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RIP Butch Komives
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:08 pm
by Flipper
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:19 pm
by ZiggyZoomba
Woah.... a sad sad day for the BG hoops family indeed...
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:28 pm
by Rightupinthere
Oh my.....
Rest in peace, fellow falcon. Thoughts to friends and family.
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:53 pm
by doughash
A sad day indeed. One of the greatest to ever don the brown and orange. My condolences to his family and friends.
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 9:11 pm
by TG1996
Wow. My thoughts as well.
His senior season was ridiculous.
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 9:28 pm
by Dayons_Den
It is a bit of a shame he never had his number or jersey retired, posthumously would be better late than never, but I think he deserved more.
A great Falcon and a nice man.
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 8:33 am
by ZiggyZoomba
Hack has a great obit/memory piece on Komives, the legend.
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dl ... /303239998
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:34 am
by BGSU33
My thoughts and prayers go out to his family. I never had a chance to meet him myself, but did get to know Shane pretty well. A sad day for Falcon hoops...
Butch
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 11:44 am
by zete
Butch was one of the greatest college players to come out of Toledo. BAck then BG was able to land a few of the Toledo schoolboys. Today they almost always automatically head to the Big Ten or elsewhere.
If I remember correctly, he could lay down the free throws as well as LP.
Re: Butch
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:47 pm
by ZiggyZoomba
zete wrote:Butch was one of the greatest college players to come out of Toledo. BAck then BG was able to land a few of the Toledo schoolboys. Today they almost always automatically head to the Big Ten or elsewhere.
If I remember correctly, he could lay down the free throws as well as LP.
Yep... he once made 74 out of 75 free throws in a stretch.
I can't stress it enough, if you're a fan of BG hoops, and if you're reading this forum, you are at least to some level, read this article. Hack did a great job:
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dl ... /303239998
I'd call it a must-read for anyone who follows the program.
Re: Butch
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:53 pm
by TG1996
ZiggyZoomba wrote:
I can't stress it enough, if you're a fan of BG hoops, and if you're reading this forum, you are at least to some level, read this article. Hack did a great job:
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dl ... /303239998
I'd call it a must-read for anyone who follows the program.
Anyone that follows BG, really. Even if you don't follow hoops, he was one of our true legends. If it wasn't for Thurmond's NBA success, Komives might be considered the greatest basketball player ever at BG and that's saying something.
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:57 pm
by orangeandbrown
A sad day. Condolences to his family, and a great opportunity to remember how great a player and hard a worker he was.
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 1:47 pm
by transfer2BGSU
Another great article about Komives. Written by Tom Walton
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dl ... /COLUMNIST
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 2:09 pm
by NY-BG-FAN
What a great column by Hack. I always enjoy reading his columns, whether they are about BG or not. Especially about BG though.
Re: Butch
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:28 pm
by 1987alum
TG1996 wrote:ZiggyZoomba wrote:
I can't stress it enough, if you're a fan of BG hoops, and if you're reading this forum, you are at least to some level, read this article. Hack did a great job:
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dl ... /303239998
I'd call it a must-read for anyone who follows the program.
Anyone that follows BG, really. Even if you don't follow hoops, he was one of our true legends. If it wasn't for Thurmond's NBA success, Komives might be considered the greatest basketball player ever at BG and that's saying something.
TG: Great perspective and spot on.
