That tells me you’re basically on the floor like a child throwing a fit. Very productive.
Can We FIRE Cal Yet?
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Mitch has to go
I've said it 100 times, I'd hire Beard tomorrow without a second thought. I'd go through the process of reaching out tot he obvious coaches and gauge interests. Nobody can pay what UK can, and nobody will. This is the Oval Office of college basketball.
I don't understand why so many of you pretend this is some impossible task.
How do the boosters view all this ? I know the fans need to put the pressure on but if the boosters are starting to feel like most of us fans then that is when they start pressuring the people that matter!
The boosters I know never liked Cal to begin with.
It’s an “impossible task” for the reason already discussed: Cal’s contract. We’re on the hook to pay him around 10 million per year through the year 2029. You’re nuts if you think UK can just eat such an insane obligation while also paying a new coach. We’re rich, but not THAT rich.
Unless and until the issue of Cal’s contract is dealt with, the option of hiring a new coach is off the table.
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Huh? We don’t have any players playing from last season?
ok that’s a reasonable answer. Thank you. It won’t happen though. A guy like Cal doesn’t get fired. It would take a couple tourney misses in a row. He’s built a ton of equity. I’d still wager that Cal is still better than any other option.......for now. Keep in mind it’s only 4 games in.
If this was Cal's first high paying gig or he was 40 or maybe he felt like he didn't get a fair shot, I could see him sticking it out, hoping to turn it around, thinking all it takes is one good season to win the fans back (which is probably true to be honest)
but you can put a price on ending misery and UK fans can make it miserable for him if the program is down and not seeing an immediate turnaround. The price of ending that misery is walking away from the UK program.
At the moment, I don't want that for Cal, he's earned a losing season and a shot at redemption in my eyes, but that also comes with a mea culpa. You don't find too many coaches who have a national championship on their resume admitting their system doesn't work (until they are coaching at High Point)
Cal will never be fired. He may be ran off, but not fired.
We cant afford to fire Cal . fans would have to beg him to retire and stop going to games and stop watching. If you want to fire someone......... fire barnhart.
Folks Cal doesn’t, give a hoot in Hades what our fan base thinks. His constant harping this season that we are losing because our unreasonable fans forced him to schedule too hard shows how he feels about us. When a coach starts turning on his fan base his days are numbered. I saw Nolan Richardson do the same thing at Arkansas when he grew fat and complacent and stopped producing. Cal complained about the schedule again tonight after the game, as if we had played Duke rather than the worst team in the ACC. Cal came to UK hungry and his use of one and done s was ahead of the curve. It no longer is, many others are now fighting for the same kids he used to get regularly in his first 5 years. He isn’t getting enough of them now to sustain the level of success he enjoyed early, so he decided kids to the NBA would be his new legacy as winning titles is just too hard. I am going to scream and complain all year if things don’t improve, and I hope a bunch of others do to. The University has their hands tied by his contract but if enough fans holler Cals massive ego will force him to move on.
Did anyone point out that UK had just lost to an 0-2 team that didn't even have complete practices due to covid-19 protocols? Or did they just let him create his own narrative like they always do? Where was Tipton?
Recruiting doesn't take a hit if we get the 5 best basketball players who aren't really interested in an NBA career.
Chris Beard. The guy can take a squad full of transfers and mold them into a good team at a non power school. Can you imagine what he could do with better players?
How about you name one worse? UK has been beaten three straight by traditional nobodies and looked bad doing it. I feel sorry for Morehead State.
Well as can be expected ole stupid shows up and starts yet another dumb pos
We laugh at Indiana on this board. We need to take a lesson from them and not keep Cal around longer than is merited. I really think if they cut Knight loose in the late 90s time frame that program could be in much better shape today. Cal is not going to change. He's not even going to fire assistants for show. I don't want this version of Cal sticking around another 5-6 years.
Cal has lost his fire for sure, Beard would be a huge upgrade as far as in game coaching.
Gee....would a good young coach want the best job in college basketball?
Some may not agree but the players Cal has been getting are great kids BUT most of them are here for one reason and that is to get too the NBA as soon as possible. i don't think they give a hoot about KENTUCKY across their chest.
I will be glad when the one and done is over with and we get players who WANT to be here and proud to play for UK. A 17 point lost is really a sad thing to watch.
Will this be the team that loses enough games that we fall behind in all time wins ? I really don't think Cal cares anymore about that. As some of you have pointed all he cares about is putting players into the NBA. I could care less about that . I want to see UK win games and destroy other teams. Right now i am just pissed !
