Thursday, March 29, 2007
Kevin's Blog: What Moore Could Quinnipiac Want
Nice guys can finish first. Or at least we hope so at Quinnipiac. The Bobcats hired former UConn Assistant Coach Tom Moore to replace Joe DeSantis today. Great guy. Great choice.
First and foremost, Tom is a terrific person. He's humble and all about his family. The people he recognized the most today were his wife and three daughters. That's the way it should be. But don't be fooled by Tom Moore's "nice guy" demeanor. He loves to compete and, like the man he worked for at UConn (Jim Calhoun), has a burning desire to win. And he will win at Quinnipiac.
The program now has top of the line facilities for a school in it's league (Northeast Conference). They have an athletic director and president committed to winning (just look at the Quinnipiac hockey program under my childhood buddy Rand Pecknold). And most important, they (the basketball program) now have a coach who knows how to win.
For 13 years Tom Moore has sat near Jim Calhoun on the UConn bench devising the strategy and recruiting many of the players that resulted in two national titles.
So do not be surprised if over the next few years he lands a UConn transfer or two. I have no sources on this one. But my gut tells me it could happen (remember Rob Garrison and Ben Eaves).
Lastly, I remember Tom Moore leaving the Civic Center about 10 years ago in an old beat up car. Trust me, I could pick it out because I too was driving a car that was one fender bender away from the nearest junkyard. The point is, it is good to see someone who has worked so hard rewarded today. I wish Tom Moore the best. He will do a great job. And he will not be easily replaced at UConn.
First and foremost, Tom is a terrific person. He's humble and all about his family. The people he recognized the most today were his wife and three daughters. That's the way it should be. But don't be fooled by Tom Moore's "nice guy" demeanor. He loves to compete and, like the man he worked for at UConn (Jim Calhoun), has a burning desire to win. And he will win at Quinnipiac.
The program now has top of the line facilities for a school in it's league (Northeast Conference). They have an athletic director and president committed to winning (just look at the Quinnipiac hockey program under my childhood buddy Rand Pecknold). And most important, they (the basketball program) now have a coach who knows how to win.
For 13 years Tom Moore has sat near Jim Calhoun on the UConn bench devising the strategy and recruiting many of the players that resulted in two national titles.
So do not be surprised if over the next few years he lands a UConn transfer or two. I have no sources on this one. But my gut tells me it could happen (remember Rob Garrison and Ben Eaves).
Lastly, I remember Tom Moore leaving the Civic Center about 10 years ago in an old beat up car. Trust me, I could pick it out because I too was driving a car that was one fender bender away from the nearest junkyard. The point is, it is good to see someone who has worked so hard rewarded today. I wish Tom Moore the best. He will do a great job. And he will not be easily replaced at UConn.
Posted at 3:59 PM by kevin
1 Comments:
Kevin,
What an alarming column! THis is a story about Quinnipiac, not Uconn! What on earth gives you the impression UCONN has to color every other college's big day. SCSU wins the national championship, and you blog about the UCONN football team's ex quarterback? Quinnipiac, which won as many NCAA tourney games as UCONN this year, hires its new coach in a new facility and half the angle of your story is about Calhoun and Uconn? Let's get some objectivity here.
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