Ok, i have to say after watching this and hating Calipari for years, he seemed genuine. Best of Luck to Memphis int he future and Coach Cal on his next challenge!
We do know what a big deal it is. We have been through it, too. I am sorry that our gain had your to be your loss. I wish everybody could win. I am hoping that you get a really good coach.
Still funny how Memphis fans despise Cal for this. Like what would you have done? Stay in the dump that is Memphis, or coach like a king in Lexington? Not a difficult choice. Quite honestly, turning down the UK job would've been a dumb move.
The problem is it makes him look sleezy. The program hasn't recovered due to a player he recruited and he up and leaves like well the grass is greener somewhere else. Shocking how he never plays Memphis at Memphis the coward.
Luke Powell seriously why the hell would he play Memphis at Memphis? Playing Memphis in general would make no sense. Doesn't help your RPI, not a good test, literally nothing to gain from playing a program like that
CincyReggieMiller31 so playing Hofstra at a neutral site helps UK more than playing the tigers at Memphis in the fed ex forum. I tell you what wildcat fans are getting dumber since calipari brought this one and done shit to Lexington.
Luke Powell Do you realize the financial upside to playing a neutral game at the Barclays center? How about the recruiting potential seeing as we have several targets in the NYC area and many of them were at the game?
Bledsoe is so good that he would have exposed himself regardless where he went. He would have been the standout star at Bama and still would have left after 1 year. So underrated in college especially by espn and then by scout
@@TheBsheepit did age well it was posted in 2013 and they went on to go to back to back final 4s BBN loved what cal did in his early years he brought many memories don’t discredit him because of how his tenure ended he was at the end of the day the 3rd best coach in UKs history
@@solobusiness4320 He said "BBN loves Calipari"...I'm not sure what rock you've been living under but BBN was EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED AND DESPISED him as a whole...hence the reason why he isn't there now. You are speaking about when he posted which is why I said AGED. Age definition: a distinct period of history. So that means in 2024 the comment he posted no longer applies to how BBN feels today, which further validates my point.
@@TheBsheep cal left on his own terms and saved UK 33 Million and the way he left made fans appreciate him instead of having to fire him so I’d say bbn is grateful at least the unselfish ones
I LOVE listening to all the Cal haters!! HAHAHA!! The guy never got caught doing ANYTHING wrong.. His players got caught doing dirty.. I guess if someone hurts feelings over and over people try and pick them apart.. haha....
As a KY fan from Louisville, I am shocked at the animosity you have at a coach that made you a national runner-up. No wonder he left. I feel sorry for your next coach. At KY we may have disagreements with our coaches and we want to WIN, but we still love ALL of our ex-coaches, Tubby ball waS SO BORING. He killed recruiting, so we needed a change. Nothing unrealistic there. He was the coach for 9 years and kept us out of the final four for the most years in UK history.
Bledsoe, Liggins, and Orton were all highly ranked recruits. Harrelson wasn't ranked as high because of his JUCO status but he was still recruited by good schools until coach Gillespie landed him.
Seems like Memphis has 2 new rivals. (I'm not sure if we already were rivals with these guys) Those two teams are Kansas and Kentucky. Iook forward to playing ya'll whenever
as a top 10 universe kentucky fan i think it should be inevitable to schedule a regular season kentucky memphis game just like uk iu. almost ironic the triangle here. louisville memphis. louisville kentucky. now lets get a memphis kentucky.
He left the best part out about being able to bring NCAA sanctions to Kentucky. That has always been his life long dream and now he has the power to finally do it. How can you not support this guy?
I just want to say, I personally think the reason everyone in Memphis hates Calipari is the way he left the day before this interview! He should have said something before sneak leaving. I personally hate Calipari because of that but I have nothing against Kentucky. We got a good coach now and most of us have moved on! If Memphis and Kentucky ever plays a game together they would have to schedule the game outside of the 2 cities and I don't see that happening anytime soon..
I didn't see ESPN but Bledsoe was a 5 star from rivals and a four star from scout. If Harrelson is your best example then I am right considering he's not very good and Liggins is just there to keep the seats warm and probably wont be in a couple seasons. Sure they'll be on a team for a little bit but these guys aren't being developed to be reliable NBA players.
@strangebrew420 How do you feel about this statement? 8 years later.. no final fours or championships vacated. What an ignorant comment to make at that time, sir.
Ok, today U.K, is at 14-0, and this after the Gilliespie debacle. I'm a UK fan as well, but I have a feeling that we better not get used to Coach Calipari. My gut feeling is that he'll do a Pitino on us in a few years.
