Calhoun: 'Sorry If People Misconstrued My Interaction With DeAndre Daniels'

[caw]

Not to mention, even if we were to ASSUME that it was true (I think it's not), the Chuck "I love this team" interview seems to indicate that he didn't dwell on it too much.

He does seem a bit bitter...



I love that interview, if Calhoun punched him, Chuck is the most forgiving person in the world.

 

[ruskin]

Wrong. It actually looks like Giffey gives JC a shove. Lets start making stuff up now. Our fans stink.

Not sure where you're going with that Mets, especially the 'making stuff up' and 'our fans stink' part. Not inventing something here. The contact, whatever it was, was obvious enough for both the Mrs. and I to note it. I'm saying I'm surprised this isn't on the loop before the Daniels thing. Let's agree that we're all trying to save JC from himself here so he goes out in a blaze of glory and not in a Woody Hayes style flameout.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Ronnie Johns' take on the matter

 

[Danzz]

You have to be kidding me, we have all become such wussies. Calhoun has always been an in your face coach and holds his players accountable when they make dumb mistakes, it's precisely what makes the players better. To suggest he punched DeAndre is absurd. I turn on espn today and people are freaking out because Fran McCaffery throughing a chair down in the huddle. As a society we've become such goshdarn babies about everything, coaches have gotten mad since the beginning of time and sometimes they say curse words and even grab a player by the jersey.

When I was a kid playing Pop Warner, back in the late 60's,
the head coach would take you by the face mask and rattle your
head and teeth around. Not saying it was right, but he was good guy and
a really good coach and cared about the kids. I obviously still remember him fondly.
How do Calhoun's former players view him? That is the acid test. He seems to pass that one with flying colors.
We now view everything thru the prism of litigation, our loss.
I once read a book called Jurgen. A fantasy offering. Anyway Jurgen ends up in heaven and has to leave because he was bored to distraction. He begs Ole Nick to take him back.

Everything now is antiseptic, woefully repetitious and unforgivably uninteresting.
We legislate behavior. How sad

When I was a kid playing Pop Warner, back in the late 60's,
the head coach would take you by the face mask and rattle your
head and teeth around. Not saying it was right, but he was good guy and
a really good coach and cared about the kids. I obviously still remember him fondly.
How do Calhoun's former players view him? That is the acid test. He seems to pass that one with flying colors.
We now view everything thru the prism of litigation, our loss.
I once read a book called Jurgen. A fantasy offering. Anyway Jurgen ends up in heaven and has to leave because he was bored to distraction. He begs Ole Nick to take him back.

Everything now is antiseptic, woefully repetitious and unforgivably uninteresting.
We legislate behavior. How sad

I had a HS coach in the 60's who did the same thing, even slapped my helmut so hard in practice that it ended up sideways. I survived, no big deal and I also remember him fondly.
Must have missed and physical contact with DD but JC's move on national TV was classless and out of control. It even shocked Rafferty who never critisizes coaches.Screaming at DD as he appraoched the bench is one thing but charging halfway up the court to get to him during a game was way over the top and I think JC knows it and is embarassed by it. It has nothing to do with litigation.
The flip side is parents have become so involved and a general pain in the ass that some coaches are walking away so I do agree with some of your points.

 

[CL82]

It was a Jacobs-being-Jacobs article until this quote:


Journalists should never stoop to that level.

But are you even vaguely surprised that Jacobs did? Did you notice that video never shows the event in real time?

 

[Waquoit]

Guess I'm not surprised by the tsk tsking and the denial here. Woody Hayes wasn't going to hurt that guy but it didn't matter. the fact is JC is under the microscope these days. Questionable actions are going to be magnified. He has to modify his behavior a bit. I think he is lucky that a clear tape doesn't seem to exist because if it did it would rank just under Tebow as far ESPN airtime goes.

 

[slumdog]

When I was a kid playing Pop Warner, back in the late 60's,
the head coach would take you by the face mask and rattle your
head and teeth around. Not saying it was right, but he was good guy and
a really good coach and cared about the kids. I obviously still remember him fondly.
How do Calhoun's former players view him? That is the acid test. He seems to pass that one with flying colors.
We now view everything thru the prism of litigation, our loss.
I once read a book called Jurgen. A fantasy offering. Anyway Jurgen ends up in heaven and has to leave because he was bored to distraction. He begs Ole Nick to take him back.

Everything now is antiseptic, woefully repetitious and unforgivably uninteresting.
We legislate behavior. How sad

All due respect to a boneyard brother, this right/wrong, good coaching/bad coaching, players like him and respond, etc, conversation, totally misses the point (BTW, I had both kinds of coaches, and I always responded better to the ones that offered acknowledgment and guidance over threats and criticism. Totally depends on the player. At this point in my life, I'll take good coaching in whatever form I can find it).

