01:00:38,844 That's Ricky's dad in front of his new tractor. 951 01:00:38,927 --> 01:00:41,513 We can't prove anything except Mr. Roe had bad credit. 952 01:00:41,513 --> 01:00:43,807 Too bad to be purchasing new equipment. 953 01:00:44,224 --> 01:00:47,269 Now, the biggest distributor of farm machinery in the state of Indiana 954 01:00:47,310 --> 01:00:49,563 was Happy Kuykendall's classmate. 955 01:00:50,230 --> 01:00:52,232 All right, Ricky, use the reverse. 956 01:00:54,734 --> 01:00:57,863 Attaboy. That's it, get square. 957 01:01:00,282 --> 01:01:01,449 Thattaway, Ricky. 958 01:01:01,491 --> 01:01:03,535 That's the Lexus they tried to give Neon. 959 01:01:03,535 --> 01:01:06,288 He didn't ask for it. They tried to give it to him anyway. 960 01:01:11,501 --> 01:01:12,919 Stay low, don't come up. 961 01:01:16,298 --> 01:01:18,633 Extend that ball. Protect it with your body. 962 01:01:18,758 --> 01:01:19,926 Now use your left. 963 01:01:19,926 --> 01:01:22,220 Point the lead foot, unlock the left hip. 964 01:01:22,262 --> 01:01:23,763 All right, now take it in strong. 965 01:01:26,766 --> 01:01:28,185 These violations are flagrant, 966 01:01:28,185 --> 01:01:30,812 but the paper trail on this stuff is well covered up. 967 01:01:30,854 --> 01:01:33,190 We could never prove anything against the football team. 968 01:01:33,190 --> 01:01:35,942 Charlie, we gotta keep digging. It's all right here. 969 01:01:36,526 --> 01:01:40,864 We're gonna get this guy. We're gonna get the great Pete Bell. 970 01:01:41,031 --> 01:01:42,449 I know, it's unbelievable. 971 01:01:42,490 --> 01:01:43,950 Right this way. Good to see you. 972 01:01:43,992 --> 01:01:45,327 -How are you? -Good to see you. 973 01:01:45,368 --> 01:01:47,454 -Hey, Coach. -Okay. All right. 974 01:01:48,079 --> 01:01:50,040 Looks like you're back in business, Coach. 975 01:01:50,040 --> 01:01:52,167 -With you? -Don't get carried away. 976 01:01:52,542 --> 01:01:54,294 -Hi, Coach. Hi, Mrs. Bell. -Hi. 977 01:01:54,294 --> 01:01:57,839 Hi. So, what did you do, sell them on your recent losing tradition 978 01:01:57,839 --> 01:01:59,674 so they know they'll start? 979 01:01:59,674 --> 01:02:01,968 Well, there's an advantage to having a losing season. 980 01:02:02,010 --> 01:02:03,470 -Enjoy your dinner. -Thank you. 981 01:02:06,514 --> 01:02:08,975 -I just wanted to say congratulations. -Thanks. 982 01:02:08,975 --> 01:02:11,227 Getting the players you wanted without selling out. 983 01:02:11,645 --> 01:02:14,981 You know, the rules, they don't make much sense, they're hypocritical. 984 01:02:15,023 --> 01:02:17,943 There's a lot of people on the take, and I can't blame them. 985 01:02:18,526 --> 01:02:20,779 -Why are you getting defensive? -No, I'm not defensive. 986 01:02:20,779 --> 01:02:23,281 -Coach, may I have your autograph? -Sure, you may. 987 01:02:23,281 --> 01:02:24,658 -What's your name? -Andre. 988 01:02:24,658 --> 01:02:25,825 Andre. Okay. 989 01:02:25,825 --> 01:02:28,161 Saying you're not defensive is defensive. 990 01:02:28,161 --> 01:02:32,332 Well, saying that I am defensive means I am defensive. 991 01:02:32,374 --> 01:02:36,044 So if I say that I'm not defensive, then I am defensive, and if I say... 992 01:02:36,044 --> 01:02:38,964 Thank you. You know, I'm screwed either way. 993 01:02:39,547 --> 01:02:42,425 Wait a minute, look me straight in the eye. 994 01:02:43,259 --> 01:02:45,512 -What? -Did you cheat? 995 01:02:48,515 --> 01:02:51,184 No, I did not cheat. Swear to God. 996 01:02:54,562 --> 01:02:55,855 You were getting so nervous. 997 01:02:55,855 --> 01:02:57,065 -Excuse me. -Yes. 998 01:02:57,065 --> 01:02:59,567 I hate to interrupt. Think my son could have your autograph? 999 01:02:59,567 --> 01:03:01,820 -Sure, sure. What's your name? -Mark. 1000 01:03:01,820 --> 01:03:04,823 Mark? Okay, you a basketball player, Mark? 1001 01:03:04,823 --> 01:03:06,366 -Yeah. -Oh, good. 1002 01:03:06,408 --> 01:03:09,119 Just a couple of divorcees out on a date, right? 1003 01:03:10,120 --> 01:03:11,246 -There you go. -Thank you. 1004 01:03:11,246 --> 01:03:12,539 -You're welcome. -Thank you. 1005 01:03:12,622 --> 01:03:16,001 Yes, we got a lot to celebrate. I got a new basketball team. 1006 01:03:16,042 --> 01:03:19,004 And we're not screaming at each other. Not yet, anyway. 1007 01:03:21,548 --> 01:03:24,718 You know, Jenny, I'm crazy about you. 1008 01:03:24,759 --> 01:03:28,638 I always have been, ever since we first met. Did you know that? 1009 01:03:30,765 --> 01:03:35,186 -Okay, I just wanted you to know. -Okay. 1010 01:03:35,854 --> 01:03:38,315 Come on, come on. Slide, slide. Move your feet, move your feet. 1011 01:03:38,315 --> 01:03:41,818 Let's go. Let's go, let's go. Come on. Stay low, stay low, stay. 1012 01:03:41,818 --> 01:03:45,071 Move your feet, come on, come on. Move your feet, move your feet. 1013 01:03:45,071 --> 01:03:47,907 Move your feet, slide, slide, slide, slide, slide. 1014 01:03:48,074 --> 01:03:52,203 Right, left, left, forward. Come on, boys, come on. 1015 01:03:52,370 --> 01:03:55,165 Come on. Back, back, back. 1016 01:03:55,165 --> 01:03:58,835 Forward, forward, forward. Let's go. All right, let's go. 1017 01:03:59,669 --> 01:04:01,254 Two lines. Let's go. 1018 01:04:04,883 --> 01:04:08,053 Get that ball. Get that ball. Get the ball. 1019 01:04:08,720 --> 01:04:11,514 All right, now, spin baseline. There it is, there it is, there it is. 1020 01:04:11,639 --> 01:04:13,975 All right, try it the other way. Now spin to the middle. 1021 01:04:14,642 --> 01:04:16,936 That's it. That's it, Neon. That's it. 1022 01:04:17,103 --> 01:04:19,981 If you feel his body going on this side of you, spin that way. 1023 01:04:19,981 --> 01:04:22,067 If you feel this side. Feel him. Feel him. 1024 01:04:22,192 --> 01:04:25,028 Think, think, think. It's a thinking man's game. 1025 01:04:27,364 --> 01:04:30,075 All right, hold, hold, Butch. Butch, wait a minute. 1026 01:04:30,075 --> 01:04:32,619 You gotta take that screener, you gotta make that fake. 1027 01:04:32,660 --> 01:04:34,329 You gotta bring the screener... 