You clearly have an issue staying on topic. I didn’t voice any opinions, I stated facts. Nothing you are talking about is in regards to anything I posted. Your hatred of Cal seems to run so deep that you aren’t able to look at anything he did through an unbiased lens.
Cal's perceived success at UK, IMO, was most likely a combination of first the UK platform and brand. This allowed Cal to attract the attention of top players and then allowed him to sell them on his wholesale OAD mantra. It was an easy sell, but its success was short lived as other coaches adopted variants of the same to complete. As this began to fail, Cal relied on his silver-tongue to continue to sell it, and players continued to buy it. Ultimately, the approach collapsed from its own weight and imperfections in spite of Cal's attempts to continue to sell it, hence his unwillingness to adjust to the demands of the game and pleadings from BBN to make changes. When you layer in Cal's narcissism and coaching inadequacies exposing him as a very mediocre coach, the writing was on the wall and his record over his last years at Kentucky proved to expose the dark under-belly that no-one wanted to acknowledge. The manner in which he decided to leave UK speaks volumes about him and his character. I don't have to "hate" him to see that reality for what it was. I certainly hated the fact that he continued to lead this program as I wanted him gone but, I didn't hate the MAN. Those are serious words usually thrown about by those with a weak argument.
I see by your name you’re just a little slow so let me say this a bit slower so you can comprehend. I have no issues because we fixed the biggest problem with Kentucky Basketball and removed the roadblock that was keeping us from competing for championships. You might slobber his knob and if that’s your thing then slobber all over it. I prefer my coach to be here building title teams. Take all those draft picks, turn them sideways and well, you know the rest. Quit trying to make your case because you’re wasting your time. Go order your Hog gear and enjoy his team.
You literally told the poster who said the same exact thing as me that he made good points.
Right? I wake up to see some dude talking about me sucking off Cal for saying he was a great recruiter 🤣
Coach K did less with his one and done strategy than Cal did.
I believe K has 2 NCAA Championships to 1 for Cal during the Cal coaching period. I personally would have taken K over Cal if that had been a option.
As a Tar Heel fan, I agree with your analysis of Calipari. I think Pope is a tremendous hire who will return the pride of the program to the forefront for UK fans....as it should be.
UL is the biggest rival and its not close. Ticket sales are insane that game. Kansas, Duke, Indiana, UT, UNC are all bigger games than the Hog game. Except for this year. That was kind of a d&ck move going to an SEC school.
In the state of North Carolina, only the good teams are the biggest rivals. It's Duke vs UNC. Wake and NCSt not so much hatred there. Not a slouch but Louisville has been looking up to UK for most of the time.
As someone who grew up in Louisville, during Pitino’s time at ul, it was nauseating to hear him. Lots of little pop shots at UK and the fans. It’s a rivalry built on hate, very little respect between UK and ul fans. Pitino going there just threw more fuel on the fire, and he really thought UK fans were going jump ship and still support him.
Only one of those titles was using the one and done strategy. 2010 wasn't. Taking the years both coaches went all in on one and done Cal was more successful overall. K couldn't even make the Final Four with that stacked Zion team.
Cal did it to himself. He worked very hard to be disliked the way he is around the country. Before Cal came here as coach, he wasn't very well liked on this board either. As in most cases, people will accept bad behavior when you are winning; however, it is seldom tolerated when you lose.
You really believe your nonsense!!
If it was all about Cal, why is it that he didn't have that same level of recruiting success before coming to Kentucky? Why should anyone listen to WCS? It isn't like he is some great knowledge center on Kentucky or Cal.
Calipari is below Pitino in the UK pecking order. I also 100% guarantee that Calipari returns to Rupp one day and gets a standing O. But the wound is fresh and isn’t healing soon.
Pitino was loved from day 1. Even when he left, half of the state wore Celtics gear...we were all pulling for him. And when you're as good of a coach as he was, he couldve went anywhere after Boston. And he has to go to our biggest rival, thats unforgivable. I know the Duke-UNC rivalry is big, but the UK-UL rivalry is pure hatred. You guys honor each other in the arena, in this game people get the tires slashed and cars are keyed. Its hatred. Then he beat us a few times, the first being with a transfer Marvin Stone. Then he started going to the final four, won them a title. Hatred sky rocketed.
The dislike/rivalry between Kentucky and little brother goes way back. Kentucky has always been THE college for most Kentuckians and Louisville has always hated it. There are more Kentucky fans in Louisville than there are Louisville fans. The hatred for Louisville ramped up years ago, when Denny Crum declared them "THE University of Kentucky" when they won the championship. That did not sit well with people and it just ramped up from there and the rivalry is still strong with a lot of hatred involved.
Only what happened matters, so you can remove Wall from your list. Your pre-Kentucky list for Cal is rather pedestrian when compared to what occurred at Kentucky. Cal received way more from Kentucky than what he provided.
If Cal is such a spectacular recruiter, why is there no evidence of it before Kentucky? Without Kentucky, Cal would never have experienced the recruiting success that he did. There is nothing in his history that suggest otherwise. I have very little patience for people who are lazy and waste the number of resources and opportunities as Cal. Cal completely stopped coaching after tricking UK into the lifetime contract. I will never forgive him for that.
Make dumb statements, and you make me do this. I don't want to defend Cal, glad he's gone. I am defending logic and the truth, not the former coach.
ONCE AGAIN!!!!!! If Cal's recruiting was all about him and not the program, he would have been able to have the same recruiting success at UMass and Memphis. He didn't have that level of success at those two programs no matter how many more times you list those handful of players over a period of 8 years at UMass and 9 Years at Memphis.
I was just about to mention the last line of your post.
It isn't an argument; it is simply a disagreement on just how much of Cal's recruiting success was him vs Kentucky. I think it was more Kentucky and other coaches not participating in the OAD game. Once Coach K got involved in the OAD game, Cal's pipeline to the best players was greatly disrupted until after Coach K retired.
Where were those recruiting classes at UK before Cal? Cal is the best recruiter college basketball has seen. Nobody has done it on his level year in and year out regardless of where they coached.
Lets see how you feel after the 25 Arkansas class is in the books . There is a reason everyone says it was Cal (including his former KY players ) . Just cause you hate the man don't let it make you look foolish .
I’ll wait while you go find the one and dones on Duke’s 2010 title team.
I will wait while you explain how your response has anything to do with what I posted.
