http://cincinnati.com/blogs/daugherty/20...g-line-44/
GO HUSKIES! Because I am occasionally contrarian and prefer that basketball be a contest and not a morality play, I’m secretly rooting for UConn tonight. (Well, I guess, not so secret anymore.) Nothing against Butler: It isn’t the Bulldogs players or their wonderful coach Brad Stevens that’s making this game out to be Right v. Wrong.

I like Jim Calhoun. Does he cheat? Yeah, some. The NCAA caught him. He sort of admitted it. A kid named Nate Miles was given shoes, clothes and cash, by a student manager who’s since become an agent (imagine that). Probably, other players have been given stuff to come to UConn, same as players everywhere have been given stuff. We can be reasonably certain no such enticements have occurred at Butler.

I understand all that. And Calhoun’s crustiness doesnt do him any favors. He told a story yesterday about when he first got to UConn… he was advised during off hours to hang out at Runyon’s, a Manhattan establishment favored by heathen media types. Mingle, schmooze, get to know the enemy. Maybe they’ll cut you some slack in the tabloids.

Calhoun being Calhoun, said hell no. He would go where he wanted to go. If the media didnt like him, so be it.

Love the guy.

He went to work at age 15, right after he came home from a baseball game to see his father die of a heart attack. He pumped gas at 6 am. He made candy, he cut granite for monuments, he salvaged scrap metal. He was one of 6 kids in a tough south Boston neighborhood. He still bears that persona. Plus, he has that awesome CHOWDAH accent evinced in Cincinnati by only one guy, my pal Geoff Hobson at Bengals.com.
Have I made mistakes? Yes. Do I have warts? Yeah, I do, like all of you. But I know who I am and I’m comfortable with what I’ve done.

--Jim Calhoun

Calhoun bristles at the criticism he’s getting now. But he remains comfortable with who he is and what he has achieved, which is considerable. I like guys who live by their own beliefs and have the guts to tell the world to stick it. Calhoun is one of those guys.

(04-04-2011 11:13 AM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  http://cincinnati.com/blogs/daugherty/20...g-line-44/
GO HUSKIES! Because I am occasionally contrarian and prefer that basketball be a contest and not a morality play, I’m secretly rooting for UConn tonight. (Well, I guess, not so secret anymore.) Nothing against Butler: It isn’t the Bulldogs players or their wonderful coach Brad Stevens that’s making this game out to be Right v. Wrong.

I like Jim Calhoun. Does he cheat? Yeah, some. The NCAA caught him. He sort of admitted it. A kid named Nate Miles was given shoes, clothes and cash, by a student manager who’s since become an agent (imagine that). Probably, other players have been given stuff to come to UConn, same as players everywhere have been given stuff. We can be reasonably certain no such enticements have occurred at Butler.

I understand all that. And Calhoun’s crustiness doesnt do him any favors. He told a story yesterday about when he first got to UConn… he was advised during off hours to hang out at Runyon’s, a Manhattan establishment favored by heathen media types. Mingle, schmooze, get to know the enemy. Maybe they’ll cut you some slack in the tabloids.

Calhoun being Calhoun, said hell no. He would go where he wanted to go. If the media didnt like him, so be it.

Love the guy.

He went to work at age 15, right after he came home from a baseball game to see his father die of a heart attack. He pumped gas at 6 am. He made candy, he cut granite for monuments, he salvaged scrap metal. He was one of 6 kids in a tough south Boston neighborhood. He still bears that persona. Plus, he has that awesome CHOWDAH accent evinced in Cincinnati by only one guy, my pal Geoff Hobson at Bengals.com.
Have I made mistakes? Yes. Do I have warts? Yeah, I do, like all of you. But I know who I am and I’m comfortable with what I’ve done.

--Jim Calhoun

Calhoun bristles at the criticism he’s getting now. But he remains comfortable with who he is and what he has achieved, which is considerable. I like guys who live by their own beliefs and have the guts to tell the world to stick it. Calhoun is one of those guys.

Not that I am a big fan of Cal, but why is it that Calhoun seems to get a free pass on this stuff and Cal is crucified on a daily basis by some.

(04-04-2011 12:06 PM)Tigeer Wrote:  

(04-04-2011 11:13 AM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  http://cincinnati.com/blogs/daugherty/20...g-line-44/
GO HUSKIES! Because I am occasionally contrarian and prefer that basketball be a contest and not a morality play, I’m secretly rooting for UConn tonight. (Well, I guess, not so secret anymore.) Nothing against Butler: It isn’t the Bulldogs players or their wonderful coach Brad Stevens that’s making this game out to be Right v. Wrong.

I like Jim Calhoun. Does he cheat? Yeah, some. The NCAA caught him. He sort of admitted it. A kid named Nate Miles was given shoes, clothes and cash, by a student manager who’s since become an agent (imagine that). Probably, other players have been given stuff to come to UConn, same as players everywhere have been given stuff. We can be reasonably certain no such enticements have occurred at Butler.

I understand all that. And Calhoun’s crustiness doesnt do him any favors. He told a story yesterday about when he first got to UConn… he was advised during off hours to hang out at Runyon’s, a Manhattan establishment favored by heathen media types. Mingle, schmooze, get to know the enemy. Maybe they’ll cut you some slack in the tabloids.

Calhoun being Calhoun, said hell no. He would go where he wanted to go. If the media didnt like him, so be it.

Love the guy.

He went to work at age 15, right after he came home from a baseball game to see his father die of a heart attack. He pumped gas at 6 am. He made candy, he cut granite for monuments, he salvaged scrap metal. He was one of 6 kids in a tough south Boston neighborhood. He still bears that persona. Plus, he has that awesome CHOWDAH accent evinced in Cincinnati by only one guy, my pal Geoff Hobson at Bengals.com.
Have I made mistakes? Yes. Do I have warts? Yeah, I do, like all of you. But I know who I am and I’m comfortable with what I’ve done.

--Jim Calhoun

Calhoun bristles at the criticism he’s getting now. But he remains comfortable with who he is and what he has achieved, which is considerable. I like guys who live by their own beliefs and have the guts to tell the world to stick it. Calhoun is one of those guys.

Not that I am a big fan of Cal, but why is it that Calhoun seems to get a free pass on this stuff and Cal is crucified on a daily basis by some.

Because Calhoun looks like he could be on an episode of Law & Order, as an aging Cop, and Calipari looks like the slick Don who the cop is chasing.