1028 01:04:34,329 --> 01:04:37,874 You gotta bring that man down here so the screen can be set on him. 1029 01:04:37,999 --> 01:04:41,711 I mean, you gotta take Mitchell... Turn around, Mitch. 1030 01:04:41,711 --> 01:04:45,673 Take him this way so that this screen can come around and be set on him. 1031 01:04:45,715 --> 01:04:49,135 I'll tell you something. You can even take a shot fake here. 1032 01:04:49,135 --> 01:04:50,220 You can take a shot fake. 1033 01:04:50,345 --> 01:04:53,473 If you get the man going up, you can go in this side here. 1034 01:04:53,598 --> 01:04:55,725 You can roll this way and come this way. 1035 01:04:56,434 --> 01:04:59,771 But you gotta make a fake before you move. Fake there. 1036 01:05:01,147 --> 01:05:04,442 There itis. There itis, there it is. There itis. 1037 01:05:04,609 --> 01:05:06,194 See what that does? Takes that man down. 1038 01:05:06,236 --> 01:05:07,946 Now that pick can get set. 1039 01:05:07,946 --> 01:05:09,614 -Thought that's what I was doing. -No. 1040 01:05:09,614 --> 01:05:11,991 You took the ball, and you just took off around that way. 1041 01:05:11,991 --> 01:05:15,203 Play this two-man game. Son, play the two-man game. 1042 01:05:15,203 --> 01:05:16,830 For chrissake, between you and Neon, 1043 01:05:16,830 --> 01:05:19,124 it's gonna be a great two-man game, okay? 1044 01:05:19,124 --> 01:05:20,834 All right, let's do it. Hit the board. 1045 01:05:20,834 --> 01:05:21,960 Go, go, go. 1046 01:05:22,085 --> 01:05:23,128 Hit the boards. 1047 01:05:23,128 --> 01:05:24,629 Give it up. Give the ball up, big man. 1048 01:05:24,629 --> 01:05:27,257 There you go. Come on, Kevin. 1049 01:05:27,257 --> 01:05:30,552 -Get that right. -Hold it, hold it. 1050 01:05:31,094 --> 01:05:33,513 Butch, get that shirt off, get a yellow on. 1051 01:05:34,055 --> 01:05:36,307 Phil, take Butch's place. 1052 01:05:36,433 --> 01:05:38,935 You're not going back on blue until you get it right. 1053 01:05:38,977 --> 01:05:40,019 Come on, let's go. 1054 01:05:40,019 --> 01:05:41,604 That may be the whole goddamn season. 1055 01:05:59,831 --> 01:06:01,207 -Coach. -Yeah. 1056 01:06:01,207 --> 01:06:03,042 -I need to talk to you. -Okay. All right. 1057 01:06:03,042 --> 01:06:05,587 Hey, Freddie, can you go run Dennis? 1058 01:06:06,462 --> 01:06:07,547 Come on in, Butch. 1059 01:06:08,840 --> 01:06:10,133 What is it, Butch? 1060 01:06:11,176 --> 01:06:14,012 -Coach, I need to talk to you. -Sure, sure. Go ahead. 1061 01:06:14,804 --> 01:06:17,307 -Coach, I'm homesick. -You're homesick? 1062 01:06:18,308 --> 01:06:19,684 Homesick, huh? 1063 01:06:19,684 --> 01:06:21,144 Let me tell you something, Butch, 1064 01:06:21,144 --> 01:06:23,813 every year, a couple of guys come in and tell me they're homesick. 1065 01:06:23,813 --> 01:06:27,192 Now, everything is gonna be fine once this season starts. You'll see. 1066 01:06:27,358 --> 01:06:28,943 No, Coach. I don't belong here. 1067 01:06:28,985 --> 01:06:31,613 I've never ran the motion offense. That's not my style. 1068 01:06:31,613 --> 01:06:33,031 I need to be in a one-four offense, 1069 01:06:33,031 --> 01:06:35,533 where I handle the ball and dish to other people. That's my style. 1070 01:06:35,533 --> 01:06:38,578 Let me tell you something. I don't know if it's the right way, 1071 01:06:38,578 --> 01:06:40,413 but god damn it, it's my way. 1072 01:06:40,413 --> 01:06:43,124 I don't belong. I guess what I'm really trying to say-- 1073 01:06:43,166 --> 01:06:46,586 If I left school, would my mom lose her house and job? 1074 01:06:51,216 --> 01:06:54,969 Butch, you know, I don't know anything about that. 1075 01:06:54,969 --> 01:06:57,430 Coach, I think you're gonna have to know something about this. 1076 01:06:58,348 --> 01:07:01,017 Coach, this is my mom, this is a life situation. 1077 01:07:01,017 --> 01:07:03,228 I don't know, you know, but if your mother... 1078 01:07:03,728 --> 01:07:06,439 If you made some arrangements that I don't know about, 1079 01:07:06,564 --> 01:07:08,816 then I just think you're gonna have to live up 1080 01:07:08,816 --> 01:07:10,902 to those responsibilities, that's all. 1081 01:07:10,902 --> 01:07:13,071 What responsibilities? I'm talking about my mom. 1082 01:07:13,071 --> 01:07:15,698 Well, I don't know. You're the one that's brought them up, 1083 01:07:16,032 --> 01:07:18,284 so you're really talking to the wrong guy, Butch. 1084 01:07:18,284 --> 01:07:19,577 I'm talking to the right guy, 1085 01:07:19,577 --> 01:07:21,454 and I'm not leaving here until you tell me an answer. 1086 01:07:22,580 --> 01:07:27,335 Well, I told you, Butch, I really don't have any answers for you. 1087 01:07:27,335 --> 01:07:30,129 -I don't know anything about it. -You have to have some answers. 1088 01:07:30,672 --> 01:07:34,634 Look, Butch, I don't know what kind of arrangements you've made, so-- 1089 01:07:34,759 --> 01:07:37,262 Is there someone you can call to see if I left school, 1090 01:07:37,428 --> 01:07:39,222 my mom would keep her house and job? 1091 01:08:03,621 --> 01:08:05,290 Hey, Coach, how you doing? 1092 01:08:06,749 --> 01:08:11,754 Butch? Arrangement? Arrangement, my ass. 1093 01:08:11,754 --> 01:08:16,467 If that son of a bitch is unhappy, it's your job to make him happy, huh? 1094 01:08:16,509 --> 01:08:18,845 Listen, you can sell ice to the Eskimos. 1095 01:08:18,928 --> 01:08:21,973 You can sell this spoiled brat on how happy he really is. 1096 01:08:22,140 --> 01:08:23,808 I don't even wanna have this conversation. 1097 01:08:23,808 --> 01:08:27,729 Butch's mother has got a new job and a new house with a lawn. 1098 01:08:27,729 --> 01:08:29,772 That is happy enough, you got it? 1099 01:08:37,030 --> 01:08:38,823 Better be at practice on Monday. 1100 01:08:50,710 --> 01:08:57,008 Ladies and gentlemen, your coach, my coach, our coach, Petey Bell. 1101 01:09:10,271 --> 01:09:15,026 Hey. Oh, Mel. How are you? 1102 01:09:15,026 --> 01:09:16,152 Good, good. How you doing? 