Talk:John Thompson (basketball)

Untitled
Why the Nike Portal ? Mrbluesky 18:11, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Controversy section
2 incidents were named.

1. Racist sign incident, article claims he put up the sign himself. I have searched the Washington Post archives, and the incident is referred to a few times, but nowhere does it say he did it. Respectable source trumps some webpage.

2. Unsourced, apocryphal feel.

lots of issues | leave me a message 17:06, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

3) This entry takes up entirely too much space discussing tawdry, impertinent and unverified myth & legend -- matters that, if deserving a place at all (that is, if they were sourced), belong in a sentence, perhaps a sentence clause. Examples 1) the drug leader vignette, 2) the non-specific, & again, unsupported, aside regarding Thompson's manipulation of racial tension in motivating his early-80's clubs. Hence, this reads as some Hoya undergraduate's riffing, quasi-sociological, faux-historical meanderings regarding the school's legendary basketball coach. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rande M Sefowt (talk • contribs) 04:12, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

sewot_fred (talk) 04:12, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Years at Georgetown
Is it not an undersight not to have the specific years of his Georgetown tenure listed? Czrisher 12:36, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Career records
I believe this statement is erroneous.

Thompson still holds conference records for most overall Big East wins (231), most regular-season Big East wins (198) and conference championships (seven regular season, six tournaments).

Jim Boeheim of Syracuse has won 323 Big East games regular season.

Reference on that stat can be found here http://orangehoops.org/JBoeheim.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by Orangeg66 (talk • contribs) 20:02, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

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English articles
Here are some English articles that can be used as sources.

https://heavy.com/sports/2020/08/john-thompson-death-rumor/

https://wjla.com/news/local/former-georgetown-coach-john-thompson-dies MikaelaArsenault (talk) 11:25, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 31 August 2020
The death date should be August 30, 2020 The place of death should be Arlington, VA 69.243.26.184 (talk) 16:45, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. &mdash; KuyaBriBri Talk 17:26, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 31 August 2020
John Thompson died in Arlington County, VA. Not Oropesa del Mar, Spain Shutrspd (talk) 18:15, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Corrected in article with source. Thank you. CalDoesIt (talk) 18:22, 31 August 2020 (UTC)