:06:02
It's been a while for you.
:06:06
- Yeah. I appreciate what you're doing...
- Let's not be repeating ourselves.
:06:10
Your slate's clean here.
We got a job to do.
:06:15
So come on, Coach,
let me show you around.
:06:26
This is where it all happens. Not exactly
what you're used to, but we're proud of it.
:06:31
During the season we put
800 people in here every Friday night.
:06:34
- When does practice start?
- Well, we'll practise at noon this week,
:06:38
cos some of the boys have got to
get ready for threshin' on Saturday.
:06:42
Jimmy, I want you to meet someone.
:06:45
- This is Norman Dale, our new coach.
- (Norm) Hi.
:06:55
- Real friendly town you got here.
- It can be.
:06:58
Let's go on back out to the farm.
I got a place fixed up out there for you.
:07:02
Get you squared away.
:07:19
That's it. Thank you.
:07:22
- Say hello to Chester.
- Hello, Chester.
:07:24
Say goodbye to Chester.
:07:28
So you say this kid Jimmy wouldn't
play basketball after the coach died?
:07:32
Well, the coach was
kind of like an old man to him.
:07:34
Kid never had any family
of his own to speak of.
:07:38
At least he comes on down to the school
and shoots them buckets.
:07:41
Aside from that, he's just about
backed away from everything.
:07:45
I don't know why you're going on so
about this kid being irreplaceable.
:07:48
It's my experience
that nobody's irreplaceable.
:07:51
Well, I think there's something
you don't understand.
:07:54
Oh?
:07:55
In over 40 years of looking
at the best this state's ever had,
:07:59
I've never seen a better ball player
than Jimmy Chitwood. Never.