Should bring the Rooferee out of retirement for that one.
At least we'll know who he was mad at all thise years.
Ok, I'm officially done enjoying Cals implosion.
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At least we'll know who he was mad at all thise years.
You do realize we're not actually on the team, right?
This is a fan forum, where we discuss current, past and future topics. You get that, right?
Even better because none of the ranked teams we beat in 2010, besides Tennessee I believe, made the tournament. And we've already beaten at least five teams that are going to be in for sure.
I hope he loses every game at Arkansas. IDK how I would feel if he went to a school that wasn't in the same conference and all that.
If and that's a big if. But say they finish 16-16. Because you know they are gone first game of the SECT.
Does Cal refuse to play in the NIT if they are selected? I don't think a 16-16 record guarantees a NIT bid. Lots of teams will win 20 and not make the NCAAT. Might not be a NIT bid for a .500 team this year.
Does Cal refuse to play in the NIT if they are selected? I don't think a 16-16 record guarantees a NIT bid. Lots of teams will win 20 and not make the NCAAT. Might not be a NIT bid for a .500 team this year.
It really is a shame because the 2010–15 stretch was second only to the 1993-98 stretch in my life. But somewhere in there, the game left him behind, and he just lost his fire. You can’t lose the fire but not the ego.
I think once the sting of the last few years wears off, people will gravitate more towards the good than the bad in their minds. But like you said, until then it’ll be nice watching Arkansas suck until he hangs it up. Just a shame; he could have gone out on top.
I hope he loses every game until he retires, I will never be done loving watching him fail.
Yes. I don't have to root against them because i already know how it plays out. I only care about the head to head match up. Everything else is gonna go how it usually does for Cal
The bottom line is, Cal focuses on individual goals and accomplishments. If one of his draft picks is struggling, he's going to take however long it takes to get that kid to break through and he is not going to change.
That 'Justin Edwards', or 'BJB' is going to start over better players, because those HS rankings said they were better.
Cal's last 4 teams played completely like disconnected teams that just did their own things. Some teams put it together and looked like a great TEAM for one game here and there, but always went back to individualism.
You can't prioritize individualism and win in today's college basketball. Cal knows this, but he doesn't care.
That 'Justin Edwards', or 'BJB' is going to start over better players, because those HS rankings said they were better.
Cal's last 4 teams played completely like disconnected teams that just did their own things. Some teams put it together and looked like a great TEAM for one game here and there, but always went back to individualism.
You can't prioritize individualism and win in today's college basketball. Cal knows this, but he doesn't care.
A resounding NO, and then yes to running him off the court.
I'd love to see Kerr rip open his jersey to reveal a giant fake tattoo that says EARNED NOT GIVEN.
"To be fair".... Cow got his championship because AD, TJ and Co. were too good to lose (THEY refused to lose.). Cow even went to stall ball in that game but that team was not losing at that point. Few was correct, he just ran out of time due to that team, not Cow. Cow is on the banner and that is fine and great but he did less with more than any coach imaginable. Yep, FF's are great... Cow's passion had nothing to do with that Championship... Yes Cow assembled that team AND TJ came back because of the lockout, fill in the blanks...
Oh it's a no brainer. Look at the talent on Cal's 09-17 teams. Wall, Cuz, Knight, TJ, Lamb, Liggins, AD, MKG, Miller, Randle, Townes, Fox, Monk, Bam, Ulis, Murray, Twins, Young, Lyles, Poythress and on and on.
When you look at the talent Cal was getting during his decline, they aren't on the same scale. I mean, maybe Maxey, Dillingham and Sheppard, but he didn't use them correctly and in some cases, made them secondary players.
But Boston, Hagans, PJ, Richards, Edwards, Wheeler (LOL), Wagner, Sarr, Devin Askew etc… were never good enough to overcome Cal's coaching. He simply stopped getting the players he got in the early years.
But even still, his garbage dribble drive expired 10 years ago.
When you look at the talent Cal was getting during his decline, they aren't on the same scale. I mean, maybe Maxey, Dillingham and Sheppard, but he didn't use them correctly and in some cases, made them secondary players.
But Boston, Hagans, PJ, Richards, Edwards, Wheeler (LOL), Wagner, Sarr, Devin Askew etc… were never good enough to overcome Cal's coaching. He simply stopped getting the players he got in the early years.
But even still, his garbage dribble drive expired 10 years ago.
I don’t know about that. Go back on YouTube and watch his press conference when he took the job. He was just like Pope. He was saying all the right things. UK is the gold standard. Greatest fans.
He changed remarkably in 15 years.
That’s why I think this job has a 10 year shelf life.
Remember Arkansas fans posting that they walked in and stole our coach, and we were just jealous and that we had no idea what we were talking about when it came to Cal.
Enjoy that contract..pig sooeee.
Enjoy that contract..pig sooeee.
