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UConn coach to Shank: Nobody's putting a gun to your head, so don't watch
By adamg on Mon, 03/28/2016 - 11:47pm
"There's a lot better writers than Dan Shaughnessy," he says, responding to curly complaints about UConn womens' basketball ruining the sport.
Via Fox Sports.
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ive never had the same ire towards shaughnessy
that a lot of people have, but gat dang if he didnt irk me with his comments re: the uconn team. he is far from the first sports pundit this year saying that good teams/players are ruining a sport. a lot of people are saying the same thing about NBA's golden state warriors.
it is a really crappy thing to do and say, esp about a college team. i especially dislike the people (including team owners) that want to change the rules because they can't field teams strong enough to beat current competition (this applies more to the NBA/NFL, i dont follow any NCAA team so I wouldnt know if the same is happening)
anyway hats off to the uconn women, may you continue hardly ever losing games, ever.
This is exactly what Dan from
This is exactly what Dan from Groton wanted - people talking about his name, generate some pageviews, and make him "relevant" for a hot minute. Even for a sports writer Dan has been a hack and curmudgeon for far too long.
Yup
Just a miserable dinosaur. Once he lost his whole "the Red Sox are cursed" shtick, he's gotten worse. Doesn't add any useful insights, opinions, etc, just whines and bitches in the hopes that he riles enough people up that ESPN will have him on again. That's sports "journalism" these days, get enough clicks to get on the radio...say something there controversial enough to get on ESPN/Fox sports.
dinosaur
Kind of funny to use this term to refer to Shank. One of his best-known nicknames, CHB*, was a result of him calling dinosaur-denying Carl Everett "Jurassic Carl" in print.
*CHB = curly haired boyfriend, said to Gordon Edes, referring to Dan as Edes' boyfriend. Carl was class all the time.
Me too
AMEN, sister! (Or brother if appropriate)
Uconn the leader in sports ethics:
http://m.bleacherreport.com/articles/486244-college-basketball-uconn-adm...
im not sure
what that article has to do with what we're talking about besides being from the same school
because its sure as hell not the same coach or team
Old man yells at cloud
Jesus, as if we needed another reason to ignore this blowhard. We get it, Dan. Every team playing a sport at which Boston has not dominated the competition for the past ten or fifteen years is an effete poseur, and you remember when you nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em--"Give me five bees for a quarter," you used to say.
Bonus question: if it was the UCONN MEN'S team that had been running roughshod over the NCAA for nigh onto 20 years, and Mr. Shaughnessy had spackled the walls of Twitter with this verbal diarrhea, would he still have a job? How about if he had written this column about it?
Oh! How could I forget...
How careless of me. This ain't Dan's first rodeo. He was around when John Wooden was coaching UCLA, and won 10 championships with a whole mess of undefeated seasons. I'll just go dig through the archives of his college newspaper for his heartfelt pleas that the NCAA change its recruitment policies to keep teams from becoming dynasties.
Huh, look at that. I'm having some trouble finding them; maybe someone has better Google-fu than I do?
Coach is right
This is competitive sports, not tiddlywinks for kids. UConn has put together a great program -- on the order of UCLA's 10 men's basketball championships from mid-60s to mid-70s (or Celtics 59-69).
UConn blew out its opponent in its first three tourney games. In those games, the starters only averaged 26.5 minutes. The team celebrated its successes, but didn't showboat. UConn won those games with sportsmanship and class. The team has a 100 percent graduation rate (roughly five times better than the men's program).
Being critical of his program is asinine. Be critical of the other programs -- the ones that are failing to be competitive. The ones that don't show good sportsmanship. The ones that don't produce college graduates. Don't criticize a program that wins with class, sportsmanship, and academic success.
Right on. That was a killer
Right on. That was a killer game. Both teams played their hearts out but U Conn earned the win fair and square. CHB is a complete tool.
Shaughnessy is only happy
Shaughnessy is only happy when local teams lose. Granted, UConn is not local but since MA doesnt really have any strong womens basketball programs many people here follow them, which unfortunately foists Shaughnessy upon them. At least we dont send them Brian McGrory and Cullen, the cranky brothers who form the Whiney Trifecta with Shaughnessy.
i seek solace
in the strength of our noted NCAA mens basketball teams, such as BC's
Yeah, they were 0-18 in their
Yeah, they were 0-18 in their conference this year, but they got the pluck. The Newton South High School team could probably have beaten the Boston College of Newton Eagles.