I kinda disagree with this. My buddies and I attended the AAU tourneys every summer in Orlando. Several times we tried to speak to Cal when he was walking past us but he never stopped for even a minute. Now I know this is not a big deal, but it is memorable to us. Also, Cal not speaking about fan's concerns, dodging call-in shows, forgetting about what kentucky basketball is suppose to be about. To me, this is treating the average fan like crap, to a degree.
Is it time to stop disliking Calipari and wish him well
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He's gone, that's all I wanted. Let him run his mouth all he wants. What's the old saying? Give him enough rope and he'll hang himself.
I guess that's different personal experiences, he always spoke with us and even signed an autograph.
Also spoke to thousands at his team tours across the state.
This could be a a time and place situation
Not for me. I’m done wasting time worrying about him, but I’m also not over had badly he failed this program towards the end.
Gonna take a lot of time for this one. I’ve never seen so much talent wasted ever. Maybe never will again.
Gonna take a lot of time for this one. I’ve never seen so much talent wasted ever. Maybe never will again.
Look.. I get that at some point, maybe this blows over. We're seeing it with Pitino as we speak, you see it in a lot of sports as time passes
But that is not happening with Cal anytime soon.. and honestly.. I'm not sure it will. It really seems like he was fine to lose games, out of spite, to prove some point. He wasn't a bad coach that got fired like BCG.. every team has bad coaches at some point. They weren't cut out for the job, and the fans move on. But Cal was almost purposefully bad, and I'm not sure you can come back from that.
I think it's going to be a long time before he's able to come back, like a Pitino, where we forger about the bad times and remember what they achieved. It certainly isn't going to happen next year.
But that is not happening with Cal anytime soon.. and honestly.. I'm not sure it will. It really seems like he was fine to lose games, out of spite, to prove some point. He wasn't a bad coach that got fired like BCG.. every team has bad coaches at some point. They weren't cut out for the job, and the fans move on. But Cal was almost purposefully bad, and I'm not sure you can come back from that.
I think it's going to be a long time before he's able to come back, like a Pitino, where we forger about the bad times and remember what they achieved. It certainly isn't going to happen next year.
Cal put Ky Basketball back where it belonged and won us a chip. I hated that things turned bad for him here. He was given the respect and time to right the ship but couldn't get it done. To his credit he moved on and admitted it was time for a new direction. He exited a lot like Tubby did.
I don't think he was so much bad on purpose as much as winning stopped being the prime directive which means losing doesn't have much of a pain point which those accustomed to winning tend to sniff out because the opposite is so apparent so it shows.
Wins and banners became things just done in passing on the way to the NBA green room.
The urgency just sucked clean out and replaced with haughty ass pride in dominating draft night.
I lost all respect for him. I don't think he's as bad a coach as we think. Giving up one after anther in bounds plays right under the basket. Any hi school coach could stop that. Didn't play he's best players because he didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings. Are you kidding. No coach at any level would do that. Didn't know how to coach a zone. Get serious. Was a great defensive coach then just forgot how. Do you really believe that. To many Thing dont add up. I don't want anything bad to happen but all of this didn't just happen. I've heard a lot of people say it didn't even look like he was trying to win. I would like to know the truth. Why did he leave. He left ky for ark. If you believe that I have a bridge for sale you might like. We will never know the truth. Barkley said he got out of town ahead of the pose. That I believe
No and yes.
1. He’s an asshole and I don’t see myself getting warm and fuzzy about him any time soon.
2. Sure he may as well succeed. As far as what success is realistically gonna look like for him at Arkansas. I’m not anti-human. Just not fond of assholes.
1. He’s an asshole and I don’t see myself getting warm and fuzzy about him any time soon.
2. Sure he may as well succeed. As far as what success is realistically gonna look like for him at Arkansas. I’m not anti-human. Just not fond of assholes.
Fk him.. I'll boo the SOB every time I see him and if I could I'd throw poo at him every time too..
What an incredibly immature post from you dahc, quite pathetic actually.
Hey, be careful what you post here about Cal, the dahc will resort to calling you pathetic for your opinion on his hero.
