Holy duck*! Wolf on the front page of ESPN?

[Chief00]

You're a national program and a kid assaulted a coed. It's newsworthy

I did not see that charge (assault) - where did you read that?

 

[uconnfan68]

You're a national program and a kid assaulted a coed. It's newsworthy

And 4 Alabama football players assaulted and robbed other students... did they make page 1?

 

[mcs333]

Yes

 

[freescooter]

Bulls**t

I know nobody likes to hear this, but UConn has a reputation as a rogue program outside the boundaries of this state. Calhoun did lots of wonderful things but his chip on the shoulder, do anything to win approach did nothing to help the way UConn is viewed. At some point he made a deal with the devil to get his 3rd title and UConn is still paying the price. And the funny thing is that the 3rd title came to a team that was nothing like what UCOnn's rep had become.

 

[Steve85]

I know nobody likes to hear this, but UConn has a reputation as a rogue program outside the boundaries of this state. Calhoun did lots of wonderful things but his chip on the shoulder, do anything to win approach did nothing to help the way UConn is viewed. At some point he made a deal with the devil to get his 3rd title and UConn is still paying the price. And the funny thing is that the 3rd title came to a team that was nothing like what UCOnn's rep had become.

Free, I love that you are a provocative poster here on the Yard and I love reading your thoughts but I can't let your "made a deal with the devil to get his 3rd title" line go unchallenged. really? How exactly did Calhoun do that?

I don't recall anything coming out during the '11 NC run or afterward about that NC team that even hinted at any improprieties whatsoever let alone any NCAA involvedment. You yourself even say in your post that team was "nothing like what UConn's rep had become.." which is it?

I would argue you are determining what "UConn's rep" was/is by reading rivals message boards (jealousy and glass houses come to mind when rebutting such rivals claims).

I know you are a UCONN fan and want what is best for our Huskies (I am an alum in addition to a fan (atic), but your desire to seem overtly impartial or maybe the better way to put it is constantly play Devil's Advocate, occasionally makes you sound like a jealous Cuse (insert any rival) fan.

I don't think it is your intention, however IMHO your posts can, at times, make you appear to be almost ashamed to be a UCONN/Jim Calhoun fan. If you haven't already done so, please read Peter Burns' excellent, balanced "Shock the World" for what I believe to be a very fair account of Calhoun and what he built at UCONN.