John Calipari walked back his comments after facing backlash.

[EliteBlue]

There is a show on the VICE channel called the Razor's Edge. It's about Cal at his new job with the hogs. Watch that and it will answer all of your questions about Cal and his motivations. He basically robbed this university of millions of dollars while he ran his own personal ego stroking operation. Screw that guy.

I always said that when he failed to win another title in the 2010-2017 period, that’s when he realized he’d never be considered in the GOAT convo….so he fed his ego the only other way he could and that was by touting that he put the most players in the league; that HIS players (not Kentucky) made up half the NBA Allstar game, that HIS guys had this much money in NBA contracts over his career. It was the one thing he could claim GOAT status at and it became his sole driver..team development be damned.

Had he won 3 of 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017….he would have continued to be motivated firstly by titles imo as it directly fees the ego and chases the GOAT status. Instead, he struck out 5 of 6 times that he had a real contender, if not the favorite, and realized his career was over 2/3rds finished and it would be all but impossible to win 3 or more….all while that reality was sinking in, the number of NBA players was climbing and touting that accomplishment could hide the underachieving on the court. Classic case of moving the goal post

All about Cal feeding his ego and framing his “legacy” in the best light in his opinion….highlight the thing that sets you apart instead of ppl saying “all that talent and only 1 title”

 

[Myth Buster51]

I’m among those who don’t care what Calipari thinks about conference tournaments. He’s gone. Much like your ex-girlfriend, he ain’t coming back. Get over it.

 

[Fox2monk]

Going have to disagree. Sure, it wasn’t Wall, AD, KAT level, but good enough for more than one win in each tournament. Two of those years UK was a 2 seed, so hard to say low level talent was the main reason.

I know for damn sure we had more talent than K State, St Peter’s, and Oakland by a mile.

 

[Seth_C]

I’m among those who don’t care what Calipari thinks about conference tournaments. He’s gone. Much like your ex-girlfriend, he ain’t coming back. Get over it.

The thing is, when you ditch your ex-girlfriend because you realize how awful she was sometimes it's fun to casually observe as she continues making selfish decisions and ruining lives. Sure, it's a bit petty, but it's passive fun.

 

[HenryMuto]

Why did Arkansas try to miss a FT up 3 with 2 secs left ? That was the dumbest thing of all time.