Dick Gabriel says ..

[RunninRichie]

Calipari has ONE MISSION ONLY: use UK to put as many kids in the NBA as possible. He doesn't care about titles of any sort.

Cal's one mission only is to make himself look good and richer. He doesn't care about anything else.

 

[ace on the river]

These millionaires and high ego people really live on a different planet don't they?

Meh, not all of them. I know several millionaires that are really, kind, down to earth people. My son is a multi millionaire and is a wonderfully nice man

 

[Farsight]

Lol the audacity of an underachieving coach to demand shit

Narcissistism at it's finest.

 

[Seth_C]

This explains a lot. Like I said in another thread, the entire Arkansas thing was meant to be a patented Calipari ploy, which has now exploded in his ass. Good for him. Hope he ends up unemployed for a bit. Doubt even that would put a dent in his ego, given how obsessed he is with himself.

 

[etownblue25]

If thats true then his bluff got called,

 

[kywildcat41086]

GTFO of Kentucky right now your greasy used car salesman…… He does have the balls I’ll give him that but I hope Mitch said the first curse word in his life when Cal approached him with some bull$hit like this!!!

 

[Jjohnb5393]

How reliable is Dick Gabriel?

Long time connections , and probably not one to come out with something bogus unless he was told by someone who’d know. Also sort of makes sense that maybe Cal figured that was the notification he was in ‘discussions’ that people have been talking about.

 

[*CatinIL*]

Calipari, go pound sand.

 

[Cawood86]

Lol the audacity of an underachieving coach to demand shit

Spot on. I hope Barnhart told, we'll help you pack up

 

[JimBR]

…He understands that Calipari actually approached the UK administration with a ‘here’s what it’s going to take to keep me ‘ offer after hearing from Arkansas..

Coach John Calipari Reportedly Leaving the Wildcats for the Razorbacks | Kentucky Edition

There are reports that University of Kentucky men’s basketball coach John Calipari is about to reach a deal with the University of Arkansas to become coach there for five years. The news comes after the Cats' early departure from this year's NCAA tournament. We talked to longtime Kentucky sports...

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If true, what more could he have wanted? He has/had a lifetime contract. This is an ultimate WTH moment if true.

 

[Farsight]

If this is true, can Mitch just fire his ass publicly?

 

[adam512003]

If true, that's some George Costanza level of audacity from CCC

 

[Runnin'Ramel]

I really hope that's true .... because Mitch would have LOVED the moment. GTFO, Cal.

 

[DraftCat]

Meh, not all of them. I know several millionaires that are really, kind, down to earth people. My son is a multi millionaire and is a wonderfully nice man

Maybe it's more how you acquire the money that matters.

 

[DrH. Lecter]

''Calipari with that meeting with Mitch, had no leverage, Mitch had the leverage. But now when you have another team in your corner wanting your services. You have leverage. Calipari from what I was told. Said heres what its gonna take to keep me. And UK said I dont think so. And so as I understand it, Cal left''.

Its good to see it confirmed that as I said..."Calipari with that meeting with Mitch, had no leverage, Mitch had the leverage." I was mocked for saying this by a few of our less intelligent posters who hate MB more than they can read a room.

On the shocking side for me, confirmed by his amazingly weird dog walk, that Cal has lost his mind. He clearly does not realize how much we all loathe him.

 

[Cats192]

This can't be real. I know the guy is dense, but damn.

 

[Bluesbrother]

Thats exactly what he did according to Dick. He tried to tell Mitch ''heres what its gonna take to keep me here''. And Mitch said ''nah''.

At this point, I wish Arkansas would look at Cal "using" them to pressure UK to pay him more money and then tell Cal ... we're out. Cal would then be left without a job. It would serve him right.

 

[MegaBlue05]

and we have let one become “our voice” lol

I challenge you to make 5 consecutive posts on t board that don’t mention KSR or Matt Jones.

Imagine being obsessed with a radio host. Lol.

 

[wccat2969]

I thought Mitch said he had not been told Cal was interviewing with Arkansas. If Cal said this is what Arkansas is offering then which of these reports are true?

 

[ace on the river]

Maybe it's more how you acquire the money that matters.

I reckon that could be true as well

 

[Cold Stout Beer]

If true, that's some George Costanza level of audacity from CCC

 

[ha21]

I thought Mitch said he had not been told Cal was interviewing with Arkansas. If Cal said this is what Arkansas is offering then which of these reports are true?

