Tucker says not so fast, my friends.
There is a popular theory that Calipari will chase another banner (or two) with this year’s team and the next — ideally coaching No. 1-ranked recruit DJ Wagner, son of his first Memphis one-and-done, Dajuan Wagner, in a perfect career bookend — then exercise that ambassador clause in the summer of 2024. This is one of those theories that tickles him. For one thing, whenever he does stop coaching Kentucky, he says he’ll move away from Lexington, not because he doesn’t love the city but “It’s not fair to the next coach. I’m done when I’m done, because whoever the next coach here is deserves a clean run.”
That next guy might have to wait a while, though.
There is a popular theory that Calipari will chase another banner (or two) with this year’s team and the next — ideally coaching No. 1-ranked recruit DJ Wagner, son of his first Memphis one-and-done, Dajuan Wagner, in a perfect career bookend — then exercise that ambassador clause in the summer of 2024. This is one of those theories that tickles him. For one thing, whenever he does stop coaching Kentucky, he says he’ll move away from Lexington, not because he doesn’t love the city but “It’s not fair to the next coach. I’m done when I’m done, because whoever the next coach here is deserves a clean run.”
That next guy might have to wait a while, though.