Those thinking of booing Cal should instead cheer him for leaving w/o having to be forced/paid out!
Cal’s Return
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My thoughts are we are the best college basketball of all time, booing means it triggers emotion and you care. But golf clapping is like how you married much better and you see you're ex and your like "oh hey there, hope you're doing great, bc I absolutely am, anyway nothing but the best, thanks."
We moved on, some ppl stay vindictive and petty, but the best basketball progr of all time says, thanks but anyway back to my love
We moved on, some ppl stay vindictive and petty, but the best basketball progr of all time says, thanks but anyway back to my love
I'll be at the game and I don't think I'll be booing. But I'm very interested to see what his reception is like. For as low as some of the lows were at the end, the highs were right there with the mid '90s as the highest most of us have seen in our lifetime. I don't think that is just cancelled out by the last five years.
Most of the ultra-angry asshats are here in the forums. Rupp will be classy and welcome him back without a Pitino-style mess, IMO.
I am glad he's gone, but at no point would I boo him for leaving. If anything I'd be cheering my ass off that he chose to leave!
I am glad he's gone, but at no point would I boo him for leaving. If anything I'd be cheering my ass off that he chose to leave!
Cheering that he left is implied in the boos. It’s college sports. It’s passion. Create a hostile environment
Excellent point. Cal the $45 million (or whatever the buyout was) NIL saver!
Boo him mercilessly if I had at ticket. I figure a significant number of fans will do so. I would not boo the ex UK players however.
Boo, don't boo, all I know right now Cal is wearing a red blazer sitting on the opposing bench. All these media types talking about what Cal did for UK, well right now he is the enemy. Years down the road, like Rick I am sure Cal will be received with great fan fare.
Wish stools would do the same thing. Cal bounced, good on him. he didn't force the school to pay an enormous buyout, crippling the athletic program. Should be commended for his time here honestly.
Booing or ignoring him wouldn't mean I'd want him back. It would be b/c the boos were probably still owed from his crap coaching job in Lexington the last couple years of his tenure combined with his nasty demeanor to BBN...and how, in his arrogance, when he would try to pretend to be a saint when he would talk about the fans and say, "Don't attack/boo the players, attack me", all the while being oblivious that the fans WERE booing or complaining about him. Then, in the next breath, throwing his players under the bus saying, "I can't hide you" when, in fact, GOOD coaches do their best to maximize each player's strengths and minimize the exposure of their weaknesses...aka "hide" them
Pitino’s career (can’t think of the right word) is such a duality in that Pitino truly seemed to want to build a sustainable dynasty at UK that lived on long after him. But then he chose UL. Now that time has passed and gestures made, I will always think much more fondly of the Pitino era than Cal’s. Both runs, when Cal was on top, were incredible but Pitino seems to have cared much more about UK despite the UL debacle.
I’m sure Cal will be welcomed back barring any crazy moves by Cal once he retires and he should be.
Great question. Frustrations had boiled over. Cal always has happy entrances and sour good byes. His acquisition of NBA caliber talent is transcendent. Several players and memories albeit good bad or indifferent have made a lasting impression here.
His tenure was a special chapter in the BBN logs. Give credit where it’s due and take care of business. Give the former players a cheer as well. Then cheer against them. This is Kentucky and our hospitality is as notable as our passion.
You kinda have the same thought as me. It really doesn't matter too much to me how Cal is received but I hope Pope gets a long and loud standing ovation and a "Pope,Pope,Pope" cheer.
I will not cheer for any of the Hogs Saturday night! Love Ulis, mostly appreciate Cal, have no ill will towards the former players/commits now on the Arky roster. However, they will be hostiles in hostile territory and I will root against them from the stands for ~ 2 1/2 hours Saturday night just as I would if any other foe was in town.
Business as usual!
Business as usual!
He would have probably been booed more if he had stayed.
He kept us relevant for the first 10 or so years and did a great job. Did everyone forget what the last 4 years looked like? He was undoing all the good he did in the first 10 years at a rapid rate. If he would’ve stayed here much longer we were going down that Indiana path!
Who is this Cal person?
Seriously though. I think there will be a mix of cheers, and boo's (maybe 60:40 toward more boo's). I would prefer just a respectful & classy dead silence.
I would hope Theiro gets a little bit of a hand clapping. Maybe Z & Wagner too.
I would also at some point, when it's otherwise quiet (except for the stupid music they play), for there to be a quick cheer for Tyler Ulis. I expect he had to follow Cal, probably no other job opportunities.
Seriously though. I think there will be a mix of cheers, and boo's (maybe 60:40 toward more boo's). I would prefer just a respectful & classy dead silence.
I would hope Theiro gets a little bit of a hand clapping. Maybe Z & Wagner too.
I would also at some point, when it's otherwise quiet (except for the stupid music they play), for there to be a quick cheer for Tyler Ulis. I expect he had to follow Cal, probably no other job opportunities.
Cal who?
Never heard of the guy.
As for as what to do when they announce the team that is at our house trying to best us, stomp the crap out of em, shake their hands and look ahead to the next game.
The players who came to UK then left with Cow Pie, the grass is not greener and eat hog shit
Never heard of the guy.
As for as what to do when they announce the team that is at our house trying to best us, stomp the crap out of em, shake their hands and look ahead to the next game.
The players who came to UK then left with Cow Pie, the grass is not greener and eat hog shit
I'd rather avoid semantic psychobabble, but yes. I think it goes with out saying that if the fans were satisfied with results, Calipari would be at Kentucky.
Now, you can say "but results weren't good enough!" Okay, whatever. That's semantics.
I hope you guys that are there do whatever the heck you want. I really don't care.
He gave us a lot of great years and brought us back to the forefront of the sport. Applaud if you like.
He left for another SEC school. He failed us over and over the last 5 years. Boo if you like.
He gave us a lot of great years and brought us back to the forefront of the sport. Applaud if you like.
He left for another SEC school. He failed us over and over the last 5 years. Boo if you like.
I’ll boo enough for both of us then👍🏽. Cal kept us relevant, until he didn’t. His last 5 yers is the worst 5 year stretch in program history. It includes the 2 worst tournament losses as well as the worst single season in history. All that while only winning 1 post season game and mocking the fans. F ‘em
Did anyone say they would boo him for leaving? The only talk I've seen about booing Cal is in regards to him visiting UK.
As a former basketball player I sort liked it when I got booed. It meant the other fans didn't like me (we usually won, if we lost regularly they wouldn't care), they feared me and it meant I was relevant to them. If they went "Meh" or ignored me it showed that I was irrelevant. So maybe silence would stick in Cal's crawl more.
I won’t boo when he’s announced, but I’ll boo the rest of the game.
I bought season tickets this year, intending to pay for the vast majority with this game. Now that I thought it over, I gotta go. This only happens once.
I bought season tickets this year, intending to pay for the vast majority with this game. Now that I thought it over, I gotta go. This only happens once.
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