Small update from MJ

[LXWildcat]

Everything he said below….

As I Said on the the Twitter space, there are probably 2-3 people involved and they aren't talking.

- The meeting between Calipari and Mitch is going on today (maybe even right now). The Herald Leader is reporting that Calipari will be on his show at 6 pm. That is wild to me considering that I don't think the situation will be resolved that point but I know I will be listening.

- I get the sense from a number of people that the biggest issue is this...there is a worry about what happens if they let Calipari go and he goes somewhere else and kills it. What then? I get that fear but ultimately if the relationship is bad you do what you have to do. But the fear of "Cal. 2.0" at another school is a concern that I know Mitch and others have.

- I feel confident in what I said last night. Calipari will either not be the coach here next year or he will be told he can't operate as an independent until not with oversight by the Athletics Department anymore. It is unclear to me if Cal would accept option 2.

Now we all wait.....

 

[Random UK Fan]

Why hasnt he just killed it here then?

Easy peasy.

 

[JimboBBN]

The fact that he’s going to be on the show says a lot IMO. We are screwed, aren’t we?

 

[LXWildcat]

Why doesn’t he just kill it here then?

Exactly lmao, who give af if he goes somewhere else and succeeds. That’s a huge gamble you’re taking by thinking Cal can all of a sudden start doing better here

 

[J-Ryan]

What if he goes somewhere else and kills it? So what…he’s not killing it here! Time for a change

 

[the nail at the foul line]

Why hasnt he just killed it here then?

Easy peasy.

He has

edited to say killed the program !!!

 

[MachineHead1]

If Cal kills it somewhere else, then he does. Doesn’t change the fact that losing to a 15 and 14 seed in the first round is inexcusable at Kentucky. You make the change, provided you know fairly well who the replacement is.

 

[JerseyCat84]

He’s too old and lazy to kill it anywhere else. That is the least of my worries.

 

[WeWant9]

Cal 2.0 lol

If that’s the fear for not doing this, we’re doomed. And if he did go elsewhere and UK played him, just throw a damn zone in and sit back and get the win.

 

[know1]

The second bullet point there is ridiculously laughable and sad to me at the same time. We keep a guy with bad results who doesn't prioritize the success of the program he's paid to lead just because they are afraid he might do good somewhere else?????? That's absurd.

I understand keeping him because he's too costly to let go. And I kind of understand keeping him because it's a bad look to fire a Hall of Fame coach, but keeping him because he might be successful somewhere else when he hasn't been lately here? ...I don't even have words for that....

 

[LineSkiCat14]

Everything he said below….

As I Said on the the Twitter space, there are probably 2-3 people involved and they aren't talking.

- The meeting between Calipari and Mitch is going on today (maybe even right now). The Herald Leader is reporting that Calipari will be on his show at 6 pm. That is wild to me considering that I don't think the situation will be resolved that point but I know I will be listening.

- I get the sense from a number of people that the biggest issue is this...there is a worry about what happens if they let Calipari go and he goes somewhere else and kills it. What then? I get that fear but ultimately if the relationship is bad you do what you have to do. But the fear of "Cal. 2.0" at another school is a concern that I know Mitch and others have.

- I feel confident in what I said last night. Calipari will either not be the coach here next year or he will be told he can't operate as an independent until not with oversight by the Athletics Department anymore. It is unclear to me if Cal would accept option 2.

Now we all wait.....

The fear of him killing it elsewhere is silly. Who cares, even if he did? His success at another school has no impact on us.

 

[CUJO_1970]

He has

Yeah six frikkin years ago.

 

[ThroughBlue]

He has

How long ago was that

 

[LXWildcat]

Cal is 65 and I bet he won’t coach much longer anyways. Let this fool go somewhere else. What if he goes somewhere else and doesn’t kill it? Big gamble allowing him to come back….

 

[NociHTTP]

 

[BlueBomb]

Why hasnt he just killed it here then?

Good question, right?

But sometimes, a coach, player, etc. just needs a change of venue to recharge, get their confidence and mojo back. I would not be surprised at all if Cal goes somewhere else and "kills it." But that doesn't change the fact that it's time for him to leave here.

 

[UKfan215]

Mitch must be scared he'll take the UL job. LOL.

 

[Lightbringer12]

I mean if Cal really wants to keep his job here I’d say make him re-structure the deal erase the crazy buyout and make it huge incentives to win SEC tournament games and final 4’s. He’ll never go for that so he’s going to remain lazy here so just a matter when you want to rip off the band aid. I mean Cal could kill it somewhere else but that’s the chance you take. It’s the same when you break up with a girlfriend you don’t know who wins until the dust settles. It’s just time!!

 

[the nail at the foul line]

Yeah six frikkin years ago.

How long ago was that

Right now. He has killed the program.

 

[kybballcrazy]

Everything he said below….

As I Said on the the Twitter space, there are probably 2-3 people involved and they aren't talking.

- The meeting between Calipari and Mitch is going on today (maybe even right now). The Herald Leader is reporting that Calipari will be on his show at 6 pm. That is wild to me considering that I don't think the situation will be resolved that point but I know I will be listening.