It's still unclear what those reports actually mean. The meeting Gabriel is reporting could simply be Calipari asking for a raise without actually saying anything about Arkansas

Matt Jones and others are saying that the reason for the silence from UK Athletics is to protect their legal position. They don't want to prompt Calipari to notify them about Arkansas because that could fulfill the contractual requirement to notify

 

[Oldbluefart]

One would think and hope, if all this is true, UK already had a plan in place for a situation where Cal Pie left whether on his own or by firing.
I never thought UK wound fire him; just never thought it would get to that point.

One has to believe Barnhart was at least looking ahead knowing things were going south and rather quickly with basketball.

Damn folks, the gall of this man.
2-8 in post season
Worst home losses in school history
Biggest home losses ever
Biggest drought without winning the SEC or tourney
Haven’t won a Champions Classic in how long
Sharpe fiasco

Just STFU cal pie

 

[ULisnotmyman]

I challenge you to make 5 consecutive posts on t board that don’t mention KSR or Matt Jones.

Imagine being obsessed with a radio host. Lol.

Obsessed with Kentucky basketball actually. And don’t like a nerdy arrogant prick being my voice. Lots of gullible people out there.

Guessing you’re a fan who grew up through the ksr era and it’s all you know?

 

[UKMKG]

Why are we surprised?

He’s a narcissistic shuckster with ZERO self awareness.

 

[Bluesbrother]

Its good to see it confirmed that as I said..."Calipari with that meeting with Mitch, had no leverage, Mitch had the leverage." I was mocked for saying this by a few of our less intelligent posters who hate MB more than they can read a room.

On the shocking side for me, confirmed by his amazingly weird dog walk, that Cal has lost his mind. He clearly does not realize how much we all loathe him.

... damn, I'm not sure that I "loathe" him as much as I think he's just so Sick and Twisted, I just want him the hell away from this Program. He's just not well ... mentally deranged. Someone that mentally disconnected to reality should be spending most of his time in a room with padded walls. The longer he hangs around Lexington, the worse it is for all parties.

 

[mg0721]

Gabriel says the funds to buyout Oats are there. Big donors have opened the pocket books.

UK is not going to give a rival in conference school $18M

 

[DreadLox]

Taking speculation and rumor as fact ... and then getting frenzied about it.

Yeah. This is a plum position.

 

[K86]

I would love to see us hire a new coach, the Arkansas thing fall through, and then we build the new practice facility.

 

[ThunderCat98]

If this is true, then he really is the narcissistic a$$hole many of us always assumed him to be.

 

[the nail at the foul line]

So he was trying to get another raise or extension? You keep doing that crap, you're going to get bitten. Thankfully he got bit.

I bet hiring b-rad was on there.

 

[dl51344]

If true, what more could he have wanted? He has/had a lifetime contract. This is an ultimate WTH moment if true.

Hire Brad as an assistant, JMO.

 

[BlueVoodoo]

I would love to see us hire a new coach, the Arkansas thing fall through, and then we build the new practice facility.

Not about $$. Cal probably wanted Mitch to allow Brad on staff. And keep Bruiser. 🚽

 

[pauled]

Calipari has ONE MISSION ONLY: use UK to put as many kids in the NBA as possible. He doesn't care about titles of any sort.

Especially after he got himself a championship ring in 2012, he was never the same coach! Never has a coach done so little with so much!

 

[catben]

He’d be straight up delusional if he thought he was in position to talk to other schools as a means of leveraging more out of us when the steep buyout was probably all that saved his job to begin with. Shows how out of touch he’s become if this is true.

Gabriel is such a doofus!!

Cal had ZERO leverage!!! He just did Mitch and UK a HUGE favor by allowing his ego to fail him for once since he’s been here!! Heck, EVERYBODY associated with UK wanted him GONE!!

Thanks Cal for saving UK $33 million and the opportunity to get a coach that actually cares about winning and the UK program over himself!!

 

[CatPatrick13]

😂 If that idiot thought he was in ANY type of position to make that play, he might need to be institutionalized.

Cal lives in a different reality..... he is not the sharpest tool in the shed....

 

[BBUK]

Ummmmmmmm wut?!

Oh H_LL HUH!!!!

 

[the nail at the foul line]

Man we owe Vanderbilt.

 

[Fox2monk]

Gabriel says the funds to buyout Oats are there. Big donors have opened the pocket books.

Of course they are, offer the truck to Hurley, if he says no go after Oats.

 

[Fox2monk]

Instead use those as a Sign-on bonus (w/ "clawback") for Hurley. Then you are approaching $100M for 8 years. If his wife says "no" to that, then IDK.

All we can do. I mean if he don’t want to leave no money will do it.