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Some great insight into what happened with Ollie. Seems to confirm most of the theories shared on this board.

Some interesting highlights:

Once he won the championship, it clouded Ollie, and he missed several details to prepare the program to retool to make future runs.

Ollie and Calhoun have not talked in 9 months.

When things went bad, Ollie stopped utilizing resources and only did things his way, and his relationship with players suffered severely.

Calhoun thinks he could learn from his mistakes and be a good coach in the future.

Also, I didn't realize Calhoun had stage four stomach cancer. Does not sound good.

They did some word association, and he called Geno ego driven. Rick Pitino - "not my favorite person".
 
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kansashusky said:
Podcast

Some great insight into what happened with Ollie. Seems to confirm most of the theories shared on this board.

Some interesting highlights:

Once he won the championship, it clouded Ollie, and he missed several details to prepare the program to retool to make future runs.

Ollie and Calhoun have not talked in 9 months.

When things went bad, Ollie stopped utilizing resources and only did things his way, and his relationship with players suffered severely.

Calhoun thinks he could learn from his mistakes and be a good coach in the future.

Also, I didn't realize Calhoun had stage four stomach cancer. Does not sound good.

They did some word association, and he called Geno ego driven. Rick Pitino - "not my favorite person".
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UofCT2009 Questioned "good coach in the future"
 
Calhoun and Geno are cut from the same cloth, particularly when it comes to speaking their minds and not holding back.
 
kansashusky said:
Ollie and Calhoun have not talked in 9 months.
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Oof.

kansashusky said:
Also, I didn't realize Calhoun had stage four stomach cancer. Does not sound good.
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A close friend saw him coming out of Smilow a couple months ago so I figured he had some cancer treatment going on, and then his comments in the article the other day about losing half of his stomach seemed to confirm this; but stage four, yikes.

Hope they got it all.
 
I enjoyed it. Some highlights:

KO:
KO was energetic, smart, good person.
Championship clouded view.
Didn't quite prepare for next run.
Personal issues affected him.
Left him a long message but hasn't talked in 9 months.
Lost kids.
What do you do when things go off track, how do you handle it? KO turned inward.
Once it wasn't working, injuries hurt.

Dan Hurley:
Dan Hurley has good sense of what a coach is from watching his dad.

Stomach cancer:
Diagnosis two years ago. Stage 4, Chemo, "then pills" but it regressed enough be able to remove it. Half of his stomach was removed. "Cancer free." Only 2nd in the his doctors history to do that. Calhoun attributes it to will.

Legacy:
He hopes he made the world a better place for the people he touched.
 
RayIsTheGOAT said:
Certainly did not expect Calhoun to bring up KO's divorce. Wow.
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Eh, He said they were both good people and didn't work. Hardly a scathing rebuke. It happened and like most of us, Calhoun observed in passing that the timing suggested that it impacted KO.
 
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CL82 said:
Eh, He said they were both good people and didn't work. Hardly a scathing rebuke. It happened and like most of us, Calhoun observed that the timing suggested in passing that it impacted KO.
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Where are the board fatheads to call Calhoun a moron for reading too much into it? Lmao this place is a meme graveyard.
 
kansashusky said:
Podcast

Some great insight into what happened with Ollie. Seems to confirm most of the theories shared on this board.

Some interesting highlights:

Once he won the championship, it clouded Ollie, and he missed several details to prepare the program to retool to make future runs.

Ollie and Calhoun have not talked in 9 months.

When things went bad, Ollie stopped utilizing resources and only did things his way, and his relationship with players suffered severely.

Calhoun thinks he could learn from his mistakes and be a good coach in the future.

Also, I didn't realize Calhoun had stage four stomach cancer. Does not sound good.

They did some word association, and he called Geno ego driven. Rick Pitino - "not my favorite person".
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Sounds entertaining - Chief will listen.
 
tcf15 said:
Calhoun dropped the line "I'm learning all about the internet" which is a fascinating thing to imagine.
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Would like to be a fly on the wall when JC discovers there's nude chicks everywhere online. Would laugh for days.
 
CL82 said:
Stomach cancer:
Diagnosis two years ago. Stage 4, Chemo, "then pills" but it regressed enough be able to remove it. Half of his stomach was removed. "Cancer free." Only 2nd in the his doctors history to do that. Calhoun attributes it to will.
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I love that man.
 
Chief00 said:
Strange response. What’s your problem? Why wouldn’t I listen?
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Because any information he reveals on that podcast is information Calhoun already tells you during your frequent private conversations . . . ?
 
Did not know that JC had stage IV stomach cancer; hopefully the biologics agents that he is on will keep it away. The newer agent can work miracles with minimal side effects. Pres Jimmy Carter took it for his metastatic melanoma to his brain n had complete remission. Overall, a sad turn of events for the UCONN coaching staff from 2011. The last time I saw KO, he was trying to hide from everyone in West Hartford. I saw Glenn Miller 2 weeks ago when he was atop Talcott Mountain. He looked very sad, no UCONN or STJ gear on. I will be at Trinity on 11/9 to cheer JC on
 

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