Talk:John Thompson (basketball)

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Section sizes Section size for John Thompson (basketball) (21 sections) Section name Byte count Section total (Top) 5,158 5,158 Early life 2,273 2,273 Playing career 19 2,465 Providence College 1,284 1,284 National Basketball Association 1,162 1,162 Coaching career 20 13,925 Georgetown 5,552 10,053 Confronting drug lord 4,501 4,501 U.S. national team 890 890 Protest against Proposition 42 1,240 1,240 Resignation 1,722 1,722 Post-coaching career 4,075 4,075 Career statistics 67 1,707 NBA 235 1,640 Regular season 691 691 Playoffs 714 714 Head coaching record 12,194 12,194 See also 104 104 Notes 34 34 References 28 28 External links 2,176 2,176 Total 44,139 44,139

Why the Nike Portal ? Mrbluesky 18:11, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

2 incidents were named.

1. Racist sign incident, article claims he put up the sign himself. I have searched the Washington Post archives, and the incident is referred to a few times, but nowhere does it say he did it. Respectable source trumps some webpage.

2. Unsourced, apocryphal feel.

lots of issues | leave me a message 17:06, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

3) This entry takes up entirely too much space discussing tawdry, impertinent and unverified myth & legend -- matters that, if deserving a place at all (that is, if they were sourced), belong in a sentence, perhaps a sentence clause. Examples 1) the drug leader vignette, 2) the non-specific, & again, unsupported, aside regarding Thompson's manipulation of racial tension in motivating his early-80's clubs. Hence, this reads as some Hoya undergraduate's riffing, quasi-sociological, faux-historical meanderings regarding the school's legendary basketball coach. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rande M Sefowt (talk • contribs) 04:12, 11 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

sewot_fred (talk) 04:12, 11 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Is it not an undersight not to have the specific years of his Georgetown tenure listed? Czrisher 12:36, 31 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I believe this statement is erroneous.

Thompson still holds conference records for most overall Big East wins (231), most regular-season Big East wins (198) and conference championships (seven regular season, six tournaments).

Jim Boeheim of Syracuse has won 323 Big East games regular season.

Reference on that stat can be found here http://orangehoops.org/JBoeheim.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by Orangeg66 (talk • contribs) 20:02, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Here are some English articles that can be used as sources.

https://heavy.com/sports/2020/08/john-thompson-death-rumor/

https://wjla.com/news/local/former-georgetown-coach-john-thompson-dies MikaelaArsenault (talk) 11:25, 31 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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The death date should be August 30, 2020 The place of death should be Arlington, VA 69.243.26.184 (talk) 16:45, 31 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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John Thompson died in Arlington County, VA. Not Oropesa del Mar, Spain Shutrspd (talk) 18:15, 31 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Corrected in article with source. Thank you. CalDoesIt (talk) 18:22, 31 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]