posted on: October 19, 2020
If you wanted honesty, you asked Tex. 1000 Hall of Fame AvenueSpringfield, Massachusetts 01105. Justin McCarthy "Sam" Barry (December 17, 1892 – September 23, 1950) was an American collegiate athletic coach who achieved significant accomplishments in three major sports. All opinions expressed by Sam Smith are solely his own and do not reflect the opinions of the Chicago Bulls or its Basketball Operations staff, parent company, partners, or sponsors. ft. of basketball history. Bill Sharman, Alex Hannun and Tex Winter were three of Barry's players who went on to outstanding coaching careers of their own. In one 10-day stretch playing UCLA twice, Tex's team led both times at halftime and barely fell late even with top players hurt. Sometimes you never can forget, and Tex admits he always kept the little shampoo and lotion bottles from the team hotels. It's why Tex left the larger stage of Kansas State to take on projects like the NBA's Rockets just as they moved to Houston and had to play a "home" schedule with games as far away as San Antonio, the University of Washington to compete against the giants at UCLA, Northwestern and then Long Beach State. If he were an economist or scientist, he'd have the Nobel Prize. "No way I'd ever have played in the NBA without his fundamentals, the preparation, the routines he taught every day," said McKinney. Players reacted to the defense, passed the ball and moved until the best shot presented itself. The Basketball Hall of Fame makes no representation concerning, and is not responsible for the quality, content, accessibility, nature or reliability of any hyperlinked site. But it always was a first class ride during the games with his triangle offense, perhaps the ultimate in pure basketball. "This is Lamar Hunt," Tex was saying conversationally to his daughter in law, Kim. Ask Sam Mailbag: Questions about Bulls Minicamp observations, Jimmy Butler, and more, Sam Smith: Horace Grant deserves to be in the Hall of Fame, BullsTV: John Paxson on Tex Winter - 10.11.18. Barry’s teams won over 350 games during his career. Sam Barry is credited with the campaign leading to the present day rule allowing teams to take possesion of the ball at the baseline after they have been scored against. "He's from Texas, too.". He was voted national coach of the year. He was perhaps the most in demand speaker for clinics. He believed if you supplied the basic elements of effort, spirit, determination, ambition and character—with, of course, some talent—you could succeed, success measured in helping your team. WarnerMedia Privacy Center | "But every year we'd beat top ranked teams. Tex became a starting guard for his Navy team during the war on the recommendation of his commanding officer, Chuck Taylor, the developer of the famous Converse sneaker, and Tex in a game at Chicago Stadium against Northwestern went against famed future quarterback Otto Graham. Later Winter became assistant coach to Phil Jackson and the triangle offense was instrumental in the Chicago Bulls (Michael Jordan, et al) winning a number of NBA championships. Under Barry, USC won the Southern Division seven times and finished third in the 1940 NCAA Tournament. And no one else got by them, either. "He has a great feel for people. Both times, the triangle offenses lead to multiple championships. But they routinely defeated top Big 10 teams. Barry is also recognized as the initial proponent of the triangle offense. It was at one of the Bulls' private championship celebrations in that golden era, players, staff, investors and the Most Very of VIPs. Newell later would hire Tex to coach the San Diego/Houston Rockets. And no one was above teaching or improvement because that was the goal. Still, it never mattered to the affable Tex because he could teach and coach and, after all, it was never about him, but the game and the players. Coach extraordinaire, Sam Barry knew how to mold young athletes into champions. There was the memorable win over Kansas and Wilt at the end of the 1957-58 season that sent Wilt to the pros and Kansas State to the NCAA's as back then only the conference champion went. He had a collegiate record of 365 wins and 217 losses. ", And Tex was the one when the Bulls were falling well behind in Game 6 of the 1992 Finals who told Jackson, "Get Jordan out. "Michael said he knew he wasn't passing the ball right," Phil Jackson recalled with a laugh. One time he was going to do some advanced scouting for the Bulls while they were in New York. "Basketball and teaching was his calling," said Jackson. He was devastated to be costing his team a point. So did Craig Hodges and Billy McKinney, two of Tex's college players who went onto NBA careers despite limited physical abilities, players who were every bit as important to Tex as Jordan.
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