Successful as he is? lol what a joke. Cal has completely ranked this program the last 5-7 years. He needs to go. Period. Get out now.
Buyout is imminent
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My idea is you offer him less money but it’s guaranteed, as in he gets it even if he takes another job.
Josh Pasner and Brad. They are both available. Great hires to work under Cal.
Exactly! He recruits with no plan. He never really recruits for positions 1-5. He'll have 3-4 five star players and a four star recruit coming in, but 3 of them are point guards and the other 2 are 6'6"-6'7" athletes who are too small to play on the interior, but can't shoot well enough to play outside.But hey, it's a top 5 class so let's put the focus on that.
Also, the lineups are based on who he likes and wants PT for and not what's going to put you in the best position to win. So we'll have 2 driving guards (who can't shoot) , 1 pure shooter, 1 big, and then someone he wants to be a stretch 4 but isn't.
This leads to an offense of the shooter being heavily guarded, the 4 being out of his element, and when the guards can't find a bucket to go get, driving at the basket and throwing up a random shot hoping to get a foul call. The irony in all this, they don't practice FTs so a foul is pointless.
Every member of the Sheppard family has had nothing but great things to say about Cal all year long. You can say they wouldn't be public with criticism, but they could always just say nothing. And other parents have been critical in the past, Jon Hood's dad loves to roast Cal. So I kind of believe what they say.
He's getting kinda old. My wife tells me that too right before she tells me she is going shopping and needs some extra money.
Lol,, I wished I'd KOd Marc that one time we met for all the folks he fckd over had I known.. He has Califrauds ball sack hairs glued to his upper lip.. He loves sticking with the HOF thing with him..
He is back or it’s now looking he is back now. So much Stockholm syndrome going on with people in this fanbase, idiots are falling for his damn used car salesman pitch
This stuff kills me. It's like a woman saying "You'll never find someone as good as me."
Overvaluing themselves and gaslighting. I promise you that UK can do better. The bar isn't that high considering post 2019.
This guy's method DOES NOT WORK ANYMORE. He hasn't even been to an SEC final since 2018. He loads up on recruits and can't do a damn thing with them. There's a coach out there who can use the portal, develop guys, and bring in a couple of freshmen to compliment a team.
So true. It's like this guy goes off rankings and doesn't care about actually creating a team of guys who play a role.
He's only done this crap at Kentucky too. The 08 Memphis team didn't look like this.
the MVP of the NCAA tournament just saw his son go out on the first round after winning freshmen of the year in an embarrassing loss due to coaching incompetence.
I don't doubt they like Calipari, he's a very likeable guy to the players, but they still have to realize he squandered an opportunity with their son. You can love Calipari but not have faith in him
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Yeah I laughed at that too. In the past 8 NCAA tournaments. We have missed 1, lost first weekend 4 times, one sweet sixteen and 2 elite eights. 5-8 tournaments just really really bad and we don’t celebrate sweet 16’s here either. So 2 successful seasons here last 8 years (disregarding covid season all together)
OP has been very pro Cal - just look at his old posts. I think he's toying with people to get them excited.
I mean “imminent” means it’s 100%, the only thing undetermined is the timing….yet he’s saying imminent and 1O% chance it doesn’t happen in the same breath. What a farce.
I mean “imminent” means it’s 100%, the only thing undetermined is the timing….yet he’s saying imminent and 1O% chance it doesn’t happen in the same breath. What a farce.
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I don't want CCC here anymore, I've felt this way for quite some time
One thing I don’t understand is how Cal has anything to negotiate here. He’s got the absurd contract that Barney gave him in 2019 that puts the ball strongly in his court, he doesn’t have to compromise at all here. From triple C’s standpoint he can just say to Mitch “Fire me and pay me the $33M or I’m going to keep coaching as I want to.” It’s as simple as that, there’s nothing else Cal has to say that can improve his situation, he’s already in a great position and can’t get any better from his standpoint.
I hear all of the talk about buyout negotiations, but I am confused why CCC would even consider that at all? I guess one could make the argument that it helps him leave on better terms with the fanbase, but that is the only real incentive here for CCC. I haven’t seen him really care much about how the fanbase feels in the past, so why would he be willing to leave millions of dollars on the table to help his image now with BBN?
