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[dennismenace]

You do have to wonder what Jim Calhoun could've done with a Mike McKay, Corny Thompson and Chuck Aleksinas front court.

Hobbs and Sullivan as the guards with Giscombe being instant offense off the bench. Oh, and I forgot about Norm Bailey! That was a heck of a team.

Would have been interesting to be there on the first day of practice if he came on the scene with that team assembled.

 

[CL82]

Would have been interesting to be there on the first day of practice if he came on the scene with that team assembled.

If memory serves me correctly about Calhoun's first day of practice, I think there would've been a whole lot of vomiting.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

If memory serves me correctly about Calhoun's first day of practice, I think there would've been a whole lot of vomiting.

Absolutely true. I firmly believe that if JC was their college coach, Corney would have had a long NBA career, McKay would have had a few seasons in the league Aleksinas would have lasted a whole lot longer than the cup or two of coffee he had in the league. The way the game was played at that time, it would have been on of the top two or three frontcourts in the country.

I believe that it is safe to say that each of the three would have been 20lbs-30lbs lighter than what their playing weights were over their college years.

 

[dennismenace]

Absolutely true. I firmly believe that if JC was their college coach, Corney would have had a long NBA career, McKay would have had a few seasons in the league Aleksinas would have lasted a whole lot longer than the cup or two of coffee he had in the league. The way the game was played at that time, it would have been on of the top two or three frontcourts in the country.

I believe that it is safe to say that each of the three would have been 20lbs-30lbs lighter than what their playing weights were over their college years.

You're right on this for sure.
It is only fair to say though that the whole strength and conditioning field of knowledge has changed so much since then; much of it influenced by Dr Kramer (Kinesiology) of Uconn and Jerry Martin working with Kramer to work out theory into practice.

I think we might have to wish Dr Kramer and Jerry Martin (legendary strength coach) back to that time capsule as well for it to be possible though knowing what JC would have demanded of them they would of necessity be forced to lose weight. I remember a reporter once referring to Corny Thompson "pudding" body. The only reason I remember it was it aptly described what it looked like.