Cal Goes Old School In Practice, Makes It Harder Than Games

[Random UK Fan]

Sounds like boot camp.

John Calipari went 'old school' to make practice harder than the games again

John Calipari did what he could to make Kentucky's practices harder than the games again -- and the Wildcats are on the right track

www.on3.com

 

[St.PatterSoN-54-]

I feel like he read this board. 😂😂😂

 

[BBUK]

Took away the cookies?

 

[St.PatterSoN-54-]

I mean, at least he’s saying the right things. Whether he personally reverts during games is yet to be seen.

 

[ThroughBlue]

I’m sure they worked super hard on post ups and fifteen foot jump shots

 

[Gus Polinski]

CCC doesn't have any answers! He has to go!

 

[drew_ukfan]

Reports saying the players were absolutely sweating while getting their hand size measured and practicing their handshakes with Adam Silver!

 

[know1]

Reports saying the players were absolutely sweating while getting their hand size measured and practicing their handshakes with Adam Silver!

Don't forget PR training.

 

[Blue Bigfoot]

So he hasn't been having hard practices up to this point?

 

[KYCAT78]

Don't forget PR training.

Or washing feet

 

[LineSkiCat14]

Nice to read. A lot of us expected that practice this week was not going to be fun.

 

[BBUK]

I know this site has been upping their game.....

 

[KFuqua]

The one thing that I do agree with (that Cal said) is that you can't blame the loss on DJ Wagner's absence.

The loss is all on Cal and the fact that he's simply a terrible basketball coach.

 

[St.PatterSoN-54-]

So he hasn't been having hard practices up to this point?

Exactly.
I actually laughed out loud that he actually made them do wall sits until their legs quivered. Seriously? Wow, Cal, you really challenged them that one day! 😆

Wall sits, leg lifts, diving for balls, and intense cardio were all LITERALLY part of every single practice when I was playing, at least until late in conference play.

 

[KentuckyGentleman]

What is this board going to do when the next coach after Cal loses a fluke game in December. How will you all sleep at night

 

[St.PatterSoN-54-]

What is this board going to do when the next coach after Cal loses a fluke game in December. How will you all sleep at night

Personally, I'll chalk it up as an experience builder for the next coach.

But unfortunately, COW has PLENTY of experience already- he loses LOTS of games he shouldn't.

 

[BBUK]

Personally, I'll chalk it up as an experience builder for the next coach.

But unfortunately, COW has PLENTY of experience already- he loses LOTS of games he shouldn't.

 

[entropy13]

Folks, we just needed to be 10% tougher to beat UNC-Wilmington. Good job for recognizing this, Cal!

 

[drew_ukfan]

“Old school” like teaching basketball fundamentals, teaching inbound plays, sprints till you puke, teach man to man as well as zone defense

Oh, he just turned down the rap music and made them scrimmage

 

[TheDude73]

I feel like he read this board. 😂😂😂

He does. Like a politician, he has a small social media/marketing team that scans the boards and other social media for reactions after every win/loss or announcement, then reports back to him on the general fan "temperature".

 

[St.PatterSoN-54-]

He does. Like a politician, he has a small social media/marketing team that scans the boards and other social media for reactions after every win/loss or announcement, then reports back to him on the general fan "temperature".

Oh, he's checking our temperature, all right.......

 

[cawoodsct]

When you say old school, i hope its 2012 old school.

 

[TheDude73]

I'm agitated as well about that loss, but man it sure brings out the ultra-haters. One game after what had so far been an incredible season for Cal standards (or any UK standards), and the "want him fired now" crew is in full force. I'm usually pissed at Cal and his crap, but this one game to me feels like an outlier, so I'm opting to see how they respond over the next 4-5 games before I jump to extreme conclusions about this team and Cal being the root cause.