It's about media perception, and what's the current cultural climate, and not even about this particular incident. This kind of snow gets out on talk radio and the blogs, and it gets a life of it's own. JC is generally seen as an evil bully outside of CT, and it's predictable that Coach will do this again, or worse, if nothing changes. People would love to take him down, and prevent him from joining the 4+ club, and at this stage of his life, there aint no time for a comeback. Just like Woody Hayes, and all the others, he'd be remembered not for his NC's and his character, but for the defining moment of that last behavior.

 

[RoderickSpode]

Nuns used to be notorious for wielding a mean ruler, I guess they were all criminals.

For the kids who had to put up with physical abuse from those bitter old virgins, that was criminal. How would you feel if your boss at work could smack you whenever he/she felt like it, and you were powerless to fight back or quit?

As for JC, this was a non-incident. I understand the university wanting to get ahead of the story given our recent PR issues, but nothing to see here.

 

[ruskin]

Not sure where you're going with that Mets, especially the 'making stuff up' and 'our fans stink' part. Not inventing something here. The contact, whatever it was, was obvious enough for both the Mrs. and I to note it. I'm saying I'm surprised this isn't on the loop before the Daniels thing. Let's agree that we're all trying to save JC from himself here so he goes out in a blaze of glory and not in a Woody Hayes style flameout.

EDIT: just watched ESPN3. In second half, with 17:29 left, Giff throws a crappy inbound pass gets knocked out of bounds and ball goes side out to Rutgers. They score as UConn D continues to break down. Calhoun calls TO and stares down Griffey. Griffey walks by him, seeming to ignore JC. Calhoun throws a subtle hip (not shoulder) into Giff as if to say 'Not so fast, big guy'. It's 1:14:29 into the tape. ESPN cut to a crowd shot right at that point so we don't see full episode, not that there's that much too it. But there's contact.

I agree that if this happened 30 years ago it's no big deal and the society as a whole needs to "harden up" (great video, BTW). But JC better off not giving haters ammo.

 

[Matt (Chicago)]

i was watching the game on SNY. we certainly noticed it, but it was more of a "hey did you just see that?" kind of thing. I would liken it to the Janet Jackson nipple shot at the superbowl...noticed it briefly then forgot about it when the game came back on.

The Okwandu thing just sounds absurd, almost laughable.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Oh crap...Kanye West was just on CNN saying "Jim Calhoun hates black people."

Why did he have to say "black?" Can't he just hate people?

 

[Waquoit]

Why did he have to say "black?" Can't he just hate people?

He actually said "blah" people.

 

[Dove]

Why did he have to say "black?" Can't he just hate people?

My post was reference to Kanye making a comment right after Katrina re: G. Bush.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

My post was reference to Kanye making a comment right after Katrina re: G. Bush.

(Better that I not get into what I was referencing)

 

[ZenConn]

Apparently 5 days between games is too long of a layoff for some.

It's not even an issue.

 

[UCDaveD]

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[joober jones]

Every Jeff Jacobs article should be taken about as seriously as a lecture on abstinence given by Snooki.

 

[StongingtonBob]

If Punchy didn't have the history he has this would have gone unnoticed.

 

[Yonick]

If Punchy didn't have the history he has this would have gone unnoticed.

Are you refering to "punchy's" history of winning NC's, cloth frog???

 

[StongingtonBob]

Hahaha, you mean "history" in regards to NCs because of the way they've been playing? You know what I meant. I looked at the video and thought it was nothing but his history (outbursts) have highlighted even something this little. Punchy has put himself under the spotlight.

 

[Mr.Phat]

I remember being at the UConn- Arizona game in 2001 when Souleymane Wane was pulled off the court by his jersey by Calhoun. So, when is this a new thing?

Non-basketball but certainly related, I remember when an ND lineman got a personal foul call, Lou Holtz walked out onto the field and escorted the player by the facemask to the sideline. Holtz literally grabbed the player's facemask and walked him off slowly while verbally giving him what's what. And Holtz is one of the most decent men around. JC barely touched Daniels. A non-issue.

 

[jleves]

If Punchy didn't have the history he has this would have gone unnoticed.

"Punchy" cracks me up!

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[Yonick]

Hahaha, you mean "history" in regards to NCs because of the way they've been playing? You know what I meant. I looked at the video and thought it was nothing but his history (outbursts) have highlighted even something this little. Punchy has put himself under the spotlight.

Just gotta' love it Clothy (what happened to the frog??) Anything perceived as negative towards anything UConn and you're right on top of it. Conversely, you disaoppear for months when something super positive happens to UConn, like winning it's 3rd NC.
Hopefully, Huskymaniac is in your every dream, every night!!

 

[StongingtonBob]

Lighten up! I haven't really taunted you all season, yonick. And it's not like I haven't had the opportunity. You need to get some thicker skin and grow a pair!

 

[Yonick]

Lighten up! I haven't really taunted you all season, yonick. And it's not like I haven't had the opportunity. You need to get some thicker skin and grow a pair!

With UMess' background, Clothbreath, it would be very hard for you to taunt the National Champs!!!
I'll work on the thicker skin, and cajonies that you suggest. Meanwhile, enjoy your Huskymaniac dreams