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CBSSports.com: Jim Calhoun taking medical leave of absence

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by BYH, Jan 19, 2010.

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  1. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    Who will go to the press conference and ask if he plans to pay a larger deductible toward his health care than required in order to help out the state?
     
    TheSportsPredictor, Jan 19, 2010
    #13
  2. Crash

    Crash Active Member

    The Door was unavailable for comment.
     
    Crash, Jan 19, 2010
    #14
  3. Roving_Gambler

    Roving_Gambler Member

    The Hartford Courant just put its entire sports staff on the story. And he'll get right on it after he gets out of the bathroom.
     
    Roving_Gambler, Jan 19, 2010
    #15
  4. Trouser_Buddah

    Trouser_Buddah Active Member

    PICTURES ARE EVERYTHING!!!ONE!! [/crossthread] :)
     
    Trouser_Buddah, Jan 19, 2010
    #16
  5. BitterYoungMatador2

    BitterYoungMatador2 Well-Known Member

    How the hell can you tell?
     
    BitterYoungMatador2, Jan 19, 2010
    #17
  6. BYH

    BYH Active Member

    He is going to die on the sideline. He gets crazier by the year, doesn't seem to be the type to delegate responsibility as he gets older (I could be wrong, but that's my impression) and, it cannot be said enough, gets crazier by the year. He used to be just pleasantly off-kilter. Now he's full-on psychotic.

    He also looks terrible in recent years. He used to be fairly heavy--not fat, but he had some meat on the bones. Now he looks emaciated. I'm sure part (or all) of it is due to fighting cancer multiple times, but he just looks terrible.

    I hope the time off is good for him, but what he needs is to retire.
     
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    BYH, Jan 20, 2010
    #18
  7. trifectarich

    trifectarich Well-Known Member

    He's 67 and he's accomplished everything a coach could possibly dream of. Go enjoy the rest of your years, Jim.
     
    trifectarich, Jan 20, 2010
    #19
  8. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    VCU's trip to Philly for the NCAA tournament was my last function at the school. At a pre-tournament meeting, I was seated right across from Calhoun. BYH is right. He didn't look well then (didn't he take a game off or something)? Guy has had one hell of a career. Yeah, he needs to get out and enjoy.
    Not sure that's possible, though, for a lot of successful coaches. Something about the wiring that makes them successful doesn't allow them to really "get away and relax."

    I never dealt with him full time, can't claim to know him. But every time I've dealt with him, he's been great.
     
    Moderator1, Jan 20, 2010
    #20
  9. cranberry

    cranberry Well-Known Member

    I agree. It's time for Calhoun to walk away. I say that as someone who genuinely likes the guy and who was there when he took over from Dom Perno in '84 and through his early years. Dude built UConn hoops from a lazy little Yankee Conference program at Storrs Fieldhouse to a perennial national power. I don't want to see him keel over on the sideline.
     
    cranberry, Jan 20, 2010
    #21
  10. Captain_Kirk

    Captain_Kirk Well-Known Member

     
    Captain_Kirk, Jan 20, 2010
    #22
  11. Lugnuts

    Lugnuts Well-Known Member

    Translation: Sex rehab.
     
    Lugnuts, Jan 20, 2010
    #23
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