McCallie steps in it; no "lessons learned;" UConn mention [merged thread]

[DogWarden]

When you're on top, sometimes you get attacked from the "bottom feeders".

 

[mkwstar23]

seems to me that GREAT coaches never blame players for the lack of the programs success being that it is their job to develop their talents and groom them into winners...Great coaches always take the blame for underachieving teams...and usually correct thing and don't point fingers at other...just saying

 

[TroyHouse66]

JPM-
<<On Azurá Stevens
... We were really proud of her. ... came back ...a different player and a different person ... I knew all season that she was struggling. .... Very devastating.... extremely distressing for her....It was really sad.>>

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So... if I am correct in reading this...
YOU as a coach & mentor...
HAD TAKEN a responsibility for one of the most gifted WBB players in collegiate ranks...
recognized a powerful personal change in her... observed a season long, extremely distressing, struggle within her...
and DID NOTHING to take her aside... counsel, advise, and grow her....
Your response was to feel sad (for yourself?)...

Is there such a thing as Coaching Malpractice?

 

[CL82]

I'm guessing that GA will give it exactly the attention it deserves; none.

It's like you don't know him at all...

"Do you know how hard it is to coach at Duke?" Auriemma said facetiously. "It's really challenging. It's an impossible job. She's tried so hard to get to a Final Four with all the disadvantages there. So I suggest she try a little harder and let us try to be respectable."

 

[JordyG]

Irrational garbage from coach JPM! Lexie called you and the first words out of your mouth is "I don't take transfers"-BS! She would have been better off keeping Geno's and UCONN's name out of her mouth. It's on and popping right now! Your not going to slam two people from Philly (Dawn & Geno) and get away with it. South Carolina play Duke this year?

Preach brother, preach! Is there a way Duke and Baylor could play each other to a double loss this year?

 

[Ctpaul0825]

I read the article earlier and truly believe she has psychological issues. Scarry!

 

[MilfordHusky]

They lost at least Stevens, Jones, Calhoun, and Salvadores--just in the past couple of years. And assistant coaches to lateral moves.

I think Joanne is straining the friendship with Geno, if it still exists.

I also think Elizabeth Williams has a lot of guts for doing what she did. I've never questioned HER character. (I love her improvement on the court this season too.)

Put simply, Coach P. needs to take a good hard look in the mirror. Regrettably, she seems to have become delusional.

 

[Vowelguy]

"Do you know how hard it is to coach at Duke?" Auriemma said facetiously. "It's really challenging. It's an impossible job. She's tried so hard to get to a Final Four with all the disadvantages there. So I suggest she try a little harder and let us try to be respectable."

Hahahaha.
That . Is. Awesome.

 

[connboy77]

Seems like she is one bitter woman!

 

[LesMis89]

She told us, she told her teammates that 'I want a guaranteed national championship.' That became something more important than a Duke education.

My first thought upon reading this was a tad different. McCallie automatically eliminates the idea of Duke winning a NC? Instead she compares the NC with a Duke education...

 

[easttexastrash]

Isn't it wonderful that Elizabeth Williams has got her stuff together and is playing wonderful BB?

Williams and Stokes are both proving to be better pros than college players. Funny how that works out sometimes. It's hard to say that Williams didn't leave college with some skill development. She obviously didn't work on her shot enough to be able to shoot from farther out than 5 feet from the basket.

I'm no fan of JPM, but if Williams was that unhappy she should have transferred out.

 

[Husky1964]

We did not get her because she wanted Med school. One of her parents is a Doc. Leaving NC and coming to Storrs prob was out of the question.

 

[UconnMark]

Sad, really sad. The loyal Duke women's basketball supporters deserve better. And so do the players. In the tirade masking as an article, there was enough horse manure shoveled by coach to fertilize Tobacco Road a dozen times over. As they say, "Sour grapes make a very bitter whine"! When she retires from coaching, I predict (sorry Carnac) that McCallie will enter politics and be elected to Congress. Let's face it, she'd be a natural and will feel right at home there! I bet we beat them by 30 points the next time we play them. Or wait, I forgot...we always end up doing that.

 

[geneticrex]

Me thinks a failed coach at a premire university, that once had an excellent WBB program, may want to check her house before commenting ignorantly on THE house.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

 

[EricSD]

They lost at least Stevens, Jones, Calhoun, and Salvadores--just in the past couple of years. And assistant coaches to lateral moves.

I think Joanne is straining the friendship with Geno, if it still exists.

