Connecticut dominated South Florida on Saturday and won by 14 points but the real fireworks happened during the post game news conference.
Jim Calhoun was enjoying his 799th win and answering some questions about the game, when all of a sudden free lance reporter, and political activist, Ken Krayeske decided it would be a good time to ask Coach Calhoun about how he makes the most of any state employee, $1.6 million, and how he can accept that when the state of Connecticut is going to have a budget deficit of almost $1 billion.
Needless to say Jim Calhoun was none too pleased.
After the verbal beatdown the rest of the real reporters gave Calhoun a round of applause. I say real reporter because Krayeske was only granted a photo pass to attend the news conference. So really he had no business to be asking a question anyway.
Big time basketball and football programs bring in so much money into the state funded institutions that the coaches should be compensated very well. As sad as it is, without the big time athletics at most school, a lot of them would struggle financially. Calhoun had every right to be upset and I am glad he put that douche in his place.
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