Elvado
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Post by Elvado on Apr 5, 2009 18:50:18 GMT -5
The part of this whole story that makes me ill is how Nantz and Kellogg went out of their way to say Calhoun has run a "clean program" at UConvict and that those drawing inferences from his silence are being unfair.
Ridiculous pandering.
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Post by RDF on Apr 5, 2009 19:55:49 GMT -5
The part of this whole story that makes me ill is how Nantz and Kellogg went out of their way to say Calhoun has run a "clean program" at UConvict and that those drawing inferences from his silence are being unfair. Ridiculous pandering. UConn's program under Calhoun has been about as clean as a backyard full of untrained puppies.
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Post by DFW HOYA on Apr 5, 2009 20:59:04 GMT -5
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DanMcQ
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Post by DanMcQ on Apr 6, 2009 3:56:55 GMT -5
Some nice mention of Mary Fenlon in this piece, if no respect for Hoyas. These must be those two guys Mr. Calhoun was talking about that don't like him. www.courant.com/hc-colin0405.artapr05,0,7377678.column
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Post by SirSaxa on Apr 6, 2009 9:13:12 GMT -5
Some nice mention of Mary Fenlon in this piece, if no respect for Hoyas. These must be those two guys Mr. Calhoun was talking about that don't like him. www.courant.com/hc-colin0405.artapr05,0,7377678.column 1. That was a pretty interesting.. as well as funny...article on the State of UCONN Hoops. 2. Dan and DFW with consecutive posts linking stories from the Hartford Courant attacking UCONN hoops. Are you guys on a mission? Finally, yes... I thought the over-the-top defense of U-CON and and Jim C by the CBS announcers was hilarious as has been pointed out in this thread. It lead me to a couple of thoughts. 1. Are these guys so untuned-in that they don't hear any of the whispers circulating behind the scenes in the College Basketball world? OR 2. Are they being given strict direction from CBS Higher-ups to go out and defend Jimmy C -- and going along with that? That seems pretty dubious to me. So why are they being so assertive in their defense? Do they feel they are qualified investigators? So certain of the reality of the situation? They had the option to say nothing at all. Very strange goings on.... just like Calipari telling us not to worry because Worldwide Wes doesn't represent him or Kentucky basketball and never will. Geez it's tough out there!
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Boz
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Post by Boz on Apr 6, 2009 9:20:33 GMT -5
Calhoun could be shown on camera during a game broadcast handing a stack of $100s to a recruit sitting in the first row behind the bench and college basketball announcers wouldn't say anything about it.
And not just him. They'll ignore anything ANY coach does.
In a sense, I kind of agree with that. It's not the job of the game announcers to talk about off the court goings-on (not that this stops them). But for them to actually vocally DEFEND him, that's just ridiculous.
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Post by theexorcist on Apr 6, 2009 10:04:21 GMT -5
I don't think that CBS is directing announcer discussion.
I will say, however, that there's a consistently incestuous relationship between broadcasters and coaches on the college level. Coaches, especially the most successful, can be at a locale for more than a decade - and very few move to the NBA, so good coaches usually go to other similar jobs. If they're smart at all, they'll glad-hand the broadcaster, ask him how his kids are. They will occasionally sit down for an interview, or make the broadcaster part of a team dinner (to show team chemistry). Even if the broadcaster pays their own way, they're still talking with people and getting to know the college coach.
This occurs as well on the pro level, where athletes like Michael Jordan a) are more mature than college students, and b) are more likely to stick around for a few years. At a college level, though, the coach is slightly more important than God.
If you've spent fifteen years watching Jim Calhoun, a guy who's successful at his program, who gave you that one good interview with Khalid El-Amin for your broadcast, and who always asks if your niece still wants to be an architect, you probably think that he's a good guy. And he's never struck you as a guy who would cheat. So you defend him.
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Post by SFHoya99 on Apr 6, 2009 10:15:21 GMT -5
The announcers are just worried Calhoun will get mad at them.
Great article by the guy in the Current. There's not a lot of sportswriters with the guts to write that.
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Post by Gold Hoya on Apr 6, 2009 12:09:38 GMT -5
Have to admit this was a funny line:
Hoya, therefore, means "What!" or, translated more loosely "Yahoo!"
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Post by DanMcQ on May 17, 2009 17:02:00 GMT -5
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jgalt
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Post by jgalt on May 17, 2009 17:50:23 GMT -5
why isnt cuse on that chart? i dont think it is anything fishy, just strange they wouldnt note why one school out of 16 isnt listed
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Post by DanMcQ on May 17, 2009 18:52:36 GMT -5
Good pickup jgalt - I had not noticed that. Why don't you email the reporters and ask?
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