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I had the opportunity to attend a corporate event tonight where Coach Calhoun was the main speaker.....thought I would relay some of his thoughts (some of it is the same as his radio gigs last week)
First off, he was getting around fairly well, seems like the hip is progressing. I was amazed at how comfortable he was and open & honest with everyone....so casual.
He doesn't think the NCAA will exist in 5 years. He said, " I did the math, there are only 110 team that want to spend money to compete"...its all going to get blown up.
He fully thinks UConn will be alright... I dont think its just blind faith, he really thinks it will be fine. He readily admits that UConn got caught with its pants down. The disdain for the "previous administration" was evident.
He was talking about cable boxes and markets and rating, etc....he knows whats going on.
He said if Maryland gets even a small win in their lawsuit, it starts up again.
He named Virginia and GTech specifically as 2 schools that he thinks will move
He thinks the C-7 did the right thing for them, no ill will there.
Someone asked about his all time starting 5...he says, its starts with Emeka, then Caron, then Ray....and then he went on a tangent and never came back...I was laughing on the inside
Said Taliek and Deron were the most under appreciated players on his teams.
His recollection of numbers is amazing. Knows the exact NBA salary of every one of his players, knows the total salaries of all his UConn guys ( he said over $900MM). He remembers conference records from random years. I told him I was at UConn starting in '93...he replies, " those were some great years, 16-2, 16-2, 17-1 with Ray, nobody will do that again"
He thinks the current talent level is not where it needs to be. Said that only Shabazz and DeAndre could play on his 2004 team for example....
Also said that he might have a random coaching opportunity coming up that he asked us to keep quiet..which seemed weird since he just told 5 strangers...but anyway...it caught me offguard
Best part....when asked about Kentucky, he says something like..." Susan would never let me do that....I'm going to bring in 5 studs for 1 semester, she wouldn't buy into that, and I'll tell you another thing, I'll bet all those kids at UK have 4.0's, its crap"
The he says the difference between Pitino and Calipari is ..."Rick is a bull*hitter that actually believes his own bull*hit, John is a bull*itter who openly knows he is selling you bull*hit and doesn't care
just my thoughts from a fun evening.
First off, he was getting around fairly well, seems like the hip is progressing. I was amazed at how comfortable he was and open & honest with everyone....so casual.
He doesn't think the NCAA will exist in 5 years. He said, " I did the math, there are only 110 team that want to spend money to compete"...its all going to get blown up.
He fully thinks UConn will be alright... I dont think its just blind faith, he really thinks it will be fine. He readily admits that UConn got caught with its pants down. The disdain for the "previous administration" was evident.
He was talking about cable boxes and markets and rating, etc....he knows whats going on.
He said if Maryland gets even a small win in their lawsuit, it starts up again.
He named Virginia and GTech specifically as 2 schools that he thinks will move
He thinks the C-7 did the right thing for them, no ill will there.
Someone asked about his all time starting 5...he says, its starts with Emeka, then Caron, then Ray....and then he went on a tangent and never came back...I was laughing on the inside
Said Taliek and Deron were the most under appreciated players on his teams.
His recollection of numbers is amazing. Knows the exact NBA salary of every one of his players, knows the total salaries of all his UConn guys ( he said over $900MM). He remembers conference records from random years. I told him I was at UConn starting in '93...he replies, " those were some great years, 16-2, 16-2, 17-1 with Ray, nobody will do that again"
He thinks the current talent level is not where it needs to be. Said that only Shabazz and DeAndre could play on his 2004 team for example....
Also said that he might have a random coaching opportunity coming up that he asked us to keep quiet..which seemed weird since he just told 5 strangers...but anyway...it caught me offguard
Best part....when asked about Kentucky, he says something like..." Susan would never let me do that....I'm going to bring in 5 studs for 1 semester, she wouldn't buy into that, and I'll tell you another thing, I'll bet all those kids at UK have 4.0's, its crap"
The he says the difference between Pitino and Calipari is ..."Rick is a bull*hitter that actually believes his own bull*hit, John is a bull*itter who openly knows he is selling you bull*hit and doesn't care
just my thoughts from a fun evening.
