This ain’t Memphis. He’s never had to deal with fans who love basketball.
He's NOT walking away from 40 million dollars.
We dropped our ST's of almost 2 decades three years ago...ticket office has called every year asking if we'd like to consider coming back or perhaps make a donation to the K Fund. Told them, we're not coming back or donating one cent until Calipari is gone!
No I sat on my couch and laughed as UT handed our asses to us while cal did nothing. If I ever sat in earshot of him at Rupp though, he would likely have me tossed.
Did you cheer...polish a celebratory turd?
this season is the tipping point, it’s been close for years now but this is it. I think people were waiting to see if Cal could maybe get back to his old ways with this group but it hasn’t happened.
“You guys” ? Nobody really cares what you think
I could be wrong but I think we might start hearing the boos at Rupp if/when they lose like they did tonight. And it won't be towards the players, it will be directed straight at His Highness. But His Highness will just grab his check and head to the bank...
Burning it to the ground will cost him 1 mil a year for life. He sorely needs to win on the way out. Otherwise he leaves in disgrace and that ambassador deal gets real weird. Kentucky may even have to buy him out of that.
If he leaves for another job, which is a distinct possibility, he's blowing it up...
lol. He won’t. He’d be losing 33 million. He’s gonna make them fire him.
I guess you forgot about 2014. This team is way more talented and has way more size. I think this will be a repeat of 2014.
The irony is he could use the portal along with a an elite recruit or two to get back to what made him successful. But he is not that grinder guy anymore, he wants the notoriety of coaching possible all-stars.
He will absolutely deflect the blame on the administration the state and fans. He will delight in trying to destroy the program because his ego won’t allow him to accept responsibility for his failures. It won’t work because UK basketball is bigger than Cal
I’ve thought what about 2014 for a long time now. I think those kids were a different breed and Randle was a monster. We have nobody like that. That team played defense too.
Unfortunately, this is where Mitch forced us. We have to go full Joker mode now because the contract prevents necessary accountability. Mitch is the architect of this cluster, so there’s no reason he shouldn’t go first.
Here’s the thing though. If these guys accomplish nothing teamwise at UK and I can’t see that they learned much from Cal in 9 months. If they go on to be NBA All-Stars, it wasn’t Cal that got them there, it was their own talent, desire and work ethic. Guys who become NBA stars have always had something and they just needed to harness it. I don’t think 9 months with Cal took them from nothing to greatness.
While I agree with that. I think if things get to a point where he’s had enough, he’s much more likely to negotiate a buyout much less than what he’s owed.
They only would have to pay him the buyout if they fire him. If it happens as OP says, Cal would be leaving on his own. You are correct that in the situation stated by the OP, he would most likely get some money through negotiation , but it would be much less than what he is owed.
Yeah but he ain't going anywhere until he passes Rupp as the winningest coach at UK. It's somewhere around 29 games now. Could be next season or longer, how much longer depends on Cal’s coaching. Yikes!
I agree, I think he used to contribute some by making them tougher but that gone. Just saying he would rather attach himself to a guys that are 3-5years away from being stars that finding tough skilled players that could help us win games.
