BORN IN THE BARN: PART 7 'The Bench Bosses'

Part 7 "The Bench Bosses"

Two of the winningest coaches in Michigan high school sports history, Nancy Osier and Tom Caudill coached Panther ball players for 4 decades.

Inspired by their former coaches and their time in the Barn, the current E-TC girls and boys basketball coaches have a legacy to continue.

"Born in the Barn" is an 8-part docu-series to be completed in 2024.

[timothynygard]

Kristin thanks for this trip down memory lane. I loved this episode. I had the job of trying to keep Bimbo on the bench, and witnessed the broken clip boards. We resorted to getting a metal one my senior year--it was a dented mess a few games in.

[BrianAnderson-ljmm]

Kristin- Although I appreciate your videos and memory lane, how’s about interviewing new & different people instead of the same 5 or 10 people…You might get a little different picture than the Rosie one that gets painted in your videos….As for coach Osier I hear she was ok, nuttin special… As for Bimbo he was trash, only thing I learned from him was off court and that was typing… You could have had Stevie Wonder coaching and get 500 wins with the talent that went through there….I hear my old teammates saying how they love him, Not me…I remember one game in particular 82 season at Ironwood Catholic, it was close game all the way, and I had taken wide open 10-15 Footer and missed… time out and in huddle screamed at me for trying to lose that game in front of god and everyone…. I would like to think I was an important piece on that team, but nobody deserved that….That whole season it seemed coach was trying to replace me on starting 5 and I wasn’t having any of it….. I can count on 2 or 3 fingers how many times in regular season I took shots outside of layup or put backs…Not counting on how Bimbo treated my nephew Jonathon, all he wanted to do was play with his friends on JV and u told him it was Varsity or nothing so he quit. Shame on you….. How about my other nephew Tyler Andersen who didn’t get no playing time or starting time…. What a shit show u are…. And here you are strutting around like a rooster….. I say Tom Caudill is Bullshit…. Everything I got from basketball was earned and Tom tried to take it away…. I think I quit that team once or twice my junior year…..I have no hard feelings, just stating facts….

PS- I hear that Brad Besonen is worste than Bimbo.