Will Cal be back next year?
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I present to you, Mr. Rick Vice. You'll want to GET SOME after watching this maestro work. I know it's the wrong sport but I believe in the message and he's bringing Bobby with him. So get ready Grom!we need a f’n coach.
He will be back laughing all the way to the bank! Must be nice to be employed and not have any stipulations. Mr. Guaranteed! Thanks Mitch!
$9 million reasons he is back next year and $33 million more he is back for 3 more years after that. Cal AIN'T walking away from that kind of cash.
He is already recruiting kids in the 24 AND 25 classes. He's DYING to get some redemption from the BBN for the CRAP SHOW he's given UK. He would LOVE to win another title then leave us wanting more. However, he is too stubborn to make the changes needed to get there.
He's become an old salty curmudgeon!!!
He is already recruiting kids in the 24 AND 25 classes. He's DYING to get some redemption from the BBN for the CRAP SHOW he's given UK. He would LOVE to win another title then leave us wanting more. However, he is too stubborn to make the changes needed to get there.
He's become an old salty curmudgeon!!!
I think he stays one more year to coach Wagner and company.
One last hurrah. He rides the Freshmen as far as he can and then walks away from UK.
Sadly I think he will be here 4 more years.
He likes the $$$ too much!
He doesn’t care about coaching but loves the $$$$
He likes the $$$ too much!
He doesn’t care about coaching but loves the $$$$
Cal is 7-10 years away from retirement and he’s not getting a victory lap tour like ratface did
this isn't being a manager at Target. This is a calling, he is at the pinnacle of his career, and he doesn't have the luxury to not like his job , he has to be on it 24/7.
He openly talks about being relieved after a loss, about what he looks forward to other than being on the court coaching. That isn't perplexed or pissed.
If Cow has any sucess next year like an E8, I know sad that's considered success but when you havent won a tourney game since 2019 it will be viewed as such he will go right back to business as usual for years to come.
He's gonna have to be run out of here on a rail. Tarred and feathered.
He's gonna have to be run out of here on a rail. Tarred and feathered.
I don’t think he returns next season, and the posters saying he will, will be bitching by next January that this season should have been his last. 
Dude is beyond washed up. He’ll leave on us own for another opportunity, you’ll see.
Dude is beyond washed up. He’ll leave on us own for another opportunity, you’ll see.
Honestly, if anyone's interested in hiring him and they watch actual game footage of him, there's NO WAY he's getting hired. Especially not if they listen to his post-game interviews. He is a shell of himself, and far too wrapped up in things that are not what he was hired to worry about. It's time to depart.
He will be back and he will still be the same coach. He has lost the ability to motivate his team to play for the University of Kentucky.
His one and done and "players first" has finally crashed and burned. How many more years do we have to hear "they just wanted it more than us"
His one and done and "players first" has finally crashed and burned. How many more years do we have to hear "they just wanted it more than us"
It’s not a monster class. It’s probably nothing more than a top 5-10 class in better classes over the last 15 years.
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Truth. This is another hyped up class that has weaknesses opposing teams, especially the ones who have coaches superior to Cal, will exploit. Another 10 loss season is more a reality than a dynamite class that will lead to #9.
I just think some of you are having a really difficult time accepting the John Calipari is not the guy his marketing and early - mid career says he is. A lot of the problem is he is a genius marketer.
Calipari is a narcissist who believes he’s the most important guy in the universe. When he wasn’t being respected as such, he fought to wage war against the establishment. It’s why he followed Pitino around and came to Kentucky in the first place. Once he got that title, blue blood, and the contract, he lost that fire. It’s obvious. Let it be what it is.
He’s a still a narcissist with horrible personality traits. He’s a megalomaniac that wants war, but since he’s won the old fight, he’s turning it toward this program, it’s fans ect. And listen, it won’t get better. Calipari’s personality is war. He can’t get that from chasing the establishment anymore. He can’t get that from winning for UK anymore. Most coaches fight for their programs and their legacy, Calipari likes war to be the last man standing. He’s terrible.
