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Thank you calhoun

Coach C with the assist this year with timely visits and motivational chats.. The players and coaches were all ears whenever he walked into the room/gym.

A secondary benefit of Coach C's influence were/are his former players continued involvement with our teams and mentoring of our guys. Everyone wins..
 
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Umami Zen said:
Coach C with the assist this year with timely visits and motivational chats.. The players and coaches were all ears whenever he walked into the room/gym.

A secondary benefit of Coach C's influence were/are his former players continued involvement with our teams and mentoring of our guys. Everyone wins..
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Loved those
 
my2cents said:
And don't forget Chris Smith, who JC credits with being his first major recruit. He still is Uconn's All-time leading scorer. Who can forget the 1990 run that team had.
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not just his first major recruit, but Calhoun has said that was his most important recruit ever. Donny Marshall to this day says Chris Smith is his favorite Husky of all time. High praise considering all the greats that have played here at UConn.
 
husky99 said:
You started this amazing run and created a culture of winning. Without his amazing foundation this probably does not happen...thank you
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Thank you for posting this. I was thinking the same thing. He made this all happen. He is the goat….
 
Umami Zen said:
Coach C with the assist this year with timely visits and motivational chats.. The players and coaches were all ears whenever he walked into the room/gym.

A secondary benefit of Coach C's influence were/are his former players continued involvement with our teams and mentoring of our guys. Everyone wins..
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Not sure if this is a rhetorical question, but do other programs have this?

Coach's pep talks, the former players not just going to games, but visiting the team and calling players. I heard yesterday that Rip called Hurley during the season and asked if he would like him to call Jordan. Hurley said "Hell yeah." Having Geno's brain to pick is another amazing resource for Hurley. To me this is just remarkable and really sets us apart from other programs.
 
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AreBee1969 said:
Not sure if this is a rhetorical question, but do other programs have this?

Coach's pep talks, the former players not just going to games, but visiting the team and calling players. I heard yesterday that Rip called Hurley during the season and asked if he would like him to call Jordan. Hurley said "Hell yeah." Having Geno's brain to pick is another amazing resource for Hurley. To me this is just remarkable and really sets us apart from other programs.
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IMO.. Danny is smart to take advantage of any resource with current or previous connections to UConn if the doors of communication are open.. Championship Programs such as UConn are unique and sometimes personality conflicts or different agendas can get in the way.. The primary beneficiaries of keeping those lines of communication open are your current players.. Most recruits and their Families should take note of that uniqueness..The Castle Family has repeatedly stated via social media how happy they are with Danny's character and the Family environment/brotherhood vibe that is present at UConn for their son Steph.

Through Danny's brother Bob and his Dad he has access to other significant mentors --such as Coach K -- because of Bob's years there as a player and the Hurleys family experience with Coach K as parents.

Other Programs should attempt to harvest the same.. But they're not Blue Blood Programs like UConn.
 
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Over the last 37 years UConn has had 4 head coaches in basketball. I don't know how many other schools can say that. Especially since two of those coaches are among the greatest ever.

We've been historically lucky to have Geno and JC, and it continues to benefit us today.
 
Has anyone seen any videos, message, or quotes from Calhoun today? Hoping he might at least make a surprise appearance at Gampel later today!
 
Coach C is a tough dude who has survived four cancer surgeries and is about to become 81 on May 10th. No one would have wanted to have been in Houston more than him to celebrate this teams accomplishments and hang out with his former players and coaching contemporaries.

Be well Coach.. Dawgs did it again..
 
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Mike Honcho said:
Whatever it takes to avoid that picture with Geno :D

On a serious note that sucks and hope he gets better quickly. It's celebration time.
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I wonder if that was the reason. Hurley mentioned taking a picture with Calhoun and Geno. When Calhoun was asked about it, he was very evasive. It's known that he doesn't get along with Geno. Geno flew out on the plane with the team.
 
Hurley basically took Calhoun's Inside/Outside game plans and ran with it this year. Dan Hurley had too many 5-wide perimeter plays his first couple of years. He changed this year by running the offense through the inside and giving the guards more options than just working off of screens. Bingo. Calhoun had a huge imprint on this year's title.
 
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FreeKlaiber said:
Was call in guest on kellerman & keyshawn espn2 show this morning
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Thanks, just listened to the appearance on the ESPN app. I love Calhoun. Keyshawn, JWill & Max - Hour 4: Jim Calhoun | ESPN

Interesting story in the interview I hadn't heard before....Jay Williams gave him a hard time saying that he wanted to go to UConn but Calhoun took Tony Robertson over JWill. I love hearing about old recruiting stories from back in the day--always so interesting.
 
husky99 said:
@FreeKlaiber
what did he say... ?
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Jwill told story of Calhoun choosing tony Robertson over him in recruiting days. & then Jwill being at 99 final & seeing his new duke team lose to Calhoun. Jc said how tony coukd really play, & they laughed & agreed

Calhoun discussed how this team reminded him of the 99 team, with numerous people able to step up. 34-2 “bc we were so connected”

Jc confirmed hurley story (which he brought up) about how danny was complaining to him in early days, & JC told him to toughen up & get to work & stop worrying abywhat people are saying

Against expanding tourney to 96 teams

Mid-season Losing streak made them reconnect

Most interesting to me, he talked about the adjustments that Danny has made throughout the season, & how thats hard for stubborn coaches like both danny & himself that they make adjustments

“Not conceding by making adjustments but growing as a coach”

Those were points that most stuck out.
 
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FreeKlaiber said:
Jwill told story of Calhoun choosing tony Robertson over him in recruiting days. & then Jwill being at 99 final & seeing his new duke team lose to Calhoun. Jc said how tony coukd really play, & they laughed & agreed

Calhoun discussed how this team reminded him of the 99 team, with numerous people able to step up. 34-2 “bc we were so connected”

Jc confirmed hurley story (which he brought up) about how danny was complaining to him in early days, & JC told him to toughen up & get to work & stop worrying abywhat people are saying

Against expanding tourney to 96 teams

Losing streak made them reconnect

Most interesting to me, he talked about the adjustments that Danny has made throughout the season, & how thats hard for stubborn coaches like both danny & himself that they make adjustments

“Not conceding by making adjustments but growing as a coach”

Those were points that most stuck out.
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found it! thanks

www.espn.com

Unsportsmanlike with Evan, Canty and Michelle - Hour 4: Jim Calhoun | ESPN

3x National Champion head coach Jim Calhoun joins to react to UConn winning the National Championship, and explain why he's not interested in seeing the NCAA Tournament expand. Also, Canty gives his list of the top #2's in the Eastern Conference right now.
www.espn.com www.espn.com

driving in this morning i was pretty appalled at the lack of sports talk radio coverage in the 8:30 - 9am slot
 
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