I ain't into getting rid of anybody lol

(02-10-2021 12:40 PM)mapdude Wrote:  

(02-10-2021 10:40 AM)uskjtc02 Wrote:  

(02-10-2021 09:28 AM)micman Wrote:  The only way to get him to leave is to end the "one and done", which is slowly happening. He will have to adjust to "building a team" slowly with 3 or 4 year players. He did it at UMass with his (2) guards then added Camby (who, today would be a one and done, or G-League Select). Cal kinda did it here with the Laurenburg guys and Carney; but consistent Elite 8's and Sweet 16's aren't enough for Kentucky. I'm not sure that he has the patience for that kind of development anymore. Recruiting players with the idea that they will develop into what you want 3 years into the future is riskier than recruiting players who are stars immediately. Coach K had already won several NCs in the late '90's and early 2000's, so he has proven he can do it, if college basketball goes back to that. I think Cal would move to the NBA at that point.

Or retirement.

Nope. He will move into the broadcast booth with all the other talking heads. He is perfect for the job.

Perfect replacement for Dick Vitale who will turn 82 in June. Who would have thought Kentucky and Duke both with losing records at this time of the year?

only in our wildest dreams would we have imagined the Duke/KY scenario...and some here are not near wild enough to have those kinds of dreams. lol

(02-10-2021 10:15 AM)Virginia Tiger Wrote:  I loved Calipari when he was our coach. I was disappointed he left for UK, but I don't hate him. Obsessed Calipari-haters need to get over it.

Ditto it’s been 12 years. Time to move on

i bet these same dudes are still talking about the chick who dumped them in high school

Calipari to all his haters, "You are a bunch of Losers!"

Ky, Duke, UNC, UCLA, IU, Michigan St.....all unranked

(02-10-2021 12:40 PM)mapdude Wrote:  

(02-10-2021 10:40 AM)uskjtc02 Wrote:  

(02-10-2021 09:28 AM)micman Wrote:  The only way to get him to leave is to end the "one and done", which is slowly happening. He will have to adjust to "building a team" slowly with 3 or 4 year players. He did it at UMass with his (2) guards then added Camby (who, today would be a one and done, or G-League Select). Cal kinda did it here with the Laurenburg guys and Carney; but consistent Elite 8's and Sweet 16's aren't enough for Kentucky. I'm not sure that he has the patience for that kind of development anymore. Recruiting players with the idea that they will develop into what you want 3 years into the future is riskier than recruiting players who are stars immediately. Coach K had already won several NCs in the late '90's and early 2000's, so he has proven he can do it, if college basketball goes back to that. I think Cal would move to the NBA at that point.

Or retirement.

Nope. He will move into the broadcast booth with all the other talking heads. He is perfect for the job.

He may do that. But when he leaves Kentucky he’s done coaching IMO.

(02-10-2021 03:37 PM)BandwagonJumper Wrote:  i bet these same dudes are still talking about the chick who dumped them in high school

I totally dumped her first!


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(02-10-2021 01:59 PM)snowtiger Wrote:  I ain't into getting rid of anybody lol

We could send him a Sicilian message ....................

The OP assumes the NCAA wants to get rid of Cal. I think that day has passed - about the time he went to UK. In college basketball, the coaches are the brands. And Cal is definitely a brand. He makes money for all of them.

(02-10-2021 01:16 PM)Stammers Wrote:  

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(02-10-2021 12:09 PM)southpaw1 Wrote:  

(02-10-2021 10:15 AM)Virginia Tiger Wrote:  I loved Calipari when he was our coach. I was disappointed he left for UK, but I don't hate him. Obsessed Calipari-haters need to get over it.

Almost every Tiger fan loved him when he was our coach, and you can't blame him for leaving for KY. But they way he crapped on the Memphis program after he left is why I can't stand the guy. I am enjoying the helloutta watching KY struggle this year.

Exactly!

I get it, you have the chance to coach Kentucky. Go for it.

But if you start the coach-speak "Oh, i'm torn. I'm really considering my options. etc" then to heck with you.

All of that was just so he could keep in touch with the recruits he had under Memphis.

