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Message: [QUOTE="Chief00, post: 1964271"] You generally have a disdain for Jim Calhoun's approaches. I know when pushed you will deny it - but then it comes out over and over again. I know Coach can be rough at times - and maybe he said or did something that offended you? I don't know. But, you seem overjoyed he is no longer coaching - and there are some people like me who appreciated everything he did - even when some of those things in isolation were roundly criticized. When you associate anything about me with him - you imply he is no longer relevant etc and hence I am not. Other than being part of a birthday gift for my mom I have never asked Calhoun for a favor - KO I did once and he immediately delivered. So I don't know where this divisive old vs new guard comes from. I like both - what you consider to be the old and the new. I will say this and it's an opinion - Calhoun appreciated people who weren't just there after the wins but people who were there when it was unpopular. People forget how he was criticized for recruiting Caron Butler and the Nate Miles story has taken on such a mythical negative narrative the truth will never come out. Clyde Vaughan was another guy who did a lot in his short tenure - and many ran away from him due to a mistake that was a misdemeanor. There were also the snorkie comments some had about El Amin not attending class enough etc. So if Jim Calhoun offended you it may be he thought you weren't onboard at those type of times? Just speculation on my part and not a straw man. [/QUOTE]

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