Jacobs Weighs In

[freescooter]

If he wanted to coach again, at BC no less, then he doesn't get to hold WM hostage in naming his successor. this.

Have to agree with this. As I said, he needs to step aside and let his successor take the limelight. If he wants the BC job, man up and say so. If he doesn't put an end to this nonsense. Its pretty simple. No doubt he'll be the center of attention at tonight's game. Maybe they'll even do an interview. He can replace the St Joe coach's grandkid. He might want to sit on the bench so they don't miss him...Jeez just ask Coach Oliver to step aside if you want to come back. He owes you.

 

[8893]

Listen, if people have a problem with Calhoun not outright squashing it that's fine. That's not me ... guy loves basketball and seems to respond honestly when he says never say never. He's allowed to do that.

But what Jacobs is suggesting is that Calhoun is orchestrating this simply as a reason to put attention on himself. It's a joke and it's transparent on his behalf ... it's his typical agenda to a 'T'. And remarkably, or perhaps not, it's ironic coming from Jeff.

The only people who have a problem with it are those with an agenda and those who don't have basic reading comprehension skills.

 

[8893]

Have to agree with this. As I said, he needs to step aside and let his successor take the limelight. If he wants the BC job, man up and say so. If he doesn't put an end to this nonsense. Its pretty simple. No doubt he'll be the center of attention at tonight's game. Maybe they'll even do an interview. He can replace the St Joe coach's grandkid. He might want to sit on the bench so they don't miss him...Jeez just ask Coach Oliver to step aside if you want to come back. He owes you.

And then there are those who have both problems...

 

[MattMang23]

Jeff goodman about to be on ESPN radio to talk about JC

 

[TRest]

Jeff goodman about to be on ESPN radio to talk about JC

He basically said "I live in Boston, I know the BC job. If they were interested I feel he would be interested." Never talks about sources saying anything about his direct interest in the BC job, only that sources told him a school had reached out to JC to gauge his interest in an opening but it wasn't a good fit."

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

Yeah, because that worked out so badly.

SMH

We may have the worst, most insecure, ungrateful fan base on the planet. Either that, or a disproportionate number of the most miserable ones post here.

I don't see why you have to resort to name calling cause we see this differently and I don't kiss the 3 rings and worship at the alter.

 

[8893]

I don't see why you have to resort to name calling cause we see this differently and I don't kiss the 3 rings and worship at the alter.

I guess my problem is that facts and context matter to me.

 

[UCweCONN]

Any school that would hire JC or any other 70+ coach is crazy. BC's cupboard is bare and they are in total rebuilding mode. You don't bring in an old coach into that situation especially not one with a history of health problems. Coaching D1 ball is all about energy, getting out on the road on the recruiting trail, late night game prep etc. JC was already slipping at the end of his UCONN run. It's one thing to be an assistant like Keady or Blaney, quite another to be a headcoach. And yes, as a UCONN guy, I would not look favorably on him going to BC, the school that's worked to screw the school that helped him to become a Hall of Fame coach he is every chance they've gotten.

 

[minidarren]

I don't see why you have to resort to name calling cause we see this differently and I don't kiss the 3 rings and worship at the alter.

Why is everyone so sensitive here? Im not specifically calling you out Jimmy, but dang there have been quite a few of these posts recently about people calling other people names. I could really care less what some Gooby on an internet message board calls me.

 

[CL82]

My sou


My sources say the deal is contingent upon the two schools swapping conferences.

Here's the question. Say that's true, would you do it? I have to say yes, but makes me feel unclean just to think it.

 

[MattMang23]

Why is everyone so sensitive here? Im not specifically calling you out Jimmy, but dang there have been quite a few of these posts recently about people calling other people names. I could really care less what some Gooby on an internet message board calls me.

You obviously don't work for the Hartford Courant then.

 

[freescooter]

There is a fundamental disagreement here between the people who think Calhoun has earned the right to do whatever he wants to do, even if it hurts the UConn program, and those who think he did a terrific job as head coach but he resigned. He should just go gracefully and let the new head coach take any glory he earns. If he wants to coach again, he should do it, but he shouldn't do this Hamlet on the Fenton act. Just resign from his position with UConn and go to his new assignment. If he doesn't want the BC game, just say so and get the hell off the stage.

