Jeff has a history of writing hit pieces. The two most famous ones that come to mind are Jazz Howard, about whom he wrote a hit piece suggesting Jazz was a jock looking for trouble, immediately after Howard’s death, and Stanley Robinson, whom he claimed wasn’t a legitimate student and would never graduate, or even take classes. The Jazz Howard story was taken down as more details came out, but he never retracted it, or gave Jazz’s family an apology. Same with the Stanley Robinson story. Those two things are pretty unforgivable.
Regarding the whole Calhoun feud, it was literally started because Jeff Calhoun pointed at him and laughed. Jacobs got all butt hurt over it and smeared Jim and UConn for like a decade.
His go to move in recent years was to write a random hit piece but then follow it up with a complementary fluff piece and suggest that since he wrote both he must be objective. Is it any wonder that coaches aren’t going to give him extra insight into the program?
I think Jeff was a decent writer, but far too often he wanted to be the main character rather than a passive narrator. That’s fine, but if the way you do that is to generate artificial feuds, it comes at a cost.
Finally, I’m sorry to hear that Jeff has some health issues. I hope he recovers fully so that he can dedicate his full efforts to the high school beat.
