Calipari opens up about exit at UK

[dl51344]

Yeah, this is my experience as well. I'm good friends with many UK fans and none of them wanted him back. Some were sort of upset about feeling that way, because they had become attached to him over the last 15 years. But they all, to a man (or woman), knew it was time to part ways. The results of 2021-2024 were completely unacceptable. Calipari knew this, too. And that's why he decided to voluntarily take that demotion to Arkansas instead of sticking around and taking the $33 million we still owed him.

He knew it but couldn't say it.

 

[Soupbean]

The last 5 years, it just seemed like every game was a struggle for a win. Every single one. And our record against the top-25 shows it was a big struggle.

It was, even the Ole Miss's and the Vandy's and such. That's what got me was we are Kentucky and it came to the point you couldnt go into ANY game feeling like we had it anymore.

And that's because the game changed to where the talent was more spread out and it was more of a coaches game now and we started out 6-8 points down in that department. So games we should have been 10 point coast games are fight to the finish anybodys game in the last 4 minutes - at home or away!

 

[Rideordiewildcat]

 

[wccat2969]

On vacation and proudly wearing my UK shirt when a LSU fan tells me that UK basketball needs to stop the one and done thing. Told him we no longer have that problem. He laughed and said that Cal was hard headed and never was going to change.

Btw, love seeing so many UK fans when you travel. Everyone telling you Go Cats!!!

 

[Wildcat Sheli]

It was an accident. He didn’t leave that money on the table on purpose. He gambled and Mitch outsmarted….

…He did not walk away from that kind of money. He tried to use the Arkansas job as leverage to get Mitch to back off on some things he was about to implement…But Mitch blindsided him with the breach of contract clause.

So does this account for some of the last-minute rumblings that Cal wasn’t sure about leaving, even though it had leaked to the media, yet he had not informed UK? I wondered if it was something like what you’re saying and he put himself in a position where he had to leave.

 

[yoshukai]

So does this account for some of the last-minute rumblings that Cal wasn’t sure about leaving, even though it had leaked to the media, yet he had not informed UK? I wondered if it was something like what you’re saying and he put himself in a position where he had to leave.

Yes

 

[chroix]

John Calipari reveals what 'sucks' about his Kentucky departure

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SOB playing the victim card. The man forgot what his damn job was.

 

[yoshukai]

SOB playing the victim card. The man forgot what his damn job was.

I don’t think he forgot it . He just thought he was above it and ignored it. And that’s worse imo .

 

[Mike-McD]

Huh. Where are all the Cal supporters in this thread?

 

[ukalum1988]

John Calipari reveals what 'sucks' about his Kentucky departure

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www.on3.com

Late to the thread….. I’m not a Cal hater, but his leaving UK was for the mutual benefit of both parties.

 

[UK-chulo]

410=almost 500, Cow reasoning.

That's what got us here. Wind bag economics.

By that math we almost won a national championship last year.

 

[chhawaten64]

who cares

 

[flacat22]

who cares

You do apparently by searching/digging up old, dead threads just to reply “who cares?” 🤣

 

[know1]

It was, even the Ole Miss's and the Vandy's and such. That's what got me was we are Kentucky and it came to the point you couldnt go into ANY game feeling like we had it anymore.

And that's because the game changed to where the talent was more spread out and it was more of a coaches game now and we started out 6-8 points down in that department. So games we should have been 10 point coast games are fight to the finish anybodys game in the last 4 minutes - at home or away!

NO. It's because our coach wasn't coaching to win games.

 

[Ripcord65]

The narrative that he left willingly and saved us a bunch of money doesn’t jive for me. I think he breached his contract by personally speaking with Arkansas before notifying UK. And that gave Mitch the legal option to send him packing. Just my take.

I also find it interesting that the Club Blue NIL fund is currently over $700K since its launch. The La Familia fund only raised like less than 100K.
I think that speaks volumes to how fed up the fanbase as a whole was of Cal. Yet the people who defended his horrible performance year after year swore it was just a few members of this forum who wanted Cal gone. How stupid.

I think you're absolutely right, ck-2 ! There's NO DOUBT that CCC breached his contract by by personally speaking with Arkansas before notifying UK. Mitch had CCC by the balls with a downhill drag, and CCC knew it. He did UK no favor, whatsoever ! There was nothing else CCC could do - either find another job or get fired !
Good riddance ! ! !