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Another gem of a speech from Calhoun

Damn were we and are we lucky my God!! I mean the day that man took his jacket off in the Colonial Classic as the coach of Northeastern against our Huskies and threw it on the floor because his team was getting homejobbed at the HCC. I didn't have a clue he would make my life so damn wonderful and change my whole perspective of being a UConn Husky fan.

GOAT of GOATs we are so lucky and our kids now are so lucky he just stood there before them and told them "they are the best, go get it done"

Chills, they're multiplying!
 
@mauconnfan, I'm out of my mind. I can't think about anything else.
My wife said to me "shouldn't you relax you've won four already" (yes, me personally) and I said the next one is the most important one!! So she went online and bought me some UConn socks. I love my wife. I love UConn Mens basketball just a little bit more. If you run into her don't tell her I said that:)
 
QDOG5 said:
@mauconnfan, I'm out of my mind. I can't think about anything else.
My wife said to me "shouldn't you relax you've won four already" (yes, me personally) and I said the next one is the most important one!! So she went online and bought me some UConn socks. I love my wife. I love UConn Mens basketball just a little bit more. If you run into her don't tell her I said that:)
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you are a living proof of spoiled Huskies fan!
 
dtrumpet said:
"People come back here, they talk about Rip, Kemba, Emeka and Ben...and they'll talk about you." Thats the one that got me.
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That and his utter confidence that this team could win the whole thing. As a player, to hear Jim Calhoun come in and say “I know what championship teams look like and you championship team” must be unbelievable and empowering.

Kudos to Dan Hurley for being comfortable enough in his own skin that he’s not intimidated having Jim Calhoun talk to his team.

(We are still doomed.)
 
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CL82 said:
That and his utter confidence that this team could win the whole thing. As a player, to hear Jim Calhoun come in and say “I know what championship teams look like and you championship team” must be unbelievable and empowering.

Kudos to Dan Hurley for being comfortable enough in his own skin that he’s not intimidated having Jim Calhoun talk to his team.

(We are still doomed.)
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I took the word right out of my mouth.

I have the utmost admiration and respect for Hurley to invite JC often to his practice or for motivational speech. His humbleness makes him best student of the game. You can count on him to do whatever it takes to get the job done!
 
QDOG5 said:
@mauconnfan, I'm out of my mind. I can't think about anything else.
My wife said to me "shouldn't you relax you've won four already" (yes, me personally) and I said the next one is the most important one!! So she went online and bought me some UConn socks. I love my wife. I love UConn Mens basketball just a little bit more. If you run into her don't tell her I said that:)
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At least she didn't get you red boxers with fire breathing dragons on them.
 
I was looking for this to put in the thread I started yesterday. You beat me to it. Never gets old listening to a JC motivational speech. The guy could be 100 years old and still have the same affect.
 
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CL82 said:
That and his utter confidence that this team could win the whole thing. As a player, to hear Jim Calhoun come in and say “I know what championship teams look like and you championship team” must be unbelievable and empowering.

Kudos to Dan Hurley for being comfortable enough in his own skin that he’s not intimidated having Jim Calhoun talk to his team.

(We are still doomed.)
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Dan knows. He has a coaching legend as a dad. Danny is a cocky one for sure, but he absolutely recognizes the shoulders of the giants he’s standing on. He seeks to become that. What Jim is imparting to this team is that not only are they standing on the shoulders of giants before them, Rip, Donyell, Ray, Emeka, Ben, Kemba, but….they can be the giants for the next group. That really resonates.
 
The Goat doing Goat-like things

Tongue Goat GIF
 
HuskyHawk said:
Dan knows. He has a coaching legend as a dad. Danny is a cocky one for sure, but he absolutely recognizes the shoulders of the giants he’s standing on. He seeks to become that. What Jim is imparting to this team is that not only are they standing on the shoulders of giants before them, Rip, Donyell, Ray, Emeka, Ben, Kemba, but….they can be the giants for the next group. That really resonates.
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Let's not forget Shabazz, owner of two National Championship rings.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Dan knows. He has a coaching legend as a dad. Danny is a cocky one for sure, but he absolutely recognizes the shoulders of the giants he’s standing on. He seeks to become that. What Jim is imparting to this team is that not only are they standing on the shoulders of giants before them, Rip, Donyell, Ray, Emeka, Ben, Kemba, but….they can be the giants for the next group. That really resonates.
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And he does it without pretense, or affectation, just the quiet confidence of someone who’s been there before. Really powerful stuff.
 
