Calhoun Is About To Get Paid, Bitch

STORRS, Conn. -- Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun, coming off a year marred by health problems, an NCAA investigation and a disappointing performance on the court, signed a five-year, $13 million contract, the school announced Friday. The Hall of Fame coach will be paid $2 million retroactive to last season and $2.3 million next season. Calhoun, who turns 68 on Monday, had been making $1.6 million under a contract that was set to expire on June 30. Calhoun expressed relief at signing the contract, which took almost a year of negotiations to complete. "We need to be moving forward," Calhoun said at the news conference. "Any time you stand still, other folks are catching you, and matter of fact, bypassing you. We don't want that happening at UConn."

This doesn't mean Calhoun will be around for 5 more years. The only reason this deal was signed is for the recruits who were looking at UConn. I'll actually be shocked if he's on the bench in 2 years. He just doesn't have it anymore.  Not that he can't coach but more like he doesn't want to coach. Calhoun has always relied on his monster recruiters like Tom Moore to get the top guys and he doesn't have it anymore. If I'm a young guard looking at colleges, would I rather play for a miserable fuck like Calhoun or go to Kentucky where going to class isn't on the top of my to do list?  I don't know. When there's nothing appealing about Connecticut, you gotta rely on the sexy coach and Calhoun isn't sexy. Calipari is sexy. UNC is sexy. Syracuse, where the only thing that matters in that city are the university sports teams is sexy. What I'm saying is the young studs don't wanna com here and Calhoun will go frustrated and bail.