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Message: [QUOTE="Hans Sprungfeld, post: 2760925, member: 181"] As a contrasting speculative view, I always found the timing of Calhoun's retirement surprising given his hyper-competitive nature and how few additional wins he would have needed to surpass Dean Smith, Adolph Rupp, and even Bobby Knight. Before the 2011-12 season, all of them must have been clearly in his sights. Jim Calhoun may not have gotten the easy pass that's widely implied, nor is it unreasonable to imagine that the need for compliance moving forward would have been stressed to his hand-picked successor. To repeat, it's a speculative view, one that I offer as no less valid than others I am reading. My lack of confidence in its 'truth' is more a measure of humility and a desire for healthy settlement than weakness of case or character. [/QUOTE]