Calhoun in no rush to unveil his future

[upstater]

There is really no place for sentiment...and you know what, if Calhoun gets dumped and replaced with Mark Few and Few wins a title in 2016, everyone will say "Jim Who?"

Get off your funny pills

 

[hungry husky]

If Calhoun leaves this late, no way Shaka comes to UConn. Probably would be Ollie.

 

[johnhuskies95]

The worst situation, for me, is not having Ollie suck at coaching at UConn, but rather, creating a Michigan situation in football, where the supporters and former players bail on the new coach because he wasn't the Michigan guy, and suddenly the lack of support from NBA veterans, alumni and boosters starts feeding on itself. Rich Rodriguez will prove he's a good coach, but he was behind the 8-ball in Michigan. They brought in a Michigan guy to replace him.

Completely agree with this post. That's what I'm worried about the most with potentially not hiring Ollie. Will former players stop supporting the program? Will they lose pride and become apathetic?

 

[Matt (Chicago)]

. There is really no place for sentiment...and you know what, if Calhoun gets dumped and replaced with Mark Few and Few wins a title in 2016, everyone will say "Jim Who?"

this is absurd - at NO point in the future of UConn basketball will anyone say "Jim who?"

 

[freescooter]

This is a different than the situation with Peterno or Bowden. JC won the 2011 National Championship and went to the Final Four in 2009. He has more political capital than most aging coaches due in terms of recent results on the field. These guys that need a push out the door almost never have the recent success that JC has.

I wish he would just commit to a number of years and play it out. Maybe the Ollie succession plan needs a try. If its a no on Ollie, tell coach that it isn't happening and ask him to decide whether or not to retire by June 1 or something along those lines. Better to air it out than let it fester.

hoophound,
I'm not sure it really is that much different from Bowden or Paterno. In fact, Paterno had gone through a bit of a dry spell around 2000-2005 or so but was back to winning but by the time he left the program was a mess. Bowden had clearly worn out his welcome and had let the program become a mess as well with vacated wins in 2006 and 2007, and a .500 regular season in 2009. In both cases, it was clear that the coach had become bigger than the program or the school. I get the sense that many people feel that way about Calhoun as well. Despite the problems with Nate Miles for which the NCAA, not UCONN, suspended him, and the lost scholarships, despite the APR situation which he really had a responsibility to be on top of as are every other coach across the country, despite the dismal graduation rate, nobody has the guts to stand up to him and say, "Look, cut the crap. If you want to coach next year, tell us. If not, tell us so we can go about finding a competent replacement...and no, you don't get to tell us who that replacemnt will be. And by the way, we need you to tell us by May 15 or June 1 or some other reasonable date."

 

[freescooter]

Completely agree with this post. That's what I'm worried about the most with potentially not hiring Ollie. Will former players stop supporting the program? Will they lose pride and become apathetic?

Not going to be worth that much if UCONN becomes Providence because Ollie can't coach his way out of a paper bag, now is it? It is about being successful and if Rodriguez had gone 10-2 instead of 3-9 his first year it would have made a pretty big difference in how the Michigan fans felt about him. But 3-9, 5-7 6-7 for a program that hadn't had a losing season since 1967, well, it didn't matter whether he was a Michigan guy, an Ohio State guy or a Connecticut guy, he wasn't getting much support. As far a sBrady Hoke goes, its sort of stretching things to call him a "Michigan guy." After all he was from Ohio, played football at Ball State in Indiana, and coached at Ball State and San Diego State. spent a couple of years as an assistant at Michigan, but had been gone for a long time.

 

[johnhuskies95]

hoophound,
I'm not sure it really is that much different from Bowden or Paterno. In fact, Paterno had gone through a bit of a dry spell around 2000-2005 or so but was back to winning but by the time he left the program was a mess. Bowden had clearly worn out his welcome and had let the program become a mess as well with vacated wins in 2006 and 2007, and a .500 regular season in 2009. In both cases, it was clear that the coach had become bigger than the program or the school. I get the sense that many people feel that way about Calhoun as well. Despite the problems with Nate Miles for which the NCAA, not UCONN, suspended him, and the lost scholarships, despite the APR situation which he really had a responsibility to be on top of as are every other coach across the country, despite the dismal graduation rate, nobody has the guts to stand up to him and say, "Look, cut the crap. If you want to coach next year, tell us. If not, tell us so we can go about finding a competent replacement...and no, you don't get to tell us who that replacemnt will be. And by the way, we need you to tell us by May 15 or June 1 or some other reasonable date."

You love to move the goalposts and deflect on every argument. Hoophound made the point that Calhoun has been to two final fours in 4 years and won a national championship a year ago.

Can Paterno and Bowden say the same about their final four years at their respective school?

 

[johnhuskies95]

Not going to be worth that much if UCONN becomes Providence because Ollie can't coach his way out of a paper bag, now is it? It is about being successful and if Rodriguez had gone 10-2 instead of 3-9 his first year it would have made a pretty big difference in how the Michigan fans felt about him. But 3-9, 5-7 6-7 for a program that hadn't had a losing season since 1967, well, it didn't matter whether he was a Michigan guy, an Ohio State guy or a Connecticut guy, he wasn't getting much support. As far a sBrady Hoke goes, its sort of stretching things to call him a "Michigan guy." After all he was from Ohio, played football at Ball State in Indiana, and coached at Ball State and San Diego State. spent a couple of years as an assistant at Michigan, but had been gone for a long time.

Read the book Three and Out about Rodriguez's time at Michigan. He was doomed the moment he accepted the job. Nobody around the program supported him, even before his first season. He was constantly fighting an uphill battle.

If that happens anywhere it is incredibly tough to win.

 

[upstater]

hoophound,
I'm not sure it really is that much different from Bowden or Paterno. In fact, Paterno had gone through a bit of a dry spell around 2000-2005 or so but was back to winning but by the time he left the program was a mess. Bowden had clearly worn out his welcome and had let the program become a mess as well with vacated wins in 2006 and 2007, and a .500 regular season in 2009. In both cases, it was clear that the coach had become bigger than the program or the school. I get the sense that many people feel that way about Calhoun as well. Despite the problems with Nate Miles for which the NCAA, not UCONN, suspended him, and the lost scholarships, despite the APR situation which he really had a responsibility to be on top of as are every other coach across the country, despite the dismal graduation rate, nobody has the guts to stand up to him and say, "Look, cut the crap. If you want to coach next year, tell us. If not, tell us so we can go about finding a competent replacement...and no, you don't get to tell us who that replacemnt will be. And by the way, we need you to tell us by May 15 or June 1 or some other reasonable date."

Paterno was 85.