A Goodbye to Coach Crean

Poor Coach Crean has hoisted up his
pants and tugged at his tie one last time
in this Hoosier state of basketball-allness.
I will miss his manic sips of Diet Coke
and frantic careening up/down courtside.
I will miss his slicked back hair, his big
glasses being pushed back up his nose.
Who will be able to replace him and bear
our complaints so magnanimously, we
who are fickle lovers of the bouncing ball,
squeaky floors, and nets that go *swish*?


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