History will measure the lasting success of any long-term coach by the quality of coaches found in his coaching tree. Not much more needs to be said.
Cronin, Pitino's 7th best assistant ever, is still a Final Four coach. What does Calipari have to show from his coaching tree?
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Juzang left because he was homesick. And if you would’ve played him over Maxey or Quickley then it’s pretty obvious who the dumbass would be.
Yeah it's bizarre the revisionist history that people have.
Nobody in their right mind would have played Juzang over a lottery-pick in Maxey or SEC Player of the Year Quickley.
I’m not happy with the past three seasons and there’s plenty of legitimate reasons to criticize Cal. But man most of the stuff posted on here is as dumb as it gets.
It's really strange.
And in my post earlier, no one had a response.
Bill Self and Roy William's have horrible coaching trees, so I guess they are bad coaches too by OPs logic.
I’m not trying to be argumentative here but coaching in general is his main job. If it wasn’t, his official title would be “UK Mens basketball Head Recruiter”, etc. He’s known as Head Coach, and he is not coaching anyone at a level worth $9-10 million a year. The results are in since 2015.
The entire point I take from this is Cal isn’t doing much of anything lately.
1. His teams are underperforming
2. He can still get very good players, that’s his main gift. When’s the last time we saw a player really blossom under him? I mean, develop a skill he didn’t have when he arrived. Become a better shooter? Become a better ball handler? I know they don’t stay long enough anymore, but I remember watching guys like Nazr Mohammed change before our eyes. Most guys get worse under Cal.
3. Finally, his coaching tree doesn’t even seem to be flourishing.
The entire point - very few things that Cal touches lately are thriving. He’s burnt out and living on a past reputation to the tune of $10 million. Sad because I was elated to have him and his energy when he arrived.
1. His teams are underperforming
2. He can still get very good players, that’s his main gift. When’s the last time we saw a player really blossom under him? I mean, develop a skill he didn’t have when he arrived. Become a better shooter? Become a better ball handler? I know they don’t stay long enough anymore, but I remember watching guys like Nazr Mohammed change before our eyes. Most guys get worse under Cal.
3. Finally, his coaching tree doesn’t even seem to be flourishing.
The entire point - very few things that Cal touches lately are thriving. He’s burnt out and living on a past reputation to the tune of $10 million. Sad because I was elated to have him and his energy when he arrived.
Juzang was a skilled multi-year player which is exactly what Calipari didn't have but desperately needed. OAD does nothing for UK and the program. Most of the OADs don't learn how to play the game until they get into the league. It just takes these or any player several years out of high school to develop their games effective to produce real and sustainable results. We never see real productivity in only one year and certainly nothing that will win a Title. Cal doesn't care about players like Juzang because of the annual NBA game-by-game auditions at UK take priority for Cal over teaching, coaching, and multi-year player development. You may have a different opinion from mine, and that's fine, but in my book, Cal is still the dumbass, and his results seem to support my contention.
Because he's just a bitter contrarian troll who likes to argue with the popular sentiment of the moment.
He's only here to argue. I'm not even sure he's a UK fan, and if he is, he's likely one bad day away from turning into Michael Douglas' character from that movie called Falling Down.
I appreciate you saying that. I usually let things go and don't dwell on the past. You struck a nerve badly with me at the time. If you mean what you say, I'm 100% good with leaving it in the past.
I agree with you there. And believe it or not, they're my step kids. I've just raised them since 8 and 3.
I'll be honest with you I think it has more to do with Calipari being such a damn good recruiter than anything else. The assistants he has had have not had a ton of success and Cals system requires you to have great talent. Cal is not the best bench coach ever but he may be the greatest recruiter ever and that is a huge part of coaching.
Their dad is in the picture, but that's kind of the extent of it. I won't dive into that, I just try to be whatever they need me to be.
You're getting laughed at by our resident morons but Cronin can coach and he has shown it...but his court side demeanor is tough to take at times but he should be on any of Kentucky's list as a replacement.
My interest in him is more to the fact that I don't see a ton of realistic hires that are slam dunks.
Wow. What a stupid thread. OP got laughed at by both Cal supporters and haters. Universal laughter.
Cronin has to be on our shorter lists one would think. Guy can assemble a team and his teams play hard. The injuries kept UCLA from winning it this year.
Watched a video a few days back where coach K was very complimentary of his teams.
Not sure he wants to leave Westwood or if he would be attainable but the guy can coach.