Fuk no...and I take exception to your 2nd point: Cal absolutely did NOT do the best he could do (no scouting, no multiple defenses, no oob plays); he didn't want to win/advance to the point he'd have to bench one of his chosen nba-bound players when they were being demonstrably outplayed by someone w/out as much future upside; and while he may not have lost because he wanted to, he sure didn't prioritize winning. Nope, it'll be a hot minute before I'll get over my case of the ass w/ him. Maybe after we win another title?
As for point #3, I can't speak for others, but 9-16 embarassed the sh!t outta me.
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U serious, Clark?
Do some of you not remember the way he treated and talked to fans at every opportunity for the past 5 years???
He held this program hostage for a decade and I firmly believe he lost many games on purpose.
F that guy.
Do some of you not remember the way he treated and talked to fans at every opportunity for the past 5 years???
He held this program hostage for a decade and I firmly believe he lost many games on purpose.
F that guy.
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And none of this offsets the damage he did to the UK tradition and records. The man used UK to advance his NBA goals and objectives and put UK goals and objectives secondary to the NBA narrative. He said UK only hangs banners for FF's, well UK should only hang banners for Coach's who put UK first. If we ever hang a banner for him hang it over the shitter in the HC office.
This pretty much says it for me. He had early success and some fun teams to watch and brought in great players to cheer for. But his dismal record the past 5 years or so was not fun at all to many UK fans including myself. I don't hate the guy either but not sorry to see him gone. Pretty excited to see what Pope can do.
I’m pretty confused by the obsession and hate towards him by or on here. Yeah of course it was time for him to go. But I guess I don’t understand why people would hate him. He was well past his coaching prime. And we needed to move on. I guess that’s really all I can take from it. What’s the reason for disliking him though ? Honestly just curious
Calipari was/is a prick. He dislikes our fanbase because we pointed out things he sucked at and we were proven right on a lot of occasions.
F him and his narcissistic BS
F him and his narcissistic BS
It's very hard I am like you almost unbelievable the love fest that still exist with this fraud
I hope he gets his ass fired, those red neck hog fans will BBQ him when he starts losing to mid-majors and I will laugh my ass off!
If they turned on Muss, they WILL turn on Cal!. Muss won more games than Cal the last five years with less talent. He also went shirtless after winning big games and called the pigs, something Cal will never do. Cals time at Arkansas will be interesting to say the least.
Nah, won't lay off the chithead that made Kentucky basketball into a mockery the last 9 years he was here. I am a Kentucky fan, not an NBA fan, seeing so called 5 stars come through here year after year and never winning anything broke me. I will never lay off his rear and could care less that he is knee deep in pigchit, he deserves to be with the hogs in never land. My opinion and my rant.
Cal's last 5 years at Kentucky amounted to theft as far as I'm concerned.
In a state where many people struggle to make ends meet or worse, the man was rewarded on a yearly basis with generational wealth over and over and over. In return he took a vacation from coaching and ruined five complete years of Kentucky basketball that we will never get back again.
Calipari bilked Kentucky, took millions upon millions and now you want to give him forgiveness as well? He's not your friend, your father or your uncle - he was the state's highest paid public employee (by far) and he failed at his job. Simple as that.
If anything he owes the entire state a sincere and heartfelt apology.
In a state where many people struggle to make ends meet or worse, the man was rewarded on a yearly basis with generational wealth over and over and over. In return he took a vacation from coaching and ruined five complete years of Kentucky basketball that we will never get back again.
Calipari bilked Kentucky, took millions upon millions and now you want to give him forgiveness as well? He's not your friend, your father or your uncle - he was the state's highest paid public employee (by far) and he failed at his job. Simple as that.
If anything he owes the entire state a sincere and heartfelt apology.
I’ve said numerous times that I am choosing to appreciate his first half and his resurrection of UK and bringing in a ton of amazing kids, both on and off the court. 15 years and the worst thing that happened was Willis and a potential DUI. Look at the issues KU has had in that time frame (not that it matters to their trash fans or the kids who decide to play there).
Enjoy Cal for the good he did for UK and the people of Kentucky and let the rest go. Life is too short to hate someone you don’t even know and has zero influenece on anything in your life.
Enjoy Cal for the good he did for UK and the people of Kentucky and let the rest go. Life is too short to hate someone you don’t even know and has zero influenece on anything in your life.
