Calhoun to officially take St. Joe's job

[Chief00]

Well, he got Miller a coaching gig - checked

I would love to know all the details of the understanding with UConn for Calhoun to keep collecting the $400k? And as “adviser” he can keep living in South County RI for much of the year.

Of course, it keeps Miller occupied recruiting D3 players and not plotting a bitter lawsuit. So UConn benefits that way.

 

[RJScootin]

I selfishly want him spending his time advising UConn but I'm happy for JC if this makes him happy. Good for St Joes getting the legend Jim Calhoun to be part of their program.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

....Hope UConn will decrease the amount of money they pay him to be an "advisor" if he'll be spending so much time at St. Joseph's.

Why? Not that you or anyone has reason to know how much time JC will actually advise St. Joseph's nor have any basis to reference "so much time", why do you @UConnFanMSM believe some part-time advising, phone calls, appearances or whatever during prospective recruits visits will impede JC's ability or current part-time assistance to make some calls on behalf of UConn, glad hand some alumni and other prospective UConn donors, etc.?

 

[Mano]

Sweet, I've still got my eligibility left. They say it's never too late to go back right?

 

[Robertelamin]

Sweet, I've still got my eligibility left. They say it's never too late to go back right?

Strengths: Can buy beer for teammates
Weaknesses: Old

 

[gtcam]

What your feeling is the discomfort of seeing a legacy diluted.

Diluted?
Are you sure that's the word you wanted to use
If so, how do you seeing it being "diluted"
I see it as someone doing something he loves doing without the pressure of D1 sports and expectations
He was and always will be a gamer and fiercely competitive

I knew a guy in Fort Meyers Fla who was an extremely successful banker - president of a regional size bank in the Midwest. He retired, missed meeting people and helping people so guess what? He took a job ringing a register and bagging at a Winn-Dixie. Do I look at him as being diluted? Hell no, I admired him even more. The same thing with JC

 

[Fishy]

He's helping start a D3 program at a tiny former women's school in his home state because he's bored and still wants to teach, he's not going to coach at Syracuse.

How are people missing this?

He's going to be coaching future insurance salesman

 

[tcf15]

Not sure if possible with them being DIII, but I would love to see them scheduled as an exhibition game just to see Calhoun on the sideline again in XL/Gampel.

 

[Mano]

Strengths: Can buy beer for teammates
Weaknesses: Old

Those youngins wouldn't know what to do with my old man's game. I would at once be more sturdy and more fragile than every one of them.

 

[intlzncster]

Not sure if possible with them being DIII, but I would love to see them scheduled as an exhibition game just to see Calhoun on the sideline again in XL/Gampel.

That would end up being the greatest ovation of all time.

 

[Fishy]

Those youngins wouldn't know what to do with my old man's game. I would at once be more sturdy and more fragile than every one of them.

Nothing throws fear into an opponent faster than the realization that you are a present danger to everyone in the arena, including yourself.

 

[HooperScooper]

Well, he got Miller a coaching gig - checked

I would love to know all the details of the understanding with UConn for Calhoun to keep collecting the $400k? And as “adviser” he can keep living in South County RI for much of the year.

Of course, it keeps Miller occupied recruiting D3 players and not plotting a bitter lawsuit. So UConn benefits that way.

What do D3 coaches make? I bet Miller was making more as an assistant at UConn than he will be as the head coach at St. Joe's.

 

[Bryan Lord]

Isn't this an all girls school in Weha?

 

[4in16]

Isn't this an all girls school in Weha?

I believe they just started accepting boys which is why the program is a start up.

 

[I Bleed Blue]

Isn't this an all girls school in Weha?

They've had male grad students for a little while. Next year male undergrad will be admitted. A lot of girls at SJU are pissed and leaving because of it lmao

 

[I Bleed Blue]

Good for him.

Wonder if we'll play them in an exhibition?

Idk man. Could backfire if JC can do what we know he'll capable of.

 

[husky429]

That would end up being the greatest ovation of all time.

And the greatest mandhandling of a bball team of all time. Wed be up 30 in the first 10 minutes

 

[Bryan Lord]

Women love JC.

 

[I Bleed Blue]

And the greatest mandhandling of a bball team of all time. Wed be up 30 in the first 10 minutes

Or we'd be down by 10 at the first tv timeout and the entire boneyard community will simultaneously start crying in the fetal position.

 

[Whtdmd]

Glad he did that. He does not need to take bus trips with the team when they play Springfield college in MASS. He needs to be a figure head that will help the university recruit more student. I believe they might be recruiting more international students with the new COED thing

 

[weyuo]

Or we'd be down by 10 at the first tv timeout and the entire boneyard community will simultaneously start crying in the fetal position.

lmao!!

 

[HCope]

This'll be a pretty cool opportunity for the young men joining that team.

 

[Bryan Lord]

This'll be a pretty cool opportunity for the young men joining that team.

If they're even old enough to know who he is.

 

[Chief00]

What do D3 coaches make? I bet Miller was making more as an assistant at UConn than he will be as the head coach at St. Joe's.

True, but his energies are redirected and he is still in the earning/accumulation phase rather than in the early retirement payout phase.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

True, but his energies are redirected and he is still in the earning/accumulation phase rather than in the early retirement payout phase.

At about 55 years old, it's unlikely Miller's in an early retirement payout phase. Looking to cover costs, to ideally accumulate some additional retirement benefits, and to obtain medical and other benefits for he and his family are far more likely.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

I got my masters from USJ through an off campus program. Go Bluejays! One of my favorite T-shirts is my “ST JOES FOOTBALL: STILL UNDEFEATED”

 

[Waquoit]

A post on the women's board (h/t blakeon18) has me thinking. Are we sure JC won't be the coach? Perhaps he is just delaying the announcement in order to collect another year of UConn money? That Rothstein tweet "He will remain as an ambassador for UConn during the upcoming year" is curious. Why just another 1 year?
And if Miller is the coach, why not say so now?

Perhaps the scenario with AD Dave went:

"I'd like to take St. Joe's job and still pick up my yearly stipend"
"Sorry Jim, UConn is not going to pay you 300K to coach at another school"
"After everything I've done for UConn...."
"Believe me Jim, we know what you have done. How about this, we keep paying you for another year while you start the program, but once you become the coach the payments stop"
1 month later
"Deal"

 

[WrenchFan69]

A post on the women's board (h/t blakeon18) has me thinking. Are we sure JC won't be the coach? Perhaps he is just delaying the announcement in order to collect another year of UConn money? That Rothstein tweet "He will remain as an ambassador for UConn during the upcoming year" is curious.

Yeah that's probably what's happening. Probably more an NCAA workaround than a UConn workaround I'd think though.

 

[Ewekon]

I wonder if his advisement of the UConn men's basketball program just isn't as welcomed as it was at first. More by KO than the school. I'm feeling JC has been under utilized. But from KO's standpoint, do you want that shadow forever?

And by now I think it is likely that a 17 year old is less likely to know Jim than are his parents. (Not necessarily bad with the right parents). I think Jim was feeling a little marginalized and that KO wants his own car to drive.

Happy for Jim.

 

[Waquoit]

And by now I think it is more likely that a 17 year old is less likely to know Jim than are his parents.

I'm not sure about that. Eleven (when JC won his last title) or so is prime formative years for a sports fan. I can tell you I remember UConn BB from when I was 11. Dee Rowe coached us out of the NIT semis.