“I’ve done this with young teams my whole career,” Calipari said. “It’s going to be hard for me to change that because we’ve helped so many young people and their families that I don’t see myself saying ‘Okay, we’re not going to recruit freshmen.’ The thing that we’ve been blessed with is families bring their sons to us and we do what we’re supposed to do to help them prepare for the rest of their lives.”
He says so with this quote. He is not interested in NCAA tournament runs. He only cares about advancing careers of kids to the NBA. While I want to see UK players succeed after their playing days (and that is very important) I also want to see this one time elite program maintain that status. Do we want championships? YES! Do we demand championships? NO! But we do expect runs in March that give us a chance.
He says so with this quote. He is not interested in NCAA tournament runs. He only cares about advancing careers of kids to the NBA. While I want to see UK players succeed after their playing days (and that is very important) I also want to see this one time elite program maintain that status. Do we want championships? YES! Do we demand championships? NO! But we do expect runs in March that give us a chance.
