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    Default CRAZY Jerry Sloan story.

    https://twitter.com/bballbreakdown/s...22732213825539

    "While editing my Jerry Sloan vid, I discovered a crazy story: He had taken the Evansville head coaching job in '77, quit after 5 days, later that season the whole team died in a tragic plane crash. The 1 player to survive (didn't travel due to injury) died in car crash 2wks later"

    Has anyone heard this!? This is insane. Now I want to study this more.

    Edit: More information.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Indiana_Flight_216

    The only member of the Purple Aces who did not die in the crash was David Furr; he was out for the season with an ankle injury and thus was not on the plane that day. But just two weeks after the crash, Furr and his younger brother Byron were killed in a car accident near Newton, Illinois, leaving the entire 1977 Evansville team dead.[2]
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    Default Re: CRAZY Jerry Sloan story.

    What????? Thats insane.

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    Default Re: CRAZY Jerry Sloan story.

    Quote Originally Posted by Clippersfan86 View Post
    https://twitter.com/bballbreakdown/s...22732213825539

    "While editing my Jerry Sloan vid, I discovered a crazy story: He had taken the Evansville head coaching job in '77, quit after 5 days, later that season the whole team died in a tragic plane crash. The 1 player to survive (didn't travel due to injury) died in car crash 2wks later"

    Has anyone heard this!? This is insane. Now I want to study this more.

    Edit: More information.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Indiana_Flight_216

    The only member of the Purple Aces who did not die in the crash was David Furr; he was out for the season with an ankle injury and thus was not on the plane that day. But just two weeks after the crash, Furr and his younger brother Byron were killed in a car accident near Newton, Illinois, leaving the entire 1977 Evansville team dead.[2]
    There's a universe where Sloan died on that flight.

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    Default Re: CRAZY Jerry Sloan story.

    So are you saying that it was Jerry's fault that it had to happen?

    Just kidding. Btw, thank wikipedia.

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    Default Re: CRAZY Jerry Sloan story.

    That's some final destinationesque.

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    Default Re: CRAZY Jerry Sloan story.

    Jerry Sloan Legend

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    Default Re: CRAZY Jerry Sloan story.

    I actually never knew this

    Crazy. I thought it was some underwhelming shit and trolling but jesus christ that's actually crazy

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    Default Re: CRAZY Jerry Sloan story.

    Sloan never would talk about it either. He’d always say something like “I don’t discuss that, I just leave it be.”

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    Default Re: CRAZY Jerry Sloan story.

    The thing is, had Sloan taken the coaching job, maybe the plane didn't crash and the whole team didn't have to die. A lot of things could change with a different head coach.

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