If he was the offensive genius so many claimed why is he going to Fresno St?
John Welch to Fresno St
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The bigger question. Why isn't he following Cal to Arkansas?
That's 1 transfer, 1 recruit staying, 1 opening his recruitment, and 1 coach going elsewhere. No one has followed Cal yet.
That's very telling to me.
That's 1 transfer, 1 recruit staying, 1 opening his recruitment, and 1 coach going elsewhere. No one has followed Cal yet.
That's very telling to me.
I guess Fresno beats Fayetteville.
I wonder if Cal isn’t reconsidering Arkansas. He oughta just do what Jay Wright’s doing. He has the personality for sure.
Doesn't matter really.. no one under him seems inclined to wait to see what he does. This move by Welch, to go to freaking Fresno St, kind of tells you what you need to know about Cal going from Kentucky to a place like Arkansas.
I was hoping the new coach would convince Welch to stay on board.
He’s going to be assistant head coach close to home for him.
He was an assistant at Fresno State for 7 years previously and he has worked with the head coach (a good friend) at 2 different stops in the NBA.
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Gotta make room for Kenny Payne at Arkansas
Walberg taught Cal the dribble drive. Not a shocker. Welch is probably friendly or friends with Walberg.
Vance Walberg and John Welch have known each other for like 30 years. Some of you are so clueless.
I'd be ok with never seeing the chaotic dribble drive used in Kentucky"s offense ever again.
Which Calipari did not actually run BECAUSE he did not have the 3 pt shooters, BECAUSE he became addicted to recruiting and relying on too many OAD freshmen (who couldn't shoot from the perimeter well enough to run it). Nate Oats actually runs the DD the way Walberg envisioned it (based on what I've read).
I do, however, give Calipari credit for altering the DD to fit his personnel. Although I might be wrong about this, I think the frequent lob to a Big on drives was Calipari, because I don't think that was a big part of Walberg's design (which I think was more about the Center being able to also shoot 3s).
Yeah, it is. But what does it tell you? I'd like to hear that. Maybe it says Cal wasn't such a good boss. Maybe he butted heads with everyone behind the scenes. Maybe some of the coaches this season weren't here by Cal's choice but by demands from the AD.
I think it says what you mentioned, that this year, the staff wasn't exactly happy with how things went. It was probably tenuous. The team largely under performed for the entire year. It had to weigh on everyone, especially the ones who were here the last few years of disappointment. And the biggest thing, I think they all saw the same odd decisions he made and coaching snafus.
So with all that, I just don't think a lot of these coaches and players are too keen on following him to a lesser program.. a move that's basically him taking off in the middle of the night.
I said if the other day, kind of reminds me of when Michael Scott tried to steal the Dunder Mifflin employees to start his own company, and no one except Pam went with him.
I'm sure Cal is going to take some players and staff.. but it's not going to be as many as he thinks. I don't think this is the Memphis situation that he believes it is.
Yes it is, other than our next coach this is most interesting side story going
Sorry some of us have better things to do with our time than study the random lore of Vance Walberg and John Welch. Only ever heard of Welch because he was here. Walberg I probably heard of when Cal talked about who taught him the DD but I forgot because he obviously forgot he everything he was taught.
Still, what a random thing to try to shame people for ya silly goose.
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