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Jay Wright Retiring?

gsmooth said:
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.
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Best Jay Wright moments:
2012: Lamb crushes, Shabazz onions!
2014: Shabazz in fully Tourney mode
 
Punkbo said:
Best Jay Wright moments:
2012: Lamb crushes, Shabazz onions!
2014: Shabazz in fully Tourney mode
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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.
 
gsmooth said:
and going out on top of his profession.
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Royxbl said:
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
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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.
 
Pretty stunning news. I thought he'd be coaching another 5-10 years at least.
 
UcannUconn said:
I’ll take Longino who we were involved with out of HS.
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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
 
gsmooth said:
me, too. It broke my basketball heart when Justin Moore tore his achilles.
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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
 
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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...
 
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
 
Dogman69 said:
In classic Providence fan fashion they are jacked up about Jay Wright leaving. What a bunch of clowns
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Do you always lie or just on this board? You might find one in a hundred posters who even said anything like that. If you want to be an lying a hole, at least be a good one.
 
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Zissou said:
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.
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Get ready for some tough sledding, replacing a legend isn't easy.
 
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.
 
EBonz30 said:
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.
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I hope it’s not a heath issue. I feel the same about this guy. I guess Clooney needs to play him on screen.
 
Respect - best of luck to whatever comes next for him. Class act.
 
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Fishy said:
Was on campus at Villanova today.

I feel like I played a part in Wright retiring.
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I almost heard “Fishy feels like he had a part in Wright retiring” - almost. Still on tour?
 
I didn’t watch any games, but I followed how Kyle Neptune helped bring respectability to Fordham and I was very impressed.

After years in the gutter, Fordham went 16-16, their first winning season since 15-16.

In addition to the turnaround, there was an impressive jolt to their recruiting, not just with transfers but with homegrown talent (two top-300 prospects in their ‘22 class).

I don’t think they planned it to happen this soon, but part of me feels like it was always assumed Neptune would take over whenever Wright retired.
 
I kinda wish Wright states that it was all because of the new transfer rule and to a lesser extent NIL.

That would be two prominent coaches him and Williams that retired specifically because of that and may help get some regulation on this mess.

It is destroying college sports (more so the transfer rules than NIL in my opinion).
 
Definitely a surprise announcement. And good for Jay. Congrats on a magnificent career.

When I started my career in education, my mentor said you will know when it's time to retire/ step away. He was correct. I knew when it was time and I have not regretted that decision. I believe Jay Wright knows it's time. All the best to him.
 
Wright is going out on top and on his terms. Coach K looked to be in pain when coaching the last few years and Boeheim has stayed too long.

Also, the Big East still has plenty of good coaches and I think the league is going to become a lot more competitive over the next few years. And, Georgetown is waiting to be reawakened.
 
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