Matt Jones is right about one thing
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Rupp was in really bad health, he had cancer, diabetes and had gout so bad, he had to wear house shoes on the bench. He needed to retire for his own well being and it was impracticable for him to continue.
But is the rule still in effect? And I have to wonder if such a rule would stand up in court if challenged...not saying it would or would not, just that I don't know.
This mantra needs to die. The regular season means a whole helluva lot. SEC Championships matter! #1 seeds matter! It all matters to UK fans.
I would also add that the opening 4 minutes matter. If you get outscored by 14 in the 1st 4 minutes you might not be able to recover; you might wind up losing by 11. That's why starting your best lineup matters.
It's a totally different world now, than it was in 1972...legal challenges to ageism laws could be brought, but I'm sure could be countered by competency allegations.
I don't think we'll have to worry about Cal's retirement age...he's already 64 and has 5 years on a contract which almost assuredly will never reach fulfillment.
I hate the “you can’t fire Cal” posts more than the sunshine pumping posts.
CCC has taken all the fun and entertainment value from Kentucky #JohnCaliparicantcoach
I agree with this 100%. Really well stated. It was awesome when Cal was at the top of the mountain in 2012, but nothing lasts forever.
Relax dude. We have a bunch of NBA players. This is way better than winning college games. Sarcasm.
And because of what you said, which is very true, what coach wants to come here and put up with all of us fans? Normally I would say that's a stupid thing to even think no less say. But the game has changed so much you don't just coach at UK. You wear so many hats who wants to deal with all of it?
Having said that, do we need/want a younger coach or an established one?
If you would’ve told me Cal was going to be here 15 years in 2014 or whenever, I would’ve said we’d have 3 championships minimum. What a mess of a legacy he’s leaving, what a complete collapse. Would’ve never in a million years predicted this. I mean what the hell else does he need in a roster to form a competitive team? Cal in 2011 would have this team top 5, current Cal would have the 2011 team in the NIT. I mean at one point the guy rode Brandon Knight and Josh Harrelson to a damn FF.
Ccc will not leave on his own. He thinks he is the greatest. If he has one of the major boosters on his side, uk won’t do anything
John Calipari should be indicted for impersonating a basketball coach.
Folks forget...he holds ALL the cards. 40 million. He can destroy this program.
This season was March or bust after losing to St. Peter's.
Not even sure what that means. But you win internet tough guy of the day! So congrats!
who poked first? This proves me right all the more!!!! Don’t go poking any more bears!!!!
There have been several polls in the last couple of years.
The general consensus on this board is 80% of people want Cal gone.
This mess is NOT, repeat NOT, the fault of the fans. Flush that bullcrap.
Speak with your wallet. if this seasons flames out big time, next year don't even fill the seats at Rupp. Send an actual message.
Second award of the day the Most Right on the Internet award. Congrats you've earned it.
Wait....so you're a bear now???? Again, I'm not even sure what this means.
An option that he's on record as saying he's uninterested in pursuing...charlatan won't take the honorable route; he's gonna milk us for every penny he can
Tuesday night he subbed Z out immediately after he took, and hit, a 3 pointer; immediately, the ball hadn't finished falling through the net before Adou (i believe) was sprinting to the scorer's table
My personal top 3 from the losers…
1. It doesn’t matter who starts.
2. Coach so and so isn’t leaving so and so place to come coach at UK.
3. Cal can’t/ won’t be fired.
The losers have already been wrong about #1, are about to be wrong “potentially” about #3, and shortly thereafter, they will be wrong once again about #2.
This. People think it will get embarrassing enough but it won't. That's a massive amount of money and no amount of shame will cause him to leave it behind nor should it. The insane contract isn't his fault.
The other part is cal doesn't feel shame in the way we fans think he should. That's because he doesn't see himself to blame. It's always someone else that's at fault.
So before you even consider if he'd walk away from 40 mil, you have to consider he doesn't see self accountability at all.
I do think it will get bad enough where we end up massively overpaying him to agree to retire. That's the best that will happen. Then as a poster said, he will burn it down on the way out. All the "UK guys" will just be "calipari guys".
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I wouldn't be so sure - wherever he would leave for is going to pay him, and pay him very very well. I also wouldn't underestimate his desire to "stick it to Kentucky" by leaving (if it's for a different college team) and beating Kentucky, on the court and with recruiting. I'm sure he'd loooooooove to show a certain segment of BBN what's what
Could a poor March and a fanbase/booster revolt drive him to the NBA? Very possible, but I have my doubts with how many NBA teams want to hire a failed, short-stint former pro coach at Cal's age. No shortage of professional coaches looking for jobs/promotions.
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