1103 01:09:16,152 --> 01:09:19,072 Good, look, Pete left these tapes at the house. 1104 01:09:19,113 --> 01:09:20,448 Could you give them to him for me? 1105 01:09:20,490 --> 01:09:21,532 -Sure. -Okay, great. 1106 01:09:21,574 --> 01:09:23,660 We're going over to the Belgrade after the show 1107 01:09:23,743 --> 01:09:26,621 to have some drinks, eat some hot wings. Would you join us? 1108 01:09:27,872 --> 01:09:30,041 -Come on, it'll be fun. -Okay. 1109 01:09:30,124 --> 01:09:31,542 -Okay, good. -Sure. 1110 01:09:31,542 --> 01:09:32,627 Jenny. 1111 01:09:33,211 --> 01:09:34,587 You know, I gotta say, 1112 01:09:35,171 --> 01:09:37,590 every time I see you, you look younger, you know that? 1113 01:09:37,590 --> 01:09:39,050 -Coach, how you doing? -Good. 1114 01:09:39,050 --> 01:09:41,719 -Come on, man. -Hey, Coach, what's up, man? 1115 01:09:42,595 --> 01:09:43,805 He'll be a hell of a player. 1116 01:09:43,846 --> 01:09:45,306 What's Happy doing here? 1117 01:09:46,265 --> 01:09:50,311 -He's a friend of the program. -Happy is a friend of the program? 1118 01:09:51,562 --> 01:09:53,606 Come on, Jenny. I mean, you know how things are. 1119 01:10:01,406 --> 01:10:03,491 Mel, I don't think I'll have that drink. 1120 01:10:06,577 --> 01:10:08,913 I don't give a damn who does it, somebody called me on it. 1121 01:10:08,913 --> 01:10:10,498 Talk to Neon and Butch. 1122 01:10:10,498 --> 01:10:12,709 -What the hell are you doing here? -That was a-- 1123 01:10:12,750 --> 01:10:14,711 -What are you doing here? -What did I do wrong? 1124 01:10:14,711 --> 01:10:16,921 I'm not talking to you, I'm talking to you. What are you doing here? 1125 01:10:16,921 --> 01:10:18,923 Don't you think we ought to talk in private? 1126 01:10:18,923 --> 01:10:21,134 -Yeah, I better get out of here. -Oh, there you go. 1127 01:10:21,801 --> 01:10:23,428 -What is this? -What? 1128 01:10:23,469 --> 01:10:26,347 What is this? Did you give him a car? 1129 01:10:26,347 --> 01:10:28,474 -Did he give you a car? -Loaner. 1130 01:10:28,516 --> 01:10:29,809 Just a loaner, Coach. I'll give it back. 1131 01:10:29,809 --> 01:10:31,853 He's gonna give it back, relax. 1132 01:10:34,647 --> 01:10:37,650 Get the hell out of here, Ricky. You get home, I'll call you later. 1133 01:10:37,942 --> 01:10:41,737 You son of a bitch, I do not want you around my kids. 1134 01:10:41,779 --> 01:10:44,574 Oh, your kids? You sound like Jerry Lewis, for crying out... 1135 01:10:44,615 --> 01:10:48,286 -Get your finger out of my face. -I did not authorize a car for Ricky. 1136 01:10:48,327 --> 01:10:50,830 But you did authorize the friends of the program 1137 01:10:50,830 --> 01:10:51,956 to do what had to be done. 1138 01:10:51,998 --> 01:10:55,334 Listen, I wanna tell you something right now. Ricky is a farm kid. 1139 01:10:55,334 --> 01:10:58,337 He's gonna take that car, he's gonna blab all over town. 1140 01:10:58,379 --> 01:11:01,007 Tell him to shut up. You're the coach. 1141 01:11:01,048 --> 01:11:02,967 Listen, you gotta understand something. 1142 01:11:02,967 --> 01:11:05,261 The friends of the program are my friends, 1143 01:11:05,303 --> 01:11:07,305 and they are friends for life. 1144 01:11:07,305 --> 01:11:10,767 What they've done is untraceable. What I've done is unprovable. 1145 01:11:10,808 --> 01:11:14,353 There will be no smoking gun, because I am the smoking gun. 1146 01:11:15,730 --> 01:11:18,024 Now, relax. It's all working. 1147 01:11:20,568 --> 01:11:23,112 Happy, you're a scumbag, you know that? 1148 01:11:33,498 --> 01:11:36,250 I didn't break any laws. You did. 1149 01:11:36,292 --> 01:11:38,169 You broke the collegiate athletic laws. 1150 01:11:38,211 --> 01:11:40,296 It's your career that's on the line, not mine. 1151 01:11:40,338 --> 01:11:43,007 -My career is in my own hands. -I own you. 1152 01:11:43,508 --> 01:11:47,136 I just open my mouth, rumors start to fly, about you, for instance. 1153 01:11:47,762 --> 01:11:50,556 I've lived through accusations. I walked away from them. 1154 01:11:50,598 --> 01:11:53,726 The alleged point-shaving incident? Think again, that thing happened. 1155 01:11:56,938 --> 01:11:58,397 Get out of here. 1156 01:12:05,071 --> 01:12:07,573 -Tell me about it. -Why don't you try this one? 1157 01:12:07,573 --> 01:12:13,079 January 16th, three years ago, I bought one of your boys, Coach. 1158 01:12:13,538 --> 01:12:16,582 No kid of mine would ever fix a game. 1159 01:12:16,624 --> 01:12:19,085 Why don't you just go to the videotape, Coach. 1160 01:12:19,126 --> 01:12:22,797 I own you, Pete. You're mine. 1161 01:12:46,988 --> 01:12:48,239 Damn it. 1162 01:13:03,337 --> 01:13:04,589 What's going on, Pete? 1163 01:13:08,050 --> 01:13:11,178 Happy said somebody shaved some points three years ago. 1164 01:13:17,977 --> 01:13:19,979 Happy's full of shit, Coach. 1165 01:13:20,563 --> 01:13:21,606 I remember this game. 1166 01:13:21,647 --> 01:13:24,317 I remember seeing this on TV when I was coaching Oklahoma. 1167 01:13:24,358 --> 01:13:26,193 -You guys won this by eight. -Yeah. 1168 01:13:26,235 --> 01:13:28,654 -Yeah. There's Tony. -Oh, yeah, sweet J. 1169 01:13:28,696 --> 01:13:30,406 -That was his spot, wasn't it? -Goddamn. 1170 01:13:30,448 --> 01:13:32,199 -Bang them from right there. -Nice. 1171 01:13:32,283 --> 01:13:34,410 -Bam, look at that. -What was the spread? 1172 01:13:35,202 --> 01:13:36,454 -What? -Point spread? 1173 01:13:36,495 --> 01:13:37,747 What was the point spread? 1174 01:13:38,789 --> 01:13:41,334 -Point spread? We won the game. -We won the game. 1175 01:13:41,375 --> 01:13:43,794 Matter of fact, we were up by a lot, they came back on us. 1176 01:13:44,253 --> 01:13:46,130 It was a pretty good year, we were 16 and... 1177 01:13:46,130 --> 01:13:47,715 -Sixteen and 12. -Twelve? 1178 01:13:47,757 --> 01:13:49,842 Yeah, went to NIT and lost the first round. 