Kurt Rambis.... frugal, or a really big dork?

Earlier, I was flipping through the channels on the ol' tele, and I ran into an old basketball game from 1986 between the Lakers and the Rockets. It was game 5 of the Western Conference Finals. It was a really well played game, but the only thing I could think of was why was Kurt Rambis wearing those really old glasses with tape on them. Now as a guy who wears specs and plays sports, I would do just about anything not to wear them, and I mean anything. So it got me to thinking, what is Rambis doing? I mean, he must see Worthy and Jabbar wearing goggles. Now either the Lakers have a really poor optical plan, or those guys must just throw their money away. Don't you think Kareem and James ever explained the convenience of goggles to Kurt. And how many times do you think the Lakers had to stop practice cuz Kurt's eyewear was knocked right off his silly head. And the really sad part is, how many times do you think Byron Scott said to Magic, "Christ, Kurt is looking for his glasses on the court again, and his bag is coming out of the bottom of his shorts. Kurt, will you just get some goddamn goggles." Man, is Byron Scott a dick! Anyway, I guess the point I'm trying to make is The NBA.... it's Fantastic.