Bledsod wasn't highly ranked. He wasn't even in the ESPN top 100. But you're saying that players that go to the NBA after playing for Calipari would have gone no matter what coach they play for. Players like Josh Harrellson, Eric Bledsoe, Darius Miller and DeAndre Liggins are not going to go to the NBA unless they play under a good coach, such as Calipari. Even players have expressed this after playing for Calipari.
@rellef67 10 years ago dude. UK has won 2 national titles in my lifetime. They have sustained excelence. at least 200 wins in every decade since 1940 (when over 20 games per year began to be normal), most NCAA APPEARANCES. MOST ALL TIME WINS. GREATEST WINNING PERCENTAGE ALL TIME. RANKED NUMBER 1 COLLEGE BASKETBALL PROGRAM ALL TIME BY ESPN ENCYCLOPEDIA. When is the last time Memphis won a title?
Pastner won more games in his first 2 years at Memphis than Cal did. If you think UK is all that, then put Memphis on your schedule and lets settle this argument on the court. Now what you got to say??
cal didn't build a team he took a bunch of one and dones and told them to go play, the team he "built" is entirely gone after 1 year. coach k built a team, bill self built a team, boeheim built a team. Cal did not build a team. It doesn't mean they weren't good (because they were), but he didn't build a team he got a bunch of great recruits who he babysat for a year.
I hope the UK Nation is enjoying the dog and pony show that is Cal. Now all the buzz is he may end up coaching the Knicks. These kinds of rumors would never be started if Cal was the "sure thing" UK thinks he is. His bad coaching in the last minute caused UK to lose to Uconn so maybe he isn't such a bargain after all. Memphis had him for 9 good years...let's see how long he stays at UK. In the Immortal words of Stewie from The Family Guy...VICTORY IS MINE!
This a ridiculous comment. Do you think Josh Harrellson, a JUCO transfer, is going to the NBA under most other coaches? No way. Calipari was a big part of developing Harrellson and getting him drafted. The same can be said for Eric Bledsoe. Bledsoe wasn't even a top 100 recruit coming out of high school (according to ESPN) and was drafted in the top 20 of the NBA draft after his freshmen year. The same can be said for Liggins, Orton and probably Darius Miller soon.
From what i recall his father asked and did not get it. Why do we have to buy players. The word Kentucky sells itself. Go along with the best recruiter in the league. We're soon to be a dynasty. It just sucks for you because your team is now where near as prestigious as UK. Hate all you want. All that matters is W's and Titles. We have both :)
It's too bad Memphis can't find a spot in one of the big conferences. They simply don't belong in C-USA. They would be a much better fit in the Big East where they could resume their great rivalry with Louisville. How about the Big East dropping DePaul and adding the Tigers? I would love to see the Missouri Valley add DePaul and St Louis U. Makes much more sense geographically and these two schools don't play football, something they share with the MVC schools.
Basketball winning percentages, 2001-2009, Kentucky 71%, Memphis 73%. Considering that C-USA is consistently ranked 9th or 10th, at best, and the SEC is consistently ranked top 5 or better, I'd say Kentucky has nothing to be ashamed of. Three 25+ win seasons, 4 for Memphis during that period.Even in a down year, the SEC was ranked 6th. Calipari and his "record breaking seniors" padded their wins on C-USA weaklings who most years couldnt come close to making it to the tournament.
I know plenty. I am not whining I am bitching. I watch every Memphis game/ read 90% articles. Did you know in his college years Calipari used to go to bars and buy rounds of drinks for all of his friends and then leave them with the tab (see Recent story in the Memphis Comm Appeal). He recruited 2 top 5 players for us for '09 while getting paid about 2.3Mil + by Memphis only to take those players with them with Memphis paying the tab. He cares about Memphis?! I am positive about Pastner.
You need to understand that he was not the best coach we had for the first 5 years-but in year 6 he just recruited the almost the entire high school national championship basketball team while simultaneously he got rid of all C-USA comptetition. He was a good coach overall but the way he left was the reason why he will be booed because he screwed us over and he id not stick with us. He was one of the highest paid coaches I the nation and we bent over bkwrds. He had a $200K buyout!
@president234 Then why didn't they just go to the NBA right from high school? There are some good NBA players that played for Duke. Does that mean K isn't a good coach either?
@GreenDay1981 Why would any sensible player just wait around for a year thats such a stupid argument it's unbelievable. second Calipari hasn't developed anybody that wasn't already a can't miss pick and you know i'm right.
