Was he a good coach? Record says he was. Did he positively impact many young men? Certainly seems so, especially with weak minded ones like you. Did he have a "rare gift"? I doubt it - there's hundreds of professionals in the State in all fields dedicated to their craft and doing positive things (and hundreds of thousands, if not millions, nationwide). So all of them have a "rare gift"? Then it's not so rare is it? Where do you draw the line on what/who/how a "rare gift" is defined and measured? I really  got nothing against the man, I do care about sport hacks throwing words around like it was a piece of toilet paper. By all standards, there was nothing "rare" about his accomplishment, unless you want to count influence over you as "rare". Maybe it is.