I don't know. You could be right. I think Seth is ultimately pretty mid at his job. I think he likes the attention because he knows he'll never be top tier amongst his peer group. So, he gets to be besties with a 'HOFer' and get attention from a huge fan base. What we're seeing is Greenberg's ceiling. Once this saga fades away, I think we'll see Seth Greenberg fade away as well. This divorce has value to ESPN, right now, it won't forever.
Never had much use for Seth G. most of the crap he says on ESPN is jibberish“All the noise that goes on within your fanbase or another fanbase where he came from”
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I don't necessarily think Cal handled the Sharpe situation the way he did out of spite. But he was the UK coach, at any point he could've told Sharpe and his handlers that he could either play or leave, and he didn't. That's the main issue I have, who was in charge in that situation? Because it wasn't Cal clearly.
Oh I disagreed with his coaching decisions but I think that’s just because he’s a bad coach, rather than doing it out of spite to lose intentionally lol.
Oh I completely agree. He mismanaged it completely. I just don’t think it was done intentionally out of spite like some (not yourself) are saying
He could simply withhold criticism of Cal. Acknowledge the team isn't performing well and Cal has to figure it out, could even support him by saying things like, "I think he'll get it turned around." He's actually just making it worse by telling people their feelings are invalid and they shouldn't criticize Cal.
Yep. A just a little over .500 career coach who made the NCAAT 3 times, beat a couple #1 ranked teams and made his living in the NIT. I'm not one to pile on but I really do not like him. He thinks way too much of himself and his credentials.
Hasn't the rumor been that the players basically took over the coaching during that run?
While I agree with you, I actually DO think there's a part of Cal that left because he knew it was best for both sides. He had the most critics within BBN that he'd ever had in his career there, even more than going to the NIT. He also wanted Brad on staff, and knew that wasn't an option at UK. So while I do believe he's lost his fastball, he's lost his competitive drive, etc - I also think he knew that he was no longer the right man for the job at UK
I would like to agree with you. I like the thought of living in a world like that. But, then I remember the disdain, and arrogance he showed BBN. His ugly little defense mechanism when his ego gets bruised. Remember, he didn't leave. He got caught with his hand in the cookie jar trying to strong arm Mitch. No, my friend, Cal didn't leave out of the kindness of his heart. He was basically trying to stage a coup and it failed. His ego betrayed him. Cal wanted Kentucky in spite of the fans, not because of them.
True, but in regards to the last statement, I don't think he believed that in the most literal sense ("There's someone better for this job and I should step down and do whats right").. No, he did this whole thing pretty snarkily. He thought he was bigger, and he kept dangling the NBA out there, other jobs, etc. He didn't go to Arkansas as a means to step down.. he did it in a way that said "Fine, see how you do without me".
So far so good. I think people forget we will probably never find somebody as good as Prime Cal. Those dudes are far and between. That's like asking to find a K or a Prime Pitino. Just not gonna happen very often.
It's still pretty odd to me that he thought Arkansas would be ok with his priorities. Say what you want about Arkansas, but they have passionate fans that know basketball. That's not exactly a destination where Cal's shtick will go over very well.
This is what most of these guys just dont get . . . its not some big thing Cal needs to figure out to fix things, its just doing all the little detailed things that other coaches are doing that make a difference in losing by 6 or winning games that he just refuses to do. He thinks he can still psychobabble and theorize his team into playing better and he's lost his margin of error in talent to still win enough games that way anymore. Simple as that.“All the noise that goes on within your fanbase or another fanbase where he came from”
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Exactly. The truth is Seth knows better himself but just feels compelled to protect his buddy. You could see him the past few years actually seem frustrated in trying to do that when he knew Cal was messing up and would even throw out a few things he'd like to see Cal "adjust" (he would never say change) lik switching defenses or spacing the floor or adjusting his rotations.
