There were a bunch of boos when he took Dillingham out in the first half
Matt Jones is right about one thing
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Surely cal won’t hang around until he is 80. Doesn’t UK have a mandatory retirement age. Isn’t that what forced Rupp out
Yeah….and that isn’t going to shock me a bit. When you lie, kneel, duck fans call in shows, etc..he’s showed that lack of character for a while
But what I don’t get is how is that burning anything to the ground like many predict?
Burning to the ground would be intentionally trying to ruin future recruiting opportunities, telling of institutional cheating/scandal to hurt future teams, etc.
I think we all get that the year he leaves will not have a ton of talent as his rosters are almost always year to year overhauls (which is part of why we can’t win big).
I just don’t see the burning to the ground stuff people are fretting over
A lot of you guys are going to be disappointed when Cal is still on the sideline for the next 5 years. He isn't leaving 9 mil a year on the table, no matter how much "pressure" you all think you can put on him. And no one at UK is going to authorize a buyout until it's down to around the 10 million mark.
Also, ticket sales for basketball isn't a major revenue generator to the UK athletics budget. Basketball makes almost all of its money off tv deals, which are already contracted for several years to come. Regardless of whether fans attend the games or not, it won't be felt for several years economically.
Also, ticket sales for basketball isn't a major revenue generator to the UK athletics budget. Basketball makes almost all of its money off tv deals, which are already contracted for several years to come. Regardless of whether fans attend the games or not, it won't be felt for several years economically.
You could hear that loud and clear….dilly was cooking and then he’s out
I’ve never “loved” Cal but he brought me a lot of good times the first half of his stint so I just can’t crack on him because of that but he’s ruining his legacy and ruining it for us so he needs to move on but we’re stuck because of Barnyard.
You have to coach to fix it, he said he tells them what to do but they don’t do what is asked. Not a very smart coach.
That interesting. We dropped our football tickets after 40 years 2 years ago and UK calling me all the time about getting tickets again. I understand this for football but surprised to read they doing that to Past Season ticket holders in basketball. This really shows what Cal has done to the Program.
Correct. I want regular seasons to mean something again.
This is kind of where my mind has shifted. Even if some miracle were to occur and something just clicked and we made a run to FF or won the thing, it is time.
There is just way too much drama yearly. The whole thing is just stale. I was hopeful Cals willingness to change the offense meant he'd be willing to change parts of his entire philosophy, he won't.
He has players out "sick" sitting on the bench. Makes no sense. He won't adjust his defense even if someone held a gun to his head. He won't send a message to players bringing absolutely nothing to the table.
He is a shell of the coach he used to be and anything changing would be from the script of a Disney movie.
You’d think if a player was “sick” you wouldnt want him near the rest of the team.
A empty Arena cannot be ignored on a TV broadcast. Look at the Yum Center. I say pay him his 9 million a year, but, make him team manager. Nothing in his contract says we have to allow him to Coach.
Sure it can, UL is literally ignoring it. Will they fire pain at the end of the season? Maybe. But it seems like there are a lot of internal people that don't want that, even with the empty stadium. Go watch a UCLA game sometime. Place is a ghost town most games. They still exist.
I am pretty sure his contract says what job he was hired for and his duties/responsibilities. Moving him to a different job would be a breach of that more than likely.
They're still playing the lottery angle, which hasn't been a reality for years...anyone who wants them can get season tickets...everyone's a winner now, especially if you open the checkbook.
Once they changed the tax laws to where you can now no longer deduct tickets off your taxes, and only a portion of your K Fund, which is associated to the purchase of tickets, there was a mass exodus...not only here but in every sport everywhere.
For years we were concerned about our rank in K Fund status to upgrade our seats, and we finally made it to the lower level right before Covid...once there, we wished we were back in the rafters with the real fans, especially after the new seats went in. Lower level is full of entitlement, tweens running back and forth all game and a smaller seat than the uppers, albeit cushioned, the experience is lackluster.