 

[CL82]

Why is everyone so sensitive here? Im not specifically calling you out Jimmy, but dang there have been quite a few of these posts recently about people calling other people names. I could really care less what some Gooby on an internet message board calls me.

Irony: a technique of indicating an intention or attitude opposite to that which is actually or ostensibly stated.

 

[CL82]

Great post. Obviously I love Calhoun but this pisses me off. If JC is not interested in the BC job he should have immediately put the rumors to rest. He handled Andy Katz's questions in the AAC tournament like an amateur. If he is in fact interested in the BC job fine, just get the hell out of our locker room and away from the team. This is Ollie's team now. Stay if you are going to help, but I wish he would just get away if he's going to take away from our players accomplishments. Can't you just let these kids savor the victory for 12 hours before stealing the show Jim?? And of all teams he's interested in Boston College? His antics and comments towards BC in 2004 probably cost us membership in the ACC! If he is dying to coach again great, just don't do it at Boston College, Syracuse or Providence.

PS: I know it's poor journalism and all speculation on the part of that hack Goodman, but JC had a chance to put a stop to this.

He pretty much did this and in a pretty timely fashion. Tough to be critical of him on this.

 

[Cheddie]

Listen, if people have a problem with Calhoun not outright squashing it that's fine. That's not me ... guy loves basketball and seems to respond honestly when he says never say never. He's allowed to do that.

But what Jacobs is suggesting is that Calhoun is orchestrating this simply as a reason to put attention on himself. It's a joke and it's transparent on his behalf ... it's his typical agenda to a 'T'. And remarkably, or perhaps not, it's ironic coming from Jeff.

I don't believe Jacobs is saying JC is "orchestrating" this. It's much more innocuous. He's suggesting that JC enjoys the attention, enjoys chatting with reporters, and that his off-hand comments have fostered the flurry. Like you, I really don't care if he wants to leave the door open (and apparently neither does KO or his players). But no one can fairly expect his comments, in today's media/Internet environment that micro-scrutinizes everything, not to become a story. I'm simply saying it's unfair to shoot the messengers.

 

[intlzncster]

I don't believe Jacobs is saying JC is "orchestrating" this. It's much more innocuous. He's suggesting that JC enjoys the attention, enjoys chatting with reporters, and that his off-hand comments have fostered the flurry. Like you, I really don't care if he wants to leave the door open (and apparently neither does KO or his players). But no one can fairly expect his comments, in today's media/Internet environment that micro-scrutinizes everything, not to become a story. I'm simply saying it's unfair to shoot the messengers.

Two points there:

1. People are complaining about the lack of follow up from national media though (journalism). The local reporters did this, and got a definitive "no" from JC.

Calhoun, who is in Buffalo, told The Courant by phone, "I have not talked to any other school and I'm not planning to talk to any other school. I never say never, but I'm not trying to get a job."

Gavin Keefe‏@GavinKeefe
Just talked to Jim Calhoun. He said he isn't looking to get back into coaching. "I haven't talked to anybody about a job." #UConn

It's almost as if national reporters get a quote they like, that fits a narrative they want to write about, and stop digging in order to publish. Other journalists piggy back on original story without doing any homework. And then "journalists" like Wojo use it to take shots at JC and things run from there.

2. If people are looking for JC, of all people, to get the exact wording right, to the point of a lawyer-sufficient accuracy), they are barking up the wrong tree. The guy talks like a pretzel. Has forever.

 

[CL82]

I don't believe Jacobs is saying JC is "orchestrating" this. It's much more innocuous. He's suggesting that JC enjoys the attention, enjoys chatting with reporters, and that his off-hand comments have fostered the flurry. Like you, I really don't care if he wants to leave the door open (and apparently neither does KO or his players). But no one can fairly expect his comments, in today's media/Internet environment that micro-scrutinizes everything, not to become a story. I'm simply saying it's unfair to shoot the messengers.

