So let me get this straight

[gtcam]

I don't understand the need for this thread
I could care less about what the father thinks or says - I feel like he just misses the spotlight
He had his chances to go places while coaching but made his decision to stay put, - so did his son.
Now he is TV camera bait - every darn game😁🙃

 

[jibsey]

I don't understand the need for this thread
I could care less about what the father thinks or says - I feel like he just misses the spotlight
He had his chances to go places while coaching but made his decision to stay put, - so did his son.
Now he is TV camera bait - every darn game😁🙃

The thread is OK and we shouldn’t feel threatened or distressed by his comments. He is a tremendous resource for Danny in his coaching and is a huge plus for him. Bench coach in the stands.
But what happens these days in case anyone notices is that little statements or quotes are given outsized importance (in our state) where UConn is THE only game.

 

[Mr. French]

Or, he did not have confidence in his son's ability to continue winning at the college level, so he wanted him to take the payday before opportunities like that slip away.

no, I don't think that's what happened but there's an endless number of possibilities.

The landscape is certainly changing and getting more difficult - NBA life for a coach with that job and payday is objectively easier…so that’s probably where the advice stems from. I wouldn’t be inclined to hold that against Sr. for giving rational advice on changing your life for the better. That’s kinda his role.

 

[temery]

The landscape is certainly changing and getting more difficult - NBA life for a coach with that job and payday is objectively easier…so that’s probably where the advice stems from. I wouldn’t be inclined to hold that against Sr. for giving rational advice on changing your life for the better. That’s kinda his role.

That kind of money may be able to change his life for the better. But he's already wealthy. Success at that level is the only thing that would really make a difference and that's a big question mark.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Dan also said in that podcast that his father always pushed him to take the next big step. Which means Bob Sr probably told Dan to leave Rhody for UConn.

 

[CL82]

It also works both ways... how many of these kids did Calhoun recruit?

That's my understanding of what caused the falling out. Hurley wanted Calhoun to give one of his kids a look, and Calhoun was interested. After that, Hurley was never interested in Connecticut.

 

[uconnbill]

Frankly I'd probably have told my son the same thing... the Lakers coaching job is the best job in all of basketball. I get it.

Not with LeBron who is still the coach and makes decisions

 

[Greedo]

Eh I see it the opposite. He stayed put and maybe has some regrets about it and wonders how far up the ladder he could have climbed. Maybe with that experience he wanted different for his talented kid.

This definitely may be true, but I see staying as a HS coach when you have other options as a much bigger sacrifice than staying in college when you could coach the modern day Lakers.

Being a top college coach gives you the opportunity to be a true star with name recognition. HS doesn’t offer that. The vast majority of households in the U.S. probably know who Coach K is, for example (also probably more people know Coach K than any NBA coach, but that’s beside the point).

I’m also not trying to refute your point, more his logic if that actually was the case.

 

[Husky68]

Coach dogged a bullet by staying put. As bad a match for pro ball as Pitino.

 

[Scrutineer]

I don't hate him. It does seem to me like he didn't like us. And I thought this before Dan was our coach. I mean both Hurley and Calhoun were two tough Irish SOBs. But the connection never got made.

Maybe being two of a kind was an issue?
Maybe we were so bad before Calhoun that a trend became cast in stone?
But here we go with someone assigning hate as your motive for raising a question. When did a difference of opinion or raising a question become a form of hatred?