Calhoun Taking medical Leave

[UConn4ever]

Get well coach

 

[Dribbles]

Spect he'll be selling his clubs....

 

[Kitaman]

Spect he'll be selling his clubs....

The golf cart ride alone will move tings around in you. They are not Cadillacs that's for sure.

 

[suzyq]

this team's play has driven him sick. Maybe they will play harder and hopefully win these next 2 games for him. If we can't beat a reeling Seton Hall team at home than we dont deserve to make the NCAA tournament.

You don't get spinal stenosis from emotional stress.

 

[TheChamps990411]

i believe and i hope i am as wrong as wrong can be but we might have seen the last of jim calhoun on the sidelines. if he does comeback this could be his last season.

 

[caw]

I thought he would try to coach through the 2012-2013 season, due to the NCAA issues (he has mentioned a few times how he wanted to make sure that was all behind him when he retired <<paraphrasing>>). Now not so sure. I hope Ollie gets the call, might as well test him out if it's for the rest of the season.

 

[huskymagic]

You don't get spinal stenosis from emotional stress.

no kidding but this team's play hasn't helped his situation.

 

[ZenConn]

Get well Coach.

Time to break out the Haiku's, Doooooooooooooomed posts and a hanging for good measure.

 

[gwhuskyfan]

This from Phil Chardis:

#UConn: Coach Blaney to take over during Coach Calhoun's medical leave of absence. Director of Administration Hobbs may move up to coach

 

[Sully]

Get well coach. We're pulling for you.
Dare I say that it may be good for the team right now to change the mojo. Maybe the easy going nature of Blaney will un-spook the offense. The team's body language reeks of TIGHT. Just hope the team responds to the situation and comes together.

 

[CTKIDD]

for his well being and health.. terrible news.. but for the team a positive spin could be looked as if the team is in a corner, they know they are under performing, and there is nowhere to hide.. Time to start punching.. For their season and possibly Calhouns last.
Really hoping for a quick recovery!

 

[caw]

This from Phil Chardis:

#UConn: Coach Blaney to take over during Coach Calhoun's medical leave of absence. Director of Administration Hobbs may move up to coach

That would be interesting with Hobbs coaching some but I wish they would let Ollie coach.

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

A family member of mine had a similar situation to this, with a spinal stenosis. I don't know the severity of Calhoun's, and on what vertebrae it is, but mine elected to go with surgery, which did require a prolonged period of bed rest, a few weeks, wearing of a brace for a while after that. That was related to a specific trauma that occurred, so I don't know if the two injuries are comparable. Back issues are very tricky, and can linger for long periods of time. There's also some good research out there that general stress does lead to an increased perception of back pain, mainly due to how central the lower back is to your body's mobility, and the stress of not having that mobility.

 

[junglehusky]

Well I hope we're ask being premature with this kind if speculation, but maybe it is warranted.... Twitter is talking about Davis and Smart as possible HC.

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[champs99and04]

Well, this is some pretty terrible news. The last thing this team needs is George Blaney walking the sidelines. We all know how that worked out the last time.

As an above poster mentioned, I worry we may have seen the last of Jimmy coaching. This doesn't sound like a minor thing.

Somebody get Brad Stevens on the phone.

 

[Waquoit]

I had/have spinal stenosis. What happen to me was that the adjacent disc bulged out trapping the spinal cord. It was constant agony. I couldn't lie down at all. I had to keep adjusting my position. They ended up chipping part of the vertibrae away to free the cord. I'm pain free now but I lost a good deal of nerve sensation. I couldn't imagine doing what Jim was doing and I was only half his age at the time. Took 8 weeks to get back to work and I had a desk job.

 

[EricLA]

get well soon coach.

 

[BarkingDog]

Too bad for this group of kids. I really like them and still believe in them. And am going to root like crazy for them.

 

[jibsey]

Boy I feel sorry for him because a back problem can make you feel 100 years old, but when I first saw the headline I was worried about the Big C again, so things could always be worse. He will get this treated and be back IMO.

 

[uconnric]

Better get the new AD on board in a hurry.

 

[NutmegState]

Better get the new AD on board in a hurry.

This.

 

[zls44]

Time to throw the bank at Smart or Stevens. Ollie isn't nearly ready or yet worthy of the job.

 

[John Greene]

Had a friend and golf partner in his mid 60's with the problem 3 years ago. Age is a factor and given what I learned watching him I would give JC less than a 50% chance of being able to function without condiserable pain.

 

[Mr.Phat]

That's the spirit.

Maybe I'll give away the rest of my season's tickets.

The price you are asking is just about right. At least you weren't misguided by the belief that you could have gotten face for them.

 

[zls44]

Honest question, whats the point of being an balloon knot?