Cal advances to sweet sixteen

[Wildcats1st]

A year after leaving Lexington. He had to build a roster and get his guys to play together. To me this points to the massive problem uk bb faces and that is Mitch Barnhart. We had this hall of fame coach who was completely mismanaged with this ridiculous contract Barney blew it. This to me verifies most of the problem has been with the AD. A lot of us were adamant not to make a coaching change until this AD was gone. The entire thing now it is a sad thing what this guy has done to tarnish the tradition of this all time great program. 3 tournament misses. A contract with a drunk on a napkin instead of hiring cal, the absolute worst season in history, lifetime contract. Etc

Barnhart needs to leave and we need new blood into our athletics programs. He went out and made a shrewd hire to bring a player everyone has to support. He did it without consulting anyone. And everyone has blindly accepted it bc he played for us back in the 90s. Our fb program isn’t exactly tearing things up and our high water mark is far less than it should be. This man has to go. This isn’t some new thing but cal making the sweet sixteen in his first year beating pitino lol yeah Barney is the problem from the get go

 

[ImTheVillageIdiot]

A year after leaving Lexington. He had to build a roster and get his guys to play together. To me this points to the massive problem uk bb faces and that is Mitch Barnhart. We had this hall of fame coach who was completely mismanaged with this ridiculous contract Barney blew it. This to me verifies most of the problem has been with the AD. A lot of us were adamant not to make a coaching change until this AD was gone. The entire thing now it is a sad thing what this guy has done to tarnish the tradition of this all time great program. 3 tournament misses. A contract with a drunk on a napkin instead of hiring cal, the absolute worst season in history, lifetime contract. Etc

Barnhart needs to leave and we need new blood into our athletics programs. He went out and made a shrewd hire to bring a player everyone has to support. He did it without consulting anyone. And everyone has blindly accepted it bc he played for us back in the 90s. Our fb program isn’t exactly tearing things up and our high water mark is far less than it should be. This man has to go. This isn’t some new thing but cal making the sweet sixteen in his first year beating pitino lol yeah Barney is the problem from the get go

Only problem there with your logic is if “Barney” didn’t get him that contract he’d have been coaching at UCLA. So you’d have then been mad at “Barney” for letting a HOF coach leave

 

[BlueSince92]

I don’t pretend to know much about what the cause was. But whatever was the cause, Cal was clearly never gonna win here again so I’m so glad he’s gone. If be wins the title this year I’ll still be tickled pink that he’s gone.

 

[Gator Fever]

Coach Cal looks like he is ready for a Final Four run. Hopefully we can stop him in the Elite 8 if we advance.

 

[BigBlue1992]

100%. Especially that Barnhart has to go.

 

[ManitouDan]

OP revealing true colors

 

[BigBlue1992]

Coach Cal looks like he is ready for a Final Four run. Hopefully we can stop him in the Elite 8 if we advance.

With Thiero coming back next week, y’all might be the only team on that side of the bracket that can do it unless he gets complacent after beating Self and Pitino.

 

[Wildcat-in-STL]

Him leaving is obviously now best for him and us. He most certainly wasn’t going to get to a sweet 16 had he stayed because the negativity over his season would have been too much to get over

 

[catben]

Coach Cal looks like he is ready for a Final Four run. Hopefully we can stop him in the Elite 8 if we advance.

He just beat one of the WORST tournament teams in Coach Pitino's career(I don't care how many games they won in the Big East) and a KU team that was ready for the season to be over with.

Your Gator team is the BEST team in this tournament. That doesn't mean you all will win it, but I would be SHOCKED if Cal's bunch wins the next game BEFORE you would meet.

 

[hotelblue]

he built a roster?

 

[BlueSince92]

Coach Cal looks like he is ready for a Final Four run. Hopefully we can stop him in the Elite 8 if we advance.

I will be freaking speechless if your Gators don't stomp Cal into the ground if it comes to that.

 

[flacat22]

OP revealing true colors

🤡🤡🤡🤡

 

[bigbluedon]

I hate Cal with the passion of a 1000 burning suns. What an absolute POS. So hoping Rick would stomp a mud hole in his ass. He never cared that much when he was here. Dear gracious God forgive me but Chaney should have taken him out years ago. Asshole.

 

[flacat22]

Barely hear from him all season and he pops in March to spew his nonsense. Predictable like the tides.

