Matt Jones on KSR this morning said Cal isnt close to AD Media or Boosters anymore
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I agree and hope that the decision he makes after this season is that he is done. Not coming back for next year. That would be best for all parties.
Yep, he got his; now time to relax and enjoy retirement.
The boosters are very unhappy as are the fans is what I've heard. I don't think Cal lasts after this year. If that's true, I say, see if Jay Wright would be willing to take the job. He left Villanova because he knew he couldn't compete with the Big time programs with the NIL coming into play. He wouldn't have thst problem at UK. And the he won 2 championships
LOL, a few here hung on his every word he said and scolded anyone that doubted him. LOL!!! Have we heard from him today since Mitch's statement? "Things are happening behind the scenes"........ lol. This "insider" didn't even know anything about Reed Shepherd and had to be told about his game from Rafters posters..........
You really stretched thin on that one hoss. He knows boosters, he's not a recruiting analyst or expert.
I'm not your hoss, pal. Calipari will be here through the end of next year and then leave on his own. All the posts about him getting fired or tanking on purpose for a buyout or getting bought out by the boosters this year and fired are laughable. Absolutely laughable.
Are you basing your opinion solely on Jones’ opinion or are you providing information that you received completely separate from Jones and from influential boosters and within UK?
Would you be willing to elaborate on your statement?
Offensive miracle? Why because it doesn't go with your agenda?!?! The last 3/4 weeks were injury filled. In the real world that matters
I HOPE our fans understand what the world is going to look like when Cal leaves. This isn't the same game anymore. Take a good long hard look at the college basketball landscape and understand where we are going to fall in the pecking order of today's recruits because I am telling you right now, nothing that Kentucky has ever been through before is going to look like what is next. The fall is going to be precipitous and long. You best be ready for Indiana-fication because that's what's on the menu. Study hard on Louisville's season as those are on the menu as well. Fact.
So, you're saying only Calipari's recruiting has kept us from having a losing record? Uh, you might want to review your recent UK history there buddy.
Cal's recruiting won't be repeated, certainly. Who on earth would disagree with that?
So what will UK look like? Let's start by what will be attractive at UK. A school that couldn't be successful with the #1 or #2 recruiting class every year? Culturally what will be appealing to recruits once Cal leaves?
What are our closest examples of our future? Indiana and Louisville. Why will we be different? Because we're UK? Means nothing to kids now just as it means nothing to them about UCLA, Duke, or UNC. The top players look at who can get me the most exposure for the NBA and the most NIL money.
The ONLY question for us after Cal leaves is how far do we fall and how long? All objective comparable data suggest a long protracted fall of unprecedented proportion in much the same way as Indiana. I consider Indiana to be the perfect example. It would have already happened after Tubby started the slide then exponentially increased under Billy G... the ONLY thing that stopped the slide was Cal and once he leaves we will very quickly return to what was already well under way.
Sounds like it to me. Sounds like he knows he sucks and has no answer. He can go out and BS the media and go thru the motions because Mitch signed his balls over to him.
Sit around with dogs and eat donuts while watching ice road truckers. I think you are correct.
I agree 2009-2018 were some of the absolute best UK times of my life. So many amazing and heart breaking tournament games and huge game success.
I appreciate you conceding defeat, absolute though it may be.
You're insane.
You do know that Kentucky did pretty well before John Calipari ever graced us with his presence, right? I mean, we did SOMEHOW manage to win 7 Titles before the basketball savant ever took the job.
Kentucky, Dook, UNC, and Kansas move the needle in college basketball. That's pretty much it. Put any of those programs on national TV and you'll get eyeballs. So, the job is already attractive to any aspiring coach and kids want to play on the big stage. It don't get much bigger than at UK.
Plus, add in the new ESPN contract and you're going to see even more of Kentucky on national TV than ever before.
You need to get off Calipari's nuts. He didn't invent the game and he certainly didn't create Kentucky Basketball.
The program is likely going to decline slightly before it bounces back.
The old saying is, “it is always darkest before the dawn.”
We will likely have to bottom out before we start climbing.
This is why, though I do want change, I am very cautious about it. I would much rather Cal resign after this season or next season, going out on his terms, rather than him being forced out and ripping the program apart on his way out.
The transition period is likely going to be tough, but it could be brutal if it is not handled right.
The old saying is, “it is always darkest before the dawn.”
We will likely have to bottom out before we start climbing.
This is why, though I do want change, I am very cautious about it. I would much rather Cal resign after this season or next season, going out on his terms, rather than him being forced out and ripping the program apart on his way out.
The transition period is likely going to be tough, but it could be brutal if it is not handled right.
we could win 10 games after cal leaves and it will be an improvement on the season cal produced 2 years ago.
The only reason we won't be an attractive school to recruits anymore is because of the damage he's done to the program. The sooner he's gone, the less we will fall.
But even if we woke up the day after he was gone and found ourselves as a low- to middle-of-the-pack school in a P5 conference, a good coach get us back quickly. And by good, I mean one of the many out there who can coach circles around Cal, but just haven't had the resources he's had...and wasted.
LB that's the dumbest looking avatar I've ever seen lol.