1179 01:13:49,925 --> 01:13:51,886 Yeah. Should've won 120 that year. 1180 01:13:51,928 --> 01:13:53,220 This was a rebuilding year. 1181 01:13:53,262 --> 01:13:55,473 All these guys were freshmen, they were Kids. 1182 01:14:02,188 --> 01:14:03,522 How many did he hit? 1183 01:14:03,564 --> 01:14:05,858 -Twenty-two, 23. -Twenty-five points that night. 1184 01:14:05,900 --> 01:14:06,943 Yeah. 1185 01:14:07,526 --> 01:14:09,612 -He was all over the place. -Yeah, he was hot. 1186 01:14:11,113 --> 01:14:14,283 Guy just blew right by him. Standing there with his thumb up his ass. 1187 01:14:14,408 --> 01:14:17,411 He pulled a hamstring at practice that week. Shouldn't have been playing. 1188 01:14:17,995 --> 01:14:19,330 -He was tough. -What was he doing 1189 01:14:19,372 --> 01:14:21,791 -playing with a hamstring? -Tough-ass kid from Chicago. 1190 01:14:23,918 --> 01:14:26,170 Now, who the hell did he... See, there's nobody there. 1191 01:14:26,629 --> 01:14:28,673 Come on, we averaged 17 turnovers as a team that year. 1192 01:14:28,673 --> 01:14:30,299 Everybody was throwing the ball away. 1193 01:14:31,884 --> 01:14:34,136 Hell, he averaged 20 points a game that year, man. 1194 01:14:34,720 --> 01:14:37,181 -He was all-conference as a freshman. -Yeah, on offense. 1195 01:14:38,766 --> 01:14:40,768 Run a clean program here, man. 1196 01:14:40,810 --> 01:14:42,853 We worked hard to keep this program clean. 1197 01:14:45,523 --> 01:14:48,192 I guarantee you didn't cover the spread that night. 1198 01:14:48,859 --> 01:14:53,114 There must have been heavy action in Vegas. Somebody got rich. 1199 01:14:54,573 --> 01:14:56,117 That's the worst case of ball handling 1200 01:14:56,158 --> 01:14:57,952 I've seen in the two years I've been here. 1201 01:14:57,952 --> 01:15:00,830 He was a freshman, Freddie. He was making freshman mistakes. 1202 01:15:00,996 --> 01:15:03,165 -He had a bad leg too, don't forget. -All night. 1203 01:15:03,207 --> 01:15:05,251 All night. Mistakes all night. 1204 01:15:06,961 --> 01:15:08,421 Look at Coach on his ass. 1205 01:15:08,796 --> 01:15:11,298 Coach is still on his ass four years later. 1206 01:15:12,675 --> 01:15:15,553 No way. No way. 1207 01:15:18,014 --> 01:15:19,557 Looking at the clock again. 1208 01:15:21,475 --> 01:15:22,727 That's a good kid, man. 1209 01:15:24,562 --> 01:15:27,440 Now, what kind of shot's that? What kind of shot? 1210 01:15:30,651 --> 01:15:33,279 -There's another bad pass. -Shut up, Freddie. 1211 01:15:33,821 --> 01:15:37,158 All right? Tony was my guy. All right? My guy. 1212 01:15:38,492 --> 01:15:39,785 Tony. 1213 01:15:53,340 --> 01:15:57,470 Tony. Tony, open the door. It's me. 1214 01:15:59,722 --> 01:16:00,848 Tony! 1215 01:16:02,141 --> 01:16:03,517 Coach, what's up? 1216 01:16:03,934 --> 01:16:05,644 You've gotta tell me. You tell me the truth. 1217 01:16:05,644 --> 01:16:08,481 -What's up with you, man? -Did you or did you not shave points? 1218 01:16:08,481 --> 01:16:11,025 Coach, man, it's me, Tony. I didn't do something like that. 1219 01:16:11,067 --> 01:16:14,153 Cut the bullshit. Did you take money? 1220 01:16:14,570 --> 01:16:16,030 Did you shave points? 1221 01:16:16,072 --> 01:16:18,324 No, I didn't. I swear to God, no. 1222 01:16:24,497 --> 01:16:26,248 Son of a bitch. 1223 01:16:26,290 --> 01:16:29,502 -Come on, Coach. I would not-- -You tell me the truth! 1224 01:16:29,502 --> 01:16:31,337 -What's wrong with you? -Tell me the truth! 1225 01:16:31,337 --> 01:16:33,339 -You tell me the truth! -Just once! 1226 01:16:33,631 --> 01:16:37,176 Man, just one. I mean, we won the damn game, right? 1227 01:16:39,595 --> 01:16:41,305 We just didn't cover the goddamn spread. 1228 01:16:41,347 --> 01:16:43,099 I mean, who cares about the spread? 1229 01:16:43,140 --> 01:16:46,685 That's just for the damn gamblers, ain't it? Coach, man, I'm sorry. 1230 01:16:56,737 --> 01:16:58,239 I'm sorry, Coach. 1231 01:17:04,829 --> 01:17:08,833 Son, haven't I always been there for you? 1232 01:17:09,375 --> 01:17:11,168 Whether your girlfriend got pregnant 1233 01:17:11,210 --> 01:17:14,046 or you're flunking TV or whatever the hell it is. 1234 01:17:14,630 --> 01:17:17,466 Are you a better basketball player because of me? 1235 01:17:17,466 --> 01:17:19,135 Are you a better man? 1236 01:17:19,176 --> 01:17:21,637 Yes. Yes. 1237 01:17:22,012 --> 01:17:23,556 You lied to me, Tony. 1238 01:17:24,849 --> 01:17:30,187 Son, you took the purest thing in your life, and you corrupted it. 1239 01:17:30,688 --> 01:17:33,190 And for what? For what? 1240 01:18:07,975 --> 01:18:09,101 Jenny. 1241 01:18:19,987 --> 01:18:21,447 Jenny, I gotta talk. 1242 01:18:22,656 --> 01:18:26,118 -It's one o'clock in the morning. -Well, come on, it's me. 1243 01:18:26,160 --> 01:18:28,996 -That's another reason. -Why? What's wrong? 1244 01:18:29,580 --> 01:18:33,459 You looked me straight in the eye, and you lied to me 1245 01:18:34,752 --> 01:18:36,629 without a hesitation. 1246 01:18:36,712 --> 01:18:38,589 And I believed you. 1247 01:18:39,465 --> 01:18:45,179 God, Jenny. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. 1248 01:18:45,846 --> 01:18:49,808 So I don't trust myself around you anymore, 1249 01:18:50,559 --> 01:18:54,688 because I thought I knew you and I don't, so you can't come in. 1250 01:18:56,106 --> 01:18:57,858 -Jenny, wait. -Don't. 1251 01:18:57,900 --> 01:18:59,443 No, wait. Listen to me. 1252 01:18:59,485 --> 01:19:00,736 Three years ago... 1253 01:19:01,320 --> 01:19:03,781 Three years ago, Happy bought Tony. 1254 01:19:05,366 --> 01:19:09,203 The alleged incident is true. Happy owns Tony. 1255 01:19:09,662 --> 01:19:12,748 He owns me. I coached a fixed game. 1256 01:19:12,790 --> 01:19:15,084 -No, you didn't. -No, I coached a fixed game. 1257 01:19:15,125 --> 01:19:18,254 I talked to Tony, for chrissake. Tony admitted it to me. 1258 01:19:26,095 --> 01:19:27,972 -Can we just have a drink? -No. 1259 01:19:28,973 --> 01:19:30,724 I know you're feeling abandoned, 1260 01:19:31,100 --> 01:19:33,560 but I can't help you with anything anymore. 1261 01:19:33,602 --> 01:19:35,646 Lock the door before you leave. 