...was based on a few John Wooden stories at UCLA? I think I read that somewhere along the line.
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When I saw this movie when it first came out I thought that the coach was based on John Wooden.
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While I haven't seen the movie, it appears that Smith's character is generally an a$$. Wooden generally seems to be revered by the players who played for him.
shareHe was based in appearance and in part in personality on Wooden, but also on Bobby Knight, who had just won his first NCAA championship at Indiana when the movie came out.
shareMaybe fictional coach Smith was loosely based on a composite of coach W. and coach BK. Of course this is all alleged as it would be tantamount to slander.
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