He told you he didn’t watch film, he watched little house on the prairie. He told he he didn’t care about the losses, he was ready to see the dogs. His players have told you he doesn’t care about winning. His AD had to come out and reestablish the fact that KENTUCKY’S PROGRAM is still about winning fist. Just imagine that for a moment. No excuses, just imagine our AD having to do that. What universe is this? It’s not just us, program administration see it too. And we’re paying because we trusted Calipari. Big mistake.
Hagginhall, it’s time to accept it. Try this, don’t call him Calipari. Call him Jim Franks who took the job in 2018. Apply his comments. Would you still be trying to make excuses? No.
Hot take - next year’s recruiting class is overrated. Those of you hoping this class is going to save Cal’s bacon … it’ll likely be another disappointment for you and what’s become expected for most of us.
The lack of preparedness is obvious when UK takes the court. He followed the same no game plan against Vandy he used a week after being embarrassed on Senior Night in Rupp. You don't lose on Senior Night in Rupp against Vanderbilt.
The opposing team is always better prepared no matter what their talent level. Because he is never prepared.
It’s really amazing that we still have fans that are having a hard time with this. I just cannot understand it. He has literally said he doesn’t game plan, his players have said he doesn’t care about winning, he laughs when we lose, and he thinks making the tournament is good enough. Our AD has to remind us our program cares about winning lol. We’re headed straight for Syracuse land if he’s not removed.
He should be fired, on the spot, no questions asked. I don’t understand anyone who’s okay with this. And I’ll never understand them. I think it’s nothing more than his marketing ability. Some just cannot see past his branding. He did really good at it.
I think he’s gone after this year with the way he skips out of post game press conferences, talks about being tired, and just consistently poking at the fans!
Imagine the beach house trips, Miami in the summer, Hawaii, the beach trips with the team, having to coach for a few hours a week during the season, the master suites during recruiting trips, no office hours. The guy is tired y’all give it a rest.
Don’t forget the free 9 million a year that he gets! None of that 9 million has to be spent on any of what you mention above!
I almost forgot, the “random” trips to Harbortown. He’s really tired when he leaves there.
I love it there. I go for the taco
Stand.
I love it there. I go for the taco
Stand.
I sure hope you are right UKortho! The life long fans of this program deserve so much better! The cal fans can follow him where ever he may go. They are not wanted or needed here!!
When one looks at this whole thing objectively, it's clear Cal has used this program (in addition to becoming obscenely wealthy) to garner his own validation. He's turned it into his own little bubble of narcissism, where every time a future All-Star or All-American chooses to play for him, Cal gets a necessary stroke to his ego. This was very clear to me the night he broke down and wept at his HOF induction. You'll notice Cal hasn't been the same since that night when he was surrounded by about 40 or 50 former players, introduced by none other than Pat Riley and Larry Brown, at the HOF. For Cal, he had finally arrived.
He truly hasn't been the same since. His HOF induction also coincided with his One and Not Done 30 for 30, where Cal was basically vindicated and hailed as a game changer.
That was all he needed. Since then, he's padded his NBA All-Star stats (he has 10 NBA all-Stars total now, much more than Coach K had at Duke), and the explosion of guys like Murray, SGA, Fox, and Bam in the league has only added to his own inner satisfaction. For Cal, every time a Keldon Johnson or Julius Randle goes off for 30 or 40 in an NBA game, he finds his satisfaction there. He knows they chose to play for him. That's all that matters. He even said this a few months ago in January where he acknowledged that he's not about records, but more about "helping" these guys find their way and how his "legacy" will be defined by that.
He's used UK for his own private ego playground. If we win along the way, great, but that's not his #1 priority. His #1 priority is found in his NBA validation.
I say he's back next year for one last ride. But if next years squad is as shaky as all of his most recent teams especially with all their hype, It's going to get ugly with the fans.
It’s already ugly with the fans. At least the ones that have any sense. He is destroying our wonderful program that Rupp built and it doesn’t seem to faze him in the least. I still think this is his last year. That is why we are not hearing anything about recruiting in 2024. I think he announces as soon as we lose in the tournament. Fingers crossed he leaves even if we win the whole thing. He is far past his expiration date.
The thing that is more telling to me about Cal is how many people hate the man. I mean my goodness the man has so many enemies. And him pissing off Nike has hurt this program and recruiting more than anything.
I‘ll watch if he’s here next year but have zero expectations or joy anymore. That’s where I’m at
