Jay Wright Retiring?

[Punkbo]

Calhoun with UConn is the #1 program building job, ever. To turn a rinky dink regional school into an elite national program with expectations along side Duke, North Carolina, Kentucky, UCLA, and Kansas is nothing short of amazing.

Moving along to more recent years, Jay Wright, IMO, has been the best coach in America, no disrespect to Coach K, Roy Williams, Bill Self, or John Calipari. His team was like the New England Patriots on the hardwood with the robotic and even keeled way they conducted themselves. They just never got rattled in pressure packed situations.

Best Jay Wright moments:
2012: Lamb crushes, Shabazz onions!
2014: Shabazz in fully Tourney mode

 

[gsmooth]

Maybe don't go then. He should stay there forever

LOL, LOL, LOL

 

[gsmooth]

Put $50M aside in the bank and go out when you want to on your terms. Enjoy life.

and going out on top of his profession.

 

[hookshot]

Was on campus at Villanova today.

I feel like I played a part in Wright retiring.

I was not on campus today but I did stay at the Holiday Inn

 

[Dogammit]

Best Jay Wright moments:
2012: Lamb crushes, Shabazz onions!
2014: Shabazz in fully Tourney mode

57 years old and lifelong UCONN fan. Jay Wright is the last of the true class acts of BE coaching from the legendary Calhoun UCONN era. I know some will include Boheim in that discussion but Jay Wright is an incredible coach, class act and ran a great program worthy of Big East history. Thanks Jay….great run and a loss for the Big East.

 

[Zissou]

and going out on top of his profession.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Jay Wright is the last of the true class acts of BE coaching from the legendary Calhoun UCONN era. I know some will include Boheim in that discussion

I'm not sure you'll find that many folks on here that think Boeheim, the man that throws his players under the bus, publicly trashes players that transfer out, and plays his kids excessively to the detriment of the team and program, is a class act.

 

[UconnU]

More kids entering the portal?

I’ll take Longino who we were involved with out of HS.

 

[BugsyCT]

Pretty stunning news. I thought he'd be coaching another 5-10 years at least.

 

[navery12]

I’ll take Longino who we were involved with out of HS.

Longino and Mark Armstrong both had us on their final lists. Also involved with Trey Patterson and Cam Whitmore at one point although we were cut before their final lists. Not sure the likelihood any of them transfer but something to keep an eye on

 

[RichCTBB]

me, too. It broke my basketball heart when Justin Moore tore his achilles.

He probably knew that this year was his next best chance at winning a chip, especially with Gillespie coming back. I’d bet he planned to retire before the season, ‘chip or no ‘chip. No way he’d make a circus out of his retirement like K

 

[UofCT]

I will be there Friday and Saturday. (Seriously)

We’ll see if Boeheim is still employed on Sunday.

Sounds like you’re a transfer

 

[Blue Idiaco]

he may see the evolving landscape, with the NIL and portal, and realize that his style, of keeping freshman on the bench and being at a small catholic school that cannot throw hundreds of thousands of dollars at kids every year, was not going to work. Hard to blame him if so...

 

[BGesus4]

their culture just isn’t as strong as providence. if he was at pc he would’ve stayed

 

[Zissou]

Jay stays on the Nova payroll as a Special Assistant to the President. Fund raising, advising, leading the Nova famiglia.

To dispel any of the other rumors, including some that don’t deserve direct reference.

 

[HuskyHoosier]

Just imagine the hoopla if he knew he was retiring and made this past year like K? And both make the FF, yet neither in the championship game. Would have been an even bigger circus. Kudos to JW

 

[tjhusky]

This cracked me up

 

[superjohn]

Jay stays on the Nova payroll as a Special Assistant to the President. Fund raising, advising, leading the Nova famiglia.

To dispel any of the other rumors, including some that don’t deserve direct reference.

Get ready for some tough sledding, replacing a legend isn't easy.

 

[6xChamps]

I’ve always been a Keith Urgo fan

 

[TheChamps990411]

I wonder if they pushed Jay out because theyve wanted Neptune all along. All jokes aside i wish Jay the best and hope this isnt a health or even worse a Laker issue.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

I wonder if this was health related. This feels way too sudden to have been planned.

 

[AdamaNation]

He’s the best coach in the nation & my favorite coach currently- I wish him the best, in making I would imagine, an incredibly challenging decision.

I hope it’s not a heath issue. I feel the same about this guy. I guess Clooney needs to play him on screen.

 

[Apollo]

Respect - best of luck to whatever comes next for him. Class act.

 

[OUTATIME]

It's amazing how many posters have a friend that's friends with wright.