cal you are nothing but a self serving Fraud and Coward! You are making 9 million a year and isolate yourself on an island away from everyone and never have to answer to your critics for your failures of this program the last several years. You only come out when you can use our platform to make yourself look good! Tell me the last time cal has went on a program or sit before anyone and actually had to answer tough questions from anyone about his failures. He doesn't even show up for all of his shows with Tom Leach after tough losses when he only mostly gets softball questions and never has to take any calls from fans who want to call him out. You have been exposed and BBN is done with your ass. If you are not gone after next year all the protest from the summer of 2020 will look like child's play compared to what BBN has in store for you!!
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Words like these are a big reason why he's moved onto an Island, lol. Human nature is to stay away from strangers calling you a fraud, a coward, seemingly threats, etc. Yikes.
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Well, Calipari brings everything on himself. He loves the war he does it everywhere he goes. He was always going to leave this way, it’s amazing how many don’t understand this.
He’s not going to win until he gets 200% of what he wants. That’s why he’s been outspoken about football and money, outspoken wanting more money for assistants, now he’s adding players like wheeler and underwhelming players like Brooks. He’s sending a message. He wants more money for different reasons and the administration thinks he’s had enough. So in his mind they’re getting the results they’re paying for. It couldn’t be more clear.
And he has been given enough but that’s never enough for him. This is who he is.
He’s not going to win until he gets 200% of what he wants. That’s why he’s been outspoken about football and money, outspoken wanting more money for assistants, now he’s adding players like wheeler and underwhelming players like Brooks. He’s sending a message. He wants more money for different reasons and the administration thinks he’s had enough. So in his mind they’re getting the results they’re paying for. It couldn’t be more clear.
And he has been given enough but that’s never enough for him. This is who he is.
Zero threats in my post, and would love to meet him face to face and tell him!
He won’t answer tough questions, but he has said what he plans to do; it’s just nothing that the majority of us wanted to hear from him. He said he’s not changing his approach, expects some guys back and only maybe two portal additions. Expecting him to take any blame is a lost cause. Weird times ahead for BBN.
I’m mad at Cal too. I would drive to Lexington and help him pack tonight if he asked me to.
But I don’t get upset over UK basketball enough to protest or do something stupid like approach the man and yell at him while he’s on personal time.
It’s not that serious.
But I don’t get upset over UK basketball enough to protest or do something stupid like approach the man and yell at him while he’s on personal time.
It’s not that serious.
Whether he does interview or not, he never says anything that anyone can understand. And if you can understand some of it, it's all stuff that's too ambiguous to know what he really means. None of it is specific.
Cal is a coward. He doesn't want to answer any actual questions. He doesn't have an answer. He sucks. He knows it. He doesn't want to be confronted with it. He got irritated with Tom for asking about the Oakland game at all. "Why are you making me re-live this, Tom?"
Sorry that you got asked about a loss after that loss. Tom probably should have just asked what kind of basketballs you want to use next year or if there's a particular sneaker you like for the future.
He just wants to do controlled interviews or speeches where he can spout a bunch of words with no actual meaning--and not be pressed on it.
"Well, there's a standard here." Yup, you're no where near it the last 4 years.
"We gotta get tough." Yeah, we do. How do you plan to do it? Can you do it?
"I probably won't change and go away from Freshmen heavy teams. I like changing lives." Do you like winning?
Sorry that you got asked about a loss after that loss. Tom probably should have just asked what kind of basketballs you want to use next year or if there's a particular sneaker you like for the future.
He just wants to do controlled interviews or speeches where he can spout a bunch of words with no actual meaning--and not be pressed on it.
"Well, there's a standard here." Yup, you're no where near it the last 4 years.
"We gotta get tough." Yeah, we do. How do you plan to do it? Can you do it?
"I probably won't change and go away from Freshmen heavy teams. I like changing lives." Do you like winning?
