And it was legit talk. What other jobs are opening up or are anticipated that cal may jump at? IU? Arkansas? His departure is coming and not soon enough. If the right job is out there hopefully they go after him.
This time last year we were talking about cal to Texas.
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I personally think he retires or goes to the NBA. Leaving UK for a lesser college job would be a weird move.
Joker Phillips has a better chance at getting a head coaching job than Cal hopefully Louisville goes after him
NBA could be. But instead he may want to pull a tubby and try coaching at a less demanding program. Maybe he ll pull a Bobby knight and go the Texas tech type route. I hope whatever it is it’s soon.
Just the NBA talk unless it is in management, but not as a coach.
Someone might hire him to get a few years of high-level recruiting from him. He's in good shape with the Dybantsa class. Might be worth some program throwing the vault at him to create some program hype.
USC and Michigan come to mind. Especially Michigan.
He has already failed in the NBA, miserably. They don't want him there, they know he can't coach his way out of a wet paper bag.
There is a story about his time there, Cow's team (the Nets) was playing the Bulls and he was performing his usual screaming lunatic routine on the sidelines, Jordan noticed, laughed and turned to ask the Nets bench:
"Y'all actually listen to this guy?"
He'll try to find a gig on TV since he's smarter than everyone else and loves to hear himself talk.
When that falls thru, I can see him legit going full circle back to UMass where they'd be okay with 10+ losses every year with perpetual flame outs in the NCAA-T
When that falls thru, I can see him legit going full circle back to UMass where they'd be okay with 10+ losses every year with perpetual flame outs in the NCAA-T
Wish he’d hang it up before my thoughts about him become worse. Haven’t cared for his coaching in about three years or so. But now I’m really starting to dislike him as a person.
Cal winning a second title was never a thing, except in your mind.
Do you forget a dude had a sign at Rupp? So it was a thing in reality to. Not to mentioned there were media rumors.
Maybe he can become a full time NBA players agent. He has plenty of experience with that in college. It’s all he seems to care about.
Dude was and still is probably on this board. You don't think that's even a slight possibility?
Media rumors. Ok. They were likely just parroting what they saw on here to drive clicks and viewers. You know how this works - get the BBN in a frenzy and they'll flock to your AD LADEN websites for hours.
And it didn’t take the NBA 15 years to figure that out.
LOL @ nba. They have ZERO interest in John Calipari.
It was once upon a time, then Bo Ryan pulled his pants down & emasculated him in front of the whole nation. Nothing has been the same since.
2017 when we got Roofereed was the last & only true title contender he has managed to put together since then. Under Cow, UK hasn't been a threat to win anything for years now...
Probably true, I just never underestimate the power of networking. He has a lot of connections.
More like Higgins did that. We were on our way to that title in 2017. I’m pissed at Cal but we’ve gotten the shaft on top of that too.
It would never happen, but if Cal ended up at IU, I'd probably laugh myself into an ER visit. Aaaaaalllll the crap I've taken, for years, from Hoosiers here. Lordy.
Only to get slapped with violations. I like Prime but that ish was funny.
Prime and Cal at the same school just feels right, lol. Both are all hat and no cattle.
Recruiting isn’t a thing in the nba, and that’s all Cal is, a recruiter.
Very few GMs are known by fans. Even casual fans know HC John Calipari. I don't think an NBA GM is enough for his ego.
I sure as hell don't want him in charge of picking his replacement. That would be an epic disaster. He'd def pick a washed up buddy he could control.
I sure as hell don't want him in charge of picking his replacement. That would be an epic disaster. He'd def pick a washed up buddy he could control.
Unless he’s willing to take a paycut, I don’t see him leaving for another program. He certainly isn’t worth a raise offer. He has too much personal pride to go the Tubby route and arrange himself a lesser parachute job. His style isn’t conducive to an NBA team salivating to have him.
I say that all to say: it kinda seems like our only hope is a donor-driven buyout at this point? I think he’s “good enough” to avoid a buyout offer from Barnhart and I don’t think he’s quitting on his own accord either.
I say that all to say: it kinda seems like our only hope is a donor-driven buyout at this point? I think he’s “good enough” to avoid a buyout offer from Barnhart and I don’t think he’s quitting on his own accord either.
