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Post by HC92 on Apr 8, 2020 12:13:49 GMT -5
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Post by hchoops on Apr 8, 2020 12:19:40 GMT -5
Nice Both dads went to HC 1942 and ‘48 grads. Thanks 92
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Post by Ray on Apr 8, 2020 12:23:17 GMT -5
This was great, thanks for posting.
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Post by alum on Apr 8, 2020 12:55:55 GMT -5
Nice Both dads went to HC 1942 and ‘48 grads. Thanks 92 Conan's brother Luke is an HC alum
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Post by CHC8485 on Apr 8, 2020 14:38:29 GMT -5
Conan's father, Dick, was Class of '50. My dad spoke to Dick at I believe their reunion in June 2010 - a few months after Conan was unceremoniusly dumped from his brief stint as the host of The Tonight Show. As my dad told the story, he asked what was happening with Conan and Dick replied I have no idea what he's thinking.
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Post by hc87 on Apr 8, 2020 15:07:17 GMT -5
Tom O'Brien and my Dad had a relatively close, life-long friendship which was forged from their pre-med days together in the Class of '50....brilliant guy (obviously), met him a couple of times ovah the years. Tom was a "day-hop" as Conan said in the interview. I believe he is still with us today.
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Post by CHC8485 on Apr 8, 2020 15:10:06 GMT -5
I just looked him up and though I could swear his father's name was Dick, it appears his name was Thomas. Middle initial F. So I imagine Dick was wrong.
May be confusing him with Dick Cusack, '50. John and Joan Cusack's father.
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Post by Tom on Apr 8, 2020 15:21:02 GMT -5
Nice Both dads went to HC 1942 and ‘48 grads. Thanks 92 Conan's brother Luke is an HC alum For what it's worth, I know of 3 members of Conan's mother's family that also went to HC.
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Post by HC92 on Apr 8, 2020 15:36:56 GMT -5
Conan's brother Luke is an HC alum For what it's worth, I know of 3 members of Conan's mother's family that also went to HC. I vaguely recall he was also in some way related to Professor McMaster.
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Post by Tom on Apr 8, 2020 15:47:02 GMT -5
I had not heard that, but we are talking about Irish people in Worcester. Most are related somehow. I think Conan is my brother in law's third cousin
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Post by hchoops on Apr 8, 2020 16:13:54 GMT -5
Once removed ?
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Post by Crucis#1 on Apr 9, 2020 0:11:42 GMT -5
I love Stephen Colbert’s reaction when he found out that Conan’s dad went to HC and had similar paths regarding microbiology and have a common link to Dr. Fauci.
After obtaining permission from CBS and Stephen Colbert, the segment should be placed on the HC website. High School juniors and seniors that have an interest in a medical or science career should be shown the segment. Would be a great promo, with a transition to Dr. Fauci talking about his career after HC.
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Post by HC92 on Apr 10, 2020 10:02:32 GMT -5
Now have a slightly higher opinion of John Calipari. He was on Fox News promoting “Coffee with Cal” on Facebook Love and talking about an upcoming interview he’s doing with Dr. Fauci. The Fox interviewer mentioned that Fauci was a point guard in high school. Cal said “played ar Holy Cr . . . or uh went to Holy Cross.” At least we got the shoutout and he knew the facts even though he almost got it wrong.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Apr 10, 2020 11:22:31 GMT -5
Yesterday, I asked a friend, who I know well from past work, and who is now a member of TPTB at NIH, to ask Fauci if he played intramurals at HC. He replied, 'Fauci has not attended a leadership meeting at NIH in a month'. The answer to that will have to wait, .... maybe for Fauci's promised book.
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Post by hchoops on Apr 10, 2020 11:35:02 GMT -5
Now have a slightly higher opinion of John Calipari. He was on Fox News promoting “Coffee with Cal” on Facebook Love and talking about an upcoming interview he’s doing with Dr. Fauci. The Fox interviewer mentioned that Fauci was a point guard in high school. Cal said “played ar Holy Cr . . . or uh went to Holy Cross.” At least we got the shoutout and he knew the facts even though he almost got it wrong. It will take a lot more than that to change my opinion of that crook.
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Post by HC92 on Apr 10, 2020 13:00:41 GMT -5
“Slightly” higher, hoops. Not high.
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Post by longsuffering on Apr 10, 2020 14:10:43 GMT -5
Cal left Amherst at the perfect time... the middle of the night.🙂
But the final four run with Marcus Camby electrified the Bay State like Flutie's Heisman run and I am sure like HC's NCAA and NIT runs did also. There was also one or two post season runs for BU football under Dan Allen where the 6PM Boston TV News Broadcasts would start from the BU campus as I recall.
MA is a pro sports area and teams like the 2004 Red Sox bond people together but occasionally a college team captures the Statewide imagination and Coach Cal did that with UMass coming out of nowhere. The program returned to nowhere after he left. Bruiser Flint had some success with Cal's recruits and then the program crawled back under a rock ever since.
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Post by hchoops on Apr 10, 2020 14:19:15 GMT -5
You left out the punch line. His first, but not last vacated Final Four
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Post by longsuffering on Apr 10, 2020 14:20:21 GMT -5
Thinking of the excitement Cal brought to UMass and the State is one reason why I was receptive when the hypothetical of Pitino to HC was discussed. I would have hoped that HC'S supervision and the fact he is now coaching in a glass house would have kept RP on the straight and narrow and given his coaching skills a chance to flourish. I'm hoping small, Catholic Iona can give the big boys a run for their money and RP plays it straight.
