Harris was a head case whose collegiate career turned out to be 3 years of disaster, and finally a decent, but not spectacular senior season. Not getting him was a probably a win in the long run.
The cars and the women?
Didn't Cuonzo Martin come to UConn, but then had an incident at summer school (something about a girl and someone going thru a window like Eddie Murphy in Bevery Hills Cop) & was kicked out.
Correct. Most fans don't consider the bigger picture ramifications in hindsight of picking up a certain player just because they had a good game against UConn. Also, Phil Martelli, who was the coach of St. Joseph's at the time and whose team started out undefeated for 20+ game in 2004 said he saw the same thing that Calhoun did when looking at Ryan Gomes. Phil said he saw a fat and out of shape player.
I don’t think the criticism came from saying Butler and Okafor shouldn’t have been recruited over Gomes. Calhoun ran out of scholarships. The debate is over whether one of the other guys on the roster should have been prioritized.
Yes, the article mentions that. Maybe just one of Calhoun's exaggerations.
A lot of the reports dad was a nightmare. And his camp needed him to be the man day one. Terrible fit for team/culture guy like Calhoun.
My hindsight is 20/20 as well.
Couldn't have been him.
If you're talking Calhoun wouldn't be able to reel in Camby off the court and get him to stop hanging out with a couple of his criminal friends in Hartford that might be true but Camby was never a problem on the court. He was totally dominant, an awesome teammate, and always gave maximum effort. Maybe Calhoun wouldn't have been able to stop the off the court stuff and they would've gotten dinged for it but I have little doubt they would've cut down the nets at least once with Camby, he was the best player in the country. Camby and Ray Allen would've been one of the best duos in the history of college basketball.
I never say camby in cars. Bt the word of many people i worked with said it.. running joke at the school.. ie second hand
Calhoun just wants to forget about Camby and Calipari. It's not something he's ever wanted to talk about.
Camby was an immense talent who, with proper motivation could have been one of the greats of his generation. He also was fond of blowing off meals and feasting on soda, chips and candy. Missing a stray practice because he wanted to finish a video game and a handful of other little things. If he cared about his body like for example Ray Allen, he would be in the HOF today. JC pushed players, often beyond what the player felt was his limit (ask Jake Voskhul) because he wanted the best out of them, on all levels. Camby didn't like getting pushed, one of the reasons he and Calipari got along as well as they did was that Calipari was willing to give him as much slack as he wanted.
Best player in the country without being pushed, imagine what Calhoun could've done with him. He may have not liked practice but Camby was like Iverson in the respect that when the lights were on for the game he sacrificed his body on the court. I agree he had Hall of fame talent but it's not like he was a bust or anything. His offense never developed in the NBA like I thought it should have but he was one of the best defensive players of his generation.
Kobe was never going to college but if forced to he was going to Duke.
Perry Carter is the kid you are thinking about for Ohio St. Your memory isn't correct there, UConn & Calhoun really, really wanted Carter as one of his first big national recruits but simply lost out to Ohio State. No worries though as UConn later beat Ohio State and Mr. Carter (didn't develop as much as he would have under Calhoun) in NIT final. I'm not sure if it was Perry Carter that Lyman posterized early in that final.
Yup. Still, remember that day. Fog and a mountain. still a head-scratcher. Gianna already had her offer. Kobe was on record to telling other influencers NBA'er trying to convince him to send her to USC, Stamford UCLA. And his response to them. Was that her 13-year-old daughter had already made up her own mind? She was going to be a Uconn Husky. And there was nothing he could/would do to convince her otherwise. She had her 20-year plan in place. And the Path included winning a championship as a Huskie.....
Agree 100%. Gomes’ comments is a classic
She still in HS? Perhaps to honor her father she comes to UConn. Have heard nothing.
If he didn't want to leave the west coast how could Uconn could had baron davis?
She was in the helicopter with Kobe and passed away.
It's so sad, I remember hearing the Kobe news and shaking. Then I heard Gianna was with him and I broke down. Awful day and then Covid happened. It's been an incredibly rough 3+ years for many people and collectively as a nation/world.
