Ralph Miller Just Smiled!

[joelbc1]

At about the 9 minute mark of the 3rd quarter Iowa gets a rebound of a Minnesota miss, rebounder passes to the sideline, who passes to the half court, who passes to a player streaking in for a lay up.

Not one dribble, 3 passes and the ball never touched the floor…Ralph Miller couldn’t have asked for more! Hell, he even would smile! Sometimes these Iowa teams do it to perfection!

 

[MikeT2425]

Ralph was an offensive genius. He is celebrating tonight's WBB game with a cigarette that is nine miles long, as he did courtside at the Fieldhouse.

 

[goodbyebobby]

At about the 9 minute mark of the 3rd quarter Iowa gets a rebound of a Minnesota miss, rebounder passes to the sideline, who passes to the half court, who passes to a player streaking in for a lay up.

Not one dribble, 3 passes and the ball never touched the floor…Ralph Miller couldn’t have asked for more! Hell, he even would smile! Sometimes these Iowa teams do it to perfection!

That was a pretty sequence, no question.

 

[joelbc1]

That was a pretty sequence, no question.

It was the best fast break I have seen all year. Absolute perfection! I can see Ralph, cigarette dangling from his lips, smile, clap and say “dammit boys, that’s just the way I want you to do it all the time!”

 

[moondog24]

Had the pleasure of hearing Coach Miller speak at a Basketball Clinic in Burlington one year. He ran 6 basic drills -- early in the season, the drills might take up all of practice -- later on only a few minutes. Much of the time after drills was spent on Off/Def scrimmaging. He set standards for the drills and they had to be met in order to move on in practice. One thing I remember that always brought laugh was that during the side to side footwork sliding drill he said if he was upset at the team, he would sit on a chair in the center of the court with a Coke and a cigarette and just point in the direction the players were to slide and do this for a long period of time to make use they got the point of what he wanted them to do and to know who was in charge. He was a great coach.

 

[goodbyebobby]

Had the pleasure of hearing Coach Miller speak at a Basketball Clinic in Burlington one year. He ran 6 basic drills -- early in the season, the drills might take up all of practice -- later on only a few minutes. Much of the time after drills was spent on Off/Def scrimmaging. He set standards for the drills and they had to be met in order to move on in practice. One thing I remember that always brought laugh was that during the side to side footwork sliding drill he said if he was upset at the team, he would sit on a chair in the center of the court with a Coke and a cigarette and just point in the direction the players were to slide and do this for a long period of time to make use they got the point of what he wanted them to do and to know who was in charge. He was a great coach.

He'd be in jail today, certainly wouldn't have a coaching job. 😂

 

[uihawk82]

At about the 9 minute mark of the 3rd quarter Iowa gets a rebound of a Minnesota miss, rebounder passes to the sideline, who passes to the half court, who passes to a player streaking in for a lay up.

Not one dribble, 3 passes and the ball never touched the floor…Ralph Miller couldn’t have asked for more! Hell, he even would smile! Sometimes these Iowa teams do it to perfection!

Exactly correct, we didnt get to see Miller's teams on TV very much and I only saw them once in the old fieldhouse. But that is one thing they were known for as was his subsequent Oregon St teams.

I dont think a lot of people remember that Miller led Oregon St to be a top ranked Bball team and to hold the #1 ranking. People we are talking about Oregon St.