1262 01:20:36,457 --> 01:20:37,791 All right, boys. 1263 01:20:41,795 --> 01:20:45,716 We got a job to do. We got a job. 1264 01:20:46,550 --> 01:20:49,887 Now, god damn it, we're not going out there to make a good show 1265 01:20:49,928 --> 01:20:52,222 or just put up a good fight. 1266 01:20:53,474 --> 01:20:57,311 We're going out there to beat the best team in the country right now. 1267 01:21:00,564 --> 01:21:03,942 Now, let me tell you something, boys. You may not know this, but I know it. 1268 01:21:03,942 --> 01:21:05,235 I've been there before. 1269 01:21:05,361 --> 01:21:08,197 There is the talent in this room to do just that. 1270 01:21:08,697 --> 01:21:10,199 To beat Indiana. 1271 01:21:12,534 --> 01:21:14,787 All right. Butch, the ball is yours. 1272 01:21:17,206 --> 01:21:20,042 And our first option is to get the ball in to Neon. 1273 01:21:20,084 --> 01:21:23,629 And, Neon, god damn it, you take it to the basket and you take it hard. 1274 01:21:24,171 --> 01:21:26,131 Now, they're gonna make an adjustment, 1275 01:21:26,840 --> 01:21:30,469 and when they adjust and double down and triple down on Neon, 1276 01:21:30,469 --> 01:21:32,346 we're gonna move the ball out to Ricky. 1277 01:21:32,888 --> 01:21:36,350 And, Ricky, you can put it up from where you're at all night long. 1278 01:21:36,725 --> 01:21:40,604 The basket is the same height as it was at your father's barn in Indiana. 1279 01:21:42,064 --> 01:21:45,192 Boys, Indiana is over there in the other locker room 1280 01:21:45,192 --> 01:21:47,194 wondering what the hell we're gonna do. 1281 01:21:48,195 --> 01:21:49,780 I'll send a note over to Bobby Knight, 1282 01:21:49,780 --> 01:21:52,074 and I'll tell him exactly what we're gonna do. 1283 01:21:52,074 --> 01:21:54,493 I'll give him our offense, I'll give him our defense. 1284 01:21:54,493 --> 01:21:57,663 Because it's not what you do, god damn it, it's how you do it. 1285 01:21:58,622 --> 01:22:00,290 Now, we're gonna go nose-to-nose with them, 1286 01:22:00,332 --> 01:22:02,543 and we're gonna beat them at both ends of the court. 1287 01:22:02,793 --> 01:22:05,379 And you're gonna play better than you ever dreamed of 1288 01:22:05,379 --> 01:22:08,257 because, god damn it, that's what I demand of you. 1289 01:22:08,841 --> 01:22:10,217 All right, let's go. 1290 01:22:24,022 --> 01:22:25,107 Fight. 1291 01:22:28,569 --> 01:22:30,487 Hi, everybody, I'm Dick Vitale. 1292 01:22:30,654 --> 01:22:34,658 Tonight is the night we've been waiting for. Basketball fever. 1293 01:22:34,658 --> 01:22:37,661 Unbelievable, baby. Kicking off the new season. 1294 01:22:37,661 --> 01:22:42,291 Western University, Coached by Pete Bell, two national championships, 1295 01:22:42,332 --> 01:22:43,876 coming off a subpar year, 1296 01:22:43,876 --> 01:22:45,752 against the number-one team in the nation, 1297 01:22:45,752 --> 01:22:47,379 the Indiana Hoosiers. 1298 01:22:47,504 --> 01:22:50,299 Yes, Pete Bell wants to start winning. What did he do? 1299 01:22:50,299 --> 01:22:53,177 He recruited the best freshman class in America. 1300 01:22:53,302 --> 01:22:57,973 Three dynamic diaper dandies, headed by Neon Bodeaux, 1301 01:22:58,140 --> 01:23:02,728 the 7-footer, scintillating and sensational, from Louisiana. 1302 01:23:02,728 --> 01:23:05,272 And then he went and got... You ready for this? 1303 01:23:05,272 --> 01:23:09,776 ...that's right, Butch McRae, a 6'7", silky-smooth guard. 1304 01:23:09,776 --> 01:23:12,321 And then he went and he got Ricky Roe, 1305 01:23:12,362 --> 01:23:15,532 from French Lick, Indiana, a 6'8" forward. 1306 01:23:15,532 --> 01:23:18,160 Yes, they are ready to take on the Hoosiers, 1307 01:23:18,160 --> 01:23:20,704 with Calbert Cheaney and Bob Hurley. 1308 01:23:20,871 --> 01:23:24,625 It's gonna be awesome, baby, with a capital A. I'm so excited. 1309 01:23:24,625 --> 01:23:27,586 I can't wait. We got an unbelievable matchup. 1310 01:23:27,586 --> 01:23:31,298 Heavyweights. Pete Bell against Bobby Knight, the General. 1311 01:23:31,298 --> 01:23:33,342 This place will be rocking 'n' rolling. 1312 01:23:33,342 --> 01:23:35,427 The Hoosiers are number one in the nation. 1313 01:23:35,427 --> 01:23:38,931 Western University, quite a turnaround this season from last year. 1314 01:23:38,931 --> 01:23:41,683 Pete Bell's excited, Bobby Knight's excited. 1315 01:23:41,808 --> 01:23:44,269 Hey, baby, this place is gonna rock 'n' roll. 1316 01:23:44,269 --> 01:23:47,731 It's gonna be awesome, baby, with a capital A. 1317 01:23:51,693 --> 01:23:52,945 Let's go, baby. Heads up, now. 1318 01:23:57,532 --> 01:23:58,533 Let's go. 1319 01:24:00,577 --> 01:24:02,788 -Hit the boards, hit the boards. -Rick. 1320 01:24:04,289 --> 01:24:05,582 Come on, Kevin, you gotta get on him. 1321 01:24:08,168 --> 01:24:10,963 Pick up the ball. Move out of there, Kevin. 1322 01:24:11,296 --> 01:24:12,589 Screen. Screen. 1323 01:24:16,843 --> 01:24:18,178 Nice pass, Butch. 1324 01:24:19,304 --> 01:24:21,390 All right. Way to move, guys. 1325 01:24:25,602 --> 01:24:26,895 Beat those cutters. 1326 01:24:27,980 --> 01:24:29,940 Move, Joe, don't stand. 1327 01:24:31,942 --> 01:24:35,487 Rebound! Rebound! All right, all right. 1328 01:24:35,571 --> 01:24:38,240 Let's get some movement going. Like if the guard... 1329 01:24:38,240 --> 01:24:40,826 Say, Bob dribbles the ball off, 1330 01:24:40,826 --> 01:24:43,745 step up, reverse it, step out and go. 1331 01:24:43,787 --> 01:24:46,164 And then just get some back-picking going. 1332 01:24:46,164 --> 01:24:50,419 Put them in some situations where they gotta switch. 1333 01:24:50,460 --> 01:24:52,212 We've gotta be alert for the back pick. 1334 01:24:52,212 --> 01:24:53,755 They're back-picking us like crazy. 1335 01:24:53,880 --> 01:24:56,049 So when they come up and set that back pick, 1336 01:24:56,049 --> 01:24:58,468 make sure that back man steps up. 1337 01:24:58,552 --> 01:25:01,388 Now, listen. On offense, let's force them to switch. 1338 01:25:01,388 --> 01:25:02,723 You force them to switch. 