What Does Cal Actually Do?

westerncat

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Yes, Cal does yell a lot. Too much I think. I was really referring to the guys first post. He posted the yelling post almost as an attachment. I should have been more careful in directing my reply to the correct post .
No problem .
 

Panthur

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Aug 5, 2008
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LOL!!!! He’s still going. And he’s serious! It’s not a joke
It was just a humorous observation but honestly I’m glad it’s working so well to help your crowd work out your childhood issues. Sorry mommy didn’t love you but if it makes you feel better to pile on me keep it coming, I’m fine. Maybe it’ll even help the balls drop.
 

stuway

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Mar 29, 2007
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Do better next time Brad and remember, Earned not given.
Now go to your room.
Dude get a new line. Everytime anyone defends Cal from your ignorant posts you call them Ellen or Brad or one of his daughters lol
No we aren't related to Cal. We just are realistic fans who don't have some sense of entitlement.. Youre the one who fails to see college basketball has changed. You're the one who feels UK basketball owes you a National Title every other year. You're the one who can't grasp that there isn't a better option than Cal at the present. Covid and highly rexruited freshman not being as good as advertised ruined our season. Not our coach.

Any grown adult that has dealt with real adversity will understand all that and give our coach a pass. Only self entitled, immature people who have lived a charmed life continue to *****. So congrats on being a cancer to our fan base. Feel free to find another program that you like better and doesn't bring you such misery. But truth is people of your ilk are never happy. Bet your family secretly can't stand you and bet your co workers can't either. No one likes a constant whiner and negative person. You've done nothing but ***** and complain for years. I'm thankful I'm nothing like you.
 

Atrain7732

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Just when I think our unrealistic fans can't get any dumber....they somehow manage to out do themselves. There have been many laughable threads lately, this takes the cake. He got in the Hall of Fame doing nothing.
I really really wish the closet racist, unrealistic, uneducated segment of our fans base would become UT or lil bro fans. I'm so tired of being embarrassed by fellow UK fans. Its beyond frustrating to be lumped with these morons.

I am not in disagreement with the gist of your post, but did u need to really pull the racist card?

You do you I’m just saying you coulda left it as an ignorant and unrealistic post and most would happily agree. JMHO
 

JohnBlue

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Jul 22, 2003
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Cal does exactly what every other coach does, only more. As it's has always been true, assistants play a huge role in a teams success. If one person could do it all there wouldn't be others.

He nor any head coach does all of the recruiting, for instance.. Barbee was managing who to go after and Justus lead the way in contacting and building a relationship. Cal is the closer that seals the deal and of course has right of refusal on all decisions. The better the assistants sell the program the easier it is for the coach to finalize the deal. Yes he can lead, yes he has, yes he still does sometimes but not all of the time.

As the head coach he'll set the system that he wants taught as for style and expectations from players but he does not have time to do one on one instructions all of the time. A good assistant will be capable of teaching that or will be knowledgeable in a particular offense/defense style that if good enough most coaches will allow them to teach that instead.

Anyone that actually thinks he isn't a good x and o's coach also won't be capable of understanding W's and L's since they go hand in hand. I hope people don't assume he bought his way into the HOF. For a guy that has won as many if not more games than anyone in his tenure here it's honestly a bad look to try and discredit it. Next to Rupp, only Tubby was a better x and o coach at this program imo. Of course it's more than just one aspect to win like we demand.

The biggest part of his job though is being the face of the program and handling all the media obligations that go along with it. At a place like this it is that part that makes it to where very few people can handle the job. Everyone loves to ***** about how much he is paid. The University of Kentucky only pays him somewhere around a million per year, the other 8 million comes from making the likes of Nike and others that have contracts with the program happy and he by and far is one of the best at talking the talk. It's in the contract that he meet/talk/whatever with a lot of people a lot of the time.

All that said, he had ****** season last year that for a place like this is unacceptable. I know it, you know it and he knows it. Things will change (and they already are) or he will no longer lead this program.
 

CatInCanuckLand

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True story: Coach Cal had mold developing in his wine cellar. My wife’s brother owns a large restoration company that operates in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. The job took four hours and Cal was on his couch watching a Certain News Network (not napping) for four consecutive hours. Unreal.
 
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ShadowFromHomewardBound

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It’s amazing that you can type all of that and not realize at any point how ignorant of a post you made.

