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Cornuck wrote: ↑Tue Nov 04, 2025 8:21 amCheney's gone.

The worlds most legendary hunting partner.

Ex hunting partner.

Mel Bridgman - only 70 years old.

Sad. Ex Flyer, Flame and briefly a Canuck. Cut his teeth with the Victoria Cougars. Tougher than a two dollar steak.

Sticking with the NHL.

Leon Stickle passed this week.

Would have lined many Bridgman games during his 30 year career.

77.

Paul Tagliabue.

84.

Y'all won"t care about this one either but Lenny Wilkens.

88.

Coached the Seattle Supersonics to a 1979 NBA Championship (same year the Whitecaps won the NASA title - 2 Canuck buffers that season!!)

Old Man took me down for Sonic games quite often...boys trip.

Gus Williams
Jack Sikma
Dennis Johnson
John Johnson
Paul Silas
Downtown Freddy Brown
Lonny Shelton
Wally Walker

Good times.

Loved that team. Because I got to watch a lot of games with my old man on the TV, he loved that team too.

Knew most of those players by name even though his English wasn't very good. Every time Sikma unleashed his awkward white man mini skyhook, I heard him chuckle.

RIP Dad.

Carl Yagro wrote: ↑Sun Nov 09, 2025 5:10 pm RIP Dad.

Yeah...indeed.

Yep, he was a legend, back when I watched basketball.

Cornuck wrote: ↑Sun Nov 09, 2025 5:23 pm Yep, he was a legend, back when I watched basketball.

Hall of Fame as a player, a coach and as a member (assistant coach) of the Dream Team.

Named as a member of both the all NBA 50th and 75th anniversary teams the second as a player and a coach.

Named top 15 coach of all time.

Member of the College Basketball Hall of Fame.

Two Olympic Golds, one as a Head Coach.

Yeah, fucking helluva run for Lenny.

Carl Yagro wrote: ↑Sun Nov 09, 2025 5:10 pm Loved that team. Because I got to watch a lot of games with my old man on the TV, he loved that team too.

Knew most of those players by name even though his English wasn't very good. Every time Sikma unleashed his awkward white man mini skyhook, I heard him chuckle.

RIP Dad.

Amen to that. I miss my girl every day and my stepmom. Numerous friends and relatives. My Dad started the chain in 2017. I seem to lose 1-3 important people every year.

Obviously the wife stings the most but watching sports with Dad was the best. My Dad truly got me fwiw. Don't know what you got till its gone.

Thx for the msg Blobber. He didn't have it easy in life and those teams gave him a bit of joy that we could share together.

Even though I can't put myself in your shoes, we can remember the good times with our loved ones while missing them?

Keep on trucking, man.

Hey Torts.

Larry Brooks has finally "fucked off"....

75.

To early these days.

Lots of people hated Torts as a coach, but as a human - I have time for him.

Actually made up with LB later in their lives, and called him towards the end. Apparently meant a lot to Brook's kid too.

People who can mend fences, forgive/forget etc. etc. are on the top of my list of good people - even if they were pricks.