1339 01:25:02,723 --> 01:25:04,850 And let's set some screens, god damn it. 1340 01:25:04,850 --> 01:25:06,184 We haven't been doing that all night. 1341 01:25:09,521 --> 01:25:11,940 Get out on the ball, Ricky. Close out quicker. 1342 01:25:13,025 --> 01:25:16,403 Play some defense, Greg. Run the motion, let's go. 1343 01:25:18,071 --> 01:25:19,364 Come on! 1344 01:25:20,115 --> 01:25:23,577 Kevin, get out on the ball. Beat the cutter, Butch. 1345 01:25:24,995 --> 01:25:26,204 Attaboy. 1346 01:25:29,416 --> 01:25:31,084 Oh, no. 1347 01:25:31,710 --> 01:25:32,753 And one, baby. 1348 01:25:34,338 --> 01:25:36,631 -Way to go, Butch. -Way to go, Butch. 1349 01:25:36,965 --> 01:25:38,717 Weak side, rotate, rotate. 1350 01:25:39,843 --> 01:25:41,428 Blow your goddamn whistle. 1351 01:25:42,095 --> 01:25:43,764 He got that ball on the way up. 1352 01:25:43,764 --> 01:25:46,058 What the hell call is that, for chrissake? 1353 01:25:46,141 --> 01:25:47,476 Oh, shit. 1354 01:25:47,643 --> 01:25:49,686 I got ball. No help, no help. Where you at? 1355 01:25:49,686 --> 01:25:51,938 I'm here. I'm on you, I'm on you. What you got now? 1356 01:25:54,483 --> 01:25:55,901 Get one shot, now. 1357 01:25:58,987 --> 01:26:00,530 -Come on, catch the ball. -Oh, man. 1358 01:26:00,572 --> 01:26:01,782 Outlet! Outlet! 1359 01:26:02,783 --> 01:26:04,117 Give it back, Phil. 1360 01:26:07,162 --> 01:26:08,246 Yeah! 1361 01:26:09,289 --> 01:26:11,249 Whole new look, baby. Whole new look. 1362 01:26:12,501 --> 01:26:13,752 Get that stuff out of here. 1363 01:26:17,547 --> 01:26:19,841 Let's go, set up the lanes. Let's go. 1364 01:26:22,135 --> 01:26:23,261 Let's go. Let's go. 1365 01:26:23,261 --> 01:26:24,679 Look inside, Mitchel. 1366 01:26:25,722 --> 01:26:27,391 Take it up strong, Neon. 1367 01:26:36,358 --> 01:26:40,070 Bobby starts across with it. Keith, you're over here. 1368 01:26:40,070 --> 01:26:42,155 Scottie, you step out. 1369 01:26:42,155 --> 01:26:45,534 Calbert starts across, back cut, lob, dunk shot. 1370 01:26:48,203 --> 01:26:49,204 Good dish. 1371 01:26:49,663 --> 01:26:51,748 Ricky, I want you to fake out, 1372 01:26:51,748 --> 01:26:54,793 go along the baseline and curl around that screen. 1373 01:26:54,876 --> 01:26:56,503 Walker, you bring it back to Phil. 1374 01:26:56,503 --> 01:26:59,131 Phil, dribble it on down, hand it off to Ricky. 1375 01:26:59,256 --> 01:27:02,217 You come out to the foul line. You should have a shot here. 1376 01:27:02,300 --> 01:27:05,470 -Hands, hands, hands. -Right through. 1377 01:27:05,512 --> 01:27:08,557 -Right there, Phil, hand it off. -Let it fly. 1378 01:27:11,184 --> 01:27:14,271 Basket by number 42, Ricky Roe. 1379 01:27:14,396 --> 01:27:16,815 Move the ball on the perimeter and screen. 1380 01:27:18,191 --> 01:27:20,068 Come on. He's got the ball now. 1381 01:27:20,068 --> 01:27:21,486 Gotta help him, gotta help him. 1382 01:27:21,528 --> 01:27:24,614 Nice, nice, nice. Fast break. 1383 01:27:27,451 --> 01:27:30,328 -Rebound. -Go, go, go! 1384 01:27:34,040 --> 01:27:36,585 If you haven't got the ball, roll, for chrissake. 1385 01:27:36,585 --> 01:27:38,712 Let's just don't play this throw-it-up game. 1386 01:27:38,879 --> 01:27:41,923 When you guys are on top, you guards, make a move inside. 1387 01:27:42,007 --> 01:27:44,426 Don't stand there looking for somebody, get it moving. 1388 01:28:03,320 --> 01:28:05,363 Stop the ball! Stop the ball! 1389 01:28:06,656 --> 01:28:10,535 If he's over his back, that's a foul. What? 1390 01:28:10,535 --> 01:28:12,454 I can't see it from the tram. 1391 01:28:12,496 --> 01:28:14,414 -I can't-- -That's bullshit! 1392 01:28:14,581 --> 01:28:16,666 Well, you can sure as hell see the guy over him. 1393 01:28:16,666 --> 01:28:19,377 Then move your fat ass down where you can see. 1394 01:28:26,843 --> 01:28:28,094 Stop the ball. 1395 01:28:33,308 --> 01:28:34,518 All right. 1396 01:28:36,102 --> 01:28:37,604 Stop ball! Stop ball! 1397 01:28:37,813 --> 01:28:39,648 Go, I got it. I got it. 1398 01:28:39,814 --> 01:28:42,859 -Get out the way. -By yourself. Yeah! 1399 01:28:45,612 --> 01:28:46,738 All right, listen. 1400 01:28:49,241 --> 01:28:52,869 Watch the clock, and we get down into the last 10 or 12 seconds, 1401 01:28:52,869 --> 01:28:54,079 we can take the shot. 1402 01:28:54,079 --> 01:28:56,373 But let's make them work to play defense now. 1403 01:28:56,373 --> 01:28:59,543 No quick shots unless it's off the break, period. 1404 01:29:02,295 --> 01:29:04,965 -Jump, jump, jump. -Pump fake. 1405 01:29:08,385 --> 01:29:11,471 -Come on, cut him off. -Rebound. 1406 01:29:11,555 --> 01:29:15,392 Basket by number 34, Dan Godfried. 1407 01:29:18,103 --> 01:29:21,106 That leaves us with, I think, a little business that we need to discuss. 1408 01:29:22,107 --> 01:29:23,650 You know, this is what I'm looking for, 1409 01:29:23,692 --> 01:29:25,861 30 grand. I'd like to have it in cash. 1410 01:29:26,736 --> 01:29:29,447 Why don't you just go to the videotape, Coach. 1411 01:29:29,614 --> 01:29:31,074 I own you. 1412 01:29:31,700 --> 01:29:34,494 You looked me straight in the eye, and you lied to me. 1413 01:29:35,495 --> 01:29:36,997 And I believed you. 1414 01:29:41,960 --> 01:29:43,253 Call a timeout. 1415 01:29:47,007 --> 01:29:48,258 Butch, dribble on over here. 1416 01:29:48,258 --> 01:29:50,594 Mitch, come back, get the pass back from Butch. 1417 01:29:50,594 --> 01:29:53,722 Give it right back to him and go down to the low post. 1418 01:29:53,722 --> 01:29:57,851 Neon, as soon as you see Butch going over, you flash out to the foul line. 1419 01:29:57,934 --> 01:30:01,563 Mitch, I want you to come right up on Neon's man. I mean, screen him. 1420 01:30:01,563 --> 01:30:03,732 Pin him hard. Pin him. 1421 01:30:03,773 --> 01:30:07,694 Neon, you reverse, go to the weak side, go up for the lob. 1422 01:30:07,777 --> 01:30:08,820 We've got 12 seconds. 