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Re: I wasn’t going to address Calipari to Kentucky, until I read this

Gbotkins — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 19:06:51 -0000

Right on brother, Kentucky is the scum of college sports

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Scott W — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:07:07 -0000

Yes, finally someone addressed Calipari ties to William Wesley

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MemphisHoosier — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:22:37 -0000

take this from someone who has seen this stuff first hand. cal is as dirty and smart as they come. he knows how to not get caught and how to get his players the things they want. i got so sick and tired of seeing these guys roll around town in their new cars. In memphis cal didn't have the media attention he will at kentucky and if he tries the same things with his friends of the program like mr. west he will be caught a lot quicker than he thinks.

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Taskmaster75 — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:38:22 -0000

I would sacrifice my left arm for Demarcus Cousins, but they are as good as gone to Kentucky.

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BGleas — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 08:43:46 -0000

Isn't Patino Italian? Pretty sure that worked out ok for Kentucky :)

Hopefully this ends up much worse for them.

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Fife Dog — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:35:25 -0000

The last time an Italian was hired to lead a bunch of rowdy inbreds to the promise land it was Ceaser and the Romans and how did that work out?

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preston1 — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:08:52 -0000

What is going to happen to the scholarship players at and coming to Kentucky next year? Better be careful at how you use them. You know he had trouble at Mass. too

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Seth — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:28:50 -0000

The SEC doesn't recruit well, see one McD's All American next year. They are football schools except for UK. Kids want two things from their school in my opinion to go to the NBA and be "the man" on campus. Calipari has a rep for getting players to the NVA and UK is the only school in SEC where that can happen. I live in FL and can tell you every UF fan would rather the football team win 1 title than the bball team win ever. Its probably the same at the other schools too. He will have so much more talent than the other schools it will be ridiculous. Donovan was an idiot not to take the job

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MillaRed — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:19:37 -0000

A few things to note here.....

Memphis was a great place to go for a lot of athletes that really didn't want to be a student. Maybe Kentucky has a higher standard? Not sure.

National championships? Hold your horses people. I say a few possible Sweet 16s in the next 5 years but that's putting the cart WAY before the horse.

With Crean in place we are no longer in trouble recruiting in the state. He recruits system players that want to go to class and the rest of the country can have the leftovers.

May, Oden, Conley etc? May left because Knight left. Who would have wanted to play for Mike Davis in the latter years? Sampson was a ticking time bomb. We now have the foundation for the strong recruits in Indianapolis and Gary to take IU seriously. I don't anticipate Calipari being a major problem in this area.

Does the University of Kentucky have any pride whatsoever? I too grew up on the other side of the river and remember quite vividly what the locals can be like when watching their team. If an all out fist fight wasn't on the verge of happening the F bombs were dropping like flies. None of this surprises me at all.

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Hoopshopper — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:12:25 -0000

Calipari's hire at Kentucky naturally thrusts his "rivalry" with Rick Pitino into the spotlight, but the adverse effects are surely to hit hard in Bloomington. The recruiting territory is getting awfully crowded, and regardless of how the IU program spins it, there has to be some sense of urgency. With Indianapolis geographically closer to Lexington than Memphis, it is only natural that Calipari will be scouring the circle city for top-notch talent. Can IU and Tom Crean keep the top talent in state? Rick Pitino and Thad Matta have both shown that they can convince players to head out of state, so it does beg questioning.

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Disco_Briscoe — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:43:21 -0000

I'm waiting to see what goes on with Kentucky and Memphis recruits...could make the next few months pretty interesting.

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BGleas — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:35:58 -0000

I understand Calipari has always been a great recruiter, and a national recruiter at that for a long time. But, where I think this could really affect IU is that there's no doubt being at UK Calipari will put much more focus on recruiting Indiana than he ever did at UMass or Memphis.

That's what makes me a little nervous, especially coming off the heels of the last 10 years or so where we saw Oden, Conley, May, McRoberts, Garnder, Zeller, James and more leaving the state. Even getting a handful of the guys that have left could have dramatically changed the recent past.

I've said before, I'm not a fan that thinks we need all Indiana players, but we do need the best of the best staying, and that hasn't happened for a long time, and is only getting tougher with Patino and Cal in our backyard.

With all that said. I'm very happy and excited with Crean leading the charge, if it wasn't a challenge, then it wouldn't be as much fun!

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tetkalee — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:32:00 -0000

still...get original UK

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Jack — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:23:21 -0000

The SEC is about to get much better with Cal, Grant, and a new UGa coach that I believe will be quite good. Miss St has a good program, Florida will be back up, and Ark is going to improve with Pelphrey I believe.

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LC — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:53:19 -0000

ours said "Passion for the past, excitement for the future" Not quite as cocky as their's, but the same general idea.

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CutterInChicago — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:47:14 -0000

Good post there.

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Chris — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:27:32 -0000

Is that a dildo on the table in front of Calipari??

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plane1972 — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:11:19 -0000

Calipari has not proven he can coach without horses. He is an amazing recruiter (or Worldwide Wes is), but he gets outcoached (see Mike Anderson in the Sweet 16). We will see what he is made of when he faces a real conference schedule against the likes of Billy Donovan, Bruce Pearl, Trent Johnson and Anthony Grant. He also doesn't have a special talent in Derrick Rose running is dribble-drive motion offense either (see the late season move to Tyreke Evans).

I venture to say that is the real reason he had such a difficult time deciding on this job. He wasn't sure he could match up with proven Xs and Os guys listed above. He won't win on shear talent alone. Just think of the pressure he will have if he has failed to deliver a title within the next 5 years.

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tetkalee — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:55:08 -0000

Lexington news station is saying that t-shirts are being printed that read "Envy our Past, Fear our Future"

didn't IU print off some similar comment on our calendars last year when Crean came to town?

what a ripoff!

can anyone tell me what is said on our calendars about our past and future?

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IUTX — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:52:54 -0000

Wes

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Seth — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:44:40 -0000

I don't completely agree with the article but I do believe he'll field a top 10 program consistently and win a couple of titles. He will dominate the SEC like CUSA (though thats not saying much) The man is a recruiting machine, and as far as Camby that was him and an agent, not a recruiting violation. I'm not sure why he gets such a bad rep, no one says anything about UNC which gets all great recruits. I assume its because Memphis is not a great school and its easy to get in to, but thats not because of Calipari, the school has always been easy to get into.

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uIUt — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:01:37 -0000

I like this article better.

http://sports.espn.go.com/e...

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Ryan_Dallas — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:02:46 -0000

I don't really know why, but I get that feeling that Calipari is dirty. Maybe it's because he dresses like he's got the slicked back hair and nice suits. I don't know. But what I do know for sure is him being at Kentucky isn't good for those of us who hate Kentucky. I know every Hoosier despises them. But growing up on the Ohio River, literally 5 minutes from the other side, you really get tired of the UK lovers and UK. If he really is dirty, it 's the worst type of dirty...because he's smart. Not like Kelvin Sampson, making phone calls and things like that. The type of stuff that's really bad but no one ever finds out about. Again, I'm just totally making this up, but I just get that feeling about the guy. Now he's going to have the best resources and a long line of wealthy horse trainers and farmers ready to help him with whatever he needs. Could hurt some midwest recruiting also.

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Hardwood83 — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:44:58 -0000

Well said- could expectations BE any higher? Nothing short of multiple NC's in the first few years will meet them. I look forward to the crushed dreams and grinding disappointment for UK. I would have preferred they not get Calipari, but it isn't the end of the world either.

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Kelin Blab — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:38:28 -0000

Does KY come to bloomington next year?