Kings going hard after Cal

[Wall2Boogie]

Here's why cal will not leave kentucky.

1. He takes more pride in helping these kids improve their games to reach there dreams. He knows they work really hard to improve their games to reach their dreams and that is very rewarding to him more than anything.

2. There's a good chance his son will walk on at UK and I think he would love to coach his son 4 years.

3.money is not the issue his great great grandkids are set for life so I don't think money and control is a selling point for him neither is total control.

4. He will not get the same time of motivation from millionaires that he gets from kids trying to reach their goals.

5. It's sacramento, who wants to go to that hell hole. As much as he likes cousins I don't think he wants to coach him again now that he's a guaranteed multimillionaire so where's the motivation to get him to play harder.

6. He turned down the same situation with Cleveland and the chance to coach the best player in basketball. Just because there are 3 former UK players won't entice him to go there as one of the reasons.

7. His 2016 recruiting class is something he's very excited about and I don't see him abandoning those guys to move 3000 miles away. He would go from being on top to having to build a train wreck which could take years to do. Just because he would have all power chances are if he had 3 bad years in a row he gets canned. Here it's up to him when he calls it quits.

8. His whole family is on the east coast, if he was going to go it would be somewhere on the east coast where he can be close to family.

9. I think there are other accomplishments he wants to see here. I think he wants to win a few more titles, and have a few more shots at an undefeated season which depending on who returns next year it not out of the relm of possibility.

10. He has everything he could want here. He gets to help mood these kids into young men and team them not only basketball skills as well as life skills. That's something the nba can't give him. Besides basketball, I think his passion is helping these make the right decisions once they reach the nba. Kind of like what he has done in teaching guys like wall and cousins how important it is to give back.

I just don't think he has any interest in leaving a job he could coach at till he was 90 just to go to a team where if he fails a few years in he could be fired. Plus what would be rewarding to him being an nba coach? Winning a title? Maybe. But I feel he gets more out of taking kids and helping them get better so they can reach their dreams and provide for their families and give back to their communities .

 

[Wildcat-in-STL]

LeBron was still with the Heat, Durant was just off a finals run, Griffin wasn't the player he was today and neither was Curry. KAT and Wiggins weren't in the league so no he couldn't have got one of those players 3 years ago.

So you are saying Cal would take the Sacramento job when he'd have to face and lose to those players you just mentioned ? I mean since you think they could lure Cal away from UK and all..... so why would Cal go to a place and have to compete against those guys?

 

[Brando Mac]

As much as I love Rondo and Cuz, if I were a coach I would never want to have my job security dictated by either one of them and their unpredictable personalities in a league where coaches are far more expendable than the players.

Maybe I'm wrong and just looking at this too much from a "Blue Tinted Glasses" point of view, but Cal has pretty much got the perfect job for his ego right now and the pay isn't too shabby. I think his schtick is great for college basketball and we eat it up because we're basketball obsessed, but after awhile I can see it backfiring on him with NBA owners and players. Maybe the NBA is something that still eats at him and he wants another shot for whatever reason, I don't know, but just for me personally I know it would have to be a really special job in order to leave something like what he's put together here and even then I wouldn't be so sure. The Kings aren't even close to that.

 

[WitnessGreatness]

So you are saying Cal would take the Sacramento job when he'd have to face and lose to those players you just mentioned ? I mean since you think they could lure Cal away from UK and all..... so why would Cal go to a place and have to compete against those guys?

Uhhh, what? I said the only players that were worth jumping to the NBA. Sacramento had neither and nowhere did I say would he jump to Sacramento.

 

[Wildcat-in-STL]

Then we have nothing to worry about because every single on of those players mentioned has a coach and will continue to have a coach for this year and next at least.

 

[SmoothRunner32]

http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-ba...cousins?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

[TruBluCatFan]

That's not what he said.

Read it again. Slowly.... Cmon. I believe in you. You will grasp his point.

Well when you say "acts like he loves him" it can definitely be interpreted as OP believing it wasn't genuine.

But since OP responded and we are good I'm not going to get into a pissing match with you.