You are always always trying to clown someone in threads you don’t agree with as opposed to offering a refute or rebuttal in order to have a dialogue. It kinda makes you come across as a chump. Not saying you are one, but ya know what they say... perception is reality.
 

ryanbruner

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smh ... here we go
I don’t get why some of you continue to root against the team. Are we simply just choosing to be completely ignorant now?

Do the additions of TyTy Washington, Jose Alvarado, and CJ Frederick mean nothing? Some of you ***** and moan constantly about experience. We will have a lot of experience and you still want to whine and cry. It’s weird as **** I wish some of you would just dip off to your own teams sites.
 

irishcat1965

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Apr 22, 2012
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You are always always trying to clown someone in threads you don’t agree with as opposed to offering a refute or rebuttal in order to have a dialogue. It kinda makes you come across as a chump. Not saying you are one, but ya know what they say... perception is reality.
Actually a post that stupid should be called out and not worthy of a rebuttal. Now if it was sarcasm, I stand corrected.
 

STL_Cat

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Dec 4, 2011
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I don’t get why some of you continue to root against the team. Are we simply just choosing to be completely ignorant now?

Do the additions of TyTy Washington, Jose Alvarado, and CJ Frederick mean nothing? Some of you ***** and moan constantly about experience. We will have a lot of experience and you still want to whine and cry. It’s weird as **** I wish some of you would just dip off to your own teams sites.
Who is rooting against the team?

I must’ve missed the commitments from all 3 of these guys you’re talking about. When did they commit?

LOL at dipping off to my own team sites. You see that picture in my avatar? That print is hanging in my office. Along with team photos of the 98, 98, 12 teams. And autographed photos of Derek Anderson and John Wall.

I’m in the right place.
 

MNantz

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Dec 20, 2001
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We’ve all noticed lately that his recruiting goes the way of his assistants and he doesn’t seem to call recruits much himself. (Maybe the not calling himself is a rumor? Maybe he preferred in person and coronavirus stopped that?)

We’ve definitely learned from the departures of Strickland, Antigua, and Payne that it was principally not Cal himself but rather key assistants who mostly did the player development magic.

We’ve always said he didn’t really do Xs and Os and we give him a pass on that.

So that leaves….teaching man-to-man switching D and sort of an offense? And marketing?

Anything else?
Yet another stupid post
 

turkeywildturkey

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Oct 23, 2003
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We’ve all noticed lately that his recruiting goes the way of his assistants and he doesn’t seem to call recruits much himself. (Maybe the not calling himself is a rumor? Maybe he preferred in person and coronavirus stopped that?)

We’ve definitely learned from the departures of Strickland, Antigua, and Payne that it was principally not Cal himself but rather key assistants who mostly did the player development magic.

We’ve always said he didn’t really do Xs and Os and we give him a pass on that.

So that leaves….teaching man-to-man switching D and sort of an offense? And marketing?

Anything else?
As most all head coaches do, the assistants do the initial recruiting, then the head coach comes in and closes the deal towards the end.

The part about he does not teach, or coach players is BS. Do you think he got to the top letting assistants do the coaching in practice.
 

turkeywildturkey

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We’ve all noticed lately that his recruiting goes the way of his assistants and he doesn’t seem to call recruits much himself. (Maybe the not calling himself is a rumor? Maybe he preferred in person and coronavirus stopped that?)

We’ve definitely learned from the departures of Strickland, Antigua, and Payne that it was principally not Cal himself but rather key assistants who mostly did the player development magic.

We’ve always said he didn’t really do Xs and Os and we give him a pass on that.

So that leaves….teaching man-to-man switching D and sort of an offense? And marketing?

Anything else?
If you don’t the answer to that question, you probably shouldn’t be on this forum.
 

ryanbruner

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Sep 10, 2017
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Who is rooting against the team?

I must’ve missed the commitments from all 3 of these guys you’re talking about. When did they commit?

LOL at dipping off to my own team sites. You see that picture in my avatar? That print is hanging in my office. Along with team photos of the 98, 98, 12 teams. And autographed photos of Derek Anderson and John Wall.

I’m in the right place.
I don’t care. Laughing at the fact that we will have an extremely experienced roster next year doesn’t sound like a fan. We will have multiple juniors and seniors all over the roster. That’s just the facts of the situation.
 

