John Calipari, Kentucky planning to come back with a vengeance in the NCAA Tournament
Calipari is hoping to see the Kentucky team that has responded well to falling short as they head to the NCAA Tournament this week.
Cal: Kentucky coming back with a vengeance in NCAA’s
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well now, I didn't think he had it in him.
Wishing in one hand and taking a crap in the other.
The revenge tour continues! He said the rest of college basketball would pay for making fun of us after the 9-16 cluster.
Now I’m nearly certain we lose Friday.
Now I’m nearly certain we lose Friday.
Wasn't he supposed to come back with a vengeance to start this season?
Sure seems like Cal is awfully nervous. Naming captains, talking about mindset, vengeance, talking up the team on how they’ve responded when everyone thinks they’re down. Really seems like Cal is terrified and needs his team to get tough. Hope he isn’t doing the opposite and making them overly tense. Could be really detrimental. They need to play loose and not over think.
Used car salesmen love to talk. Takes your focus off the lemon they are trying to sell you.
Nobody really believes this "vengeance" stuff do they?
If this group is feeling pressure then Friday will be a complete shit show
If only words equated to actions.
Their mindset is totally wrong
Their mindset should lead to actions of hard work before and during the games
Whatever sports book or sports counselor Cal is reading or listening too, stinks!!!
Their mindset is totally wrong
Their mindset should lead to actions of hard work before and during the games
Whatever sports book or sports counselor Cal is reading or listening too, stinks!!!
They are fragile. I predict them to look like this is their first ever college basketball game on Friday night. The only thing really that will pull them out of this funk will be if Providence starts off cold and gives us room to wiggle. Maybe we'll quickly gain confidence, and in turn a good lead, that will settle them down a bit.
If it makes him change his ways and UK wins because of it, I don't care how he gets his motivation. The man needs to change, and he knows his ass is on the HOT SEAT this year if he gets canned in the 1st game in back to back seasons.
Will it matter? No clue.
Just had me thinking when the last time we lost in back to back years in the first round of NCAA...81 (UAB) 82 (Middle Tennessee State)..Been a while..As I recall there was alot of heat on Joe B but in 83, got to the Regional FInal against UL in Dream Game.
Just watched the latest episode of the SEC history series. The end is about Oscar and his crying on the court after the Saint Peters upset. I am sure he will be playing hard, but are the others on our team have similar talent and effort? They showed briefly the 2012 team and just think about trying to compare to the current group!
All season I expressed and will continue to express that our current team's starting 5 is not better than a number of other teams but our starting 10 is and I wish we were just all out hell with substitutions, pressing, and wearing down opponents. I doubt Cal will change now but that remains sadly our best advantage. Unfortunately, those others weren't developed during the season as they should have been. We certainly can win a few games but with this team any coach speak is not to be trusted.
All season I expressed and will continue to express that our current team's starting 5 is not better than a number of other teams but our starting 10 is and I wish we were just all out hell with substitutions, pressing, and wearing down opponents. I doubt Cal will change now but that remains sadly our best advantage. Unfortunately, those others weren't developed during the season as they should have been. We certainly can win a few games but with this team any coach speak is not to be trusted.
I was neutral , now I know we are screwed
Writing more checks he can’t cash. Shut up and win Cal.
He did the “lion lamb” statement this time last year. And whelp….
Once again. Cal doesn’t learn. He shouldn’t say a damn word. And then go win by 20. THAT is how you make a statement Cal.
He did the “lion lamb” statement this time last year. And whelp….
Once again. Cal doesn’t learn. He shouldn’t say a damn word. And then go win by 20. THAT is how you make a statement Cal.
Ware is El Capitan and that’s cash money.
We’re gonna roll. Calipari’s tweak no one is talking about.
So tired of hearing the crap he spews.
Naming a captain is something you do before the ship ever takes off on its journey. Wouldn't that have been the beginning of the season? Ulis must have made that suggestion. Unless Cal's saying that everything up to March doesn't matter, and in THAT CASE I would believe him.
