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Message: [QUOTE="CamrnCrz1974, post: 2657473, member: 1052"] The Chronicle writer (and sports editor) is Hank Tucker. Mr. Tucker conducted an extensive interview with Coach P in the summer of 2016. Coach P made those statements, but both Mr. Tucker and Coach Geno Auriemma both have stated they believe the comments were made to highlight the issue of transfers -- and how certain schools who never took transfer or who only took a few have now taken more -- not to disparage or attack UConn. It is one thing to say that the comments were taken out of context. That certainly is plausible. But what Coach P said was: [I]"I did not make those remarks. That's what the media wrote," McCallie responded, adding that she was "completely" misquoted when pressed on the subject.[/I] That is very different. She most certainly made the comments -- and The Chronicle has the audio recording where she made the comments (link to the audio recording is available in the article). But [URL='https://www.ctpost.com/uconn/article/Jeff-Jacobs-Duke-plays-defense-but-coach-just-12779225.php']as Jeff Jacobs reported[/URL], Coach P was asked about it one more time, to which she said: [I]Yet when told Saturday that The Chronicle posted the audio and the quotes were consistent with what was printed, and given a chance to clarify her statements, McCallie blew it again:[/I] [I]“No, again, it’s all out of context, and I don’t think this is the time for that,” she said. After praising Stevens, she said, “It would have to take too long to understand what the points were there and I’m not going to go into it … I can’t go back to that stuff. I don’t appreciate it, so I won’t.”[/I] [I]Actually, it was the perfect time to clarify her error. Instead she threw a student journalist under the bus in a p-poor fashion. And journalists don’t appreciate it. She owes The Chronicle an apology.[/I] [/QUOTE]

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