Has the Game Passed Coach Cal By?

[KYJamm]

The once successful 'One and Done" formula has lost its effectiveness. In a panic, Kentucky has resorted to enlisting mercenaries (transfers) to fill out the team. That doesn't seem to be working out either. What is the next step for Kentucky to right the sinking ship?

 

[etowncatfan]

Yes

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

Yes

 

[ruppcat]

The once successful 'One and Done" formula has lost its effectiveness. In a panic, Kentucky has resorted to enlisting mercenaries (transfers) to fill out the team. That doesn't seem to be working out either. What is the next step for Kentucky to right the sinking ship?

yes.

 

[the nail at the foul line]

It's amazing how hard it is for us to score versus other teams. It frustrates me to no end.

 

[UKWildcats1987]

Get a new coach and hope their mercenaries work out better.

 

[UKAlum84]

Who cares, he's eating the cake and the icing regardless of the performance/results.

Who approves such a stupid idea?

 

[catzfanjim]

Yes the game has passed him by and that's the reason we need a new coach.

 

[bbncal02]

YES

 

[shaudyshaud]

The game passed by Cal a while ago unfortunately.

 

[PensacolaBlue]

You’re just now wondering this? Where the heck have you been the last 5 years?

 

[kywildcat41086]

Yes… The obvious next step is too get rid of Cal that’s the only way to right the ship!

 

[shockme76]

About 5 years ago.

 

[Bogansback2Basil]

To assemble a complete, and complementary roster would be a start. Too many puzzle pieces that do not fit.

 

[chroix]

Musselman beat Kansas with his mercenaries. Hell Tang beat us with his mercenaries. The answer is the coach.

 

[Catman100]

The portal results are actually the main reason I feel so hopeless.

Two years in a row that two key portal players crap the bed during the last game of the season. Reeves and Grady last year had unbelievable choke games.

If we can't count on the portal, what hope do we have?

 

[UKAlum84]

When coaches decide to stop changing, why do fans expect different results.

Its that simple.

 

[Smashcat]

Unquestionably.

 

[track42]

Yes

 

[ChicagoCat1990]

His style just doesn't work with the players anymore. I work every day with youth and have seen how big of a difference millennials and Gen Z are. He's now coaching Gen Z and no longer coaching millennials. His yelling and screaming all season long sure didn't mold the guys into confident players come tourney time. He's failed to change and adapt.

 

[TNCatfanforever]

It passed him by in 2010. AD made him look good in 2102 or he would already be fired

 

[KyCatFan]

 

[Blueworld_3.0]

Other coaches (like Izzo who is older than Calipari) seems to have no problem adjusting to modern college basketball. That's the mark of a guy who isn't too stubborn to change to remain relevant. Calipari still with the "RUN!" and "GO!" offense.

 

[Cawood86]

The game passed by Cal a while ago unfortunately.

This. It happens. When it does you make a change.

 

[Wildcat-in-STL]

uhhhhhhhhhhhhh ... you can make that a statement rather than a question, its just that obvious

 

[Catman100]

His style just doesn't work with the players anymore. I work every day with youth and have seen how big of a difference millennials and Gen Z are. He's now coaching Gen Z and no longer coaching millennials. His yelling and screaming all season long sure didn't mold the guys into confident players come tourney time. He's failed to change and adapt.

This^^^^^^^

 

[BC_Wader]

It's amazing how hard it is for us to score versus other teams. It frustrates me to no end.

We need multiple guys who can take you off the dribble and score.

 

[the nail at the foul line]

We need multiple guys who can take you off the dribble and score.

We also need guys that can make shots. Cal must recruit the clankiest clankers that ever clanked.

 

[rick64]

It's amazing how hard it is for us to score versus other teams. It frustrates me to no end.

I think we’ve all noticed how other teams offenses seem to get good open shots so much easier. Seems to be more of a struggle UK.

 

[JerseyCat84]

yes

 

[UKGrad83]

Yes it has. He's a has been. Wish I could get paid 9 million a year to produce mediocre results. This is on Mitch. Stupid contract. With this kind of money, there should be a base salary plus incentives. Cal isn’t incentivized to do better. Maybe in 3-4 years we’ll get a new coach that can actually coach and change their philosophy as the game changes. For now we are stuck with this idiot.

 

[LobsterGoesPinchPinch]

It passed him by about 5 years ago, but it's a circle and now Cal is in front again.

 

[kybug97]

Cal hasn`t been the same coach since the 20/21 season when the MAGA`t part of our fanbase acted like Cal had committed the worst sin known to man for taking a knee during the playing of the national anthem and supporting his team before the Florida game in Gainsville period.

 

[Catman100]

Cal hasn`t been the same coach since the 20/21 season when the MAGA`t part of our fanbase acted like Cal had committed the worst sin known to man for taking a knee during the playing of the national anthem and supporting his team before the Florida game in Gainsville period.

Then what a snowflake he is.

 

[billCgmx]

The days of pulling in elite high school talent, throwing them out on the court and expecting them to dominate no longer works.

These days a head coach needs to have the ability to navigate NIL, the transfer portal and figure out how to mold groups of players into a cohesive unit.

 

[TheBlueMist]

The once successful 'One and Done" formula has lost its effectiveness. In a panic, Kentucky has resorted to enlisting mercenaries (transfers) to fill out the team. That doesn't seem to be working out either. What is the next step for Kentucky to right the sinking ship?

What the one common denominator? There's your answer.