Coach Takes Obama Phone Call During Press Conference
- Posted on December 22, 2010 at 1:59pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Last night, the University of Connecticut women’s basketball team set the record for the longest win streak in basketball history at 89 consecutive games. They broke the record set by the UCLA men’s team from the 70s.
As is normal, the president called head coach Geno Auriemma to congratulate. What was abnormal, is that the president called during Auriemma’s post-game press conference, and Auriemma answered — in front of everyone. The conversation played out in front of reporters and TV cameras:
(H/T: SportsGrid)
President Obama was not the only politician paying attention to the game. The Associated Press caught Connecticut Attorney General, and Senator-elect, Dick Blumenthal in attendance (above the player’s left hand):
UPDATE:
The website Jezebewl has a better picture of Blumenthal’s cameo:
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Comments (80)
Spawnomite
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 3:53pmI would of hung up.
Report Post »DMD
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 10:40pmI would have did the bad connection in a tunnel excuse..
Report Post »coachpan
Posted on December 24, 2010 at 8:16amExactly! Anyway, any member of this girls team could woop Obama in a one-on-one pickup game. Maybe even knock a few teeth out of his fat communist mouth.
Report Post »suran
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 3:16pmThey are both idiots. Who cares? Except that THIS is what is important to Obama, not the US economy or world situation or wars or illegal immigrants or drug cartels or North Korea or…I could go on forever, but wait, there must be a basketball game on TV I should be watching instead.
Report Post »Eblaze44
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 8:17pmI’m sure the most important thing he has done lately was to go to a “Christmas” party and let Slick Willy take the podium again. LOL
Report Post »gps45
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 3:13pmObama cannot call the family of the dead border guard and say he is sorry for the loss but he can call a coach. Unreal.
Report Post »GrumpyCat
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 3:05pmTo have his cellphone turned on during a press conference, and then to actually answer it, he must have known the call was coming.
Report Post »Colonial Revolutionary
Posted on December 23, 2010 at 7:28amExactly. Staged.
Report Post »sdeakins
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 3:00pmWhen will someone have the balls to just ask Obamao “Don’t you have anything better to do with your time?”.
Report Post »sbenard
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 3:00pmObama — the PR Potus!
Report Post »NHABE64
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 2:59pmWith all the important stuff going on in this country and all the crap the Democrats (liberal progressive socialist party) is trying to shove down our throats before they get fired, its amazing his excellency El Cockaroach has time for sports. Is it 2012 yet ?
Report Post »firstlast
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 6:03pmDoes anyone see the irony?
Report Post »sbenard
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 2:51pmMr. Obama has nothing better to do than feed his basketball fixation by making phone calls to coaches during press conferences? Just goes to show how out of touch, self absorbed, and distracted he really is!
Report Post »historypaper
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 2:51pmObama truly has nothing to do. How many American men and women died this week on foreign soil while he watched the game? How many gay troops are off duty taking some time for the victory? How many schools are operated by communist progressives? Obama, you took a job.
Report Post »firstlast
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 6:09pmIf only there were some way to hire teachers that didnt have to go through some form of higher education…correlation between Liberals and teachers: EDUCATION
Report Post »SickTwistedFreak
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 2:40pmThey can win 89 more and I still won’t care.
Report Post »NE Cowboy
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 2:50pmOh Oh…..I think we have a Tennesse Vol’s fan here, lol
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 2:37pmWhy would anyone beclown themselves by talking to obama on the phone, in public? He should have let it go to voicemail.
Report Post »Bad Thunder
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 2:30pmHey Blaze ….. are the liberal moderators working dayshift again today?
Report Post »BelowAverageJoe
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 2:28pmI know this is incredibly un-PC, but here goes. While this is an incredible feat, it should be pointed out that there is a major despair in parity in women‘s college basketball when compared to men’s. The sports media should point out that it is a women’s record, but they are trying to blur the lines as if there were no difference at all. We might as well throw MLB and NFL records together.
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 4:15pmNo that’s not un-PC, it’s simply a fact. The sports media portrayal is that they broke the record, but they didn’t. They didn’t play a single game against a mens college basketball team and hence broke no record. You can‘t break a record for a sport you don’t compete in.
This is the equivalent of a runningback racking up 30,000 yards in a semi pro football league and then the media portraying it as if he’d broken the NFL record for rushing yards. It’s a womens college basketball record no more and no less. And it’s one they already owned, all they did was add another game to the streak.
It’s a great accomplishment within the world of womens college basketball, but trying to portray it as something more is simply dishonest and quite frankly sad.
Report Post »123abc
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 2:25pmNon story.
Report Post »parmajohn
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 2:24pmBut He Won’t Call Glenn Beck……..
Report Post »sbenard
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 3:57pmLOL! Good point!
Report Post »He can’t stand the truth! And he can’t rebut it, either!
mtnclimberjim
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 2:20pmI would have had him leave a message. Hey are these the nappy headed hoes that Imus was talking about?
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 2:49pmYou’re going to go back in the dog house if you keep that up! : )
Report Post »firstlast
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 6:05pmhahahahahaha!
