What we're seeing right now is a desire to have anyone, anything, even a ham sandwich, as coach of UK over Calipari. It's worse now in our fanbase than it was with Tubby, only because Tubby was black, so disgruntled fans had to be more cautious about their complaints for fear of looking "racist". With Cal - a white Italian dude from New Jersey, it's no holds barred - anything is on the table in any form or fashion. And we've seen it all here on Rafters for sure.
I'm frustrated with Calipari and feel the clock has expired, but I'm not going to sit here and clamor for a replacement coach like Self, Pitino or Beard, or one of these newbies that has yet to prove anything in the NCAAT, just because I want him gone yesterday. Nor will I berate him or his family in ways we've seen on Rafters (fatso, doesn't wear a suit because he's covering up his fat gut, go pet his dogs, must be Ellen, his daughters, bloated kneeler socialist, if he'd coach basketball instead of running around helping Kentuckians...you name it). About as far as I've gone is in-game frustration with calling Cal a moron or idiot for continuing to make the same mind boggling lineup and play calling decisions.
Just because Cal is showing very strong signs of being washed up and needing to retire, there's no need to insult the man or beg for a replacement that ethically is WAY worse than most coaches out there. I'm not willing to sacrifice class or the face of the program for wins by hiring a cheat, wife beater or prostitute pimp. Do we really want a proven cheater in Self, who as you said appears to be fine with recruiting thugs who beat and rape women? Do we seriously talk about entertaining hiring a fired fiancé choking domestic abuser in Beard? And then could we honestly live with ourselves for bringing back a 100 year old whore mongering Rick Pitino?
It's fine to be ready to see Cal move on and want new blood. But we all need to be very careful about the proverbial selling our soul to the devil. I can already see unrest brewing in the fanbase for a new coach we haven't even hired yet. No one can agree on the many lists of possible replacements. Drew, Mussellhead, Oates, Few, and then you get into the untouchables like Stevens, Wright, Donavan, and that ex-LA Lakers coach. But even worse, we have the Pearl, Self, Samson, Beard, and Pitino. Throw in any past UK player (can't believe someone recently pitched Travis Ford!!!). Hell, I've even seen people pitch out fired college coaches like Sean Miller (cheater, caught red-handed in a recorded call). Every time these lists are presented, fans argue and call each other idiots all throughout the discussion.
We'll eventually have a new coach, but it won't be fun around here unless that guy comes in and wins INSTANTLY. I feel for the new coach because the first three years are going to be miserable for the man and his family.