What's funny, I don't recall seeing ANY of these extremists on game threads or around here in regular threads prior to the UNCW game. Why does losing bring them out? Because they have one thing in mind - FIRING CAL - and when there is a data point, they are ALL OVER it like flies on hot sh*t.

I should make a long list of these aggressive whiners and then when Cal is gone and we're stuck with some nobody, losing games for years (don't give me the "it's Kentucky, we'll be fine" schtick), we'll have a special thread dedicated to them.

Let's see if the team can correct. If not, most of you know I don't hold back on my opinion of Cal and will not gladly eat crow. But this "see, I told you he sucks" crowd is just insufferable.

 

[true blue1]

🤦‍♂️

 

[KevStoner98]

Reports saying the players were absolutely sweating while getting their hand size measured and practicing their handshakes with Adam Silver!

Laughing at dusty little dudes who didn’t make their HS team talking about how hard our team works.

 

[St.PatterSoN-54-]

Laughing at dusty little dudes who didn’t make their HS team talking about how hard our team works.

Laughing at dipsh*ts who start new accounts over and over again because their old account with a few hundred posts got laughed off the board.

 

[drew_ukfan]

Laughing at dusty little dudes who didn’t make their HS team talking about how hard our team works.

I’m 6’5, the coach called me and invited me to join the team. I declined, I wanted to be a shooter and he wanted me to rebound. I passed

Keep the accounts coming tho!

 

[TheDude73]

Read that article. Aside from KSR requiring me to turn off my adblocker, and then inundating me with 400 ads that shifted the page up, down, and required me to select "no thanks" to three different "do you want to sign up for notifications" pop-ups, the one thing that stood out to me was when Cal said "why didn't we pass the ball in 45 possessions" when discussing our reversion in play to dribbling around and one-on-one ball.

Why does that stand out? Because Cal says this AFTER the entire game. A good coach wouldn't need a staff to put together "tape" and then reviewing it days later to see this. A good coach would see it DURING THE GAME and make adjustments. So what was Cal doing the entire game Saturday? Did he not see these things REAL TIME? Did he never think "what's going on, why are they just dribbling around all of a sudden, where are the passes?", and then as a good coach would, call a time out or make an adjustment at half time to bring this observation to the forefront?

This is why Cal gets a bad rap. He's a good coach, but not in-game and not under pressure. He can talk the talk and sees the failures AFTER they happen, but not immediately in real time. He needs staff to point out all of the flaws before he goes "aha, yes, there it is", and then gets in front of the mic and talks like he knows it all. But most knowledgeable basketball fans will say "well no shit, Sherlock, we saw this in the game, LIVE, why didn't you, and why didn't you make ANY adjustments? Three days later is a bit LATE!"

 

[St.PatterSoN-54-]

Read that article. Aside from KSR requiring me to turn off my adblocker, and then inundating me with 400 ads that shifted the page up, down, and required me to select "no thanks" to three different "do you want to sign up for notifications" pop-ups, the one thing that stood out to me was when Cal said "why didn't we pass the ball in 45 possessions" when discussing our reversion in play to dribbling around and one-on-one ball.

Why does that stand out? Because Cal says this AFTER the entire game. A good coach wouldn't need a staff to put together "tape" and then reviewing it days later to see this. A good coach would see it DURING THE GAME and make adjustments. So what was Cal doing the entire game Saturday? Did he not see these things REAL TIME? Did he never think "what's going on, why are they just dribbling around all of a sudden, where are the passes?", and then as a good coach would, call a time out or make an adjustment at half time to bring this observation to the forefront?

This is why Cal gets a bad rap. He's a good coach, but not in-game and not under pressure. He can talk the talk and sees the failures AFTER they happen, but not immediately in real time. He needs staff to point out all of the flaws before he goes "aha, yes, there it is", and then gets in front of the mic and talks like he knows it all. But most knowledgeable basketball fans will say "well no shit, Sherlock, we saw this in the game, LIVE, why didn't you, and why didn't you make ANY adjustments? Three days later is a bit LATE!"