Mitch had the chance to rid us of this problem, he didn't so we're stuck with Sad Sack another year. And by next year after He exits the first weekend, maybe this nightmare will be over
I agree. He says it's not threats, but if someone told me if I didn't do something, they had something "in store for me", I would think that's some kind of threat.
The title of this thread would be nice for Cal to do but meeting with that type of negativity is silly. However, the negativity is the point. Fans and most of BBN shares it and Cal basically ignoring and not feeling any need to rebuild the relationship is only sinking the program even further. One of the unique things of Kentucky Basketball is the fan following of BBN. There really was no other program with that national following and connection. Lose that and you lose what was special.
Just name the place and I would love to have a sit down and talk about the Kentucky program.
This is not some confusing chicken or egg scenario. People are calling him a fraud and coward bc he is acting like a fraud and coward. Not the other way around.
If you’re still attacking BBN over Calipari angst, then you probably should leave the board and quit paying attention to UK all together. There’s always a few who have to chime in that they don’t care and it doesn’t matter ( they really value their own opinion a bit too much) and that’s fine. Why do you continuously come on a UK basketball message board? You’re above it, it doesn’t mean anything to you, right? So go do something else and leave the UK basketball talk to people that do care.
Calipari is torching this program so to come into these threads and constantly complain about the temperature of the water? You don’t want to swim so quit coming to the pool.
Calipari is torching this program so to come into these threads and constantly complain about the temperature of the water? You don’t want to swim so quit coming to the pool.
My post stands. When internet strangers say ugly things about you, you aren’t going to appease them…..unless you’re a coward.
If I wasn’t a Kentucky fan, I’d hate our fanbase
It’s all of the internet and you’re being willfully clueless if you do t think stuff doesn’t get back to him.
Then be a leader and control the narrative instead of being a recluse coward. Again, Cal's actions are why we are where we are, it's not the fans' fault. Just calling a spade a spade at this point.
OP is more embarrassing than Cal’s coaching ability
Doesn't make them any less true. The fact that he doesn't engage with the fans is because he knows he's guilty of every charge, at which time, the cowardice defines him and his absence convicts him.
To be fair, it's really Mitch's fault. Cal only does what he is allowed to get away with repeatedly.
I'm fairly certain someone in the UKAA does monitor these boards.
Sounds about right for this program....no need to gameplan for the opponent or develop players, let's just go read rupp rafters so see who's being mean.
Bro, the fan base is passionate. What’s hard to understand here? Do you think Cal has done a job worthy of $9 million a year? If so, I’d love to work for an employer with your mindset. Little expectation vs top level reward. Where I come from, you are expected to perform or you get replaced. No complacency.
P.S. when you are the highest paid state employee, you are open for criticism. The same people who think it’s over the top to criticize Cal, get on paddock and run their mouth about Trump/Biden. Internet tough guy or fraud?
I cant see anything in your posts that indicates you have knowledge about the KY basketball program. All I see is tough talk directed at Cal and, what looks like a threat. I think you are like the rest of us, you have fingers and you can use them.
Afraid your description of 'Weird times ahead for BBN' will be more like 'Sad times ahead for BBN'.
The summer of 2020 was violent, and you know it. Don't wuss out now. Own it! It was absolutely a threat of violence.
Inability to take criticism?
Also, to be fair, the vitriol and what not that he’s received is a culmination of years of looking down, talking down and basically insinuating Kentucky fans are racist uneducated red necks.
If you’re making $9 million a year and all the perks of private jets etc (funded largely by fans) you should be able to take criticism. At the very least take the criticism and deflect/ refute or defend yourself.
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His approach may need a little work but it's hard to argue with the content and you have to admire the passion oh "1 and OUT" skin has to be real thin no doubt
Not fooling anyone, you’d likely ask for a photo and autograph if you did meet him. Lol
Cal deserves it. He had isolated himself from everyone.I'm as negative as anyone about Cal, but uhh...
