Rockne's Roundtable

Real good read. The one thing I question is Adrian leaving Notre Dame after his junior year after a "squabble" with Digger. I can't really recall that occurring. Not saying it couldn't have happened because Digger is pretty easy to get into a squabble with — and Adrian had a pretty powerful personality too — but they struck me as having a pretty good relationship. About the only players that I can think of that Digger might have deferred to more were John Paxson and maybe David Rivers.

Now with Kelly Tripucka, another No. 44, the squabbles were legendary. The joke on campus was that Kelly was really Tripucka's last name because Phelps would always be yelling, "Jesus Kelly."

'Cheap' is a cheap shot. How many stories do we read about great athletes that end up pennyless shortly after their careers are over? I didn't read comments here from past teammates who had bad things to say, only team Owners or GM/Presidents. He was one of the greatest basketball players who ever lived and he is happy in his own skin. Nice job!