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HuskyHawk said:
Dan knows. He has a coaching legend as a dad. Danny is a cocky one for sure, but he absolutely recognizes the shoulders of the giants he’s standing on. He seeks to become that. What Jim is imparting to this team is that not only are they standing on the shoulders of giants before them, Rip, Donyell, Ray, Emeka, Ben, Kemba, but….they can be the giants for the next group. That really resonates.
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He does. And that’s to Coach Hurleys credit. He gets it. There was a time during our JC heyday where a frosty relationship between Bob sr. and JC was discussed here and elsewhere ( decades before Dan was coach) because it affected our new jersey recruiting. There was always mutual respect there because both of those guys are two tough old SOB’s and usually when that’s the case they repel like the same sides of a magnet. Dan is smart enough and clear headed enough to draw across ALL resources. And deserves full credit for that. And so does JC , he pulled him out of those island.
 
geordi said:
Jim Calhoun is a treasure. He's done it all and done it all well. He is clearly one of the Greatest of All Time. He is, without a doubt, the VERY BEST bench coach anyone has ever seen. That alone separates him from all others. He has a feel for the game that no one else has and the audacity to back it up and the best evaluator of talent as well.

During the 1999 championship game, no one gave us a chance to beat K. He had been made a saint by Vitale and Dook was the 'best team ever assembled.' We fell behind a couple of points early then came back and made it a 4-5 point game throughout. Late in the first period, Jim inserted Antric Klaiber into the lineup. Klaiber probably didn't see 2 or 3 minutes on average throughout the whole season. He was clearly a practice player. But Jim put him in for a couple minutes just to make a statement. He was telling K and Vitale and the entire Dook team, "We are going to beat your ass regardless of who we have on the court." Word has it that we did!
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No one but him knew we had the team to win it all with Kemba in 2011. He saw it before anyone. I think even before the cross over ankle breaker by Kemba that won the BE.
 
Frank06830 said:
I was told he also talked about getting revenge for 2006 vs Larrañaga.
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I kinda hope that ain’t true. It would be bad mojo. You can think it but not say it!
 
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How about a guy that averaged 29.7 pts/game in his Miami career..37/game his senior year?? Rick Barry.. Who is Rick Barry?? That's the conundrum.. The only guy who knows who Rick Barry is/was is Coach L.. His players would have to do a Google search on RB and fact check the Coach..
 
Umami Zen said:
How about a guy that averaged 29.7 pts/game in his Miami career..37/game his senior year?? Rick Barry.. Who is Rick Barry?? That's the conundrum.. The only guy who knows who Rick Barry is/was is Coach L.. His players would have to do a Google search on RB and fact check the Coach..
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Nah. everyone knows who Rick Barry is, he's the dude who shot free throws like a chick.
 
geordi said:
Jim Calhoun is a treasure. He's done it all and done it all well. He is clearly one of the Greatest of All Time. He is, without a doubt, the VERY BEST bench coach anyone has ever seen. That alone separates him from all others. He has a feel for the game that no one else has and the audacity to back it up and the best evaluator of talent as well.

During the 1999 championship game, no one gave us a chance to beat K. He had been made a saint by Vitale and Dook was the 'best team ever assembled.' We fell behind a couple of points early then came back and made it a 4-5 point game throughout. Late in the first period, Jim inserted Antric Klaiber into the lineup. Klaiber probably didn't see 2 or 3 minutes on average throughout the whole season. He was clearly a practice player. But Jim put him in for a couple minutes just to make a statement. He was telling K and Vitale and the entire Dook team, "We are going to beat your ass regardless of who we have on the court." Word has it that we did!
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"The Duke Invitational" they were calling it if memory serves. They were blowing the doors off teams. I remember one pre-game court-side Calhoun interview. The guy saying how preeminent and feared Duke was, like it was universally acknowledged. Calhoun said something like, "They lost only one game, we lost two. We think we're pretty good too." I still have the VHS tape I made of that game. Never gets old.

Dooooomed!
77-74
Not one dime back.
He couldn't guard a chair.
How can you be 6'6" and get no rebounds?
 
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