This isn’t really about championships to the extent some believe. You can wait to hang banners.
Bill Self is a good example of what I’m about to talk about. I know he’s been ruined and has lackluster hair but still. It’s the methods I’m talking about.
Kentucky fans do not require a title every season, or every 10 years really. Sure we want it, but we know, or most know, that’s not how this works.
Blue bloods are blue bloods because of
1. Program sustainability at the highest level.
This means you have to at minimum be a good team yearly, not miss tournaments, control your conference, control your head to head records, beat your rivals, and remain at the top of the list ,statistically speaking, in the major ncaa categories (there’s around 30 something categories that matter).
2. You’ve got to remain a top 5 program, and be the best program, at the end of each decade.
We have the most number 1 and top 3 finishes in each decade since 1940. Espn rated UK the top overall program using this as a huge part of the measuring stick.
This is what makes UK, UK, and blue bloods, blue bloods. Kansas had 3 titles for 100 years and was considered a blue blood because of this criteria.
Calipari does not sustain success. Even if he wins a championship he doesn’t sustain well enough to coach at a place like this. His claims that SEC titles don’t matter, his claims that the tournament is all that matters, should disqualify him here to begin with.
I see so many misinterpret what we have to do at this program. In my opinion, we need to get back on track with “the list”. We will win titles but we have to sustain. We can’t win a title and be in the NIT, or go 10 years without final fours and lose so many games. We need a coach to sustain while in pursuit of the title.
Bill Self is a good example of what I’m about to talk about. I know he’s been ruined and has lackluster hair but still. It’s the methods I’m talking about.
Kentucky fans do not require a title every season, or every 10 years really. Sure we want it, but we know, or most know, that’s not how this works.
Blue bloods are blue bloods because of
1. Program sustainability at the highest level.
This means you have to at minimum be a good team yearly, not miss tournaments, control your conference, control your head to head records, beat your rivals, and remain at the top of the list ,statistically speaking, in the major ncaa categories (there’s around 30 something categories that matter).
2. You’ve got to remain a top 5 program, and be the best program, at the end of each decade.
We have the most number 1 and top 3 finishes in each decade since 1940. Espn rated UK the top overall program using this as a huge part of the measuring stick.
This is what makes UK, UK, and blue bloods, blue bloods. Kansas had 3 titles for 100 years and was considered a blue blood because of this criteria.
Calipari does not sustain success. Even if he wins a championship he doesn’t sustain well enough to coach at a place like this. His claims that SEC titles don’t matter, his claims that the tournament is all that matters, should disqualify him here to begin with.
I see so many misinterpret what we have to do at this program. In my opinion, we need to get back on track with “the list”. We will win titles but we have to sustain. We can’t win a title and be in the NIT, or go 10 years without final fours and lose so many games. We need a coach to sustain while in pursuit of the title.