Don Haskins, an American original
https://eu.elpasotimes.com/story/sports/college/1966championship/2016/03/19/bill-knight-don-haskins-american-original/81829704/ BILL KNIGHT | El Paso Times This is a mini-play in three mini-acts, a tribute to Don Haskins, an American original ... a man who was fiercely independent, fiercely competitive, fiercely loyal, fiercely generous ... who was simply fierce. He was a Bear of a man who ate up life, who could pierce the coldest of souls with those ice blue eyes, who could make the room shake with his laughter. He was a man who loved life, a man who truly lived life. The big man stalked across the stage, bent by age but still somehow fierce. He wears a plaid shirt, jeans, boots and, on this special occasion, a black cowboy hat. He reached the bar, sprawled onto the stool and the man behind the bar slid him a shot of tequila. He turns to face the audience and said, "Hey ... how ya doin'?" He paused, took a sip of his drink and said in his deep gravelly voice, "My