Woj Bomb-Quitting ESPN

[HitDog]

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Good for him, he deserves it. That job must be incredibly stressful and non-stop.

 

[UofCT]

Can't imagine he enjoyed being threatened by Ron Harper last year for leaking Dylans decision

 

[Waquoit]

He used to cover the Jaycee-Courant League beat.

 

[superjohn]

GM of the Bonnies basketball team.

 

[nomar]

Shams reading that tweet:

 

[auror]

GM of the Bonnies basketball team.

Wild.

 

[HooperScooper]

GM of the Bonnies basketball team.

Adrian Wojnarowski retires from ESPN, joins St. Bonaventure

Adrian Wojnarowski has agreed to become the GM of the men's basketball program at his alma mater, St. Bonaventure.

www.espn.com

 

[superjohn]

Wild.

That's about the biggest paycut you'll ever see. Good for him, he obviously doesn't need the money. I figured he was retiring to stay home with family and enjoy life but looks like he wants to be directly involved in basketball and to give back to his alma mater.

 

[UCTitleTown]

Remember when he broke that Dan Hurley to the Lakers was a done deal? Lost a few miles per hour off his fastball. Now can Chris Berman go awsy?

 

[Hunt for 7]

Having family roots from Bristol and really understanding the comment about being the child of factory workers like many of us growing up in central Connecticut in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s.

Those factories provided our families with living wages and many of us were able to craft successful careers from those small opportunities that our parents were given.

I get his sentiment and was lucky enough as was my wife to take those opportunities of being part of the last wave of true middle class families and find a way to achieve more than our parents because of the sacrifices they made working in all of those central Connecticut factories from Stanley works and Fafnir Bearings.

We were taught the importance of showing up putting your time in as I watched my dad find his opportunities starting at Royal typewriter off Sisson Ave in Hartford to landing a great job at Pratt and Whitney in Southington where he worked until they packed up and moved to Florida.

I find it interesting that after living in many states after leaving CT first to New Hampshire then to South Carolina then to Illinois (Chicago) for 20 years, I finally settled in Palm Beach County about ten miles from the plant Pratt opened after closing the Southington plant and downsizing the East Hartford location.

I always felt a connection because I knew how he grew up since we are pretty close in age.

 

[CTBasketball]

I’ll never forgive him for writing that hit piece a day before the 2009 Final Four.

 

[aceboon]

Remember when he broke that Dan Hurley to the Lakers was a done deal? Lost a few miles per hour off his fastball. Now can Chris Berman go awsy?

He never reported that

 

[REB1094]

Back when he was recording his podcast, he would pretty frequently talk about the Bonnies. Clear he is still a big supporter, so this feels like a good move for him.

Imagine how insane his job as an NBA insider/media guy was, that becoming the GM in charge of NIL at a mid major NCAA program is considered a relaxing step back

Congrats to Woj!

 

[Chuck]

I know he's a Bonnies grad, but the lifestyle change from where he lives in Bergen County, NJ to Olean, NY is pretty extreme. It's not remote like UConn, which has a LOT more students and staff, and is really only 20 minutes or so from bigger towns. It's like really remote. I'm not judging it. I'm just surprised.

 

[Hunt for 7]

That's about the biggest paycut you'll ever see. Good for him, he obviously doesn't need the money. I figured he was retiring to stay home with family and enjoy life but looks like he wants to be directly involved in basketball and to give back to his alma mater.

Wow he was making $7m a year at ESPN. Yup he has made enough money to spend his time doing what he wants. As you said good for him….

 

[Purple Stein]

I know he's a Bonnies grad, but the lifestyle change from where he lives in Bergen County, NJ to Olean, NY is pretty extreme. It's not remote like UConn, which has a LOT more students and staff, and is really only 20 minutes or so from bigger towns. It's like really remote. I'm not judging it. I'm just surprised.

I don't think he's gonna be in the office 9-5 5 days a week.

 

[Mr. French]

Woj stays repping WNY I’m glad to see him with the Bonnies.

 

[superjohn]

Wow he was making $7m a year at ESPN. Yup he has made enough money to spend his time doing what he wants. As you said good for him….

I was blown away by how much money he was making at ESPN. Woj, his wife, and his kids never have to worry about money. Good for him!

 

[HooperScooper]

I’ll never forgive him for writing that hit piece a day before the 2009 Final Four.

Yup.

Probe: UConn violated NCAA rules

The program's ties to an ex-student manager turned sports agent and knowledge of his recruitment of Nate Miles could constitute major violations.

sports.yahoo.com

 

[Letsgohuskies11]

Shams should have reported it before he could get it out

 

[UCann]

Love to see the Courant shoutout and reflection on his roots in general.

 

[Skiblets]

Woj is legit one of the most decent people you’ll ever meet

 

[nomar]

I’ll never forgive him for writing that hit piece a day before the 2009 Final Four.

I've always blamed Wetzel

Btw, re Nate Miles, all those headaches for this:

Nate Miles Career Stats - NCAAM - ESPN

Complete career NCAAM stats for the UConn Huskies Guard/Forward Nate Miles on ESPN. Includes points, rebounds, and assists.

www.espn.com

 

[JohnFSilver]

Love Woj. Calhoun hated him. That was long before me.

Shams Charania gotta feel like the king has abdicated the throne.

 

[Inyatkin]

I've always blamed Wetzel

Btw, re Nate Miles, all those headaches for this:

Nate Miles Career Stats - NCAAM - ESPN

Complete career NCAAM stats for the UConn Huskies Guard/Forward Nate Miles on ESPN. Includes points, rebounds, and assists.

www.espn.com

I know we say everyone hates us, but Woj really didn't like Calhoun.

Complete opposite with Hurley

 

[HCCForever]

He used to cover the Jaycee-Courant League beat.

Whatever happened to Jaycee-Courant? Is it still around? We used to watch those games and Hartford Twilight league games in Hartford years ago. Looks like Twilight League is still around.

 

[JohnFSilver]

Whatever happened to Jaycee-Courant? Is it still around? We used to watch those games and Hartford Twilight league games in Hartford years ago. Looks like Twilight League is still around.

Almost all youth baseball has disappeared after little league. AAU is the big thing.

 

[HCCForever]

Almost all youth baseball has disappeared after little league. AAU is the big thing.

Thanks. AAU was non-existent in my youth. We had Jaycee-Courant, American Legion and for the stars, Hartford Twilight league.

 

[aceboon]

Yup.

Probe: UConn violated NCAA rules

The program's ties to an ex-student manager turned sports agent and knowledge of his recruitment of Nate Miles could constitute major violations.

sports.yahoo.com

I remember when this came out and someone said Woj vowed to get Calhoun back because of how he treated him while covering UConn. Don't know if that was just fan fiction but Woj contributing to this expose when he was already an NBA insider at that point and Miles wasn't even on the NBA radar would lend some credence to there being some bad blood between the two of them.