 

[UKWildcats#8]

What if the Timberwolves tank in the second half of the year and get a top 5 pick, that would actually be a job I think he considers

I'm not sure that's gonna happen. They are too good already to be in position to get a top 5 pick IMO. The 76ers, Lakers, Nets, Blazers, Pelicans, etc, are worse than the T-Wolves. I think they may actually win 30-40 games.

 

[Federal Cat]

Thanks but no thanks

 

[Primedfor9]

LeBron was still with the Heat, Durant was just off a finals run, Griffin wasn't the player he was today and neither was Curry. KAT and Wiggins weren't in the league so no he couldn't have got one of those players 3 years ago.

I would almost guarantee that Cal and Lebron both knew Lebron would be in Cleveland, those deals are almost always nearly done way before the public knows about it. Cal and Lebron are pretty close, there's no way Cal just missed the boat on being able to coach Lebron and I honestly can't take you seriously if you think otherwise. I think Cal did have a tough time choosing between jumping or not then, it was pretty obvious in a preseason interview.

 

[why_not_kentucky]

He basically already has.

Just not though's words.

 

[screwduke]

Terrible thread.

 

[chevyman 50]

..Cal says this 10 times every yr that he has the best job in BB, that includes pro teams. I thank there is still a lot of people out there has mental problems.

 

[Primedfor9]

http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-ba...-nba-rumors-sacramento-kings-demarcus-cousins

Good article

 

[.S&C.]

Cal isn't leaving this year/next year's team for that job. If it were the Bulls/Knicks/Lakers/Cavs...yeah, he'd take a hard look and frankly probably go for it.

The Kings? A lot of young players in a tough conference...small town and hard to hang on to draft picks and bring in FA's. Not a good setup, for him it would need to be ideal.

Probably go for it?

And you're basing this off of?

 

[.S&C.]

After Cal's second season here I quit worrying about him leaving. I think he retires at UK, he's found his place and purpose here.

Actually after Pitino's 2nd season here I completely quit worrying about what any coach does.

 

[jamo0001]

 

[KY Long Rifle]

..Cal says this 10 times every yr that he has the best job in BB, that includes pro teams. I thank there is still a lot of people out there has mental problems.

So you'Re saying there's a chance...

 

[W2R]

Like,said,before. A lot of this stems for recruiting trying to hurt Calipari. Thing is. He already has next years class signed sealed delivered. Lol. He ain't going nowhere. He proves the haters wrong again. He knows he has something special going right now

 

[Ben101er]

Not even wasting my time to click on that. Cal isn't leaving this entire recruiting class that signed letters of intent. After next season? Okay, then we can talk. Until then, no.

I said this in another thread. Cal is obsessed with the possibility of a 40-0 season. Last year just threw gasoline on the fire. Next year is a real chance at immortality. He is not leaving before then. NBA jobs will always be there. This class may be once in a lifetime.

 

[JasonS.]

Sacramento's roster is almost entirely comprised of insane people. And it's Sacramento.

I think there's a good chance Cal takes another run at the NBA at some point ... but I think he'd go for one of the glamour jobs.

 

[KyFord]

Cal just inked one of the sickest recruiting classes of all time, no way he's going anywhere.

Monk, Fox, Bam, Gabriel, SKJ

Thats a legit shot at a National Championship.

 

[buckkiller]

He isn't going anywhere to all you haters and scumbags that hope and pray he does! We are set up to win back to back titles with 2 completely different teams. Hate on that douchebags!

 

[ShadowFromHomewardBound]

Well when you say "acts like he loves him" it can definitely be interpreted as OP believing it wasn't genuine.

But since OP responded and we are good I'm not going to get into a pissing match with you.

I'll accept your white flag.

 

[BengalWACO]

He is the king here, why go someplace where he can be the lapdog to the players who run the asylum?

 

[throatpoker]

There's only a few players worth leaving his job at Kentucky for. Curry, LeBron, KAT/Wiggins, Durant, and Paul/Griffin.

Lol at including 1st round cry p 3 and flake in that group

 

[W_Heisenberg]

Probably go for it?

And you're basing this off of?

The fact these are elite franchises.