When I first encountered Lee Wimberly in my junior year of high school, I knew right away that he was no ordinary coach. I found myself hypnotized by his Yoda like appearance and easy manner. Perhaps what separated him most from other coaches though, was the rank odor of nicotine, that brandy on his desk, and the enormously fat dog rolling around on the floor.
As my interest in attending Swarthmore increased, coach Wimberly asked me to attend the Franklin and Marshall Shoot Around, so that he might better gauge my talent. Eager to please, and quite anxious, I made sure to play my ass off. In the first game I put up six points, had about ten boards, and one charge. Not a terrible performance considering I had had to wake up at five in the mourning to make it to the tournament in time.
After the game coach came up to me and immediately informed me that I had “big balls”. He was impressed that I was “so physical for such a skinny guy”. As I continued to mull over the “big balls” comment, coach continued on that I was the type of post he was looking for, even if my offense was a little questionable. What coach did not realize was that he had made the “big balls” comment within earshot of my father, who thought it was just about the funniest damn thing ever and has made sure that I never forget it.
Now in my freshman year here at Swarthmore, I have learned that Coach Wimberly is a veritable fountain of little comments like “big balls”, and so I have taken it upon myself to keep track of them all.
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Words of Wisdom from the Master himself
1)At the end of the firts Alumni game- "Ladies, one moment, I don't want to end this on a bad note....GOD DAMMIT!!!!!"
2)Where does coach dissapear to during practice? - "You'll have to forgive me for leaving practice so often, Maggie [his dog] is diabetic and I have to give her her shots"
3)Questions about defense- "I can't really answer that Josh, I designed Albright to be unstoppable"
4)How bout that Dana play- "You know Dana is meant to give our four-men a chance to shoot three's and their putting up brick shit house."
5)Our recruit wanted to see the social life here- "Josh, you can put him up? He wants to see the social life, fine, he can sleep in his own puke or something" (Interesting side note- recruit DID end up sleeping in his own puke)
6)How bout that Lehigh forward- "He's six five, 260. He's just a Beast!
