Jim Calhoun Hospitalized Again.

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hatvol96

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He collapsed after a charity bike race today. He's in the hospital with multiple broken ribs. I've got to think the frequency of these health scares have him thinking about calling it a career.
 
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Volsfan895 said:
Do you think he does call it quits?
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Unless his health really goes downhill, I expect him to coach the '09-'10 season. He doesn't want to be perceived as running away from UCONN's current issues with the 'AA. That said, I'll be surprised of he's coaching when the '10-'11 season tips off.
 
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hatvol96 said:
Unless his health really goes downhill, I expect him to coach the '09-'10 season. He doesn't want to be perceived as running away from UCONN's current issues with the 'AA. That said, I'll be surprised of he's coaching when the '10-'11 season tips off.
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agreed, as i hear the whispers regularly here. I'm of the opinion that if not for the situatuion with the ncaa calhoun would have given it up after the past season. He wants to save face, but he is far from being a healthy man at this point.
 
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JTrainDavis said:
agreed, as i hear the whispers regularly here. I'm of the opinion that if not for the situatuion with the ncaa calhoun would have given it up after the past season. He wants to save face, but he is far from being a healthy man at this point.
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When being rushed to the hospital becomes a regular occurence, it would seem worrying more about one's health than one's legacy would be the way to go.
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hatvol96 said:
When being rushed to the hospital becomes a regular occurence, it would seem worrying more about one's health than one's legacy would be the way to go.
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Looking ahead, who would be a likely successor?
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Evidently he took a digger over the handlebars on the 12th mile of a 50 mile race and busted some ribs. He finished the race, gotta give some credit to that i guess.
 
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utvol0427 said:
Looking ahead, who would be a likely successor?
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Tough to say. His former assistants have been nothing spectacular in their head coaching stints. My gut feeling is that their administration will try and make a clean break from Calhoun. Keep an eye on Phil Martelli. He and Auriemma are best friends and I'd think their AD would prefer that scenario to the constant infighting that's gone on between the basketball programs for the last decade and a half.
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hmanvolfan said:
Not Auriemma?
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No. Since the babbling apes in the media have decided to put aside logic and reason and state the Summit is the "winningest coach in D-I history," Geno is just going to stay in the women's game and obliterate John Wooden's record for championships.
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hatvol96 said:
No. Since the babbling apes in the media have decided to put aside logic and reason and state the Summit is the "winningest coach in D-I history," Geno is just going to stay in the women's game and obliterate John Wooden's record for championships.
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Do you think Geno would do fine coaching the men's team?
 
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hatvol96 said:
He collapsed after a charity bike race today. He's in the hospital with multiple broken ribs. I've got to think the frequency of these health scares have him thinking about calling it a career.
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Maybe he should just say no to 50 mile bike marathons.
 
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vol_freak said:
Maybe he should just say no to 50 mile bike marathons.
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True, but this is actually the least concerning of his incidents. Multiple occurences of cancer and twice missing games because of illness or dehydration is a pretty disturbing pattern.
 
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hatvol96 said:
True, but this is actually the least concerning of his incidents. Multiple occurences of cancer and twice missing games because of illness or dehydration is a pretty disturbing pattern.
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Agreed. But that said, considering his past, giving up the biking marathons might be a good place to start.
 
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vol_freak said:
Agreed. But that said, considering his past, giving up the biking marathons might be a good place to start.
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That's the weird thing about Calhoun. He's something of a health nut. One of the few coaches I know who works out religiously.
 
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hatvol96 said:
Tough to say. His former assistants have been nothing spectacular in their head coaching stints. My gut feeling is that their administration will try and make a clean break from Calhoun. Keep an eye on Phil Martelli. He and Auriemma are best friends and I'd think their AD would prefer that scenario to the constant infighting that's gone on between the basketball programs for the last decade and a half.
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I've always liked Martelli.
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