@270logan270 um yes, they did great, with the players he didnt recruit. you have to realize, memphis new coach, josh pastner recruited those guys and had them committed. calipari knew when he left, they would too. pastner did everything to keep em, and when they bolted, he moved on. screw cal. you can have him
@BluePRSDude: "They had it before you, they had it during you, they'll have it when you're gone"...." - Al McGuire on Kentucky Basketball Tradition Dude, UK is the future, past and PRESENT. Damn, I would of never thought a Memphis fan would actually talk shit. You your place with your mediocre mid major school.
@KoryoJin Damn dude so much of that statement is wrong that its unbelievable. One, coach cal took a team that he built and lead them to the championship game...tubby took a series of patinos recruits and got a title with them. Then as the years set it we saw what kind of individual coach he really is. Two, coach G was fucked up in so many ways its crazy. Despite the fact he was a terrible coach he was an alcoholic, rude to everybody, including rival coaches and started giving us a bad name.
Maybe my bad, but I just remember a report 3 or 4 years ago showing Louisville and Memphis having top home attendence numbers in the country. We both have avid fans and we fill our arena but Tigers eat pussycats for breakfast and shit them out by lunchtime.
@GreenDay1981 He's a great recruiter that's why he lands his players but aside from that he's an overrated coach and he wins purely on the talent that he recruits if you aren't a can't miss prospect in his system you wont make it very far.
@GreenDay1981 How about you check YOUR facts? Cal left April 1st 2009, the violations weren't made public until April 3rd. 2 days later. Stop manipulating facts already, damn.
UK is the history of college basketball. U of Memphis is the FUTURE. You spend so much time looking back on past records, and that's fine, but you still have a greasy dishonest coach who left 2 programs in jail, U Mass and Memphis. Difference is we found a diamond in the rough and Josh Pastner won more games his 1st two years than Cal did and Cal left a complete shambles here. It's gonna happen to UK too mark my words. Quit looking back and start looking ahead and within. Put us on the Schedule!
It's not "my record". If YOU can read, I'm neither a Kentucky fan or an alum. My previous comment said that it's ridiculous to criticize Kentucky's basketball program based on the last few years. It's just as ridiculous to say Memphis has a great program because they've been to 4 sweet 16's in a row. What did they do before that? Never won anything, didnt make the tournament several years, much less the final 4. You said compare teams. I did. Memphis has won nothing; Kentucky has.
Memphis offer him more money, but he knew shit was about to hit the fan, so he left........... just like he did about UMASS. Kentucky fans are just happy to seem relevant again
@GreenDay1981 Clearly you aren't up to date with current NBA rules because players can't go straight from high school anymore and there is a huge difference between coach K and Calipari is Coach K wins championships and develops his players alot better than Calipari who hasn't really developed anybody
Because he knew he screwed us and the upcoming consequences wouldn't have been worth it, it was time for him to get the hell outta dodge. Kentucky was perfect, he can now enjoy his ego battle with rick pitino.
Cal was great for Memphis, but the way he left (taking the recruits) will leave a bitter taste for years to come. Did Roy Williams take Kansas' recruits when he went to UNC? No! You Kentucky fans that call us jealous, well fine we were once like you drinking the Cal kool-aid. Remember what you say now and look back on it in 10-12 years and see if you still feel that way. Memphis is fine now and rebuilding the program the right way with a great young coach in Pastner so dont worry about us.
Calipari is such a great actor. He's wonderful behind the camera. None better.
You are correct, rolling92. Thanks for the clarification.
Ok, i have to say after watching this and hating Calipari for years, he seemed genuine. Best of Luck to Memphis int he future and Coach Cal on his next challenge!
We do know what a big deal it is. We have been through it, too. I am sorry that our gain had your to be your loss. I wish everybody could win. I am hoping that you get a really good coach.
we will miss him for real but im really mad. ;(
The door to picking everything up to going to Calipari house then back to the door lol pure madness was a great week!!!
Still funny how Memphis fans despise Cal for this. Like what would you have done? Stay in the dump that is Memphis, or coach like a king in Lexington? Not a difficult choice. Quite honestly, turning down the UK job would've been a dumb move.
The problem is it makes him look sleezy. The program hasn't recovered due to a player he recruited and he up and leaves like well the grass is greener somewhere else. Shocking how he never plays Memphis at Memphis the coward.
Luke Powell seriously why the hell would he play Memphis at Memphis? Playing Memphis in general would make no sense. Doesn't help your RPI, not a good test, literally nothing to gain from playing a program like that
CincyReggieMiller31 so playing Hofstra at a neutral site helps UK more than playing the tigers at Memphis in the fed ex forum. I tell you what wildcat fans are getting dumber since calipari brought this one and done shit to Lexington.
