Glen Miller: A study on the evolution of bench histrionics

 

I'm not the first DPer to write about Glen Miller this week, but whereas my colleague Matt Flegenheimer could write a thousand words on the subject, I'll let pictures do the talking. A former DP Sports ed. brought this photo to my attention, and it's really too good not to share.

It's at least a couple decades old, and ran with a story on ESPN.com about the Jim Calhoun-John Calipari rivalry, which will have its flames stoked again this weekend.

You'll notice right below Calhoun's backside a steely-eyed young lad by the name of Glen Miller, hunched over on all fours, paisley tie dangling in the heat of the moment.

Flash forward to 2006-2009. Miller has left his role as an assistant, now the head man here at Penn. The title may have changed, but the position remained the same:

And today, Miller is back on the Connecticut bench, right where it all started. What a difference 20 years makes.

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