STL_Cat

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Dec 4, 2011
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I don’t care. Laughing at the fact that we will have an extremely experienced roster next year doesn’t sound like a fan. We will have multiple juniors and seniors all over the roster. That’s just the facts of the situation.
okay ... the here we go again was in reference to seeing a LOT of posts before last season about how this was one of Cal's most experienced rosters since he's been here with the additions of Mintz and Sarr and Brooks returning. I still want to see how they all play TOGETHER. Adding CJ today was a big deal. I'm not sure why you're so confident in the Georgia Tech kid, though.
 

rick64

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Jan 25, 2007
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Rolls the ball out there at practice. Counts his money. Practices yelling GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Stays up with all the latest woke ideas. How’s that? 🤣😉
 

irishcat1965

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Apr 22, 2012
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okay ... the here we go again was in reference to seeing a LOT of posts before last season about how this was one of Cal's most experienced rosters since he's been here with the additions of Mintz and Sarr and Brooks returning. I still want to see how they all play TOGETHER. Adding CJ today was a big deal. I'm not sure why you're so confident in the Georgia Tech kid, though.
Fair post. But a large part of ****** play was point guard related. If they can land a legit point guard, I really like the other pieces for next year’s team. I also like the assembled coaching staff. So that is where we are at- landing the point guard to make this go where we want it to.
 
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ryanbruner

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okay ... the here we go again was in reference to seeing a LOT of posts before last season about how this was one of Cal's most experienced rosters since he's been here with the additions of Mintz and Sarr and Brooks returning. I still want to see how they all play TOGETHER. Adding CJ today was a big deal. I'm not sure why you're so confident in the Georgia Tech kid, though.
When and if he enters the portal Kentucky will be on him. It’s been said on here already.
 

MychalG

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Dec 16, 2012
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I'll tell you what Ole Cal does, he sleeps with that fine looking lady named Ellen..I just wonder if she has ever called him Nolan by mistake..Some will know what I am talking about and it will fly right over the head of the majority.
 

stuway

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I am not in disagreement with the gist of your post, but did u need to really pull the racist card?

You do you I’m just saying you coulda left it as an ignorant and unrealistic post and most would happily agree. JMHO
Brother I'm sorry. But it's true. I have a black wife and mixed child. So maybe I'm overly sensitive. But when people ***** about the team and coach being vocal about social issues, they are being closet racists. Then the poster's ive seen use Ebonics slang to act like they are speaking as a player is being straight racist. I mean sure no ones come out and said they don't like black folks. But read between the lines and its a clear problem with the team supporting black rights that makes them mad. Why, cause they are a bit racist. I'm sorry Atrain its how I see it man. Like i said having a black wife and child makes me see through a different lens.
 

turkeywildturkey

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Oct 23, 2003
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I am not in disagreement with the gist of your post, but did u need to really pull the racist card?

You do you I’m just saying you coulda left it as an ignorant and unrealistic post and most would happily agree. JMHO
It’s not racist to call someone stupid.
 

RunninRichie

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Sep 5, 2019
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Just when I think our unrealistic fans can't get any dumber....they somehow manage to out do themselves. There have been many laughable threads lately, this takes the cake. He got in the Hall of Fame doing nothing.

I really really wish the closet racist, unrealistic, uneducated segment of our fans base would become UT or lil bro fans. I'm so tired of being embarrassed by fellow UK fans. Its beyond frustrating to be lumped with these morons.
leave homeboy
 

RunninRichie

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These Cal apologists and defenders are insufferable, man. It’s truly remarkable. You think it’s bad here, you should see HOB. Just a collective grab *** and a bunch of Cal dynasty defenders.
i’m still in disbelief at that guy telling jeff his family doesn’t like him and then says he’s a racist. I mean Cal doesn’t even know these guys exist. Then you got that one guy saying we are gonna cut down the nets and go 38-2 like WTF?
 

ryanbruner

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These Cal apologists and defenders are insufferable, man. It’s truly remarkable. You think it’s bad here, you should see HOB. Just a collective grab *** and a bunch of Cal dynasty defenders.

i’m still in disbelief at that guy telling jeff his family doesn’t like him and then says he’s a racist. I mean Cal doesn’t even know these guys exist. Then you got that one guy saying we are gonna cut down the nets and go 38-2 like WTF?
You could just go watch another team instead of whining like females