Jay Wright Retiring

[HOFCeluck]

Figured you’d come with a take of him hating the post-suit, dressed like an under armor bro look was his tipping point.

The man had nice suits and a tight shoe game.

No…but I was. And now you ruined it.

 

[Todoubled23]

Well this is a topic I definitely did not expect to see today or anytime soon. Hats off to Jay enjoy retirement! See you in 40 years when I do the same.

 

[Jake]

This is why coaches are retiring…

 

[Eric15]

I’ll always remember Wrights reaction to the 2016 title buzzer beater. It was like he was watching a free throw go in during an exhibition.

 

[MikeSU02]

Had a very good friend that was a producer for the YES Network and some other spots that got to know Jay pretty well.

Heard a lot about a lot of athletes and coaches (across all sports), but the stories about Jay were always positive, almost to a fault.

Hope he enjoys retirement.

 

[MikeSU02]

This is why coaches are retiring…

Also probably a good choice that J Hart has made... Seems like being a D1 (especially P6) college coach is just a brand new ball game (pun INTENDED).

 

[HOFCeluck]

I’ll always remember Wrights reaction to the 2016 title buzzer beater. It was like he was watching a free throw go in during an exhibition.

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Boss

 

[Briancuse]

Had a very good friend that was a producer for the YES Network and some other spots that got to know Jay pretty well.

Heard a lot about a lot of athletes and coaches (across all sports), but the stories about Jay were always positive, almost to a fault.

Hope he enjoys retirement.

I was a student at Hofstra when he was there. Ran into him a few times he couldn't have been nicer. I told him I was a cuse fan he told me how much he admired jb. Big loss for college bball.

 

[UpstateSM]

This is why coaches are retiring…

Quitting when things get hard! I thought only the kids in the transfer portal did that.

 

[orangepassion]

I was a student at Hofstra when he was there. Ran into him a few times he couldn't have been nicer. I told him I was a cuse fan he told me how much he admired jb. Big loss for college bball.

Even after you ran into him, he couldn't have been nicer? Imagine if you just walked up to him instead-He probably would have been even nicer.

 

[two3zone]

I’ll always remember Wrights reaction to the 2016 title buzzer beater. It was like he was watching a free throw go in during an exhibition.

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This is my favorite worst winning look.

 

[Zelda Zonk]

thats fine... but i know we all agree we are WAY better with boeheim a year or 2 or heck even 3 too long - than had boeheim retired at 60.

LIKE COME ON PEOPLE! THINK LOGICALLY.

2009-2014 was actually an amazing stretch. 2016 final 4. 2018 sweet 16, 2021 sweet 16. couple of big east champs. etc...

That isn't logic. Unless you ran parallel timelines and know how the team would have fared under a different coach, ostensibly with different players.

 

[RF2044]

This is why coaches are retiring…

From a player salary perspective, he's not wrong.

 

[Orangezoo]

From a player salary perspective, he's not wrong.

Add on to the fact the SEC also is primarily comprised of schools from the 10 poorest states in the country.

 

[two3zone]

From a player salary perspective, he's not wrong.

Starting to be coaches salary’s and facilities too. It’s been heading this direction for a bit and many many people had their “they don’t care about basketball” “football schools!” comments.

Not sure where college basketball is in 5-10 years, but I’m assuming it’s probably going to be similar to football in the arms races.

 

[Orangezoo]

Starting to be coaches salary’s and facilities too. It’s been heading this direction for a bit and many many people had their “they don’t care about basketball” “football schools!” comments.

Not sure where college basketball is in 5-10 years, but I’m assuming it’s probably going to be similar to football in the arms races.

Yep. This. Parity is gonna take a major hit.

 

[samspann1]

A health problem that coincided with the beginning of COVID forced me out of my old law firm, who put me on a medical sabbatical. After a couple months of recovery, all my former clients were calling me with their latest work, I went out on my own and never looked back.

It's been just about 2 years, and I've never been happier. I have no commute. I dress casually unless I have an occasional Zoom call with someone who doesn't know me, or if I have the once-in-a-while meeting outside the office, maybe 1 a month.

I almost never take lunch, and work through from 9 to about 2 or 3, and then I'm done for the day, probably 4 days a week. I might have one or two late nights where I work through until 6 or 7, but that's only when there's a deadline.

Meanwhile, my family now understands my work much better. They hear me talking to clients and helping them solve problems all day long, so it's no longer a matter of "I hope dad didn't have a bad day at work", to them knowing the work and the clients. They have a far greater appreciation of what I do, and my daughter, in particular, feels like she has really gotten to know me much better as a person - not just as her "dad" - from our afternoon drives, from cooking together, and watching shows we like together.

I am nearly finished with my first painting - of my wife, from a photo of her from several years ago, and it's looking pretty good. They didn't believe that I had any artistic talent in me, but there you go.

When I finish the painting, next up will be recording a few songs with my wife and daughter using GarageBand. I have already written a song called Middle Age Blues which has a pretty funny lyric, and we'll probably do a couple reasonably obscure covers to give both my wife and daughter their own song. The three of us have a nice sound together, so that will be fun.

I am a little over 60 now, and although I have my own business, plus a part-time job, plus I'm referred a lot of clients by SBDC, I have a ton more time to have fun. And I make a lot more money than I used to make, working for somebody else.

That’s awesome. As the owner of a small firm, I totally get where you’re coming from.

 

[Briancuse]

From a player salary perspective, he's not wrong.

Other than Kentucky and Florida what has anyone in the Sec won?

 

[samspann1]

Other than Kentucky and Florida what has anyone in the Sec won?

Going back a bit, Arkansas won a natty

 

[samspann1]

Going back a bit, Arkansas won a natty

OTOH, 5 schools won nattys as an ACC member - Duke, UNC, UVA, NC State and Maryland

 

[two3zone]

Other than Kentucky and Florida what has anyone in the Sec won?

The past is irrelevant when you see the strides being made in that conference.

 

[Ringostar57]

Money always looks to the future...except this crazy fiat pyramid is coming down.

 

[Orangezoo]

The past is irrelevant when you see the strides being made in that conference.

Nearly every school in that conference was already a professional franchise with an amateur tag for football. Now it's the same for hoops and more like officially a professional league with NIL.

 

[Sherman20]

This is why coaches are retiring…

Gross. The SEC has become a cartel. Congress needs to intervene to set up some guardrails and regulations for the NIL space. The NCAA hoped that Congress would but there’s not been much movement so far. Maybe retired coaches like Jay, K, and Roy can help draw up and lobby for some smart legislation around NIL that’s not influenced by monied interests and bad actors.

 

[OttoMets]

The past is irrelevant when you see the strides being made in that conference.

"The past is never dead. It's not even past." -- Faulkner

"The SEC is poop in basketball." -- Also Faulkner, probably.