Calipari - Hall of Fame?

[temery]

There's a poll. Do what's right.

http://www.masslive.com/umassbasket...er_umass_basketball_coach_3.html#incart_river

 

[Kitaman]

No matter what, UConn losses will permanently be tacked (i.e. written in commentary) to his legacy. That will always be satisfying.

 

[7774]

Any coach who lets another team run out the clock in a National Championship game instead of fouling because he "knew they were going to make them" should be automatically disqualified from Hall of Fame consideration.

He should be in the UCONN Hall of Fame for that decision.

 

[UConnSwag11]

Any coach who lets another team run out the clock in a National Championship game instead of fouling because he "knew they were going to make them" should be automatically disqualified from Hall of Fame consideration.

He should be in the UCONN Hall of Fame for that decision.

wasn't that florida?

 

[CL82]

Any coach who lets another team run out the clock in a National Championship game instead of fouling because he "knew they were going to make them" should be automatically disqualified from Hall of Fame consideration.

He should be in the UCONN Hall of Fame for that decision.

With the cornucopia of reasons why the Squid should never make the HOF, that's the one that go with?

 

[Migs]

wasn't that florida?

It was both teams who didn't foul in the situation. Florida was down 8 or 10, but UK was only down 4 points. We weren't going to miss.

 

[7774]

With the cornucopia of reasons why the Squid should never make the HOF, that's the one that go with?

Yes, sucking at coaching is the one I went with. It seemed most relevant.

 

[Mots010]

It was both teams who didn't foul in the situation. Florida was down 8 or 10, but UK was only down 4 points. We weren't going to miss.

Calipari let us take the clock from like 1:30 to :25 without fouling, down 4 points. Then UK ran a horrible double team that left kromah wide open at the baseline where he fouled giving us a 6 point lead. I can understand not fouling with 1:30 but once we got the rebound that has to be a foul. It was not a well coached final 2 min for calipari.

 

[Yonick]

even in that UMass poll it's 51-49% against.

 

[jleves]

What I find bizarre is two people clicked 'I don't know'. If you didn't have an opinion, why did you click it?

 

[BUConn10]

This really goes to show how America likes "flash" over substance. I mean come on, a guy who single handedly dismantled 2 programs before jumping ship (I know he "wasnt implicated" yatatata but thats how the best in the game do it, use middle men so that when inevitably hits the fan they have plausible deniability, plus hes the captain of his ship, he should know whats going on in his program and hes always responsible in my book). Now hes at a blue blood with media support up the a** and is winning games and everyone "loves" the guy, so much so that hes getting an expedited fast lane to the Basketball Hall of Fame. Moral of the story: Style > Substance

 

[mauconnfan]

ESPN never discusses the fact that while indeed he led 3 different teams to the FF, he also led 2 of them to tearing down their FF banners.

NO

 

[BUConn10]

ESPN never discusses the fact that while indeed he led 3 different teams to the FF, he last led 2 of them to tearing down their FF banners.

NO

ESPN has a direct financial incentive to not mention that and to act as if it never happened. Cal is the coach at UK, with the biggest and easily most profitable fan base in the country. Making this fan base happy is the easiest way for ESPN to win, so as a result they will never say a bad thing about the guy. Which is why a program's "brand" and image are so important. When you have a brand like UK's, you can literally force your way to dominance right after a trainwreck of a coach like Gillespie, simply because you have so many resources, media and financial factors in your favor.

 

[Clockshop]

ESPN never discusses the fact that while indeed he led 3 different teams to the FF, he last led 2 of them to tearing down their FF banners.

NO

ESPN isn't the only one. The whole week Francesa was basically eating steak dinners at the mic praising him and refuting any negative call ins.

Francesa also claimed he didn't know what was going on at Syracuse so he quickly dismissed the call.

 

[Scot-e]

Give it to him so it can be vacated later like every FF at Uk will be at some point.

 

[Clockshop]

These schools pay PR firms to cover it up. I'm just waiting for the objective journalism to come out of Kentucky and Syracuse:

The N&O reports more than three-quarters of a million dollars has been spent by UNC in recent months alone just to fight bad press. The PR battle -- which is now going meta, as we report on how much the school has spent just to shove down stories like this -- has been long and costly.

And has it really worked? The answer would appear to be a resounding "no."

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebas...er-1-million-in-pr-costs-for-academic-scandal

http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/11/18/4333832_firm-charging-unc-165-million.html?rh=1

 

[ConnHuskBask]

I think it's disingenuous to say he's not a good coach, but he's definitely not a hall of fame coach.

That should be reserved for true greats like Calhoun, K, Pitino, etc.

 

[Rdm203]

If boeheim can make it then cal deserves to be there

 

[SubbaBub]

The HoF clearly doesn't care what the NCAA thinks, so I expect him to get in. Although they made JC wait a year.

 

[Huskies4ever]

even in that UMass poll it's 51-49% against.

I like how in the comments section, they are all negative.

Notice how the article mentions his brands?:

"Refuse to Lose"
"One and Done"
"Succeed and Proceed"

The guy's a sleaze merchant. I remember watching the UMass Basketball Show with John Calipari in the mid 90's, and everything was about how he and UMass ("me", "us", "we") did everything better and differently. Arrogant SOB. Only cares about himself as a businessman.

 

[pnow15]

Calipari should be elected to the hall but it should be good only for one year like his players.

 

[temery]

Calipari should be elected to the hall but it should be good only for one year like his players.

And then vacated.

 

[BearJWS]

I think the thread title has a typo. I've fixed it below.

Calipari - Hall of Shame?

 

[UConn990411]

I know this opinion won't be popular, but Calipari belongs in the HOF. Yes, he's a scumbag, but he's gonna have multiple titles and a whole lot of Final Fours when all is said and done.

 

[Edward Sargent]

There's a poll. Do what's right.

http://www.masslive.com/umassbasket...er_umass_basketball_coach_3.html#incart_river

I got a cramp in my trigger finger voting NO so many times only to find out the poll was smarter than me and only counted my vote once - darn