After being away for a while, I can say I don't miss the 2 hour drives home after a 9pm ass whipping or having to struggle to sell or find someone to even give tickets to, so they don't go to waste...that is a real drag, ask any other ST holder. We've also found a use for the annual $4500 we save - first year we bought a 85" TV for about half of what tickets for 1 year costs.
Being older now, not sure we'll ever go back to being ST holders, even with a nice discount and 1/2 off K Fund, at the moment it's not appealing at all. If we every did go back, we'd want lower middle uppers and would want to find someone to split a package with, because 20 games is too much when you don't live near Rupp.
"ambassador" ... I hope that means we can send him to some distant land.
Brother…Cal has about 475 more wins to catch Rupp for wins as UK coach. Now if you’re talking overall, I gotcha. Still about 70 or so short.
What's he blowing up? Maybe he'll take the snow cone machine but with the transfer portal the next guy can quickly assemble a good team.
Same experience here CP. Held lowers, but gave them up several years ago. Too much money, too many popcorn state games, too many low energy people showing up late and getting up and down all the time, a totally repetitive, non-creative atmosphere, big hassle to sell tickets, and of course the on-court results of Cal doing anything but actually coaching. I won't ever go back to season tickets and most likely won't spend any dollars until the current guy is gone. How people can rationalize sinking 5-10K year after year for the product currently being offered is rather mindblowing.
I have agreed with that sentiment since 2010 when he fielded an NBA team with Wall, Cousins, Bledsoe, Patterson, and Miller and couldn't win the title.
Yep, it went from being exciting and rewarding to dull and painful. Like a lot of things in life, you don't realize how much you actually don't miss it, until it's gone.
No more washing hands in a sink where you have to hold it on with one hand and wash with the other.
No more $7 sodas and $6 slice of gas station pizza ripoffs when you're starving and running late for a 7pm tipoff and live over 100 miles away.
No more looking for parking spots, dealing with jerk blue coats and waiting 45 minutes in traffic to get to the interstate and have to work in the morning.
Lifetime contract by the dumbass AD says Hi. Cal isn’t going anywhere.
If the price is right, I'm sure there are a lot of schools who would be happy with 24-12 records and a chance to actually get to a tourney game, be it NCAA or NIT.
We have different standards and Calipari no longer meets the minimum requirements of those standards.
You understand if they don’t but those very lucky shots we would’ve lost early in the tournament? The tournament is all based off luck, some teams get lucky and others don’t. This group is very different from 2014 and do you expect them to hit multiple game winning shots to send us to the title game?
I see barney's or cal's flying monkeys are back with their tired usual talking point of there is 'nothing you can do about it, cuz contract' bs.
Everything is negotiable. EVERYTHING.
Everything is negotiable. EVERYTHING.
He’s not going to another P5 job at 64 and declining production. Perhaps a step down at a Northeast school like a Umass ….much like Tubby @ High Point
It seems to me that about 5% of the posters here think Cal can do no wrong and another 5% think he is the personification of evil. Most of us lie somewhere between, seeing the coaching problems and wishing things to turn out the best for UK.
I would like to see Cal resign since he doesn't seem to be the coach he used to be(for instance, while he never switched up defenses, he did at one time know how to teach a team to play good man to man defense), but I don't want to trash the program or the man. I'd like a new coach next year but I don't want that bad enough to root for us to lose games this year.
I would like to see Cal resign since he doesn't seem to be the coach he used to be(for instance, while he never switched up defenses, he did at one time know how to teach a team to play good man to man defense), but I don't want to trash the program or the man. I'd like a new coach next year but I don't want that bad enough to root for us to lose games this year.
March performance cures all ills. It's his under performance there that is the cause of all the heat. Not losing some regular season games.
No one will remember that Uconn dropped 6 games in Feb, just that they won the title.
If he had went to the FF instead of choke to St Peters, not nearly as many people would be up in arms.
No one will remember that Uconn dropped 6 games in Feb, just that they won the title.
If he had went to the FF instead of choke to St Peters, not nearly as many people would be up in arms.
