the guy was an absolute stud and beast when he played at the Y. He took over games.

One quick story to illustrate my point. I was fortunate to be on the sidelines when Utah played at BYU. The game was pretty close at the time. A Ute player speared
Mac when he was on the ground, drew a penalty. I watched and listened, the huddle was that close, to Mac as he went to call the next play. He made it plain and simple to his offense that he was pissed off, used typical Mac language to get his point across, and then proceeded to lead the Cougs to 21 straight points.
He took over the game..