Brian Hood tried to tell us
- Thread starter RunninRichie
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I don’t think anyone didn’t see some truth in that to begin with. This is what happens when you burn all of your relationships to the ground due to your own ego.
I'd forgotten about that. Scathing, but true.
That reminds me of Bill Curry. His assistant coaches at Alabama made him look good and when they didn’t follow him to Kentucky he couldn’t make it without them.
It helped to have all 4 and 5 stars on his roster at Bama. He had a roster full of 2 stars here. Either way he was a terrible HC. Tried to make Tim Couch into a running QB. Brilliant.
Coach Cal throws shade at some of the players while playing favorites with his picks, especially if the kid is from Kentucky. He did it with Darius Miller, Derek Willis and Reed. Dominique wasn’t starter good so Cal didn’t do it to him much. No wonder Mr Hood didn’t like or respect Cal because he NEVER gave his son a shot.
Cal thinks he made Kentucky. Kentucky made him.
Great assistants are a given in any successful program and any sport. It’s no different than a business executive surrounding himself with people smarter than him. The fall off for Calipari has been so obvious since Robic left. It’s simply over. The only question is when we start seeing legitimate movement.
Jon Hood was not good enough to play over the other guys that were here. It was plain to see.
It’s obvious that John Robic was the brains behind Cal’s entire operation.
thats gold , coming from you . It takes a bunch for you to even show up here .
How so???? The guy was spot on and you can’t see that I think it’s time for you to receive some type of help to understand exactly what Hood is saying.
“He never had it “ all I need to hear. Hood wasn’t good enough to play here and him and his dad need to shut up and appreciate Cal even allowing him to wear the jersey. What losers they both are.
And Cal was constantly calling him out while letting his picks get by with much more. Darius overcame a lot to be the glue for the 2011 and 2012 teams!! He was an awesome player and even better person!!
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Mr. Hood was/is spot on.
Robic was the brain, Cal the recruiter.
To wit:
The brain left and the recruiter has no brain....
Robic was the brain, Cal the recruiter.
To wit:
The brain left and the recruiter has no brain....
People told us a lot earlier than that. Remember the pissed-off Memphis fan who kept hanging around here fifteen years ago with the username @weused2luvhim
And how much we used to make fun of him because he was so butthurt?
Yep. Turns out that joke was on us ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
And how much we used to make fun of him because he was so butthurt?
Yep. Turns out that joke was on us ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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When Cal made Nike mad by not playing in their tournament we stopped getting the players like Wall, Cousins, Noel, KAT, Bam, Randle. That’s when the decline began. Cal’s ego bit him in the a$$
He wasn’t a superstar but he could have been a decent piece had he been developed. Instead he sat on the bench his entire time here. Cal even developed Dom Hawkins better than him.
Winning cures all, I really think Cal had it rolling here but after he won his title he didn’t care as much. 2015 gave him the drive back but that was destroyed when he got out coached in the final 4. After getting screwed in 2017, and being out coached again in 2018/2019 then Covid happened. That totally broke him and he became a social worker and not a coach anymore.
I want to know what happened to that UMass version of Cal. They were great and well coached. Was he relying heavily on assistants back then? Did he ride Marcus Camby to a near title like he was able to with Anthony Davis? I don't remember the rest of the UMass players being high level, but they played great as a team. No where near as talented as AD's supporting cast. This was back before he started running the stupid DDMO. That worked early on here when he had elite level recruits. These days there are no elites coming here that can run that offense successfully.
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