You nailed it. MB gave away the keys.
Official Fire Coach Cal Thread
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actually its very therapeutic. No pent up anger
you don't see me getting all pissy and telling people to GFY
Tubby could coach but couldn’t recruit. Cal can recruit but can’t coach. KP did the coaching and that is very apparent now.Cal is exactly in the same spot Tubby was once he got his fat contract...mailing it in and living of the rep of UK.
Problem is Tubby was a decent bench coach and got fat metaphorically, while Cal is a lousy bench coach and looks like Fat Bastard waddling around with no coat, tie and his dress shirt pulled out like a slob.
Tubby never shit the bed quite like this. 💩
Cal hasn't been good in 5 years. Deal with it!
KP's Knicks contract is 1.5mil a year. Let's give him double and bring him back.
Ok all you expert ADs, you walk in and fire Cal first thing Monday morning. What’s your explanation to your boss on why and who you’ve got coming in to take over? It had better be a big time hire. One the fans and more importantly the boosters can get excited about. Like Izzo, Stevens, Donovan.
We can’t fire him, PERIOD, much less “mid-season.” Y’all are wasting your time discussing something that realistically can’t happen.
I believe it can absolutely happen - just not the way people tend to think with the contract and not until the end of the season - if the administration wants it to happen. I also don't believe there will be this massive payout people think.
But I do think its unlikely at the moment. The season will have to get so bad that Cal doesn't even want to leave his house before changes happen.
Are we sure that Cal can recruit because none of these players seem like BASKETBALL players ?
This is me. The product is unwatchable. The losses are unacceptable. The roster composition is questionable. The offensive strategy is impotent.
But Cal has earned the right to fix it. If next season turns into the same thing as this one, it would be best for the two parties to mutually part ways to avoid the absolute nuclear meltdown this fanbase will have.
well it starts with Mitch making changes that Cal has to adhere to
and contrary to the common narrative, Cal answers to Mitch and his contract says so.
I think you could realistically see him retire or step down. If he does have a problem with Kentucky and finds himself at odds with the fanbase, I dont see him sticking around. Yeah he has that $10 million salary. But next year doesn't look much better in terms of our team and I dont think even he wants to get blasted for months on when, while losing games and not adding players on draft night
Tanked, I don't know about you, but I don't like the direction of this program the last 5 years. I don't think Cal or anyone else has earned the right to return to a program when it is this bad. He is getting paid a lot of money to produce, and he isn't. I know he will be back, but the game has passed him by. If you look at Cal's past, he has to have good guards, who can shoot and lead the team. He is just going with athletic, long guards, and doesn't care if they can shoot or not. He just wants them to dribble and drive to the basket. Show the NBA what you can do.
OLD STOLL FIELD GUY!
mdlUK, you must like losing. Most of us on here are WINNERS, and we can tell the LOSERS, because their satisfied with LOSING, just as long as they can kiss Cal's butt, and bad-mouth WINNERS, who hate losing. I sure in Hell would not want you for my Wingman, or even in my formation.
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I happen to believe that Cal has earned the right to come back next year. I also reserve the right to change my mind should he continue the path he is on and we still have single digit wins say 5 weeks from now.
doesn't mean I think he will turn it around, if Cal has no interest in developing multi-year players and move away from trying to fill up an entire roster with supposedly talented freshmen, then he will not improve and the fanbase will make Cal and Mitch miserable to the point they don't want to leave their house.
What has to concern Mitch at the moment is the damage being done to the program by Cal not able or more likely willing to change from what he believes.
Mitch is going to have to address the fanbase at some point giving the dreaded "vote of confidence" to Cal which is code for he's done enough to justify changing course, but I won't jeopardize any future hiring by doing anything rash.
He will not get 60 Million. The amount would be decided in court, and it would NOT be over 20 Million, at the most. Probably a lot less.
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I’m not on the fire Cal train yet. He’s been playing with fire for a few years since he stopped getting Top 5 talent. Luckily we’ve had some 4 star guys like Herro and SGA who were extremely underrated ease that. It was bound to happen eventually which is why I don’t like the 1 and Done model without experience mixed in.
I’ll sit back, have some Makers and hope for change. If we have another mass exodus after a bad year though I’ll be all aboard.
I’ll sit back, have some Makers and hope for change. If we have another mass exodus after a bad year though I’ll be all aboard.
Cal does suck. Horribly. But he isn’t going to get fired. I just wish he’d retire and go away. The problem is that’s never going to happen so if you’re a UK basketball fan you are simply screwed.
Again we just ask him to step away from the program for a couple of months to reassess. A la Cameron Fletcher. We continue to pay him and we let one of the assistants finish out the year. I wish we still had KP but obviously that ship has sailed. At least Cal would understand his place in the pecking order. Unfortunately when you pay a guy as much as he makes and he’s got a Golden parachute as big as he does you really have no leverage. Heck he prolly is hoping we fire him. He’s probably looking a Malzahn sitting at home collecting his 23 million and thinks that would be a pretty solid gig. |
I'm sorry guys. I know I'm old school. I am old enough to be most of your all's father. I've been a UK basketball fan my whole life. I graduated from UK and have seen the good and the bad. In forty years of following UK I can never remember a coach openly saying UK basketball is not about wins and losses and not about championships. I long for the days when kids wanted to come to UK and one day graduate. Do you guys even remember a senior night? I miss seeing these kids develop and play for history, not just for themselves.
My thoughts exactly!!! I’m afraid that day may never come again. Very sad. Nothing like seeing Chuck Hayes with tears rolling down his cheeks on senior night. I long for the days. Just like everyone else I begged for better recruiting classes... finally got what I wished for and now I realize how wrong I was.
I’m not saying yes.... but I’m not saying I’d be upset if for-sales signs showed up his yard either.
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Absolutely, and I can't understand why the majority of the fan base is missing this fact.
Doesn’t mean we can’t make our opinion known about the direction of this program. I am well aware that Cal is not getting fired but I want him to know I’m not a fan of his coaching or his methodology anymore and I don’t believe we are the Gold standard anymore.
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