 

[Macy's socks]

Cue the ahole hawg fans coming in to tell us how they got the steal of a century in 2…3…1

 

[noncomposmentis]

He just beat one of the WORST tournament teams in Coach Pitino's career(I don't care how many games they won in the Big East) and a KU team that was ready for the season to be over with.

Your Gator team is the BEST team in this tournament. That doesn't mean you all will win it, but I would be SHOCKED if Cal's bunch wins the next game BEFORE you would meet.

A 2 seed was one of the worst teams he’s had in a 30+ year career? Does not compute.

 

[Ukatcowboy]

A year after leaving Lexington. He had to build a roster and get his guys to play together. To me this points to the massive problem uk bb faces and that is Mitch Barnhart. We had this hall of fame coach who was completely mismanaged with this ridiculous contract Barney blew it. This to me verifies most of the problem has been with the AD. A lot of us were adamant not to make a coaching change until this AD was gone. The entire thing now it is a sad thing what this guy has done to tarnish the tradition of this all time great program. 3 tournament misses. A contract with a drunk on a napkin instead of hiring cal, the absolute worst season in history, lifetime contract. Etc

Barnhart needs to leave and we need new blood into our athletics programs. He went out and made a shrewd hire to bring a player everyone has to support. He did it without consulting anyone. And everyone has blindly accepted it bc he played for us back in the 90s. Our fb program isn’t exactly tearing things up and our high water mark is far less than it should be. This man has to go. This isn’t some new thing but cal making the sweet sixteen in his first year beating pitino lol yeah Barney is the problem from the get go

If St Peter’s and Oakland had shot like St John’s did today Cal may still be Kentucky’s coach

 

[BlueGotInKC]

Honestly…he just got matched up against two teams that are dreadful from 3.

 

[wkycatfan]

Cal got comfortable and lazy at Kentucky. Now he has reset, lost weight, etc. he wasn’t doing his job at Kentucky

 

[flacat22]

Malfeasance at its worst.

 

[BlueWorldOrder74]

This isn’t Mitch’s fault. Sure, the contract was a disaster. But Cal decided to get fat and lazy here. Cal decided to burn every relationship he had with everyone, including boosters. Cal decided to ridicule the fans constantly. He didn’t do pressers, didn’t talk to the media, didn’t give a shit about the program at all.

This was all Cal.

And don’t try to tell me he could have fixed us this season. Dude didn’t give a shit. Ado was leaving. No NIL money due to his bridge burning and boosters being absolutely done with him. The team he has now would not have been here. Some of them, yeah. We would have missed the tourney this season with Cal. Even if he did bring that whole team here (minus Ado), going 0-5 to start conference play? We would have been burning his house down. He never would have recovered from that here.

He didn’t give a shit. That is the issue. He gave up here years ago.

 

[catlogic15]

Cal to Final 4. Mark it.

 

[LmdCat]

A year after leaving Lexington. He had to build a roster and get his guys to play together. To me this points to the massive problem uk bb faces and that is Mitch Barnhart. We had this hall of fame coach who was completely mismanaged with this ridiculous contract Barney blew it. This to me verifies most of the problem has been with the AD. A lot of us were adamant not to make a coaching change until this AD was gone. The entire thing now it is a sad thing what this guy has done to tarnish the tradition of this all time great program. 3 tournament misses. A contract with a drunk on a napkin instead of hiring cal, the absolute worst season in history, lifetime contract. Etc

Barnhart needs to leave and we need new blood into our athletics programs. He went out and made a shrewd hire to bring a player everyone has to support. He did it without consulting anyone. And everyone has blindly accepted it bc he played for us back in the 90s. Our fb program isn’t exactly tearing things up and our high water mark is far less than it should be. This man has to go. This isn’t some new thing but cal making the sweet sixteen in his first year beating pitino lol yeah Barney is the problem from the get go

Arkansas advances to the sweet sixteen.

 

[Catapult]

Pitino chokes against Cal. He should have told his team at the half, that the next player who shoots a 3 unless clock is running out, is coming to sit beside him. They should have driven the ball every time. Reminds me of his (RP) coaching vs Marquette and UNC in 94-95 tourneys. We kept taking challenged 3's when we could have gotten all the easy 2's we wanted but he wouldn't change.

