And more Van Gundy, on why, basically, reporters are idiots. That anyone would think this way kind of shocks me, but anyway: “Here's the funny thing, I sort of laugh at the coverage – nothing personal guys – but when Chris Bosh raises up to shoot that shot at the end of the game and the ball is in the air stop write there and write your stories. Did Sam do a good job or not do a good job? Write your stories, right then, without seeing the ball bounce out. Because if it goes in you're writing about resilience, how Sam kept them in the game, how he made great adjustments and the whole thing. And it bounces out and all of Sam's adjustments are screwing them up, they're confused. That's the game, and that's coaching. The ball is in there air and you guys are going to write your stories based on whether it bounces out or goes in, bottom line. No one is writing what that they wrote if the ball went in. Then it's me. My team fell apart, I didn't keep them in it…that's the game."

“We lost in Miami on that Allan Houston, you know, that bounced in. And the conventional thinking then was that if New York lost that series, Jeff was getting fired. The shot went in and New York went to the Finals. Allan Houston's shot hit the back rim and bounced up in the air and my brother said – that's where I got that line – “stop it right there, when the ball is in the air: Can he coach or can he not coach?” That's what you guys write it on, whether you want to admit it or not, is if Chris Bosh's shot bounced in or bounced out, if Sam did a good job or I did a good job.”

Posted by K22:

Posted by nyk4ever:

Stan is starting to sound more and more like his big brother.

Stan is the older brother.

[Edited by - K22 on 2008-04-24 1:55 PM]

Posted by playa2:

I would love to hear stan angundy discuss the the ncaa and how players aren't getting any cash , but they make a lot of money for the university.

Posted by djsunyc:

he had his great quotes about how people describe white/black players.

here's him talking about the media:

And more Van Gundy, on why, basically, reporters are idiots. That anyone would think this way kind of shocks me, but anyway: “Here's the funny thing, I sort of laugh at the coverage – nothing personal guys – but when Chris Bosh raises up to shoot that shot at the end of the game and the ball is in the air stop write there and write your stories. Did Sam do a good job or not do a good job? Write your stories, right then, without seeing the ball bounce out. Because if it goes in you're writing about resilience, how Sam kept them in the game, how he made great adjustments and the whole thing. And it bounces out and all of Sam's adjustments are screwing them up, they're confused. That's the game, and that's coaching. The ball is in there air and you guys are going to write your stories based on whether it bounces out or goes in, bottom line. No one is writing what that they wrote if the ball went in. Then it's me. My team fell apart, I didn't keep them in it…that's the game."

“We lost in Miami on that Allan Houston, you know, that bounced in. And the conventional thinking then was that if New York lost that series, Jeff was getting fired. The shot went in and New York went to the Finals. Allan Houston's shot hit the back rim and bounced up in the air and my brother said – that's where I got that line – “stop it right there, when the ball is in the air: Can he coach or can he not coach?” That's what you guys write it on, whether you want to admit it or not, is if Chris Bosh's shot bounced in or bounced out, if Sam did a good job or I did a good job.”

[Edited by - djsunyc on 04-24-2008 1:47 PM]

Posted by martin:

Posted by playa2:

I would love to hear stan angundy discuss the the ncaa and how players aren't getting any cash , but they make a lot of money for the university.

he would tell you to stfu and post that **** in the OT forum.

Posted by martin:

Posted by playa2:

I would love to hear stan angundy discuss the the ncaa and how players aren't getting any cash , but they make a lot of money for the university.

he would tell you to stfu and post that **** in the OT forum.

Posted by playa2:

Posted by Bippity10:

Posted by Allanfan20:

Same reason that the regular students DON'T get paid, yet aren't on scholarships and have to take out massive loans and deal with that pain in the arse later in life, or have to flat out pocket the money. Sorry playa. As a student, I'd find it insulting if I found that certain other students were getting paid just because they were athletes, yet every other student works just as hard and we give them our own money.

I'm with you. When you receive a scholarship for athletics aren't you technically being paid thousands of dollars? Would it make a difference if we paid the plaeyrs thousands of dollars but then did away with athletic scholarships?

I do however feel that if the university is making money off of a jersey that has a players name/number on it, or merchandise with their likeness, then that player should receive money for this.

Bip too many on this site are anti-college ball player and pro university presidents when it comes to finances.

You would think they ran a university themselves.

Posted by Bippity10:

Yeah Playa I understand that these guys are students like everyone else and should not get special benefits. I also do not believe you should pay me to play anymore than you should pay a chemistry student to experiment. But if that chemistry student discovers something that the school can attach it's name too, both he and the school get paid. So why should a university be able to make millions off athletes through merchandise sales and appearance fees and yet the athletes receive nothing? In that respect he/she is not getting paid to play. They are being compensated for the millions of dollars and prestige that their name brings to this university and will continue to bring for the next 20 years.

Without Ray Allen, Rip Hamilton, Emeka Okafor, Cliff Robinson etc, Uconn is still a safety school.