1423 01:30:08,820 --> 01:30:11,740 Butch, when you get it in to Neon, you get it in high. 1424 01:30:11,823 --> 01:30:13,033 Finish it, big man. 1425 01:30:14,200 --> 01:30:15,911 This is the number-one team in the nation. 1426 01:30:15,911 --> 01:30:17,662 We can beat their ass tonight. 1427 01:30:17,662 --> 01:30:19,623 We're in this game. Let's go. All right. 1428 01:30:19,664 --> 01:30:21,124 One, two, three, Western! 1429 01:30:21,666 --> 01:30:24,878 All right. Let's go. 1430 01:30:29,883 --> 01:30:32,302 Come on. Right now, right now. 1431 01:30:47,150 --> 01:30:49,361 Push the ball. Push the ball. 1432 01:30:49,444 --> 01:30:51,154 Now, Mitch, now. Pin him, pin him. 1433 01:30:56,201 --> 01:30:57,285 Yes! 1434 01:31:25,522 --> 01:31:26,898 Yeah, baby. 1435 01:31:33,363 --> 01:31:35,407 Way to go, Western! 1436 01:31:41,663 --> 01:31:42,997 We did it, boy! 1437 01:32:00,223 --> 01:32:03,893 Quiet down! Everybody down. Quiet down. 1438 01:32:04,477 --> 01:32:05,729 Good job, though. 1439 01:32:06,980 --> 01:32:08,523 Hold it up. 1440 01:32:14,279 --> 01:32:15,947 Yo, Neon. Chill, baby. 1441 01:32:15,989 --> 01:32:18,950 -Way to board, man. -Chill, y'all. Yo, chill. 1442 01:32:20,035 --> 01:32:21,828 -Way to go, boys. -Way to go, Coach. 1443 01:32:21,870 --> 01:32:22,996 Great game. 1444 01:32:31,087 --> 01:32:32,213 Boys... 1445 01:32:34,466 --> 01:32:36,509 the rules don't make much sense. 1446 01:32:40,930 --> 01:32:42,474 But I believe in rules. 1447 01:32:45,977 --> 01:32:47,854 Now, some of us broke them. 1448 01:32:54,152 --> 01:32:55,445 I broke them. 1449 01:33:02,410 --> 01:33:05,872 I can't do this. I can't win like this. 1450 01:33:08,416 --> 01:33:13,505 So tomorrow, I'll talk to you all individually about your futures here. 1451 01:33:38,905 --> 01:33:40,782 I love you all very much. 1452 01:33:42,826 --> 01:33:44,369 A hell of a game you played. 1453 01:34:00,093 --> 01:34:01,803 Coach? Coach? 1454 01:34:03,638 --> 01:34:05,098 How did you like my spin move? 1455 01:34:06,349 --> 01:34:09,227 You did real good, Neon. Real good. 1456 01:34:09,978 --> 01:34:12,188 Thanks, man. See you later. 1457 01:34:33,001 --> 01:34:34,878 W.U.! 1458 01:34:34,878 --> 01:34:36,588 W.U.! 1459 01:34:36,629 --> 01:34:38,673 W.U.! 1460 01:34:38,673 --> 01:34:40,550 W.U.! 1461 01:34:40,550 --> 01:34:42,427 W.U.! 1462 01:34:42,427 --> 01:34:44,387 W.U.! 1463 01:34:44,387 --> 01:34:46,139 W.U.! 1464 01:34:46,139 --> 01:34:47,390 W.U.! 1465 01:34:57,025 --> 01:34:58,526 Number one, Pete! 1466 01:35:01,237 --> 01:35:03,281 You know, I'll tell you something. 1467 01:35:04,073 --> 01:35:07,327 You know, 900 million Chinamen couldn't give a damn. 1468 01:35:07,744 --> 01:35:09,913 They couldn't care less. 1469 01:35:10,955 --> 01:35:12,832 Not about this press conference. 1470 01:35:15,835 --> 01:35:17,295 But I love basketball. 1471 01:35:18,838 --> 01:35:20,506 I'm a Dolphin and I just love it. 1472 01:35:24,594 --> 01:35:29,307 Sometimes the world doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. 1473 01:35:31,643 --> 01:35:33,603 Except on the basketball court. 1474 01:35:35,897 --> 01:35:37,857 And that's good enough for me. 1475 01:35:40,318 --> 01:35:41,819 -Coach? -Yeah, Ed. 1476 01:35:43,363 --> 01:35:45,823 I gotta ask this question, or I wouldn't be doing my job. 1477 01:35:46,991 --> 01:35:49,953 Would you care to comment on the rumor that you arranged 1478 01:35:49,994 --> 01:35:52,872 for an automobile to be purchased for Neon Bodeaux? 1479 01:35:56,709 --> 01:35:57,835 You know... 1480 01:36:00,505 --> 01:36:04,175 You know, Ed, you've just gotta get your mind out of the gutter. 1481 01:36:05,468 --> 01:36:08,137 You know, you just gotta start thinking straight. 1482 01:36:08,471 --> 01:36:10,390 I mean, it's right there in front of you. 1483 01:36:10,765 --> 01:36:12,392 For chrissake, it wasn't an automobile. 1484 01:36:12,433 --> 01:36:14,602 I mean, it was a fully loaded Lexus. 1485 01:36:18,231 --> 01:36:21,359 The damn car had everything. It had everything, didn't it, Happy? 1486 01:36:21,401 --> 01:36:23,820 I mean, that car was fully loaded, wasn't it? 1487 01:36:23,820 --> 01:36:27,115 No, no, Coach. It was a nuclear surfboard, remember? 1488 01:36:29,909 --> 01:36:34,080 And the damn thing of it is, EQ, is, you know, Neon, he didn't want it. 1489 01:36:35,123 --> 01:36:37,083 He didn't want the car. He didn't want a... 1490 01:36:37,125 --> 01:36:40,586 He didn't ask for anything, but, you know, he wasn't for sale. 1491 01:36:40,628 --> 01:36:42,588 But we got it for him anyway. 1492 01:36:43,381 --> 01:36:46,801 And I think, personally, that it would've been a hell of a deal, 1493 01:36:46,843 --> 01:36:48,511 a good price. I mean... 1494 01:36:48,928 --> 01:36:51,139 What did Neon do tonight? Does anybody know? 1495 01:36:51,180 --> 01:36:53,516 How many boards did Neon have tonight? 1496 01:36:53,516 --> 01:36:55,601 -Thirteen. -Thirteen boards? 1497 01:36:55,601 --> 01:36:57,812 There you are. It would've been a hell of a deal. 1498 01:36:57,812 --> 01:36:59,105 Can you imagine? 1499 01:36:59,105 --> 01:37:01,149 Can you imagine what Neon would've done 1500 01:37:01,149 --> 01:37:03,067 if we had tried to give him a Ferrari? 1501 01:37:04,027 --> 01:37:08,614 I mean, for chrissake, he might've scored or points. 1502 01:37:08,656 --> 01:37:10,116 I mean, who knows? 1503 01:37:10,616 --> 01:37:12,869 Who knows what he would've done for a Ferrari? 1504 01:37:15,121 --> 01:37:20,209 Now, you know, Neon, he didn't take anything. He didn't want anything. 1505 01:37:21,002 --> 01:37:23,046 But some of the others did, didn't they, Happy? 1506 01:37:23,129 --> 01:37:26,174 Wasn't there some of the other kids? What did we give them? 1507 01:37:26,466 --> 01:37:31,888 What, cars? Tractors? Gave a kid a tractor? 1508 01:37:31,929 --> 01:37:34,515 Another kid we gave a house. Didn't we give him a house? 1509 01:37:35,475 --> 01:37:38,478 You know, bags of cash. I don't know what we gave these kids. 1510 01:37:38,519 --> 01:37:41,064 You know, they asked for things, we gave it to them. 1511 01:37:41,439 --> 01:37:45,568 I mean, you guys asked me to win, and I gave that to you. Right? 