Shooters shoot. Time 4 the pels to take their shot. Fire Gentry, throw the bank @ Calipari

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I will never understand our fans' obsession with hiring Calipari. The guy is successful in college because he can recruit.

I want a good Xs and Os coach. We haven't had one of those in our franchise's history.

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will never understand our fans' obsession with hiring Calipari. The guy is successful in college because he can recruit.

I want a good Xs and Os coach. We haven't had one of those in our franchise's history

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He’s a manager of egos. He may be exactly what Boogie’s overly emotional arse needs. That’d be the rationale.

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t's impressive that he has sustained his program with such a revolving door, but that in no way means he is qualified to build an NBA team with NBA egos

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In no way? Public and player perception is a massive part of the battle to handling these guys. It’s well known the UK guys love Calipari. He’s not my first choice as a head coaching candidate, but I think it’s naive to assume having him wouldn’t help with the Cousins/Davis pairing and potentially rounding out the bottom portions of the roster with better talent.

The biggest question though, for me, is can he run a non traditional system around bigs in today’s NBA? The worry that he can’t bulldoze the league with talent seems fair. Also, will he surround himself with quality assistants or even be afforded the opportunity here if we threw the necessary amount at him?

I believe Crewz when he said we burned that bridge though, and Gentry has used up a couple more years of guaranteed AD, so I don’t even know if Cal would GAF about this opening anymore.

He's qualified to get the job, certainly, because of those relationships, which again were built under very different circumstances than he would see in the NBA

But as you get to in paragraph 2, those relationships don't mean he is qualified as a NBA coach and all that entails.

I agree with you on the xs and os. I'm not impressed with system/coaching when I do watch UK play. If he can't do it at this level, he's Scott Brooks. KD loves that guy, didn't really matter.


And of course, I don't know if he is unqualified to be an NBA coach. maybe he would be a huge success. But the argument that Davis/Cousins are fans so hire him is a bad one.

Crewz, how do Davis/Cousins feel about Gentry + current staff?

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I will never understand our fans' obsession with hiring Calipari. The guy is successful in college because he can recruit.

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The thought is I guess, he can stand up to Boogie, which really is a legit issue with anyone who has coached him since. And with the FBI going after college hoops now Cal's boy Worldwide Wes is in hiding and Kentucky's upcoming class is curiously not up to standard to this point.

But yeah, I'm with you...the thought of having to listen to that smiling phony every press conference is not appealing to me.

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he reason Calipari keeps getting brought up is there is a huge contingent of Kentucky fans that have attached themseleves to this team and want to take every opportunity to talk about their stupid program. They are worse than Bama fans.

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To be fair, 4 of our 8 main rotational players are ex Wildcats. 50% is a pretty massive percentage. Most college fans of a team would follow a team with a % like that.

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The reason Calipari keeps getting brought up is there is a huge contingent of Kentucky fans that have attached themseleves to this team and want to take every opportunity to talk about their stupid program. They are worse than Bama fans.

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We have a few random UK posters that show up every now and then but I don't think any are regulars and usually aren't the ones bringing Cal up. The reason a board populated by LSU fans brings up Cal so often is because buy in matters and Cal has already gotten several of the players in question to sacrifice their own personal glory, and potentially draft status, for the good of the team.

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If Cal is the salesman he appears to be, he can probably tell him the same story in a new way every 2 weeks

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that's awfully optimistic without much reason. and investing in a guy who might be able to fool one of your franchise players every 2 weeks seems like a poor long term strategy for any NBA team

Cousins may like Cal a lot. he also hasn't played for him in almost a decade. when he did play for him he was a teenager trying to get a fat contract. and its not like Cousins got through his year at UK w/o incident either.

and maybe Cal is the Cuz Whisperer. i'd happily eat shite on this one. but i dont see how anyone looks at both guys in 2018 and says confidently "Calipari will fix him" i also dont really see what the hang up is with his play this year.

a lot of this is trying to find the answer to a question that doesnt have one. Boogie will always be Boogie. he will score lots of points. he will get tired and lazy. he will dominate opponents with his skill and talent. he will make dumb passes that lead to bad turnovers and losses

to do a Simmonsesque take- he's the incredibly hot, yet ultimately crazy girl. you date her as long as you can and enjoy the amazing sex while deep down, knowing the insanity means any serious long term relationship is likely doomed. by all means, enjoy it while it lasts, but let's just be clear about where this will probably end up.