Well JJ pretty much did say that. I have no problem whatsoever with Calhoun saying, I'd never say never about a coaching position, but I'm not spoken to anyone on this. That's fine. Of course, I'd also have no problem if he said. "Out of all the institutions in basketball this is the one that I would never work for. Quite simply, personal integrity and honor mean to much to me" If that happened the whiners on the board would come out and complain that 'he's throwing gas on the fire now we'll never get into the ACC. '

I can't believe that people on this board have taken the bait on this non-issue.

 

[minidarren]

Irony: a technique of indicating an intention or attitude opposite to that which is actually or ostensibly stated.

Yes

 

[CTBasketball]

It seems ESPN and BC are trying to sabotage our NCAA run...

Only logical explanation.

 

[8893]

Two points there:

1. People are complaining about the lack of follow up from national media though (journalism). The local reporters did this, and got a definitive "no" from JC.

Calhoun, who is in Buffalo, told The Courant by phone, "I have not talked to any other school and I'm not planning to talk to any other school. I never say never, but I'm not trying to get a job."

Gavin Keefe‏@GavinKeefe
Just talked to Jim Calhoun. He said he isn't looking to get back into coaching. "I haven't talked to anybody about a job." #UConn

It's almost as if national reporters get a quote they like, that fits a narrative they want to write about, and stop digging in order to publish. Other journalists piggy back on original story without doing any homework. And then "journalists" like Wojo use it to take shots at JC and things run from there.

2. If people are looking for JC, of all people, to get the exact wording right, to the point of a lawyer-sufficient accuracy), they are barking up the wrong tree. The guy talks like a pretzel. Has forever.

+1. The thing that drives me even crazier is that the ESPN story itself was updated to include JC's own denials, but the headline remained that he was seriously considering the job. They even dropped the "sources" qualifier to make it look like it was fact, when their own article contained a direct quote from the man himself that put the lie to the headline.

Of course, the article ends with his parting shots at BC when they lied and stabbed the Big East in the back like cowards. That's exactly why JC has no good answer to the question. ESPN manufactured the story and was going to run with it no matter what.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

I guess my problem is that facts and context matter to me.

You have context and facts? What are they? Lets hear this.

 

[uconnfan68]

As a UCONN fan, I will always be indebted to Coach Calhoun, but I have to agree with Jacobs on this one. This is UCONN and Coach Ollie's time in the sun. It is wrong for coach Calhoun to be in the news with the BC job. If it's not true, then he should deny it in no uncertain terms, which he has not. This tells me the stories are true. Which is terrible, especially, after how BC left the Big East and how they screwed UConn's entry into the ACC. Coach ...if you want to coach again, do it anywhere but BC!!!

If you watched the original interview, you'd know JC had nothing to do with any subsequent speculation. It's just sloppy journalism.

 

[Waquoit]

I find it hard to believe that this entire thing was invented out of thin air without any help from JC.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Listen, if people have a problem with Calhoun not outright squashing it that's fine. That's not me ... guy loves basketball and seems to respond honestly when he says never say never. He's allowed to do that.

But what Jacobs is suggesting is that Calhoun is orchestrating this simply as a reason to put attention on himself. It's a joke and it's transparent on his behalf ... it's his typical agenda to a 'T'. And remarkably, or perhaps not, it's ironic coming from Jeff.

Bingo.

Jacobs is accusing JC of being an attention whore solely because Jacobs is an attention whore. His MO for far too long when it came to Calhoun was to attempt to point out character flaws, primarily to illicit a response as then JJ can claim to be compelling and controversial and equate that with quality journalism.

The reality is that most of the press is small minded enough to post things (such as what we saw when WM was looking for a new football coach, throwing out the names of many retreads) of little imagination because they have limited intellectual capacity. Someone said to himself "JC can still coach, he's from Boston and BC needs a head coach!" and believes he just solved the riddle of the sphinx. Then throws out speculation, ESPN spins it to embarrass UConn, a writer or two who hates UConn and/or JC adds the BC disinterest angle to further embarrass the school and our hall of fame former head coach. Now too many of our fans are freaking out.