1512 01:37:46,069 --> 01:37:48,696 And the alumni are all jerking off over this win, 1513 01:37:48,696 --> 01:37:52,033 which is the only time the alumni ever jerk off, right, is when we win. 1514 01:37:52,075 --> 01:37:54,535 Because this ain't about education! 1515 01:37:54,577 --> 01:37:55,912 It ain't much about winning, 1516 01:37:55,912 --> 01:37:58,456 and it sure as hell ain't much about basketball! 1517 01:37:58,831 --> 01:38:02,710 It's about money! Just goddamn money! 1518 01:38:05,296 --> 01:38:06,798 That's what it's about, Ed. 1519 01:38:08,257 --> 01:38:09,842 And I bought into it. 1520 01:38:10,259 --> 01:38:12,178 I bought into it bigtime. 1521 01:38:12,929 --> 01:38:14,889 I'm a big part of the problem. 1522 01:38:17,600 --> 01:38:20,561 Stick a fork in this creep, because he's done! 1523 01:38:20,561 --> 01:38:22,105 He's dead meat! You're finished! 1524 01:38:22,146 --> 01:38:25,733 You will never coach in America again, you got that? 1525 01:38:25,775 --> 01:38:27,568 Why don't you try Bulgaria? 1526 01:38:27,902 --> 01:38:30,738 Hear they're looking for wimps like you. Whiners! 1527 01:38:30,738 --> 01:38:32,824 -Give it a rest. -No, god damn it. 1528 01:38:32,865 --> 01:38:35,410 Get your hands off me. I can walk. 1529 01:38:36,077 --> 01:38:40,498 Loser. You lost three years in a row. Gave you everything you wanted. 1530 01:38:40,498 --> 01:38:43,084 There goes Happy, heading for the cash machine. 1531 01:38:43,584 --> 01:38:46,379 Oh, yeah, he's gonna get himself a middle linebacker. 1532 01:38:46,379 --> 01:38:49,715 That guy's got the best players money can buy! 1533 01:38:50,341 --> 01:38:52,802 The best players money can buy! 1534 01:38:56,681 --> 01:38:58,224 You know, I'll tell you something else. 1535 01:39:01,352 --> 01:39:06,858 You know, someplace in America right now, there's some 10-year-old kid. 1536 01:39:07,608 --> 01:39:11,070 He's out there on that playground. And he's playing. 1537 01:39:11,112 --> 01:39:15,158 He's dribbling between his legs. He's going left, he's going right. 1538 01:39:15,199 --> 01:39:18,327 He's already above the rim, he's stuffing it home. 1539 01:39:19,370 --> 01:39:22,039 You know what's gonna happen to this kid? Five minutes from now, 1540 01:39:22,540 --> 01:39:27,795 he's gonna be surrounded by agents and corporate sponsors and coaches. 1541 01:39:27,837 --> 01:39:30,673 I mean, people like me just drooling over this kid 1542 01:39:30,715 --> 01:39:33,718 because he holds our future employment in his hands. 1543 01:39:36,429 --> 01:39:38,473 I mean, that's what we've made this game. 1544 01:39:40,725 --> 01:39:42,185 That's what we've done. 1545 01:39:45,480 --> 01:39:48,941 You know, the best coaching job I ever did, that wasn't tonight. 1546 01:39:49,901 --> 01:39:53,821 It was last season. When we were 14 and 15. We had a losing season. 1547 01:39:54,447 --> 01:39:57,116 But god damn it, those kids, they gave me their heart! 1548 01:39:57,533 --> 01:39:59,285 They gave me everything they had! 1549 01:39:59,285 --> 01:40:01,954 They played up to the maximum of their ability! 1550 01:40:02,330 --> 01:40:04,081 They gave it everything! 1551 01:40:04,499 --> 01:40:06,167 And, you know, it wasn't good enough. 1552 01:40:06,542 --> 01:40:09,128 Wasn't good enough for me. Wasn't good enough for you. 1553 01:40:09,128 --> 01:40:11,255 Wasn't good enough for anybody! 1554 01:40:15,968 --> 01:40:17,220 That's pathetic. 1555 01:40:19,931 --> 01:40:21,974 I mean, it's really pathetic. 1556 01:40:25,937 --> 01:40:30,191 I've become what I despise. Yeah. 1557 01:40:33,194 --> 01:40:34,654 I cheated my profession. 1558 01:40:37,240 --> 01:40:38,699 Cheated myself. 1559 01:40:41,619 --> 01:40:43,329 I cheated basketball. 1560 01:40:47,375 --> 01:40:50,836 There's two words I didn't think could ever come out of my mouth. 1561 01:40:52,004 --> 01:40:54,048 I didn't think I'd ever be able to say them. 1562 01:41:02,765 --> 01:41:03,891 I quit. 1563 01:41:05,059 --> 01:41:06,602 Oh, my God. 1564 01:42:01,240 --> 01:42:04,285 Come on. Pass it. I'm open. 1565 01:42:10,541 --> 01:42:14,211 Go in, go in. Come on, you got it. Take a shot. Yes. 1566 01:42:16,881 --> 01:42:17,882 Come on. 1567 01:42:21,594 --> 01:42:22,887 Stop him. 1568 01:42:29,935 --> 01:42:32,563 Son, throw me the ball. Throw me the ball. Come here. 1569 01:42:32,563 --> 01:42:34,774 Come here a second. Give me the ball. Give me the ball. 1570 01:42:35,358 --> 01:42:37,401 Son, look. Come here, listen. 1571 01:42:38,486 --> 01:42:41,864 You're too good a basketball player to shoot that two-handed jump shot. 1572 01:42:41,864 --> 01:42:44,909 You know, has anybody told you how the mechanics of a jump shot go? 1573 01:42:44,909 --> 01:42:46,786 -Not really. -Let me tell you something. 1574 01:42:47,161 --> 01:42:48,954 You know, when you go up for your jump shot, 1575 01:42:48,954 --> 01:42:51,540 get your shooting hand behind the ball. 1576 01:42:51,582 --> 01:42:52,750 Get that behind the ball. 1577 01:42:52,750 --> 01:42:55,544 Get your other hand right along the side of it, right? 1578 01:42:55,544 --> 01:42:59,048 And when you go up and then release the ball and follow through. 1579 01:42:59,131 --> 01:43:00,591 Drop that arm down. 1580 01:43:00,633 --> 01:43:02,718 Now, look, get your legs into the shot. 1581 01:43:02,843 --> 01:43:06,222 That's a way. That's it. That's it. All right, now, son, let me see you. 1582 01:43:06,263 --> 01:43:08,099 Let me see you fake left, go right, 1583 01:43:08,099 --> 01:43:09,850 out to the top of the key and take a shot. 1584 01:43:09,975 --> 01:43:11,727 Okay. That's it. 1585 01:43:14,313 --> 01:43:16,065 That's a boy. Let's play a little game. 1586 01:43:16,065 --> 01:43:18,067 Come on, guys. Take it out. Let's go. 1587 01:43:20,403 --> 01:43:22,321 Come on, let's go. All right, get loose. Let's go. 1588 01:43:22,321 --> 01:43:24,782 All right, move the ball. Move the ball. Move without the ball.