nothing against Mark Pope but whoever hires Mark Pope as the coach of Kentucky , even 5 years from now should be fired immediately afterwards
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Calipari is frustrated with the fan base .
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I’d wager any of the following could do better than 8-14, wouldn’t insult the fans as much, and wouldn’t cost $9 million a year.
Scott Drew
Juwon Howard
Nate Oats
Cuonzo Martin
Leonard Hamilton
Wes Miller
Mike Boynton
Craig Smith
Anthony Grant
Mark Pope
Travis Steele
John Beilein
Steve Forbes
Chris Beard
Chris Holtmann
Eric Musselman
I’d be 100% on board if he was man enough to say that.
Everyone needs to read the article and the exact quotes before getting too worked up. Tucker likes to stretch the truth to create controversy and clicks.
Fwiw I think Cal is frustrated in general. Additionally I posted a month ago or more that I thought cal was fatigued and over the fan experience. Started a few years ago where everything he did seemed like a facade. Even so I can't imagine he said anything near this in an interview.
Thanks man , I always thought they didn’t allow you to post articles from their competitors. I’ve posted it now .
I know what you meant. And I've read your stuff. I stand by what I said.
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LOL, If Faaaar Cal was was supposed to be a sarcastic response to my original post , that guy is either a kid or perhaps has mental disabilities.
I think both. He's definitely young.
Go get Dana Altman and have Tony Delk, and Jalen Rose on staff. Get a young but good recruiter on staff. In 2028 hire Delk or Rose to be head coach.
I just saved UK basketball.
I just saved UK basketball.
I am frustrated that he doesn’t know how to teach a team to beat a zone defense.
You can add my name to this list. I could take this team and win more than 8 games. Of course my focus would be to win the games, and not cater to 5 star, potential draft picks.
I’m as frustrated as anybody. And I don’t like where I think things are heading. But it will only get ugly if we make it ugly. We don’t have to do that. FWIW, I think saying that John Calipari can’t coach is over the top. My gripe is about the way in which he is constructing his rosters and about his seeming lack of concern for player retention. That’s what I think is hurting the program and I’m going to keep my criticism focused on those areas until it changes.
At this juncture, I don't care about this season, post season play etc., this team lacks many of the intangibles to be a threat to any decent team, we'd likely lose in the opening round. I just want Cal out of Kentucky, I can't stand his approach, his arrogance and everything that comes with him being the HC.
I will just say this. Don't know your group or the number, but if you think there aren't many fans upset with Cal and would rather him leave and take a job elsewhere, naive is the word I would use.
Gee....who could UK find to coach their team to a 8-14 record?
Doesn’t seem like he has a very good grasp about what “sarcasm “ means either. lol
Cal continues to believe that he IS UK basketball and a few of our worthless fans agree with him.I have no doubt that when Cal leaves a few posters here will leave the board.
Hey Cal, DON'T LET THE DOOR HIT YOU WHERE THE GOOD LORD SPLIT YOU!
Soooooo True! The guy has been snarky since the first time anyone dared ask him a question about his coaching.
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"You people are CRAZY.." never has been a compliment from the guy. I especially loved when he said earlier this season we may understand football but we don't understand basketball.. LMAO
Cal always says KY isn't for everyone.. maybe the fatigue is real. Cal also is apparently 100% clueless about how deeply a large group of KY fans feel about their politics and because of such alienated himself and the current roster from those fans by pulling the kneeling stunt at Florida.
As for the BLM video the players did I say no problem, express yourself; but the kneeling thing was very miscalculated and should not have been done. Cal should have redirected the guys.
Oh well, Kentucky Basketball may never recover but Cal continues to get his outrageous salary for underperforming. Sun will come up tomorrow.
One of the reasons I was excited when Cal was hired was I thought we finally had a coach who understood where he was, that he got what being the coach at UK meant. That fellow is long ago departed. The hubris it takes to say anything negative about our fans in a season where we are 8-14 and going to miss the NCAA tournament, shows me he no longer understands where he is coaching. Mr. No Excuses at Kentucky has tossed out everyone in the book this year. When coaches turn on their fan bases, especially here, they are toast. Cal WILL BE GONE after next year, Mark it down.
Sadly, I have to conclude that someone has taken Cal’s heart.
Which one of you lug heads is responsible? You may as well come clean.
Which one of you lug heads is responsible? You may as well come clean.
Oh There are definitely still “UK” fans who support John Calipari. That is an astute statement. Nobody is denying that. However majority on and off this board do not. He has lost a significant portion of the fan bases respect and support. Sizable. That’s just the way it is.
Win some games and all those fans come back. The mob is fickle. If you’re still dwelling on this god awful season then you’re wasting your time. This off season will be the most important in a while.
Cal was hired to do one thing and that is to coach and win games. We could care less how many players he puts into the NBA. Get back to winning games like you did when your were 1st hired. I like many other are tired of having new players each year.
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We better hope next year is better because this list sucks.
Could any one of them do better than 8-14? Yes. All of them. But could any one of them match what Cal has done here this far? No probably not. That’s why I think y’all are giving up too quick. Let’s see what happens.
TBH, I think the better question is...
Who could UK find that could lead them to 7 Elite 8's, 4 Final Fours and a National title, in 11 years...
Just saying........
The fan base is not even close to being his biggest problem, and should sit--he even says it himself--far down the priority list. He's got a ton of stuff to worry about besides what we say. He doesn't listen to the noise and chatter anyway, or so he says.
He has to know that we've got a right to feel down if not betrayed by a system that doesn't hardly lend itself to getting to know players before they're gone. Hell, I even cringe when I think of what must go on academically in the second semester...I'd rather not know the details. Since the Wisconsin game, which he himself helped us to lose, we have had some recruiting busts, some poor play against the top-25, some overrated classes, some embarrassing losses, many unhappy transfers, and this year in Hell.
Covid probably made this about five losses worse than we are, and that's being generous. In my view, sans covid, we would be 13-9 instead of 8-14, and still howling at how poorly we are playing. Throw in covid and bad luck along with an overrated class, some poor coaching, Payne's departure, and phantom injuries, and we clearly see why Kansas has trimmed 10 off of our lead and may catch us by Nov 30 this calendar year.
Six years since his last FF....nine years since the title. The Cal that UK hired is not the Cal they have now.
Who knows what coach out there could do given the opportunity? There are some intriguing ones. Some mentioned on here frequently that I would not want.
The thing I do know, the current Cal model does not work.
Not the first 5.But the last 5 would be easy for any competent coach to duplicate or beat.
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