I will be glad when the one and done is over with and we get players who WANT to be here and proud to play for UK. A 17 point lost is really a sad thing to watch.
Will this be the team that loses enough games that we fall behind in all time wins ? I really don't think Cal cares anymore about that. As some of you have pointed all he cares about is putting players into the NBA. I could care less about that . I want to see UK win games and destroy other teams. Right now i am just pissed !
Cal definitely has been "on one" in 2020 even by his own standards.
You would think for being such a religious man he would check his pride at the door considering how blessed he has been over the years but I guess at this point he's believing his own hype. Stubborn ***. This story has been written 10000x over with the same ending.
Rick Pitino was running whores in the dorms and kept his job. We want to fire Cal for a three game skid. Makes sense.
Cal needs to change. He is not stupid. Either he figures it out or he doesn’t. If he doesn’t, him leaving works itself out. If he does, I like our chances. I will take his winning percentage over just about every active coach out there. Not every coach out there can come in and have your team winning titles in three years, so be careful what you wish for. A brand new coach can take years to field the type of team that many on here long for.
I don’t think firing is the solution. Cal is a winner. He didn’t get where he is without adapting.
We have another Jackson sidelined with an injury. Let’s get him back before we completely write this team off.
Cal needs to change. He is not stupid. Either he figures it out or he doesn’t. If he doesn’t, him leaving works itself out. If he does, I like our chances. I will take his winning percentage over just about every active coach out there. Not every coach out there can come in and have your team winning titles in three years, so be careful what you wish for. A brand new coach can take years to field the type of team that many on here long for.
I don’t think firing is the solution. Cal is a winner. He didn’t get where he is without adapting.
We have another Jackson sidelined with an injury. Let’s get him back before we completely write this team off.
Cal will leave once his ego is bruised enough by embarrassment. Whether that embarrassment stems from recruiting, team results, fan anger or apathy, or a good helping of each, that is when he will leave and not before.
His legacy is more important to him than anything.
Fair enough but if you think the reaction is over 3 games, you've been pulling a Rip Van Winkle for a few years.
No, I know it is larger than the last three games, but we didn't see half of the threads on the board about Cal being gone at the end of last year. They have increased tremendously with the last few games.
Well, Beard will be at Kansas and we can compete against him then. That’s exactly what’s coming. Hope some of you are right and he’s a bad choice. I don’t see it.
But wait, Cal is a morality man, right? I mean, spiritual advisors and social workers would never hold a university and the taxpayers to a deal they weren't keeping their end on, right? That would hurt the University, and by extension, average students who don't have a lot. Cal says he's for kids living their dreams, getting out of their way, and sucking it up. He wouldn't do that.
Unless of course that's all ********, and the only "kids" he cares about are spoiled athletes who are set to make millions in a handful of months which bolsters his reputation.
I wonder what the truth is?
We haven't gotten along completely but I don't fit into that camp. I've been consistent for going on two years.
Correct. I’m just tired of ugly basketball almost every year until March. It’s become unenjoyable and unwatchable.
@morgousky - this is weird statement. How many “bosters” do you know. You stated “never like Cal to begin with.” No way. I dont pretend to know tons of boosters, but I have talked to someone who was integral in the hiring of Cal. Trust me, the booster base was clamoring for Cal, and it wasn’t a secret. They overwhelmingly loved him and wanted him here before BCG. Maybe the one or two you know didn’t fit into that mantra? Crazy talk.
Let me rephrase.
Those boosters never really trusted Cal in the beginning. They came to like the winning. I'm aware the brass at the top knew we had to have Cal.
You're crazy if you think Chris Beard would be a better coach here than Cal. Zero chance.
How about now?
This team very likely WONT EVEN GET TO 10 WINS.
There’s no reason in the world for that to ever happen here and the coach should be fired on the spot. I wouldn’t give a damn who the coach was.
Freaking Gillespie would have won 2 games by now with this team.
This team very likely WONT EVEN GET TO 10 WINS.
There’s no reason in the world for that to ever happen here and the coach should be fired on the spot. I wouldn’t give a damn who the coach was.
Freaking Gillespie would have won 2 games by now with this team.
It’s bad when I have Tennessee fans asking me how much longer is UK going to put up with Calipari. Everyone sees it except our idiot AD and the rainbow crew of BBN who supported even Billy until his last day.
We could only hope. Anyone watching this hot mess and doesn’t see major losing season is not being honest with themselves. Cal is just a pathetic x/o’s coach really bad and he’s being completely exposed.