No, he destroyed the Kentucky brand, intentionally so. Players were no longer coming here with the expectation of winning anything other than an invitation to the green room. Piss on Calipari and ANYONE who tries to defend his tactics.
Arkansas Fan wants Cal GONE
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You're acting like Cal is some sort of saint. The guy never had a fastball, it's just that he didn't have the coaching staff to hide him. All that "I can't hide you", and he never realized he was talking about himself.
Cal was historically bad for our program for YEARS. Kudos I guess for not caring about that, but a lot of people still do. Especially when he’s in our conference, with a team full of former Kentucky players and recruits.
This. Pope and Kelsey also had to rebuild, and look at what they are doing with less talent than Cal has. Louisville has played itself into the bubble, something I would never have expected a month ago. In the NIL/TP era, we'll see a lot of quick rebuilding going forward.
Because we are watching a team in Arkansas that would have been, to the man, OUR team this year. It's cathartic.
Looking at their phone to see if anyone liked their post on Rupps rafters.
I see what you're saying, but so many of the things he did really stick in my craw. He made Kentucky about him, he put himself ahead of UK and he used our brand like toilet paper and told us we should like it, then took every opportunity to stick it to us. The Shaedon Sharpe BS should have made every UK fan fully aware of where his priorities were.
So it's cool if you want to just forgive and forget, but I want to see that asshole fall hard down at Arkansas.
On the Shaedon Sharpe BS alone, I do not think Calipari should ever be invited back to Rupp Arena. Come here to play against the Cats, fine, but never as a guest.
We're the Karen's? We were having a discussion about a guy that was the face of UK for 15 years and he just left a few months ago and took our players. He also just coached a game that was all too familiar to us and we are discussing it. The conversation was fine.
Then, here you come to complain. You are the Karen. YOU came here just to complain and tell everyone to shut up, because YOU don’t like it.
YOU did not have to click on this thread. There are many threads on here I don't like, guess what I do when I see them? I don't click on them, it's that simple.
That’s true but hell people still talk about Ricky P and Tubby. Cal talk isn’t going away by some anytime soon after his performances the last 7-8 years.
Because we've already got our bread and milk and are tired of talking about snowmaggedon.
We had 52 at the half.......
Serious question: Are you one of Cal's daughters? Brad?
Don't know if this is so.
🐄 sucks
Still married.
🐄 sucks
Happy with 106 not sad with 52
🐄 sucks
My wife and I stopped off for a late lunch on our way home from Rupp and watched the 2nd half of Tennessee-Arkansas while we ate. I remember saying - "Wow. That could have been our team this year........... and THAT team would not have had an answer for Florida in Rupp Arena today......."
*You're
Do you understand what message boards are? It's for discussion. You can go from thread to thread to discuss whatever you want. Maybe keep that in mind while you're on here.
Honestly, I think a lot of us are still trying to figure out what and who Calipari is. He's not the same guy that roamed the court from 09-17, this guy is a train wreck and if you can't see why it's worth discussing, well, that's an issue you have to get over.
There are others in this thread that have stated they are happy with where UK is and have let go of Cal and they did it without acting like a child (you).
So the next time you start a thread about something other than Pope and the current team, do you think it's cool of I attack you because I don't like the subject? That's what you did.
He didn't let us out of jack shit.
He violated the terms of his contract.
He got canned.
I think the part people fail to understand is there isn’t just one hive mind regarding the Cal situation. You have people who like to talk about it for a combination of different reasons:
1.) Some people found Calipari’s abrupt departure distasteful, considering the press conference with Mitch just a few days before it. These people are actively rooting against Cal.
2.) Some people found that an unwritten rule is broken when Cal went to a conference rival. These people are rooting against Arkansas and Cal.
3.) Some people were begging for Calipari to leave or be fired for years and grew very hostile due to the lack of changes. Some of these people are enjoying the failure of Cal at Arkansas because they feel vindicated for asking for something new.
4.) Some people feel that Cal, through on court win/loss record, NCAAT and SECT failures, and using UK as an NBA G-League Jr actively tarnished or diminished the brand of Kentucky basketball. Those people haven’t forgiven Cal and will root against him.
5.) Some people questioned whether or not the Calipari model (assemble talent) or the Pope model (structured system) were the “correct” choice long term. For these fans, they feel the need to root against Cal to ensure that we ended up with the better option, something that has become clear to most people by now.
6.) For some, it is much less serious. He was our former coach and now plays on a rival team. Those people cheer against Cal but not maliciously — it’s something of a friendly rivalry, we absolutely want to win but not due to hatred of Cal but simply a former coach plays on a conference rival.
7.) Cal has a big ego and personality. This makes him especially divisive but also an enigma. Love or hate the guy, he is fun to talk about. For some, it is this simple.
