bulls96go Posted August 1, 2004 Group: Member Topic Count: 724 Content Count: 10,219 Reputation: 2 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/17/2002 Share Posted August 1, 2004 20 years agodid we interview him?who did we hire instead of him?if there was no contact then you might as well imagine if we had hired bear bryant or vince lombardiplease connect the dots for me like i am a 5 year old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smazza Posted August 1, 2004 Group: Member Topic Count: 9,898 Content Count: 66,091 Reputation: 2,434 Days Won: 172 Joined: 01/01/2001 Author Share Posted August 1, 2004 u conn hired an unknown and got luckyit could happen anywheretake a chancehoepfully coach mac is our guyhopefully leavitt will be like calhouni use calhoun because he created uconn's basketball greatness.unlike the other great coaches always mentioned that went to winning programs like knight,k and others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulls96go Posted August 2, 2004 Group: Member Topic Count: 724 Content Count: 10,219 Reputation: 2 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/17/2002 Share Posted August 2, 2004 ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omniscientbull Posted August 2, 2004 Group: Member Topic Count: 73 Content Count: 1,261 Reputation: 2 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/24/2001 Share Posted August 2, 2004 Imagine if I had won a $100 million lottery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smazza Posted August 3, 2004 Group: Member Topic Count: 9,898 Content Count: 66,091 Reputation: 2,434 Days Won: 172 Joined: 01/01/2001 Author Share Posted August 3, 2004 ok what would you do with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibhunter Posted August 14, 2004 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 4 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/13/2004 Share Posted August 14, 2004 u conn hired an unknown and got luckyNot quite true. Coach Calhoun was the head coach at NorthEastern. A mid-major program. Our AD at the time was looking for a coaching replacement as local papers were grumbling about bowing out of Big East which was too tough at the time when they got an unprecedented and never repeated 3 teams to the final four.Northeastern came in the mid-80s to a UConn hosted small time, 4-team tourney and basically wiped the floor with us. Our AD was so impressed with young coach Calhoun, that he lured him away from Northeastern in the offseason.Calhoun's first year was sub .500 season. In fact, UConn only won 9 games. That was Connecticuts last sub .500 season. Two years later, UConn won the NIT championship. The next year was the dream season where UConn, the Big East Champion, lost on a last second shot by Christian Laetner in the Elite 8.The rest, as they say is history.So, again, Jim Calhoun may have been a small timer, but he was certainly not an unknown. You could say that he was kind of like Bobby Gonzales of Manhattan or the coach of Nevada that got a job at Stanford after last year's tourney run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smazza Posted August 15, 2004 Group: Member Topic Count: 9,898 Content Count: 66,091 Reputation: 2,434 Days Won: 172 Joined: 01/01/2001 Author Share Posted August 15, 2004 like i said uconn got lucky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibhunter Posted August 16, 2004 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 4 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/13/2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 Once USF gets into the Big East, it would be smart to hire Bobby Gonzales from Manhattan. Maybe then, we'll be able to say in 20 years that it got lucky too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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