Today in dubious blog posts: Casual Hoya claims Calhoun and Okwandu resorted to fisticuffs
Ok, bear with me here. The SBNation Georgetown blog says they have a source claiming that Calhoun's leave of absence earlier this year was not health related, but rather stemmed from a fight he had with Charles Okwandu. Their evidence? The mysterious source and an article in the Courant that says it didn't happen. Oh, and they're saying an SEC coach tried to poach recruits, which is such a non-story it does not even register with me.
Casual Hoya's argument seems premised on the fact that noted Calhoun-hater Jeff Jacobs went out of his way to issue a denial and help a cover-up effort. As any UConn fan will tell you, Jacobs is not exactly a friend of Calhoun or the program, so I'm having a hard time buying that.
Since I'm not privy to Calhoun's medical/personal history, nor do I know anything about this source, I cannot say if this is true or not. Instead, I'll just say that it seems incredibly not true, and on my way out I'd like to note that Casual Hoya's motto is "the global phenomenon where cynical meets delusional."
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I can say almost definitively that this is not true
It was the huge rumor flying around at the time, but there’s no evidence to support it. I heard it, too. Doesn’t make it true, even if you call someone a “source.”
by UConnBlog Justin on May 11, 2010 11:28 AM EDT reply actions
If I had to rank my favorite parts of that fanpost, here's how it would go:
1) Picture of Calhoun boxing out an LSU player. That’s awesome.
2) Georgetown fans, being neanderthals who communicate only with familiar grunts, still refer to the laptop thing as their primary source of comedy
3) HAHA ROSCOE SMITH IS ON OUR TEAM NOT YOURS SUCKERS
4) The “100-percent-assuredly-true” voice the author uses. It’s kind of cute AND makes it seem like this is a wacky rumor with credibility and a heart of gold.
In conclusion, I think Georgetown fans should quit worrying about our program’s health and start considering a formal apology to the Big East for getting skunked by a 14 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
Orange Bowl/dual Final Fours or bust in 2011. We're going all-in.
And we still won the same number of NCAA Tournament games! Go us!
Orange Bowl/dual Final Fours or bust in 2011. We're going all-in.
by Kevin Meacham on May 11, 2010 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions
Congrats to UConn program!
This past season was the third time in the past 12 years you haven’t had a recruit, player or coach suspended or arrested!
Good talk.
Casual Hoya
by Hire Esherick on May 11, 2010 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions
As Opposed to the Georgetown Program...
Built on the backs of thugs and idiots, led by John Thompson who was such a RENEGADE STANDING UP FOR THE KIDS because he thought a 700 SAT score and 2.0 GPA were unfair. Oh, I forgot, he used a deflated basketball as a metaphor, that erases everything.
He thought a 700 SAT and a 2.0 GPA were unfair standards. Scumbag. A friggin’ rock can get those levels.
Georgetown Basketball: Trying to Eliminate Any and All Academic Standards While Choking In Big Games Since 1907.
Enjoy playing in the A-10 in 3 years.
so let me get this straight...
you are mad because gtown took in “thugs and idiots” and gave them college educations while calhoun takes in non-thugs and non-idiots and gives them arrest records…
wow, gtown is a terrible terrible place
Good talk.
Casual Hoya
by Hire Esherick on May 11, 2010 1:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Also, for a great moment in Jacobs v. Calhoun history
I’m not one of those guys (read: Boneyard posters) who blindly loves Calhoun and hates Jacobs automatically, instead, I just think Jacobs is trying to do his job, occasionally butts up against Calhoun and it gets unpleasant, as these things always do. Still, the two have had enough public issues that I can’t even fathom Jacobs trying to protect Cal.
I like them both
And it hurts me to see them fight.
Orange Bowl/dual Final Fours or bust in 2011. We're going all-in.
by Kevin Meacham on May 11, 2010 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions
Boat Shoes and Polos
wow, gtown is a terrible terrible place
Good talk.
Casual Hoya
by Hire Esherick on May 11, 2010 10:14 AM PDT
Well said! There’s really no hope in trying to have a reasoned discussion with the like that roam Georgetown’s halls and prowl its blogs. Consider Georgetown grad, and now senile former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue trashing teams in his own league (Rutgers) to make the case against Big Ten expansion! “No, you don’t want Rutgers, they’re too pedestrian to be bothered with interrupting my tennis game!” Oh, how very Georgetown. I hear ascots will be part of the new Georgetown uniform.
It’s 1:42 PM, and Georgetown still sucks.
Orange you glad it's not football season?
Must...resist...making....joke.....about....Syracuse....fans....being...slow
SUMB came to sort of defend us, after all.
Orange Bowl/dual Final Fours or bust in 2011. We're going all-in.
by Kevin Meacham on May 11, 2010 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions
fight!
The fact is that Calhoun and Okwandu would have never fought, because Calhoun would have killed him, chewed out his entrails and bathed in his blood. And our friends at G’Town, the SEC, et. al. would be prudent to pay heed to this, because he’s not above coming to your slums and backwater towns and motherfucking the lot of you.
Calhoun got cancer on purpose so that he could beat it to prove yet again that he’s the toughest man in the known universe.
Two things of note from that story
1) That was the only Final Four that didn’t become a title and
2) It was because the nuns had to go up to BC
I’m just saying…..
by Andrew Porter on May 11, 2010 7:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm wondering
with Calhoun’s age they would have adjusted this “fight” to make it fair. Maybe some sort of free-throw shooting event would have… well… ok, that brings us back to square one, but reversed.
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