So how much will it cost to hire Calipari?

10-12 million he might answer the phone to talk

Cal is not known for his X's and O's so he'd need good assistants, but he'd probably cost $10+ per year so there's not much money for assistants. The only way I hire Cal is if next year doesn't go as well as planned and AD and Cousins both say they'll resign/extend if the team hires Cal.

If we intend on giving Demps the boot, might need to give him Coach/GM title. At this point, why not.

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Cal is not known for his X's and O's so he'd need good assistants,

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I honestly think the system run is way more important than in-game X and O's and adjustments. Gentry and Monty are both great coming out of timeouts and understand that part of the game, but they can't adjust their entire system for the talent (especially Gentry).

So while Cal may not be an expert, that also allows him to be pliable towards his talent.

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but he'd probably cost $10+ per year so there's not much money for assistants.

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There isn't a salary cap on coaches (unless I'm mistaken). We're going to have $300-400 million tied up in 3 players. This will be nothing in comparison, and Benson can't take it with him

He's shown a willingness to pay coaches.

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The only way I hire Cal is if next year doesn't go as well as planned and AD and Cousins both say they'll resign/extend if the team hires Cal.

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You can't keep Gentry next year no matter what IMO

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There isn't a salary cap on coaches (unless I'm mistaken).

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No, but

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We're going to have $300-400 million tied up in 3 players.

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We know that average coaches are as good as their players. I wouldn't want to overpay so much for an average coach that it limited the players you could give him unless like I said that was the key to keeping AD/Cousins.

He asked for 6/50 last time. The 100 mil reports were bogus

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Maybe he learned from his last stint in the NBA. Granted it was with the Nets last time but a 72-112 record is still a 72-112 record.

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I have to think that he learned something and has grown from that experience. Doc Rivers went 171-168 in Orlando before he went to Boston. Bill Belichick went 36-44 in Cleveland before he went to New England. Pete Carroll went 33-31 in the NFL before he went to Seattle. LSU hired Orgeron despite that disastrous stint at Ole Miss. So I'm not necessarily prepared to hold Calipari's time in New Jersey against him.

Petrovic died in 1993, Calipari started in New Jersey in 1996.

Sign me up at 6yr/50 mil.......gotta pay to play

I'm not set on Cal, but barring some miraculous turnaround the final 22 games, it's looking less and less likely that Gentry is the answer here.

Last year was more disturbing than this year to me, but two in a row like this when Monty made the playoffs with practically the same roster as Gentry had last year doesn't bode well for Gentry.