OT: John Calipari to return as Kentucky men's basketball coach

[KingAG]

You can believe what you want, but a prep school coach friend of mine goes to these guys camps, meets most of them etc. He thinks Cal is a good coach and fun and interesting guy. It shouldn’t be hard to imagine that he’s subject to the whims of Kentucky. Like Brian Cashman is probably very smart but has to spend stupidly on players because that’s the direction he’s given.

The Kentucky job is a curse unless the guy taking it can convince the boosters they are idiots (they are).

Having 1 championship with the talent he’s had and the amount of time he’s coached is less than impressive

 

[willie99]

Squid needs to be the big fish in a little pond. He needs a talent disparity to succeed

He's not outcoaching anyone. He doesn't develop a single player. He's a salesman, nothing more. No disrespect to salesman intended. Maybe I should call him a dishonest and egotistical salesman

 

[boog204]

He's likely lost it, but the idea he could never coach is a huge overreaction. Those UMass teams were legit, much as I hated them

Was going to post the same... His UMass teams, even pre-Camby, were great to watch and were not crazy talented on paper. He coached them up big-time. I don't think he's coached much since his early days at Kentucky and has since taken on the philosophy of just out-talenting with sheer depth.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

You can believe what you want, but a prep school coach friend of mine goes to these guys camps, meets most of them etc. He thinks Cal is a good coach and fun and interesting guy. It shouldn’t be hard to imagine that he’s subject to the whims of Kentucky. Like Brian Cashman is probably very smart but has to spend stupidly on players because that’s the direction he’s given.

The Kentucky job is a curse unless the guy taking it can convince the boosters they are idiots (they are).

Cal is actually a great dude to shoot the stuff with. Incredibly friendly off the court with a big personality. If he has any interest in it I'd imagine he'd be a great TV guy.