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@ the Cal appearance on Lupica's pod.
Lupica probably has the biggest ego of all the sports writers and he maybe got 25 words in over an hour.
Some highlights:
- Calipari talking about people saying if the NBA ever allows players straight from HS again it will hurt UK, "Let me tell you something, Mike, no matter what the rules are, we are at the top of the food chain. We're Kentucky- are you kidding me? We eat first, no matter what."
- Asked about how much a coach should know about what's going on with his program. Takes a veiled shot at Coach K ("depends on who the coach is- some of us are expected to know everything that went on with the kid since 8th grade; others get the 'well he would never let that go on.'" Then takes a shot at Pitino saying "if it goes on on campus with your assistants, you know. You may not be the first to know but you know."
- Says he had a pretty good idea that LeBron was coming back when he turned Cleveland down. Didn't know for sure but had a good idea.
- Asked about which hurt more the Wisconsin loss or Kansas '08 loss, says probably Wisconsin but he doesn't give either much thought, pulling out this gem- "there's no crying on the yacht- are you kidding me? I coach at Kentucky. I should be a laborer like the rest of my family."
- Take some shots at sports writers, including one that sounded like it was directed at Forde.
- Just a classic Swaggy Cal interview. Helped that he and Lupica are longtime buds.