TBT: Thirteen years ago today

[Mr. Wonderful]

Jim Calhoun called the quickest timeout after the start of a game in his career, against Florida International.

He called for the TO just nine seconds into the game, after the team gave up a dunk off of the tip. Calhoun said a few choice words in the huddle (I assume about focus) as only he could, and the Huskies would proceed to thoroughly dominate FIU 99-48.

 

[deedougie]

Jim Calhoun called the quickest timeout after the start of a game in his career, against Florida International.

He called for the TO just nine seconds into the game, after the team gave up a dunk off of the tip. Calhoun said a few choice words in the huddle (I assume about focus) as only he could, and the Huskies would proceed to thoroughly dominate FIU 99-48.

Damn I miss those quick timeouts.

 

[HuskyNationJE]

Jim Calhoun called the quickest timeout after the start of a game in his career, against Florida International.

He called for the TO just nine seconds into the game, after the team gave up a dunk off of the tip. Calhoun said a few choice words in the huddle (I assume about focus) as only he could, and the Huskies would proceed to thoroughly dominate FIU 99-48.

Sounds just like Ollie. Our team comes out, goes down 15, Ollie calls a time out, we come back out and whoever we're playing goes on a 7-0 run.

 

[Robertelamin]

Damn I miss those quick timeouts.

And the quick hooks.

 

[JCSuperstar]

All cue'd up for your enjoyment courtesy of @tcf15 & @gampelcrazies

 

[UC313]

Amazing. The man was/is amazing.

 

[Banta55]

Sad, you look at the talent on that team...So far from that now..

 

[The Funster]

Haha, that was great. Once I saw it, I remembered it.

 

[HuskiesAllDay]

This makes me sad. Jc on the sidelines. Stacked team. #6 next to our name. Big east Conference. The glory days.

 

[intlzncster]

And the quick hooks.

So many people hated it at the time. "How's the kid gonna learn?" "Let him play through his mistakes." "Ruining his confidence." etc etc

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Blame the bland TBT subject line perhaps.
This post, and the clip, deserves to be seen.

 

[The Viking]

What does a number next to a team name mean? Am I missing something? Seems like an odd typo.

 

[The Viking]

I seem to remember a time where Jimmy would get angry and call TO's and the TV folks were afraid to put him on air LOL. That timeout should have been all him, but they were terrified to show him.

 

[CL82]

My favorite was the TO called and he's just glare at them.

 

[Travelman6]

29 points in the first 10 minutes. I mean, I know it is only FIU, but wow. Takes me back. Some of those post moves from Boone and shots from Brown were a thing of beauty. Miss those days.

It is hard to find anyone who has called a quicker time out at the college or nba level. I saw an instance where GP of the spurs called one in the first 42 seconds (video) and one where Kerr called one in the first 18 seconds. I can not find any other examples in the nba or any other example in college.

 

[MilliniumPrince]

So many people hated it at the time. "How's the kid gonna learn?" "Let him play through his mistakes." "Ruining his confidence." etc etc

I hated them then. I would hate them now. But the man is a coaching immortal.

 

[AdamaNation]

Sad, you look at the talent on that team...So far from that now..

Ugh I know. Freakin ed Nelson and austrie(price)were the 8&9 off the bench. They would compete in any and every era for the title.

 

[Fan4ever]

The roster feared/respected him. Hell, as a fan I feared him when the team played lackluster or bonehead plays. Those days are gone, you are not going to build an empire on concensus and congeniality.