In order to participate in Chicago's annual St. Patrick's Day celebration -- not to mention mourn my Boilermaker's historic fail in the Big 10 Tournament -- I had to forego my usual Worst of the Weekend post. Instead, I give you this phototastic tribute to commemorate the end of the Mike Dunleavy Sr. era in Clipperland. These are the images we must never forget.

Note that I only found one really good Dunleavy facepalm. If you can find another, please send it in and I will add it to this post. By the way, I've decided to name the pose in which a coach adopts a pissy/confused/constipated look while standing with his palms face up "The Dunleavy."

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35 Comments:
Anonymous Stockton said...
They should bring back that serial in which Craig T. Nelson was a coach, and add Dunleavy to the cast. Dunleavy and Nelson star as "the coaches"

Anonymous Sorbo said...
Poor Purdue. I know Hummel was the glue of that team, but I didn't know he was the tape, the nails, the screws, the superglue, the rubberbands, the legos, and the pinched fingers holding that team together.

Dumbleavey - awesome. Why does he keep his Hollywood Hulk Hogan haircut?

Anonymous mhague10 said...
wait. luis scola went off for 44 points on 20-25 shooting against the nyets...and you don't post anything? frowny facepalm

Anonymous sk said...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A13PKLR-HyY

0:08-0:14 is a classic dunleavy moment/expression.

Imagine Dunleavy Sr. being your dad...and a coach at the same time. Poor Junior.

Blogger Jplawrence said...
At least Dunleavy can always fall back on his degree from Krusty Krustofski's Klown Kollege.

Blogger Basketbawful said...
"wait. luis scola went off for 44 points on 20-25 shooting against the nyets...and you don't post anything? frowny facepalm"

Turn that frown upside down!

Blogger chris said...
Raymond: This is why Junior had to stand out somehow, and having what I think is this season's worst single-game suck differential puts him on a similar plane of bawful to Daddy Dearest!

CAPTCHA: "cruct", i.e. "It's amazing that Grant Hill hasn't needed a cruct or two during his Suns tenure."

Blogger Will said...
the reactions from the players dunleavy is interacting with are just as good as dunleavy's antics. especially al thorton's look of complete defeat and JET just looking at the ground.

Blogger AnacondaHL said...
Aww where's the ZBo Dunleavy Watchmen pic? After all, it is the first result when you GIS "dunleavy zach randolph"

Anonymous mhague10 said...
frowny facepalm eliminated. thanks for the comic strip!

Blogger Will said...
http://thehoopdoctors.com/online/wp-content/uploads/2009/dunleavys.jpg
this pic has to be included. it isn't often you see dunleavy-on-dunleavy manlove.

Blogger chris said...
AnacondaHL: Speaking of GIS...all but ONE photo on the first page of a search for "lacktion" is related to this here website!!!!

Blogger Basketbawful said...
Aww where's the ZBo Dunleavy Watchmen pic? After all, it is the first result when you GIS "dunleavy zach randolph"

Never let it be said I don't take the opinions of my Senior VP of All Things Internets seriously...post updated.

Blogger AnacondaHL said...
It's beautiful. Both the GIS for "lacktion" and the ZBo pic.

Blogger Nick Flynt said...
He's gone. And I feel nothing. This is so strange.

Anonymous Anonymous said...
My Dunleavy Father/Son Manlove submission didn't make the cut? I'm severly dissapointed.

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0gq7gNt8P0030/340x.jpg

Blogger Basketbawful said...
My Dunleavy Father/Son Manlove submission didn't make the cut? I'm severly dissapointed.

Post updated.

Blogger chris said...
The ultimate question (as Dan and I pondered in Reno this weekend) must be asked:

If the Clippers don't care about winning - only being cheap - then why fire Dunleavy, ever? I mean, was Kim Hughes that much less expensive? It's not like any performance raises would ever be needed here...

Blogger Brian said...
http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/object3/863/12/n120014000267_3216.jpg

Blogger The Dude Abides said...
Thank God Dunleavy didn't shoot Burt Reynolds at the end of The Longest Yard when the warden wanted him to.

Anonymous Anonymous said...
The Clippers chasing Lebron is scary. He'd probably blow out both ACLs on a tour of their practice facility.

Anonymous marty said...
you'll notice (at least where they're at home) there's not one smiling face in the background. i can't believe they fired him. his approval rating was at least .4%

Anonymous Anonymous said...
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Blogger Wild Yams said...
In 2008 I had the pleasure of going to see the Lakers-Celtics in the Finals for Game 5 (my one and only Finals game ever seen in person), and I sat in the last row of the lower bowl at Staples Center. Directly behind me (and above me) was the restaurant they have there in Staples, and Mike Dunleavy, Sr. sat at the table directly above and behind me, by himself, for the whole game. It was very odd to have this man sitting literally 3 feet from me for the game, and us only being separated by a thick pane of glass. The whole game he just sat there passively watching and I couldn't tell who he was rooting for, if he was rooting at all. As soon as the game was over he quickly left.

That's my one and only Mike Dunleavy, Sr. story. Goodnight sweet prince :)

Blogger The Dude Abides said...
For anyone who didn't get The Longest Yard reference, here is a photo of Dunleavy's twin Ed Lauter:
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tmz.com/media/2009/03/0330_lauter_tmz_video.jpg

Anonymous Anonymous said...
Nominee for tomorrow's bawful: http://www.freeimagehosting.net/image.php?e3ae28dcb6.jpg

(can supply original screenshot)

That's some kind of rally.

Anonymous ClipsFan said...
Here's a collage of some of the Dunleavy faces through the years.

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj164/westcoastrydaz_2008/DunleavyCollage1.jpg

Anonymous Anonymous said...
Simmons

Blogger Unknown said...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOCQjLpSteE

Here's a funny video advocating for Dunleavy's termination....looks like it worked

Anonymous Anonymous said...
Beautiful. The only thing missing was a pic of Dumbleavy during a time-out, diagramming a play as all the Clipper players ignore him to stare at the floor or into the stands. That would've put a nice bow on the whole collection.

Blogger Unknown said...
classic Dunleavy

Anonymous Anonymous said...
Simmons!!

Anonymous Anonymous said...
Simmons

Anonymous Anonymous said...
Why is Adam Arkin sitting next to Dunleavy in so many of these pictures?