Exactly. Cal couldn't recognize and implement a critical in-game adjustment if he accidentally tripped on it in the huddle.

 

[Phil_The_Music]

What is this board going to do when the next coach after Cal loses a fluke game in December. How will you all sleep at night

With the fan on.

 

[docholiday51]

Took away the cookies?

Just the ones with icing on them

 

[CatsFanIL]

I'm agitated as well about that loss, but man it sure brings out the ultra-haters. One game after what had so far been an incredible season for Cal standards (or any UK standards), and the "want him fired now" crew is in full force. I'm usually pissed at Cal and his crap, but this one game to me feels like an outlier, so I'm opting to see how they respond over the next 4-5 games before I jump to extreme conclusions about this team and Cal being the root cause.

What's funny, I don't recall seeing ANY of these extremists on game threads or around here in regular threads prior to the UNCW game. Why does losing bring them out? Because they have one thing in mind - FIRING CAL - and when there is a data point, they are ALL OVER it like flies on hot sh*t.

I should make a long list of these aggressive whiners and then when Cal is gone and we're stuck with some nobody, losing games for years (don't give me the "it's Kentucky, we'll be fine" schtick), we'll have a special thread dedicated to them.

Let's see if the team can correct. If not, most of you know I don't hold back on my opinion of Cal and will not gladly eat crow. But this "see, I told you he sucks" crowd is just insufferable.

Completely agree. And I'll take it a step further, losses like this just don't bring out the "ultra-haters", it brings out the absolute dumbest (and I mean that very literally, uneducate and ignorant) faction of our fanbase

 

[UKSanders]

I'm agitated as well about that loss, but man it sure brings out the ultra-haters. One game after what had so far been an incredible season for Cal standards (or any UK standards), and the "want him fired now" crew is in full force. I'm usually pissed at Cal and his crap, but this one game to me feels like an outlier, so I'm opting to see how they respond over the next 4-5 games before I jump to extreme conclusions about this team and Cal being the root cause.

What's funny, I don't recall seeing ANY of these extremists on game threads or around here in regular threads prior to the UNCW game. Why does losing bring them out? Because they have one thing in mind - FIRING CAL - and when there is a data point, they are ALL OVER it like flies on hot sh*t.

I should make a long list of these aggressive whiners and then when Cal is gone and we're stuck with some nobody, losing games for years (don't give me the "it's Kentucky, we'll be fine" schtick), we'll have a special thread dedicated to them.

Let's see if the team can correct. If not, most of you know I don't hold back on my opinion of Cal and will not gladly eat crow. But this "see, I told you he sucks" crowd is just insufferable.

I hear what you are saying, but I also think Cal has brought a lot of it on himself from his condescending, snake oil salesman like talk about fans. Out of one side of his mouth, he talks about BBN being the best, craziest fanbase in the country, and in the next breath makes some condescending, snide remark towards them...

That, combined with the years of ridiculous excuses like "we don't have time in practice to learn multiple defenses, offensive sets, inbounds plays, etc" (even though other coaches that are paid exponentially less can somehow pull that off just fine) have really rubbed fans the wrong way and created a lot if irritated and/or apathetic fans... me included.

I don't get frustrated with him anymore b/c I have ZERO expectations of his ability to coach. The blessing is I don't even care to watch the games much anymore, so I am actually doing more productive things compared to when I was historically watching every game. So, maybe at the end of the day, I should be thankful for him.. lol

 

[SemperFiCat]

What is this board going to do when the next coach after Cal loses a fluke game in December. How will you all sleep at night

I wish I could agree, but those 'flukes' are starting to pile up a little on Cal. And in ways most fans aren't happy about. Bad games happen. Cold nights happen. Bad losses happen. I think most fans are just unhappy with the current frequency they seem to be happening now. Solid coaching prevents some of these embarrassing losses.

