Me personally man? I would have fired him the day after St. Peter’s. The reason I say that is because Kentucky should not put up with this kind of **** long. Indiana obviously didn’t teach some of these people anything.
1. Hanging on to a coach who doesn’t win consistently because of his past accomplishments can kill your brand over time.
2. Accepting losing and making excuses for it WILL kill your brand over time.
I really think people don’t understand why UK is UK. It’s Because we have valued our brand and not accepted chipping away at it since Rupp. Bad hire? You’re fired. Mediocre coach? The fans apply pressure. Our brand sells and dominant coaches want to be challenged by our win or go **** yourself attitude.
We’re losing that under Calipari. If we keep holding on we’re going to be seen as a Syracuse with a Jim Boeheim.
Calipari has been using tragedies and new uniforms to supplement his lack of winning. The problem is we’ve already lost a lot of ground with our brand. On his watch, Duke is now the all time gold standard to fans across the nation. North Carolina has leap frogged us. Kansas is picking up steam as a more dominant brand.
2-3 more years of 10 losses, early exits, and beatdowns from teams like Tennessee and Auburn? We’re about to completely be seen as a good program, not great, former juggernaut.
It doesn’t happen over night, it’s the death of 1,000 cuts. You have to protect the program against it.
I want Calipari to work too, it’s there it’s so there. The fit, the personality, he’s already got 4 final fours and a title here. We’re so close. But if he won’t get on with it, he’s got to go. We can’t force him to make the move toward legacy. He’s clearly not giving a sht enough. It’s about time to end it.
They won’t buy him out until they see the Sheppard and Wagner class. But if we look like **** this year, and that class doesn’t pan out, he’s gotta go. And go he will.