8.) Others may have fallen into one of the previous groups but for various reasons don’t care that much anymore. These people have become apathetic to Cal. I’d say this is the group I am in.
There are many reasons why Cal will keep coming up in threads for a long time. These are my thoughts on “why”. GBB!
Cal is older and, despite his ego, he seems to have lost both his touch and fire. It's understandable, nothing lasts forever.
Why ? , because hes an asshole .. short version
As a poster who led the charge for years to find a way to get away from Cal , a lot of insults , flak , name calling etc etc was taken before finally being proved correct . It formed my emotions today I guess , to some unknown extent . Cal is a sworn enemy of BBN . Hes a terrible coach , regardless of personalty , likability , schemes , anything , hes a terrible coach !!
Either way, his actions let us off the hook. Whether you think he violated his contract or voluntarily left. Same outcome.
Nobody is forced to read Cal threads. He coached us for 15 years and now coaches a conference rival. Hes going to be talked about here. And to be honest, I get a ton of satisfaction being on the right “side” of this divorce. He’s someone else’s problem now.
Imagine a movie and you have a high-paid corporate type in charge of a team, a lot of moving parts, who has a huge presentation to land the big account that would go a long way to change his company's fortunes and the day of the presentation he decides not to get his team together to review, they'll just wing it because he has a big day ahead of him and he wants to fly out of town after the presentation to see his nephew receive a Good Citizenship Award and he wants to be there. He and his team blow the presentation badly, things aren't ready, he forgot his notes and his employer calls and says, "What the hell happened??" and he says "I guess we should have reviewed before we went in there, I made a mistake but I'm on my way to see my nephew's award ceremony out of town and we'll have to talk later", would he get fired?
If Cal chose to coach a school out West, I bet we wouldn't see half the threads we see now. There would be some, but when he chose to go to Arkansas, a lot of us pushed our sleeves up. Sorry, we're human and we love UK. Cal can kick rocks.
Why do you care so much?
Why are you so angry?
Nothing on this message board ever makes me angry.
I read this stuff to escape from real life issues...
Arkansas has a better roster than we would have had, because they had a huge NIL package in place.
Nobody was going to donate NIL to Cal's program if he'd stayed at UK.
Oh look, you again sneaking in politics. It's insane how often people here try to wedge it in any nook and cranny they can.
"Continue aboot fourt-teeeen miiiyles down the roooood, then turn right at the light pooooole".
I dog Cal as much as anyone but.....
Arkansas only has 3 losses
and UK, even thought we are doing great, got beat down by Ohio St.
so going to UT and losing badly is not exactly off the radar for any team at the moment.
now that said, so glad Cal is gone, hope he does well at Arkansas and hope he learns some real, not faux , humility - and understands he needs to grow or go, like Saban, Willams, Coach K, and the many others that realized its a new era (which Cal was the leader of at one point) which requires change and energy.
but either way, he is now UK fan's problem once, maybe twice a year as opposed to every game. And I buy Tyson chicken at Walmart as a way to thank them for saving Kentucky $40m
Arkansas only has 3 losses
and UK, even thought we are doing great, got beat down by Ohio St.
so going to UT and losing badly is not exactly off the radar for any team at the moment.
now that said, so glad Cal is gone, hope he does well at Arkansas and hope he learns some real, not faux , humility - and understands he needs to grow or go, like Saban, Willams, Coach K, and the many others that realized its a new era (which Cal was the leader of at one point) which requires change and energy.
but either way, he is now UK fan's problem once, maybe twice a year as opposed to every game. And I buy Tyson chicken at Walmart as a way to thank them for saving Kentucky $40m
He was historically good and then historically bad. That's why you see such a polarizing sentiment attached to his name throughout UK basketball. There is not much middle ground.
Separately, which former UK player is going to pull an Aaron Bradshaw and have his career game against UK in Rupp? You know it's coming ... my guess is Wagner.
The desired outcome is good.
His actions deserve no good will.
Personally, I feel like Cal is the kinda ex coach we keep at arms length. I can see inviting him back as a guest for something related to celebrating the national title he won....but not much else. He will never be a Joe Hall. Even Pitino didn't show the contempt for the BBN that Cal did at times. (Other than the time he flipped us off. 🤣🤣🤣)
I hung on until 2021 season, but after the injuries and St. Peter’s I couldn’t do it anymore.
Trust me the clown thought for sure he wrecked us and that was his intent zero doubt in my mind.
KARMA is a bitch
Spot on this clown is a total Karen look at all of his posts
I would guess Big Z or Ado Thiero, about the only damage Wagner will do in Rupp, is crack our backboards and ding up our floors.
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