 

[ConRay9]

WOOO DAMN PIG SOOIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Enjoy it, the Sweet 16 is about as good as it gets for you year in year out. Maybe an elite 8 appearance here or there. Must be nice to have such low expectations cause it’s so easy to be pleasantly surprised.

 

[MachineHead1]

He would not have done that here. Zero chance, with almost the same roster.

 

[Wildskatfan]

He just beat one of the WORST tournament teams in Coach Pitino's career(I don't care how many games they won in the Big East) and a KU team that was ready for the season to be over with.

Your Gator team is the BEST team in this tournament. That doesn't mean you all will win it, but I would be SHOCKED if Cal's bunch wins the next game BEFORE you would meet.

A 2 seed was one of the worst teams he’s had in a 30+ year career? Does not compute.

Cognitive Dissonance is a helluva drug

 

[HamuelLJackson]

Enjoy it, the Sweet 16 is about as good as it gets for you year in year out. Maybe an elite 8 appearance here or there. Must be nice to have such low expectations cause it’s so easy to be pleasantly surprised.

Neato.

 

[Titpwhami2014]

I am surprised…but at the same time mad at myself because I should’t be….we’ve seen this film before. Cal was sandbagging all year. The game on 2/1 should have alerted us all.

 

[JwUKFan11]

Wait until they play a team that can hit a 3. His mind turns to mush.

 

[catben]

A 2 seed was one of the worst teams he’s had in a 30+ year career? Does not compute.

Winning in a conference that was REALLY down.

Also, with a team that couldn't SCORE. Something that is WAY OFF BASE for Coach Pitino's signature top seeds at UK and UofL.

I have followed him for 35+ years and can say with confidence that this St. Johns team is the WORST offensive team he has EVER had in the NCAA Tournament.

 

[Mash 2.4]

He beat a team that shot 10% from 3 and 28% overall. And i guarantee that wasn’t due to his coaching genius. Zippety doo dah. Sometimes teams fall ass backwards into wins.

 

[TFCats11]

The first team Arkansas plays that shoots even a pedestrian percentage from the field, will send them packing!

 

[shaudyshaud]

Arkansas could win the championship this year and I still would not say Kentucky made a mistake with him leaving .

His situation at Kentucky became too toxic .

 

[BigBlue1992]

Winning in a conference that was REALLY down.

Also, with a team that couldn't SCORE. Something that is WAY OFF BASE for Coach Pitino's signature top seeds at UK and UofL.

I have followed him for 35+ years and can say with confidence that this St. Johns team is the WORST offensive team he has EVER had in the NCAA Tournament.

Actually a lot of his teams at UL couldn’t score. They won on defense and physicality.

 

[Jakarii]

Wait until they play a team that can hit a 3. His mind turns to mush.

Doubt that. SEC prepared Cal and Al the SEC teams. Anyone who didn’t see that is just hating for no reason or they don’t have eyes. The team defends very well on the outside especially since he has upper class men mixed in with freshmen. He doesn’t usually have that in the back court, it’s usually a young very talented offensive player who isn’t fully ready for the tournament.

I’ve watched Cal since he recruited my brother back at UMass and THIS is the Cal that I saw back then and even some at Memphis. I’m actually shocked at Pope winning a game because he always losses in the tournament because his coaching gets exposed (live in Utah and watched all his games out here). Curious to see what he does against a better team this time though. He usually has much older teams than his opponent unless he plays BYU.

Still rooting for him though

 

[TankedCat]

Cal has to prove he is a good coach again

That's how bad things were here.

Barnhart has some blame but don't see the connection now with Arkansas winning.

What I see is a coach who was so arrogant and lazy he lost the best job he ever had, had to go to plan B when his bluff got called and now has to put in the effort again.

I'm fairly neutral on Arkansas advancing as it means little to UK unless they somehow meet in the tourney, but I am wildly thankful that Mark Pope is our coach and the man who called the fans Basketball Bennies is having to work harder than he ever wanted to.

 

[sportspm]

Really the committee did Cal and Arkansas a favor pairing him up with his 2 favorite coaches to coach against. Wouldn’t surprise me if they lost to Drake in sweet 16

 

[catben]

Actually a lot of his teams at UL couldn’t score. They won on defense and physicality.

They had at LEAST one dude that could score when needed. Most of his UofL teams that were good could shoot the 3 too.

This St Johns team had NEITHER!!!

 

[the nail at the foul line]

WOOO DAMN PIG SOOIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Congrats