It’s time for a change.

[Basscat1987]

Not talking about firing. Have “the talk” that most employers have where the employee finds another opportunity. NBA will give the guy $50 million and a private jet.

He’ll never be in the NBA again. You can’t yell at grown men all game long and expect them to respond. That’s the only way he knows how to coach

 

[TortElvisII]

ahahhahahahahaahha....did you really use recruiting class rankings as your argument? every coach UK has hired has been an up and comer (including cal) and yes, even Rupp. Nobody will want to follow modern day Joe Hall?
hall
3 final fours
1 nit title
1 title
1 runner up
cal
4 final fours
1 title
1 runner up
1 nit
We managed to get coaches to "follow" other title winning coaches (4 times actually). Including a 4 time champion. Save me the Cal slobber. Just admit you dont want to move on from cal because you are scared of hiring someone else, you sound like an IU fan in the 90s with Knight.

A lot of those arguments were made by Indiana fans back in the '90s. There are a lot of Indiana fans that would have stayed with Knight until 2010. Being afraid to improve due to holding on to something that no longer exist.

 

[SmedMoley]

A lot of those arguments were made by Indiana fans back in the '90s. There are a lot of Indiana fans that would have stayed with Knight until 2010. Being afraid to improve due to holding on to something that no longer exist.

I've compared our situation to IU's in the 90s, with Knight, for a month. They kept him too long. We're approaching that with Cal.

 

[Redraider559]

I've compared our situation to IU's in the 90s, with Knight, for a month. They kept him too long. We're approaching that with Cal.

Bob knight didn’t even make it to the sweet 16 his last 6 years

 

[RunninRichie]

Bob knight didn’t even make it to the sweet 16 his last 6 years

exactly.

 

[Redraider559]

exactly.

Exactly what? We were just in the elite 8.

 

[BigBlueFan19]

Fire him today! I’m serious!

 

[RunninRichie]

Exactly what? We were just in the elite 8.

LOL....point is Knight was slipping his last 6 years (like cal)

 

[Redraider559]

LOL....point is Knight was slipping his last 6 years (like cal)

Cal’s last 6 years and bob knights last 6 years at Indiana are not even close in comparison

 

[ManitouDan_anon]

Cal’s last 6 years and bob knights last 6 years at Indiana are not even close in comparison

BK was beloved by his fan base , Cal is despised among many.

 

[jessieshorts8]

BK was beloved by his fan base , Cal is despised among many.

Despised?Really?

 

[ScottGreene22]

Exactly what? We were just in the elite 8.

Been in elite 8 twice with one of them a cake walk to the final 4 and he screws it up. 2015 all he had to do was feed the post KAT was unstoppable. He has become a day late and a dollar short.

 

[Redraider559]

Been in elite 8 twice with one of them a cake walk to the final 4 and he screws it up. 2015 all he had to do was feed the post KAT was unstoppable. He has become a day late and a dollar short.

Yeah winning a national championship is so easy

 

[yoshukai]

Ready for him & his kneelers to move on. Get back to Kentucky basketball, so tired of the side show

He’s always been a carnival barker and now he’s made our program his circus.

 

[SmedMoley]

Bob knight didn’t even make it to the sweet 16 his last 6 years

Absolutely. IU should have dumped him years before they did. And it cost them dearly.

 

[KyCatFan1]

Getting rid of Cal now after we won the SEC last season and showed tremendous progress would not be a good look for Kentucky. He just got a huge transfer committment which I think would go away along with some of the 2021 recruits if he left.

Am I happy with how our team is this season? Of course not, I can't even stand to watch some of the entire games after we look so bad in the first half with a lack of in-game coaching that would seem obvious to instruct. I am tired of hearing him yell "Run" after a rebound when clearly this team is better off not running. I am also upset with the favoritism that seems evident and lack of fundamentals that some of our supposed top recruits have demonstrated.

For me what is needed is a good assistant coach who can teach fundamentals to this team. Plus it certainly appears that losing Kenny Payne had much more of an impact than what was realized. Fine to have some assistant recruiters but we need an in-game coach. Cal is the figure head and face of the program. But, similar to other elite teams it is often the assitants that are doing the grunt work.

What's needed is for the head coach to recruit players that have good fundamentals already. There are 3 things you have to be able to do in major college basketball and that is pass, dribble, and shoot. We don't have time to teach players how to do that in the 7 short months they are here.

We must stop recruiting players that are only highly ranked because they were bigger or much more athletic than their high school opponents or did well against terrible AAU defense. If this season doesn't have drastic improvement, this will likely be the worst coaching job ever based on the recruiting rankings. It's time to stop building teams based off of rankings.

 

[wildcat111]

Calipari is done here. Let’s just be honest about it. Make the difficult decision to ask him to pursue other opportunities or risk a few more seasons of mediocrity until we turn into UConn.

I’m done with this chapter. It was awesome. But it’s over. Watching Alabama’s walk-ons celebrate on the floor at Rupp as UK loses by 20 to an unranked opponent after embarrassing losses to Georgia Tech and Richmond?

Let’s move on.

Agree 100%, but who is going to pay for the buyout of the lifetime contract Barney gave Cal...It is about $50M.

 

[KyCatFan1]

Agree 100%, but who is going to pay for the buyout of the lifetime contract Barney gave Cal...It is about $50M.

I have a feeling when he leaves it won't be because we told him to. It will be because he doesn't want to completely tarnish his legacy here by staying to long. His ego is to big for that. He gets out now he can blame it all on the sh*tshow that was 2020 (Covid-19, riots, and politics).

 

[deep3]

Yes but coach Social Warrior has us on the uptick with NYtimes, Msn, Nbc, etc... We (UK) can disrespect our Brave Men and Women with the best of them. We are in the top 5 of best Woke.

 

[UKortho]

I have a feeling when he leaves it won't be because we told him to. It will be because he doesn't want to completely tarnish his legacy here by staying to long. His ego is to big for that. He gets out now he can blame it all on the sh*tshow that was 2020 (Covid-19, riots, and politics).

I agree. Cal is not the type that will go down with the ship.

 

[MEMEBLUE]

Calipari, the modern day Dean Smith when it comes to wasting talent.

 

[Cawood86_rivals]

Despised?Really?

I don't know about despised, but the kneeling thing has really upset the fanbase and then a 20 point seal beating at home from Bama topped it off.

 

[Cawood86_rivals]

Calipari, the modern day Dean Smith when it comes to wasting talent.

He is approaching those levels for sure and Smith did it when he kept players 3 years at the least.

 

[Runnin'Ramel]

I stand firm in my position. Today was disgusting and Cal should be embarrassed and ashamed of himself. At least Allen and Toppin tried but they weren’t even given the proper chance to help their team win in the 2H.

Go away, Cal.

 

[Bluesbrother]

I always love people who act like they have way more clout than they actually do. Other than posting **** on social media, there isn't much you can do in 2020. Sure, you can go protest outside his house, but the man is a multimillionaire. He can buy another home and live there while you are protesting at his house on Richmond Rd. You can opt to not buy tickets and attend the games or not watch on tv, but that won't even register as impactful on their radar.

Tubby would disagree.