I also think Elizabeth Williams has a lot of guts for doing what she did. I've never questioned HER character. (I love her improvement on the court this season too.)

Put simply, Coach P. needs to take a good hard look in the mirror. Regrettably, she seems to have become delusional.

To your last sentence - I doubt very much she will (look hard in the mirror). She was basically exonerated by the University and probably as a result, not only feels she did nothing, but apparently feels emboldened to go on the attack.

 

[Gus Mahler]

So bummed for Duke fans. While I'm sure they want their teams to win, having such a loose cannon who seems unhinged at times leading the team must be frustrating.

I like your choice of words. Much better than saying an unhinged cannon who seems loose at times.

 

[Fairfield Fan]

OK. Way weird.

 

[Fairfield Fan]

I have to believe that Coach McCallie did herself no favors with this outburst. After being cleared by the AD and the university, she basically engages in a truly mean-spirited and low-class outburst, certainly highly unbecoming of any top-tier coach. The AD cannot have appreciated this. I'm guessing that Duke officials might just be meeting quietly to plan the program's future. This is the sort of thing that sets wheels of change in motion, however slowly they turn at first.

 

[Charliebball]

Raoul ‏@Raoul_000 60m60 minutes ago
UConn WBB coach Geno Auriemma responds to the comments from Duke coach Joanne P. McCallie http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-womens-basketball/hc-duke-coach-blasts-geno-0702-20160701-story.html…

 

[huskeynut]

Jealousy, envy, frustration - they have raised their ugly head again.

JPM needs a serious dose of reality.

 

[MilfordHusky]

To your last sentence - I doubt very much she will (look hard in the mirror). She was basically exonerated by the University and probably as a result, not only feels she did nothing, but apparently feels emboldened to go on the attack.

You're probably right, my friend. I didn't read the report, but I think the Boneyard is more objective on JPM than she is on herself. She REALLY, REALLY needs to make some changes. For the better, that is. The University and her players deserve it. So do the fans.

 

[Jmpenn]

So it's ok for her to take a transfer because she had a good reason (Duke education). Geno should have responded that he also had a good reason to take Stevens saving her from a crazy coach.

 

[Woof 101]

This is champagne and caviar for Duke haters! JPM could audition for the lead in the Broadway version of Dumb & Dumber and win both parts! The administration that decided to retain her services has to be head butting each other after this one.
She has single handedly proven what many have known for years that not all things Duke exude intelligence. She states Geno took on a transfer because he wants to win, what a earth shattering revelation! Duke has a medical school, she should take advantage and get a check up from the neck up. How she can possibly recruit at the level expected in the future is beyond comprehension.

 

[Siestakeyfan]

Jealousy, envy, frustration - they have raised their ugly head again.

JPM needs a serious dose of reality.

Also INCOMPETENCE!!

 

[Blue Huskie]

Incredible that she would bother making these kinds of comments. Better to just remain silent. She just looks foolish.

 

[BlueDevils]

She better be ready to coach her ass off this year, or I truly believe she's gone. A lot of eyes will be watching. She will regret the day she verbally attacked Uconn.

 

[ThisJustIn]

Williams and Stokes are both proving to be better pros than college players. Funny how that works out sometimes. .

Now... I love me some Kiah and am THRILLED we have her on the Lib. BUT - Just keeping you honest:
Kiah - Stats her senior year at UConn:http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/w-baskbl/stats/2014-2015/teamcume.html


Kiah - 2 years in the WNBA

WNBA CAREER STATS
PPG RPG APG BPG MPG SPG
6.5 7.0 0.8 1.9 26.0 0.7

UCONN Sr Year
4.5 6.8 3.7 18.3

So, in 8 more minutes, she's averaging two more points..

 

[cferraro04]

McCallie successfully made it through the school's investigation so she now thinks she can pop off her conspiracy theories and her not so hidden barbs at Geno, Dawn and Azure. Her arrogance and cockiness were on full display... Just seems like a whole lot of sour grapes to me. To be realistic Azure Stevens is probably one the best ever division one talent to transfer...what coach in his right mind wouldn't take a look. Really, EDD, Diamond and Azure (not necessarily in that order)...it don't get much better than that. So, Geno out of some misguided principle decides not to entertain taking Azure...so she ends up somewhere else playing against UConn. What coach worth his salt doest that?

 

[Fishy]

The Duke coach can just go pound sand.

Seriously...after K prodded the ACC to take more out of the Big East to knock that conference off, we're supposed to entertain that gnat's thoughts about Geno taking transfers?