This has not received much of a response from JC because it does not warrant a response. BC will become too good a job for JC once they have accomplished substantially more in college hoops than he has. Then and only then will a man of JC's significance have any interest in a school like BC. The day that happens pigs will fill the skies with their flight, hell will have frozen over and Kentucky will drop its men's basketball program to demonstrate the academic integrity if their school.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

Why is everyone so sensitive here? Im not specifically calling you out Jimmy, but dang there have been quite a few of these posts recently about people calling other people names. I could really care less what some Gooby on an internet message board calls me.

If you know anything about me from the football board I'm one of the least emotional guys about name calling. But I tend to get annoyed with people who mistake their opinions for "context and facts". 8893 has context and facts. I can't wait to hear them.

People also get bent if you dare to knock anything related to Calhoun.

 

[Cheddie]

Two points there:

1. People are complaining about the lack of follow up from national media though (journalism). The local reporters did this, and got a definitive "no" from JC.

Calhoun, who is in Buffalo, told The Courant by phone, "I have not talked to any other school and I'm not planning to talk to any other school. I never say never, but I'm not trying to get a job."

Gavin Keefe‏@GavinKeefe
Just talked to Jim Calhoun. He said he isn't looking to get back into coaching. "I haven't talked to anybody about a job." #UConn

It's almost as if national reporters get a quote they like, that fits a narrative they want to write about, and stop digging in order to publish. Other journalists piggy back on original story without doing any homework. And then "journalists" like Wojo use it to take shots at JC and things run from there.

2. If people are looking for JC, of all people, to get the exact wording right, to the point of a lawyer-sufficient accuracy), they are barking up the wrong tree. The guy talks like a pretzel. Has forever.

Two points in response:

1. Can't assume people actually "report" news today. Much of what swirls around is "aggregated" news - someone else's story re-reported. Much easier to jump around from hot topic to hot topic than do follow-up. Again, that's why a story can blow up so quickly - everyone jumps on the bandwagon without any investigation of their own.

2. Read Duffy's story this morning: Calhoun: "You could say, 'Well, say you're never going to coach again.' I'm not going to say that." Agree about JC talking in circles, but that simply is not a "definitive" statement, nor actually are the quotes you mentioned. A definitive answer: "I am not going to coach at BC."

 

[8893]

The fact is that the man himself flatly denied it when asked. The context is that he said he's not ruling out coaching again... because he's not ruling out coaching again. Period. He said he'd talk to anyone about basketball. He also hasn't expressly denied Harvard or Marquette. Are there stories there, too? There is just as much basis, at least from what has been reported.

If people don't realize how stupid it would be to exclude BC from consideration when you've already said you'd talk to anyone, you don't understand much about the context of the way ESPN framed the story. Read it with an eye towards finding the facts. Then look how they ended with JC's statements against BC several years ago. This story was written as soon as there was an opening at BC. The only difference is that, if JC expressly denied BC, the headline would have read "Calhoun Wants to Return to Coaching, But Still Bitter About BC." I think ESPN would have preferred that headline, given the role it played in the demise of the Big East.

 

[mauconnfan]

I guess my problem is that facts and context matter to me.

God forbid Geno to entertain another job if and when he retires………. maybe Tennessee?

 

[intlzncster]

Two points in response:

1. Can't assume people actually "report" news today. Much of what swirls around is "aggregated" news - someone else's story re-reported. Much easier to jump around from hot topic to hot topic than do follow-up. Again, that's why a story can blow up so quickly - everyone jumps on the bandwagon without any investigation of their own.

2. Read Duffy's story this morning: Calhoun: "You could say, 'Well, say you're never going to coach again.' I'm not going to say that." Agree about JC talking in circles, but that simply is not a "definitive" statement, nor actually are the quotes you mentioned. A definitive answer: "I am not going to coach at BC."

Here's my break down from the Courant quote:

"I have not talked to any other school" (which includes BC)
"I'm not planning to talk to any other school" (which includes BC)
"I never say never, but I'm not trying to get a job." (which includes BC)

Sounds like he is nipping ALL speculation in the bud. IMO

My thing is this is simply a media driven (non) story. Which would happen no matter what the guy said.

 

[intlzncster]

And for what it's worth....I think this whole thing is having ZERO impact on the team. As in none.