Khalid El-Amin news

[HuskyNan]

 

[Kitaman]

His tree branches keep growing and growing.

Good soil, good root and good fruit.

 

[HuskyNan]

This Calhoun?

 

[Scrutineer]

Let's hope he keeps focused on the right things, succeeds at this job and builds a great career as a coach.

 

[HuskyNan]

Not his first coaching gig but his first at a college, I believe

TRIA Prep Salute: Minnesota prep legend Khalid El-Amin in first year as head coach

His buzzer-beater in the 1996 State Tournament is on Minnesota's Mt. Rushmore of all-time high school highlights, two-and-a-half decades later prep legend Khalid El-Amin is beginning his head coaching career with the very team his storied last-second shot defeated.

kstp.com

 

[uconnfan68]

This Calhoun?

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To be fair, they didn’t play 30 games in many of the years before he arrived.

 

[Husky68]

Let's hope he keeps focused on the right things, succeeds at this job and builds a great career as a coach.

Not sure if I'm over reading into this but why say "Let's hope he keeps focused on the right things"? Seems like an odd comment about a guy who just got his 1st high school head coaching job, am I missing something about his recent "focus"?

 

[SoCalCanine]

Not sure if I'm over reading into this but why say "Let's hope he keeps focused on the right things"? Seems like an odd comment about a guy who just got his 1st high school head coaching job, am I missing something about his recent "focus"?

My guess is that his reputation as a pot smoker a couple of decades ago may still be viewed as a moral failing by some today, as crazy as that might seem to rational folks in light of all the legalization.

 

[Chief00]

This Calhoun?

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love Jim Calhoun

 

[BlueMAB]

Let's hope he keeps focused on the right things, succeeds at this job and builds a great career as a coach.