For 9 years we all heard about Camby, and Kellogg, Lou Rowe and all kinds of boring UMass and New Jersey bull**** nonstop. He has never said anything about anyone except maybe Rose and Tyreke Evans. It is one thing to be a complete prick to the fans. It is another thing entirely to take a dump on all of the great players and teammates we had, that turned Cal's career around.

I dunno. I recall John Wall or one of the other UK guys telling a story about how all they heard in practice was about the 2008 Memphis team.

(02-10-2021 11:44 AM)BIGDTiger Wrote:  

(02-10-2021 10:05 AM)DallasTiger Wrote:  Kentucky 5-13 so far this year. Hard to believe....but it's true.

Kinda crazy. This was a decade in the making. Going all in on one and dones is bound to do this eventually. The recruiting rankings are just flat out wrong sometimes. Add in The other blue bloods getting in on the action, the margin for error becomes very slim.

He'll be ok. He's already started the adjustment by capitalizing on the transfer market. They'll flock still...

(02-10-2021 12:09 PM)southpaw1 Wrote:  

(02-10-2021 10:15 AM)Virginia Tiger Wrote:  I loved Calipari when he was our coach. I was disappointed he left for UK, but I don't hate him. Obsessed Calipari-haters need to get over it.

Almost every Tiger fan loved him when he was our coach, and you can't blame him for leaving for KY. But they way he crapped on the Memphis program after he left is why I can't stand the guy. I am enjoying the helloutta watching KY struggle this year.

See, I don't buy into this train of thought. I don't hate Cal per se, but I hate the system that says a school like UK can look at a school like U of M and say "I want that" and then poof, they get it. Cal could have won championships here in Memphis, or he could leave and win at Kentucky, but his system would have worked at either school. Yes, he did whatever to get DRose, but he also paid whatever to get AD from Illinois to Kentucky.

(02-10-2021 09:34 AM)BIGDTiger Wrote:  

(02-10-2021 09:28 AM)micman Wrote:  The only way to get him to leave is to end the "one and done", which is slowly happening. He will have to adjust to "building a team" slowly with 3 or 4 year players. He did it at UMass with his (2) guards then added Camby (who, today would be a one and done, or G-League Select). Cal kinda did it here with the Laurenburg guys and Carney; but consistent Elite 8's and Sweet 16's aren't enough for Kentucky. I'm not sure that he has the patience for that kind of development anymore. Recruiting players with the idea that they will develop into what you want 3 years into the future is riskier than recruiting players who are stars immediately. Coach K had already won several NCs in the late '90's and early 2000's, so he has proven he can do it, if college basketball goes back to that. I think Cal would move to the NBA at that point.

Yep. Everything you said is spot on. I don’t see anyone in the NBA touching him at this point though.

Agree. Calipari looks worn out, to me.

(02-10-2021 05:10 PM)gusrob Wrote:  Ky, Duke, UNC, UCLA, IU, Michigan St.....all unranked

Add Kansas to the list.

(02-10-2021 10:15 AM)Virginia Tiger Wrote:  I loved Calipari when he was our coach. I was disappointed he left for UK, but I don't hate him. Obsessed Calipari-haters need to get over it.

It's not why he left, it's how he left Memphis.. Cal even took the kitchen sink to Kentucky LOL

Personally, I’m ambivalent towards Cal. But, IMO, we shouldn’t blame the fans for not re-remembering what went down during and especially after his departure. This doesn’t mean they aren’t “over it”. Cal burns the bridges behind him. That’s on him.

(02-10-2021 08:51 AM)BIGDTiger Wrote:  Throw his arse under the bus. You know he cheats. He’s just slippery and always leaves the school holding the bag when he leaves. This time, Kentucky needs to take the getaway car before he comes outside and have the NCAA waiting on him when he walks out the door. Might it mean some self imposed bands? Most likely, but their current contract situation with him is much much worse.

So your plan is for KY-U to investigate themselves and put themselves on probation for possibly more than one year so they can get rid of their current coach that has a huge buyout?


Have you been advising Phil Fuller?

(02-10-2021 10:13 PM)Tiger87 Wrote:  The OP assumes the NCAA wants to get rid of Cal. I think that day has passed - about the time he went to UK. In college basketball, the coaches are the brands. And Cal is definitely a brand. He makes money for all of them.

Sadly you are probably right.