Good shtuff. From the thread title, I expected an article celebrating Eggers himself, written by a colleague. Kerry, if you want a new angle, how about filling an article with informative quotes from the lesser half of the team, instead of the usual Walton-Hollins-Twardzik axis. You got more Davis than usual, that was good. What do Robin Jones and Wally Walker remember? Lesser guys like that, old and young at the time. Corky Calhoun was getting older. He saw it through an experienced lens. He would have better perspective than the others. When was he a rookie, 72 or 73. I haven't looked it up, just going by memory. You listed trainers and staff who attended. They were older and got good perspective. By that, I mean, the season was more than a phenomenological stream of consciousness to them. The team owner--You should have gotten a full second article from an interview with him. I know, it's been done before, but new info would be uncovered with minimal effort.
Corky was a rookie in '72-'73 season. He was one of the Vet's on our squad. Herm Gilliam was a rookie in '69-'70 so had a couple years under his belt.
Herm Gilliam was established, but Calhoun was a youngster. That's how I remember them. Like, Gilliam had learned the game but Calhoun was still working on his defects. But now that I think of it, the difference was that Gilliam was just the better player and Calhoun would never catch up to him.