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Post by longsuffering on Apr 10, 2020 14:33:16 GMT -5
You left out the punch line. His first, but not last vacated Final Four Yes, there is an online website, Masslive.com, which covers the State but is run by the Springfield Republican Newspaper and they have a beat writer for UMass BB and FB. After about the tenth time I read him refer to the final four run without acknowledging that it had been vacated, I emailed him a few years ago to inquire why not. Basically, they don't feel the need to acknowledge it. I guess the fact that the final four appearance was later administratively vacated and the fact that UMass appeared in the final four are both true.
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Post by hchoops on Apr 10, 2020 15:36:56 GMT -5
You left out the reason why it was vacated.
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Post by longsuffering on Apr 11, 2020 0:10:13 GMT -5
Marcus Camby had already turned pro while still playing for UMass. He had a couple of agents and had received cash, expensive jewelry, and the services of a prostitute while playing for Coach Cal. That didn't stop UMass from retiring his number.
On September 11, 2010 Holy Cross football played at UMass in a rare twilight 6PM game. I stopped at an apple orchard in West Brookfield on the way up and bought a fresh baked apple pie to bring home. The pie didn't make it to Amherst. The bright sun was directly in the eyes of everyone on the HC side of the field if anyone remembers that, so I sat on the UMass side. There was a reception in the Press Box area and there was a buzz that Marcus Camby was attending it. He was there supporting his Alma Mater or getting honored - which is basically the same difference as it generates fundraising either way. Camby personally paid UMass every penny it was fined for his transgressions out of his NBA earnings. I carry no grudge against the guy.
I have a balanced view of Coach Cal. UMass started basketball in 1899 and had been to the NCAA tournament once before Cal arrived. He led them to five straight A10 regular season and tournament championships. He also embarrassed the University (although they aren't very embarrassed). The key is to get someone who can coach and recruit and hire a sharp AD and Compliance Director to watch him like a hawk as they share responsibility for any corners that are cut. I voiced that sentiment in the Drew Lowder situation. I felt that ADMB had a responsibility to get involved and supervise his coach. He has that responsibility to the college and the player. I don't know if he did actively supervise Nelson but that is when you nip transgressions in the bud and establish that the coach is not running a fiefdom, rather he is closely regulated by both school and the NCAA. Of course I don't mean to paint Coach Nelson with the same brush as Coach Cal, but the UMass AD allowed Cal to establish a fiefdom and problems followed.
Coincidentally that was the last game that the veteran UMass Marching Band Director George Parks directed the fabulous UMass marching band. I moved over at halftime and sat directly behind his Director's stand at the 50 yard line. He died of a heart attack the next week as the band was on it's way to play at Michigan in the Big House.
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Post by sarasota on Apr 11, 2020 1:09:15 GMT -5
I knew Parks slightly. An incredibly charismatic leader. His death was shocking to all who followed the Band, which he had brought to national prominence.
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Post by ndgradbuthcfan on Apr 11, 2020 4:07:06 GMT -5
The apple orchard must have been the famous Brookfield Orchards (which is actually in North Brookfield). Great apple dumplings, too. You ate the whole pie?
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Apr 11, 2020 5:53:19 GMT -5
Marcus Camby had already turned pro while still playing for UMass. He had a couple of agents and had received cash, expensive jewelry, and the services of a prostitute while playing for Coach Cal. That didn't stop UMass from retiring his number. On September 11, 2010 Holy Cross football played at UMass in a rare twilight 6PM game. I stopped at an apple orchard in West Brookfield on the way up and bought a fresh baked apple pie to bring home. The pie didn't make it to Amherst. The bright sun was directly in the eyes of everyone on the HC side of the field if anyone remembers that, so I sat on the UMass side. There was a reception in the Press Box area and there was a buzz that Marcus Camby was attending it. He was there supporting his Alma Mater or getting honored - which is basically the same difference as it generates fundraising either way. Camby personally paid UMass every penny it was fined for his transgressions out of his NBA earnings. I carry no grudge against the guy. I have a balanced view of Coach Cal. UMass started basketball in 1899 and had been to the NCAA tournament once before Cal arrived. He led them to five straight A10 regular season and tournament championships. He also embarrassed the University (although they aren't very embarrassed). The key is to get someone who can coach and recruit and hire a sharp AD and Compliance Director to watch him like a hawk as they share responsibility for any corners that are cut. I voiced that sentiment in the Drew Lowder situation. I felt that ADMB had a responsibility to get involved and supervise his coach. He has that responsibility to the college and the player. I don't know if he did actively supervise Nelson but that is when you nip transgressions in the bud and establish that the coach is not running a fiefdom, rather he is closely regulated by both school and the NCAA. Of course I don't mean to paint Coach Nelson with the same brush as Coach Cal, but the UMass AD allowed Cal to establish a fiefdom and problems followed. Coincidentally that was the last game that the veteran UMass Marching Band Director George Parks directed the fabulous UMass marching band. I moved over at halftime and sat directly behind his Director's stand at the 50 yard line. He died of a heart attack the next week as the band was on it's way to play at Michigan in the Big House. Emotional tribute
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