The Real Deal

A picture is worth a thousand words and the above picture says it all. Unlike the Commecial Appeal and many of it's readers I don't have selective amnesia. I was a fan when Larry Finch was playing and Gene Bartow was coach. A lot of nights I watched him shoot the lights out at the Mid-South Coliseum as a player. Then I watched him compile the school's best record to date as a coach. How soon some Memphians forget.

I as a Finch supporter was offended when the media tried to paint a picture of a peaceful parting of ways between Coach Finch and Memphis State. Someone even tried to blame it on his health. Though he didn't have a stroke until years after he was fired. Luckily I was able to find an article more reflective of what really happened. Read the link below to get the real deal.

http://www.memphisflyer.com/backissues/issue565/cvr565.htm