 

[docholiday51]

Doing it one day and putting it on your call in show won't help much. Doing it every day till the start of SEC play might get their attention

 

[Cawood86]

Exactly.
I actually laughed out loud that he actually made them do wall sits until their legs quivered. Seriously? Wow, Cal, you really challenged them that one day! 😆

Wall sits, leg lifts, diving for balls, and intense cardio were all LITERALLY part of every single practice when I was playing, at least until late in conference play.

NBA scout at practice. Explains it all

 

[Cawood86]

He does. Like a politician, he has a small social media/marketing team that scans the boards and other social media for reactions after every win/loss or announcement, then reports back to him on the general fan "temperature".

Guarantee it

 

[bbncal02]

I'm agitated as well about that loss, but man it sure brings out the ultra-haters. One game after what had so far been an incredible season for Cal standards (or any UK standards), and the "want him fired now" crew is in full force. I'm usually pissed at Cal and his crap, but this one game to me feels like an outlier, so I'm opting to see how they respond over the next 4-5 games before I jump to extreme conclusions about this team and Cal being the root cause.

What's funny, I don't recall seeing ANY of these extremists on game threads or around here in regular threads prior to the UNCW game. Why does losing bring them out? Because they have one thing in mind - FIRING CAL - and when there is a data point, they are ALL OVER it like flies on hot sh*t.

I should make a long list of these aggressive whiners and then when Cal is gone and we're stuck with some nobody, losing games for years (don't give me the "it's Kentucky, we'll be fine" schtick), we'll have a special thread dedicated to them.

Let's see if the team can correct. If not, most of you know I don't hold back on my opinion of Cal and will not gladly eat crow. But this "see, I told you he sucks" crowd is just insufferable.

I was bummed about the loss....but what pissed me off as Cal after the game with his inane comments. THAT'S what I thought he would change. Guess I was wrong.

I'm really trying to focus on the dudes I like on this team and trying to tune out Cal.

 

[Cawood86]

Read that article. Aside from KSR requiring me to turn off my adblocker, and then inundating me with 400 ads that shifted the page up, down, and required me to select "no thanks" to three different "do you want to sign up for notifications" pop-ups, the one thing that stood out to me was when Cal said "why didn't we pass the ball in 45 possessions" when discussing our reversion in play to dribbling around and one-on-one ball.

Why does that stand out? Because Cal says this AFTER the entire game. A good coach wouldn't need a staff to put together "tape" and then reviewing it days later to see this. A good coach would see it DURING THE GAME and make adjustments. So what was Cal doing the entire game Saturday? Did he not see these things REAL TIME? Did he never think "what's going on, why are they just dribbling around all of a sudden, where are the passes?", and then as a good coach would, call a time out or make an adjustment at half time to bring this observation to the forefront?

This is why Cal gets a bad rap. He's a good coach, but not in-game and not under pressure. He can talk the talk and sees the failures AFTER they happen, but not immediately in real time. He needs staff to point out all of the flaws before he goes "aha, yes, there it is", and then gets in front of the mic and talks like he knows it all. But most knowledgeable basketball fans will say "well no shit, Sherlock, we saw this in the game, LIVE, why didn't you, and why didn't you make ANY adjustments? Three days later is a bit LATE!"

He knows the problems a day later. He has no plan if his original plan fails. "3 block outs" are why they lost in the article. Gimme a break.

Coach Hall sat 2 or 3 starters in the 2nd half of an NCAA tourney game in '78 because they weren't doing as he told them. Cal figures out what's wrong in a game days later. Then runs to a presser to tell everyone about it.

Sitting players or taking minutes has always been the best way to get someone's attention. Not with Cal though.

 

[westerncat]

In the 1st 3 minutes of the UNCM game when he saw that they were not playing well WHY did he not call a timeout and make some changes ? That is what he is paid to do ! IMO he is just not that good at making changes during the games.