Brad Rock: Utah Utes' tribute is a fitting honor to Majerus' winning legacy

By Brad Rock, Deseret News

Published: Tuesday, Dec. 4 2012 8:54 p.m. MST

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in memory of him, the school will have a moment of silence before Wednesday's game against Boise State. Utah players will wear red patches with his initials. Later this year, the sweater will be unveiled. A sweater in the rafters is a little unorthodox, but so was Majerus.

Majerus deserves to be honored because he won 323 games, none of them with top-10 recruits. Ty Cobb was allegedly a jerk, or worse, but he has a statue in Detroit for his deeds. Michael Jordan, whose statue is in Chicago, gambled on golf and cheated on his wife. Even the unpopular George Steinbrenner has a monument in Tampa.

Imperfect men, yet sports figures to be remembered.

Thus, Majerus will soon be in the Crimson Club Hall of Fame and the sweater will be hanging high. Which is the right thing to happen. It makes little sense to pretend he never came through Utah. It's doubtful any future Utah coach will accomplish more.

By commemorating him, fans can remember that at one time Utah had a nationally renowned program. Who knows, maybe the sight of a crewneck sweater will give the current Utes something to shoot for.

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79Ute

Orange County, CA

Nothing against Coach Majerus, who was probably the best coaching mind in Utah history, but people forget that Coach Gardner took two Ute teams to the Final Four.

10:55 p.m. Dec. 4, 2012
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Brave Sir Robin

San Diego, CA

@79Ute

Nobody is forgetting that. Majerus did it in a different, much more competitive, era of basketball.

8:49 a.m. Dec. 5, 2012
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