I’m probably just being negative but I’m sensing a very nervous energy around the entire program about this game lol. This might be disaster.
What he should have been doing at the beginning of the season and all season long is building a successful, cohesive team, with or without naming captains and instilling a winning ATTITUDE in them. Instead, they are fragile, injury prone, and not even making it to practice all of the time, according to Calipari. My observation is that Calipari is not in the right place emotionally or professionally to steer this team in a way that motivates them towards excellence. They should be laser focused on winning this game without all of the usual drama surrounding Calipari's teams. It almost seems like a regurgitation of the same spiel that fans are hearing every year before the NCAA - "Calipari has to rebuild their confidence, a lack of motivation in some players, has to take away their phones, they are listening to outside voices and not to him...."
For once, I would love to hear that this team is locked in and ready to go to battle and WIN the National Championship. That is what every program should reflect and what KY used to convey. He has the talent to win games in the tourney but, from what I am seeing, he is still struggling with internal issues or maybe his own lack of interest. If he is not into winning, he needs to move on and UK needs to move on from him and get a coach who is motivated to win games and not just create millionaires. Sorry but, I am getting too old to have to sit through another effortless, scared performance because the coaches are caught up in drama and putting out fires instead of building a winning team. I am ready to move on.
For once, I would love to hear that this team is locked in and ready to go to battle and WIN the National Championship. That is what every program should reflect and what KY used to convey. He has the talent to win games in the tourney but, from what I am seeing, he is still struggling with internal issues or maybe his own lack of interest. If he is not into winning, he needs to move on and UK needs to move on from him and get a coach who is motivated to win games and not just create millionaires. Sorry but, I am getting too old to have to sit through another effortless, scared performance because the coaches are caught up in drama and putting out fires instead of building a winning team. I am ready to move on.
Nah, it's serious nervous energy. That's what I sense anyhow. Cal needs get his ass in a tanning bed or get a spray tan because he looking like a ghost 👻. He looks like it in media sessions, on the sidelines and idk if he just pale or if he scared but I would bet it has more to do with his anxiety.
To be fair to the team, it’s kind of hard to not be nervous when the fallout from a loss will be so severe.
WHY is it ALWAYS our opponents that are the teams that are RARING AND READY TO GO???!!!!
I am SOOOOO tired of our team playing SCARED!!! What has happened to Cal's "Us against the world" attitude??!!!
We used to be the team that came into a game and TOTALLY intimidated our opponent, not any more. We had players that were HUNGRY to show the world, "WE ARE KENTUCKY"!!! AND that NO TEAM was going to take away what we got!!!
Now, we have kids with such FRAGILE EGO'S that Cal has to constantly entice them into playing the way they should. It's MIND BOGGLING to think a kid playing basketball for UK would LACK the confidence needed to succeed.
I am SOOOOO tired of our team playing SCARED!!! What has happened to Cal's "Us against the world" attitude??!!!
We used to be the team that came into a game and TOTALLY intimidated our opponent, not any more. We had players that were HUNGRY to show the world, "WE ARE KENTUCKY"!!! AND that NO TEAM was going to take away what we got!!!
Now, we have kids with such FRAGILE EGO'S that Cal has to constantly entice them into playing the way they should. It's MIND BOGGLING to think a kid playing basketball for UK would LACK the confidence needed to succeed.
I am afraid the NIL has a lot to do with the kids attitudes today and no showing much pride in the school they play for. Hopefully this is not the case and I am wrong.
Will it though?
I mean, sure there would be a LOT of pi$$ing and moaning here. Heck, I'll be one of them. But, in reality what would change? Calipari has a contract that ensures he'll be at UK as long as he wants. Even another 1st round NCAA tournament loss won't change that.
Cal is like that boxer who talks big sh*t in all the press conferences and gets in the other guy's grill at the weigh-in...then proceeds to get TKO'd in the 2nd round
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That's a worry if the game is close down the stretch. Will this team tense up from fear of losing?
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