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The big story of the internets yesterday was Yahoo! Sports’ probe into alleged recruiting violations by UConn. It was a six-month investigative report by Adrian Wojnarowski and Dan Wetzel. It was exhaustive, and went so far as to gather, and scour through, phone records they received via the Freedom of Information Act. It was not off the cuff, and it certainly was not something you can dismiss as easily as, say, a blog post.
It was a newspaper story that ... it wasn’t a newspaper, I’m sorry. It was a blog story that appeared, I guess, in something I probably can’t get a hold of, which is Yahoo! And very simply my comments are what I said.Ah yes, it appeared on the internet, so that means it must’ve been on a blog, right? That’s how the internet works, no? Actually, no. And what makes Calhoun think he can’t get a hold of it. Even if he’s not familiar with how the internet works, certainly he’s aware of what printers are. Although if he simply must see it in black ink on newsprint, he can probably just pick up any paper in the country.
Oh, and as for what "my comments" are: he basically dismissed the blog post investigative report and said the university's administration is looking into it back in Storrs.
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About 3 and a half hours and still no comment on crappy blogging. I think you might be free Mottram. For now.
by npcPronk29 on Mar 26, 2009 12:59 PM EDT reply actions
This blog sucks!
Just kidding..well, that was a clear and intelligent response made by Coach Calhoun. My comments are what I said? That’s it? Kind of staying on the fat part of the lim there, Jimmy. I think he should give back a fwew dimes now.
by ChiAdam on Mar 26, 2009 3:33 PM EDT reply actions
To be fair to Calhoun (not sure why I’d feel the need to be fair to him, but whatever), that was just a piece of his overall response. Still, the comments he refers to left much to be desired.
by cmottram on Mar 26, 2009 3:35 PM EDT reply actions
Coach Calhoun is a cuddly teddy bear, isn’t he?
you crazy bloggers are just going to get him all worked up and send him to the hospital again.
It’s not like he was going to substantiate the report… or even say no comment. Calhoun is not new to this type of reaction… we have examples of this as recent as this month (or was it still Feb?).
by msgg139 on Mar 26, 2009 5:19 PM EDT reply actions
While Calhoun was in the hospital, no one was able to deliver the checks to the high school kids.
by L'etat, c'est moi on Mar 27, 2009 12:07 AM EDT reply actions
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