Maybe I’m not seeing something and I’m sure there’s plenty I do not know, but why would CCC even consider any type of negotiation here?
One thing I don’t understand is how Cal has anything to negotiate here. He’s got the absurd contract that Barney gave him in 2019 that puts the ball strongly in his court, he doesn’t have to compromise at all here. From triple C’s standpoint he can just say to Mitch “Fire me and pay me the $33M or I’m going to keep coaching as I want to.” It’s as simple as that, there’s nothing else Cal has to say that can improve his situation, he’s already in a great position and can’t get any better from his standpoint.
I hear all of the talk about buyout negotiations, but I am confused why CCC would even consider that at all? I guess one could make the argument that it helps him leave on better terms with the fanbase, but that is the only real incentive here for CCC. I haven’t seen him really care much about how the fanbase feels in the past, so why would he be willing to leave millions of dollars on the table to help his image now with BBN?
Maybe I’m not seeing something and I’m sure there’s plenty I do not know, but why would CCC even consider any type of negotiation here?
That’s a good question that doesn’t get addressed enough by the voices of the program. Here are the reasons why Cal would be willing to negotiate:
-the buyout is set to be paid in monthly installments over 5 years. He could prefer a lump sum.
-the contract has a duty to mitigate. This means he can’t just kind of retire and still collect his installments. If you’re a sports fan maybe you’ll remember Ed Orgeron making a big display of not working…that’s because his contract eliminated any duty to mitigate.
-the contract has offset language. Meaning if he takes another job, his buyout payments would reduce by whatever he makes. Assuming he got a good job then the buyout would become very very little. One problem and risk for UK is if he wants to get into media and the offset is a much smaller amount(this could be a reason for UK to negotiate away risk)
For Cal some lump sum amount X with no offset language could make the most sense for him personally as he decides what to do next.
That's the player and family I'm most interested on. We know DJ and Edwards cant be mad, they got their minutes and they didn't even deserve them. But how does Reed and family feel. I'd think they'd be a little upset about the starting role, and I'd also imagine they want some reassurance about next year before they even think of coming back.
Cal is misaligned in so many ways.. but, the players seem to like playing for him, and it makes sense, he puts them before the fans. I know WE don't like what he did, but the players might not feel the same way.
Cal + a 2nd year Reed would make this pill much easier to swallow. And I think Reed will be good enough to get UK through a lot of tough games, probably get us back to a 4-2 seed.
Go look at tj walkers feed he is the perfect example of this. He is trying to convince himself Sheppard returning solves a damn thing
It will still be very shaky in a one-and-done tournament. But I think Reed is the type of player.. like a Wall or Fox or Anthony Davis.. that can mask Cal's problems, and win DESPITE the poor choice he made. I mean, for all the ****ups Cal had this year, we still got to a 3-seed.. and that was due in large part, to Reed.
You are correct I did win, and just barely by 1 game. People don't have reading comprehension.
Cal had every opportunity for none of this to be taking place. Instead he trotted that same lineup out there game after game. He doesn’t care about winning. His priorities are not in the best interest of the University. He has to go.
What does it matter if we get a high seed when the coach puckers up and can't make a game plan?
Account created 18 days ago huh? Yet you know about that post from well before then. Nice to see you making numerous more screen names Mike.
I’m not giving cal that benefit of the doubt anymore, he has multiple chances, multiple star players come through here, and has shit the bed everytime. 2 postseason wins in both tournaments since 2019, 2 wins. How is him coming back even a thought process, because our AD sucks to. Reed is great but even he can’t get overall excitement back for Kentucky basketball, we all know what the end result is if this fraud is our coach next year, and yet let’s bring him back, so other programs can continue to pass Kentucky by while we suck in mediocrity land
Got scared coaching against Oakland and at Peter’s and doesn’t give a shit about the SEC tournament. Let’s bring him back
Thank you for the explanation, that makes sense and I can see his side of negotiating now.
TJ Walker is a dumbass. **** anything that guy has to say.
The toxic relationships are often the hardest to leave from a psychological standpoint. Trauma bonding is legit
He is literally saying cal shouldn’t be coach, but then giving a caveat that if reed, adou, Wagner, and z return then everything will be fine and cal should return. Hell no, that roster would be extremely flawed. Stop giving this coach passes and extra chances, he doesn’t deserve them
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