UConn Players Inspired by Ray Allen's Talk

[CL82]

Classy move by a classy guy.

“It was vintage Ray Allen, it was a classic talk," reported associate head coach George Blaney. "That’s what Jim (Calhoun) has built here: the family atmosphere of great, great players that have done tremendous things for the state of Connecticut and have gone on to even do greater things in the NBA, and still have that feeling of closeness to the team."

Link to Borges blog

 

[alexd]

Thanks for posting this. This is one of the best UCONN articles I've read in a long time. Great stuff.

 

[aceboon]

Didn't know Jeremy has been dealing with a sprained toe, probably explains his lack of movement on O recently.

 

[Ricky1Moore]

holy crap, positivity

 

[caw]

Read that article and tell me there won't be a lot of backing of Ollie for being the next head coach. Manuel is not going to be in an easy position if he wants to go in another direction.

 

[jibsey]

It never surprises me when Ray does stuff like this because of who he is.

 

[art4life]

Wow! Awesome article.
Thanks for posting this.

Ryan Boatright: "He told us to keep fighting and we can turn this whole thing around if we come together as a team.”

 

[sledog]

Ray is wonderful.

Do we now have an advertizing meet-a-Banckock-wife service here??

 

[Marat]

Awesome.

On a related but side note, the NY Giants were going nowhere towards the end of the season, until a high school speaker came by and gave the Giants the "ALL IN" talk. After that they went on a hot streak and won the superbowl.

 

[willie99]

He really went on a lot of different areas: the players on the Celtics team, a lot about Kevin (Ollie), what Kevin meant to him as a player – how Kevin drove him to be better than he was, that Kevin’s work ethic and his ability to make me work harder was something that is still ingrained in me today. To me, that was a great tribute to Kevin.”

 

[Husky Dynasty]

Ray is wonderful.

Do we now have an advertizing meet-a-Banckock-wife service here??

Wait, how can Ray be wonderful? A Boneyarder once told me that Ray actually hired his mother a lawyer when her dogs were accused of being overly loud. I hope that gives a you a little better insight into this so called "wonderful" person...

In all seriousness, Ray Ray is not only a surefire first ballot Hall of Fame'r, but the best ambassador in this program's history.

 

[CBallfan]

Ray = 1st class manship!
I don't know anyone else who represents the University as well as he does

 

[HooperScooper]

I got a good laugh out of Neil Ostrout's introduction to his article in the JI today about Ray's visit.

If the University of Connecticut basketball team’s season really does need saving, who better than Jesus to intervene?

 

[Kitaman]

Ray is all class and a wonderful representative. Now can he get 18-21 year old's to listen? If so then he is a savior.

 

[UConnMatt813]

This is why he's my favorite husky of all time. Just a top notch human being.