Couldn't agree more about Calhoun. I, too, was worried. The laptops, Miles, Wiggins and APR stuff really had concerned me too.
What did the laptops have to do with Calhoun?
Happened under his watch. Obviously, the coach is held responsible for everything in his program under his tenure, good and bad.
With that standard, every coach in America is on probation, including Ollie. For Olander and Enosch Wolf, and recruiting Brandon Austin and JaKeenan Gant.
The problem isn't that things happen under one's watch, it's that they are buried--systematically--under the rug.
I was responding to another reply that addressed past concern over Calhoun's program at a point in time. I am/was one of those people. There just seemed to be a rash of events that happened in Calhoun's later years that made me uneasy about the effects it would have on UCONN's reputation (which is what I ultimately care most about). Just because they weren't swept under the rug doesn't make me any less uneasy about them.
AJ Price was part of the laptop thing. Kid's parents were Ivy league grads. UConn self-reported on Miles back in 2007 when it first got wind of the Nochimson tie. We've been over APR again and again.
Given the way this bball world operates, this seems par for the course everywhere. Cutting corners for academics goes on everywhere. A kid getting into trouble. Too many phone calls to recruits.
@billybud where are you to defendefend the honor of fsu?
http://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=45744 I'm speechless. Is this a rebuttal? A defense?
Got the sarcasm part. It's a little misplaced or inappropriate. Guess I need to lighten up.http://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=45744 I'm speechless. Is this a rebuttal? A defense?
Mmmm, that's a pretty big reach as a comparison both in the original action and in the university's response.Couldn't agree more about Calhoun. I, too, was worried. The laptops, Miles, Wiggins and APR stuff really had concerned me too.
I was responding to another reply that addressed past concern over Calhoun's program at a point in time. I am/was one of those people. There just seemed to be a rash of events that happened in Calhoun's later years that made me uneasy about the effects it would have on UCONN's reputation (which is what I ultimately care most about). Just because they weren't swept under the rug doesn't make me any less uneasy about them.
UConn basketball's 10 year criminal history is equivalent to around 2-3 days at an SEC or low-grade ACC school like FSU or Miami.It should. If you are not more uneasy when things get swept under the rug, that's not good. You take a chance on Caron and Miles and face up to when one doesn't work out. AJ and Marcus are dumb enough to get involved in selling a stolen laptop you give them what a regular student would get. Wolf got more than enough for his dumbness. Pretty ok with most UConn handling and made me less uneasy; not sure about Gordon and McCombs re slapping girls and saw as more than what Wolf did but they were called out. Dyson and Wiggins with the weed event, they got their butts in ringer. Cody got the boot. Overall think UConn isn't thug U and addresses events as they come, maybe not perfect but enough.