You would think Cal could of just kept Welsh for offense and then hired a defensive guy, and then he could be even more lazy and just be a CEO/coach/cheerleader of the team. I believe they call those ambassadors, he could of been one of those...lol
I think everyone should be concerned about cal. He has some cognitive decline. I hope he doesn’t have dementia from a stroke or something. His decision making has been strange for a while now
A smart, regular coach would do those things, but Cal is too narcissistic for that. He does not want another strong personality in the chicken coop. Welsh is too intelligent and Cal couldn't have that.
Looking at the guys he has on his staff now, they're all yes-men that he can control and in Chin's case, he can bully him.
Yeah, I wouldn't wish dementia on anyone, let's hope that's not what's going on.
I hope he heads to ESPN and gets out of coaching. He loves to talk. He’s a good guy with a big heart but needs to call it quits on coaching and spend some time enjoying all the money he’s made and his family.
Didn't he himself say this? If he retired after a decade it would have been one of the greatest stretches any coach has had. 10 years, seven Elite 8s, four Final Fours, two title game appearances, and a title. I know we all wished he won another title or two, but making the Elite 8 in 70% of your seasons at a school is an absurd statistic.
Cal was great the first 10 years, I absolutely loved that time, especially as someone that started being a fan in 99 (my freshman year at UK). I officially jumped off the bandwagon in Oscars 2nd year during the Michigan State Champions Classic when we were playing a wheeler and Ware two man game with Reeves on the bench - I stuck with him till as long as I could. I don’t know what happened - my guess is the post COVID older college game and the college game catching up to the NBA style with metrics and perimeter oriented offense. Either way he’s lost it and needs to hang it up. It’s getting sad tbh
Couldn’t stand Cal.
Making fun of fans (Bennies) that have been intelligently watching hoops for 50+ years.
Hoping he doesn’t win a single conference game.
0-18. Now that’d be some funny shit.
I have to ask. You mentioned he's a good guy with a big heart.
Are you under the impression that this is hurting Cal in some way, like he goes home and is like, depressed, or sulking over these failures?
I think those of you that are feeling sorry for this guy, need to keep in mind, he took every opportunity to mock UK fans when we dared ask why he was playing certain players over better players, or why not play a zone, or can we try a different offense?
He called us basketball bennies and mocked us, like we talk like mouth breathers.
He's not sulking, not in the least and if he was, that would mean he actually cared about winning, but he's getting out of this what he wants to get out of this.
Also, the guy makes between 7 and 9 million a year and the biggest point to make is, he can change the narrative. If it was bothering him, he is the one guy that could easily change his lineups, his offense, his defense and the tone of the team. But he refuses to do that, so obviously he's getting what he wants out of this.
Would he rather be winning? Sure, but it's obviously not a big enough deal to make him change anything.
It's just crazy to me that we have fans that are feeling sorry for this guy as he does things how he wants and collects millions doing it. Also after he ran our program into the ground and mocked us when we dared voice our opinions about it.
If he wasn't so addicted to the fame he got from the stage UK provided, he would have been a great players agent, or G-League coach. That's how you help kids.
If cal wants sympathy, he can find it somewhere between shit and syphilis
Arkansas's best win, Michigan, just lost to a Minnesota team that was 0-6 in the Big 10.
Cal's first 300 games as UK's coach, I think he went 248-52 and was 7 games ahead of Rupp at 300 (241-59). That was 2009-10 to 2016-17.
But at 400 games, I think Rupp was 331-69 and Cal was 324-76. Rupp was 14 games better from 301-400 than Cal (90-10 vs 76-24!!). I stopped keeping track after 2020.
29 messages in 12 years, and you've spent a number of them defending Calipari in this thread. It says a lot about your intent.
If the man would just hire an offensive guru as asst coach to go along with his recruiting he would be just fine. Maybe not deep tournament run but the regular season wouldn’t be a complete disaster. But he’s so stubborn and determined to prove people he can do it with chin an KP. I wouldn’t let KP near the practice facility after his 2 years at Louisville.
In Cal’s defense, you can’t get blocked by the rim repeatedly and expect to get picked in the lottery.
I remember getting into arguments in here all the time because I believed, and I still do, that 2017 with Fox and 2019 with and 2020 with Quickley were really good teams. I thought those teams were better than the 2011 Knight team for example. But we had some incredible luck in 2011 and 2014 tournament that equaled out those other two years I guess. IMO the 2020 team was Cals last really good team. 2022 and 2023 and last year were extremely talented but by then Cal had completely had the game pass him by.
Cal's biggest mistake is that he should have simply retired to the broadcast booth after the Oakland debacle and become an ambassador for the University. He did not need to hold UK to any type of buyout . He has more than enough money to live out his life (and plenty to pass on to his kids) and it is likely that he would have made at least 2-3 million/year from ESPN or CBS. When he took the job his opening speech alluded to the fact that he looked at it as a 10 year position but apparently he forgot about that in his last few years when the program started trending downward.
It's so bizarre watching another fan base, right away, complaining about all the same things we'd been complaining about. So nice to have that off our back.
Even the richest man in the world isn't going to willingly turn his back on 30 million dollars, I know I sure wouldn't, but he easily could have worked out a buyout plan, or deal with UK and exited with some dignity, but nope, he had to press on.
Hey Cal, how's this working out for ya, buddy?
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