- I get the sense from a number of people that the biggest issue is this...there is a worry about what happens if they let Calipari go and he goes somewhere else and kills it. What then? I get that fear but ultimately if the relationship is bad you do what you have to do. But the fear of "Cal. 2.0" at another school is a concern that I know Mitch and others have.

- I feel confident in what I said last night. Calipari will either not be the coach here next year or he will be told he can't operate as an independent until not with oversight by the Athletics Department anymore. It is unclear to me if Cal would accept option 2.

Now we all wait.....

This whole thing about him coming back because there is no one else crap is stupid. There are plenty of coaches who could give us better results than 1 win in 5 years in the tourney. He is a stubborn man. What in the heck makes anyone believe he will change and ky will be better. The man is 64 years old. Time to pull the ripcord.

 

[Sparkaces1]

Cal literally had the two best college guards, another All-American guard, and three other recruits who were at one time the number recruit in America, how the hell can he go somewhere and have a better roster than that lol.

 

[Rockfly78]

The fear of him killing it elsewhere is silly. Who cares, even if he did? His success at another school has no impact on us.

It would depend on where he went. What if he went to Arkansas?

 

[R.O.T.Muckinfush]

Good for him if he does, but he ain't killing it here. My take... he is back, if he will be on the call in show then he's coming back. They'll pump up the hype machine one last time for this guy.

 

[Imafan4evr_]

Everything he said below….

- I get the sense from a number of people that the biggest issue is this...there is a worry about what happens if they let Calipari go and he goes somewhere else and kills it. What then? I get that fear but ultimately if the relationship is bad you do what you have to do. But the fear of "Cal. 2.0" at another school is a concern that I know Mitch and others have.

Now we all wait.....

That’s some serious loser mentality stuff right there. If the guy can’t get it done here of all places, only way he ever sniffs any success again is purely driven out of spite and will surely be short-lived anyway. How many coaches leave here and do better?

 

[meteordealer]

The fact that he’s going to be on the show says a lot IMO. We are screwed, aren’t we?

He hasn't been fired yet. He will continue to move forward as usual, until that time comes.

 

[Klix]

 

[LXWildcat]

 

[FiveStarCat]

If he kills it somewhere else it’s proof he got lazy here and makes his choke jobs even more embarrassing.

 

[jeff halcomb]

My biggest worry is for mitch to get the next hire right!

 

[LineSkiCat14]

It would depend on where he went. What if he went to Arkansas?

IDK, doesn't really bother me. And honestly we all know he's going to try his HARDEST to rub it in our face no matter where he goes.. but whatever, who cares? He just lost his dream job and we have a new coach.

I'm more concerned if we fire him in a rash way, and we end up getting a shitty coach. If we're going to do the buyout, we need someone pretty good lined-up

 

[March 22]

The fear of him killing it elsewhere is silly. Who cares, even if he did? His success at another school has no impact on us.

It actually means our buyout would be relative peanuts if he goes elsewhere. Kills it? With what? Energy, devotion, work ethic, collaboration, humility, technical basketball knowledge

 

[Random UK Fan]

Exactly lmao, who give af if he goes somewhere else and succeeds. That’s a huge gamble you’re taking by thinking Cal can all of a sudden start doing better here

I’d like for someone to define “killing it”.

 

[ck-2]

I have said for a few years that my biggest fear was that Barnhart would still be here when it was time to replace Kal. The man has no plan and obviously wasn’t prepared for this.
All of that being said I don’t care Kal needs to go now!!

 

[Woodrow_Call_1998]

Cal isn’t killing it here, so who cares what he does somewhere else? It’s time for a new coach, it’s obvious

 

[LineSkiCat14]

It actually means our buyout would be relative peanuts if he goes elsewhere. Kills it, with what? Energy, devotion, work ethic, collaboration, humility, technical basketball knowledge

I was going to say lol.. he will probably just suck wherever he goes. I think that transition would be tiring on him anyways. And oh well, het gets SMU to an elite 8, it really wouldn't affect me in any way.. and in actuality ,it shows that it was time to fire a guy who wasnt giving it his all. It's not like if we DIDN'T fire him, that he'd have gotten us that elite 8.

 

[the nail at the foul line]

I guess he plans on coaching from his beach house in New Jersey as well. Someday he has to come back. Or just have Mayflower pick up everything. I am good with that.

 

[Lightbringer12]

For wondering why he would do radio show tonight, couldn’t he just use that as his sign off farewell good bye to the fans?

 

[bbncal02]

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sigh.

wait til next year.

I reallly hate my sports life. Titan, suck. Braves, hit or miss (but a title a couple of seasons ago so that always helps), Colleges- UK and WKU, very mediocre.

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

What if he goes somewhere else and kills it. Who gives a shit, the chances of that happening are slim to none. You can’t let the fear of the unknown stop you from making the correct choice for this program. Look at all the leaks and media circus today, if he come back that willl be how the whole offseason goes

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

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He’s coming back isn’t he?