Oh, wait what?! Why do Liberals always pull the race card!?
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 2:15pmIf he wanted publicity he should have interrupted an event more than five people would be watching.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 2:20pmlol
Report Post »independenttp
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 2:15pmIt’s girls basketball (where is the money in that)
Report Post »Susan Harkins
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 2:14pmOk, let me get this down correctly….
The U.S. is on the brink of a devestating currency collapse and largest Depression in the history of the world (barring perhaps Rome), and the POTUS, is talking to a basketball coach?
Hmmm…speaking of Rome, is this perhaps where the “circus” element of the infamous “bread & circuses” come into play?
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 2:12pmI wonder if Imus will call?
Report Post »Bronco II
Posted on December 23, 2010 at 8:45amRemember who else was in love with themself and now is the son of perdition.Pride will bring you down sooner or later.
Report Post »Highland
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 2:12pmThank goodness Barry doesn’t have anything really important to do.
Report Post »firstlast
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 6:02pmThank goodness the person who broke this story had nothing really imprtant to do
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 2:08pmYes this was calculated by Blowbama’s handlers .
Report Post »NE Cowboy
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 2:08pmDick Blumenthal is is a Progressive idlelog who (trust me) will be hated for his VERY progressive views. The man spoke at Communists events in the past. Hold on. Oh, Geno, That was PRETTY RUDE btw.
Report Post »knuckle dragger
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 2:33pmHold it right there Mr.NE Cowboy smarty pants!!
Report Post »Mr. Blumenthal served durin’ Vietnam!
Of course I did to! At Mc Donald’s!
Larry Sheldon
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 2:06pmCongratulations, UConn Women.
Too bad The Won had to upstage you.
Report Post »mrlogan3
Posted on December 23, 2010 at 3:15pmSo anyone who congratulates somebody is drawing attention to himself? It was a huge accomplishment and the President is a basketball fan. It was something he was just interested in.
Report Post »mgibs363
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 2:06pmDon‘t think that wasn’t planned! Typical Obama, tries to bring the spotlight back on himself.
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 2:15pmWas Obama worried that some one might be thinking about something other than him for a minute? He probably even likes it that we hate him since at least we are talking about him. Narcissist.
Report Post »Bad Thunder
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 2:17pmthey couldn’t have done it without him…………in his mind…yet another first term presidential success
Report Post »DimmuBorgir
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 2:22pmexactly my first thought MGIBS363
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 2:24pmWho cares?
Report Post »dwh320
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 2:39pmWhat a joke Obama is. So afraid a big accomplishment by someone other then himself will be headline news. If this self-centered Progressive Obama was in Bethlehem at the birth of Christ I bet he would try to find a way to take credit for being the real Saviour.
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 2:39pmmeanwhile did the family get a call when their son/husband was murdered on the border….this president has his priorities ya know!!!
Report Post »suttonea76
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 3:34pmIf I were the coach, I would have told him to leave a message. Then I would have deleted it.
Is Obama going to call Prince William right in the middle of their vows to say congratulations?
Report Post »@leftfighter
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 3:38pmEXACTLY!
What happened here was, he knew the presser was going to happen. He asked the teleprompter to write up something to say on the phone, got the “No Such Angecy” to tap the guy’s cell to get his number, then as soon as he saw the coach’s mug on ESPN, he called.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 4:05pm@Leftfighter
Agree that it must be something along those lines; honestly the coach should simply have either just hung up or put him on hold with all messages directed to voice mail.
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 4:05pmIts nice that he called but could he not do that in private. In doing it the way he did it, he draws some of the spotlight to himself as if to say he was somehow instrumental in their winning streak. I guess he needs some attention this way since he has been on a losing streak himself. He should not do this howver at the “KIDS” expense. They don’t mind though!!!
Report Post »IndyGuy
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 6:19pmHey Obama…You want attention for a phone call??? How‘s about calling Beck’s red phone during his show sometime…
Report Post »Rn mom
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 7:39pmI am surprised Mabama let him call, being that there was a big ole Dunkin Donuts ad behind the coaches head.
Report Post »Ryan Beaulieu
Posted on December 23, 2010 at 1:28amDoes everything have to be about politics today? I can’t stand Obama and happen to believe he is a terrible president. But this is the president of the United States simply reaching out and congratulating this man and his basketball team. I find nothing wrong with this. Obama and his administration give us many reasons to dislike and criticize them for but this shouldn’t be one of those things. It was a nice gesture.
Report Post »ClockKing
Posted on December 23, 2010 at 10:06amObama – the Kanye West of American politics. He has to hog the spotlight for himself. Doesn’t anyone see that this man has a God complex?
Report Post »mrlogan3
Posted on December 23, 2010 at 3:24pmAll of these comments about the President “grabbing attention” show how truly biased most of you are. Sarah Palin has HER OWN TELEVISION SHOW! Not that she’s trying to get attention or anything.
Report Post »CYCLONE
Posted on December 23, 2010 at 4:14pmhaaa hhhaaa hhaaa… YOU ARE A DOUCHEBAG>>>> !!!!!!
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