Luke Powell Do you realize the financial upside to playing a neutral game at the Barclays center? How about the recruiting potential seeing as we have several targets in the NYC area and many of them were at the game?
Luke Powell You sound SO dumb. Explain why we should play at Memphis, please.
you know, this sounds sooo similar to Patino leaving for the Celtics.. it really does. I love em all
Bledsoe is so good that he would have exposed himself regardless where he went. He would have been the standout star at Bama and still would have left after 1 year. So underrated in college especially by espn and then by scout
We'll miss you Coach Cal. Thanks for the memories.
Wes Keith do you still miss him ?
National Champions in three years. BBN loves Calipari!!!!!
Ouch....this comment didn't age well...
Yeah…
@@TheBsheepit did age well it was posted in 2013 and they went on to go to back to back final 4s BBN loved what cal did in his early years he brought many memories don’t discredit him because of how his tenure ended he was at the end of the day the 3rd best coach in UKs history
@@solobusiness4320 He said "BBN loves Calipari"...I'm not sure what rock you've been living under but BBN was EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED AND DESPISED him as a whole...hence the reason why he isn't there now. You are speaking about when he posted which is why I said AGED. Age definition: a distinct period of history. So that means in 2024 the comment he posted no longer applies to how BBN feels today, which further validates my point.
@@TheBsheep cal left on his own terms and saved UK 33 Million and the way he left made fans appreciate him instead of having to fire him so I’d say bbn is grateful at least the unselfish ones
Loved you alot Cal, but you have left us high and dry. Wish you well, but hope you regret the day you decided to leave us!
I LOVE listening to all the Cal haters!! HAHAHA!! The guy never got caught doing ANYTHING wrong.. His players got caught doing dirty.. I guess if someone hurts feelings over and over people try and pick them apart.. haha....
He brought you championship with AD.
As a KY fan from Louisville, I am shocked at the animosity you have at a coach that made you a national runner-up. No wonder he left. I feel sorry for your next coach. At KY we may have disagreements with our coaches and we want to WIN, but we still love ALL of our ex-coaches, Tubby ball waS SO BORING. He killed recruiting, so we needed a change. Nothing unrealistic there. He was the coach for 9 years and kept us out of the final four for the most years in UK history.
Lmao. Hey sucks. And you know it. What a horrible take.
Brought one championship lmao 🤣 tubby was better
I think its fine. I love it.
Yall can have him back.
They cut the part out at the end when John says, i got a hot deal on a Cadillac right here for 23 thousand
@BigBluemaniac19 just FYI, Memphis actually has 3 final four appearances.
Bledsoe, Liggins, and Orton were all highly ranked recruits. Harrelson wasn't ranked as high because of his JUCO status but he was still recruited by good schools until coach Gillespie landed him.
Why are louisville fans trolling on this link?
@warfrek93 Don't you think its a little strange that he left both UMass and Memphis a couple of days before the NCAA began investigating?
If he would’ve turned down the kentucky job he would’ve made the biggest mistake of his life.
UK ALL THE WAY BABY
fuckoff, wont be long before he screws you guys over too!!!
🦚 U baby!
Seems like Memphis has 2 new rivals.
(I'm not sure if we already were rivals with these guys)
Those two teams are Kansas and Kentucky.
Iook forward to playing ya'll whenever
Thanks Coach! 38 games vacated. This is the second time you have done this (UMASS 1996). Good Luck UK you'll need it.
Memphis = number one recruiting class 2010!!!! get ready to feel the heat
Is Tyreke staying?
as a top 10 universe kentucky fan i think it should be inevitable to schedule a regular season kentucky memphis game just like uk iu. almost ironic the triangle here. louisville memphis. louisville kentucky. now lets get a memphis kentucky.
@GreenDay1981 Just explain to me how leaving 2 days before the NCAA violations were issued isn't a sign that he knew they were going to happen.
He left the best part out about being able to bring NCAA sanctions to Kentucky. That has always been his life long dream and now he has the power to finally do it. How can you not support this guy?
about football or basketball ahmed?
I just want to say, I personally think the reason everyone in Memphis hates Calipari is the way he left the day before this interview! He should have said something before sneak leaving. I personally hate Calipari because of that but I have nothing against Kentucky. We got a good coach now and most of us have moved on! If Memphis and Kentucky ever plays a game together they would have to schedule the game outside of the 2 cities and I don't see that happening anytime soon..
I didn't see ESPN but Bledsoe was a 5 star from rivals and a four star from scout. If Harrelson is your best example then I am right considering he's not very good and Liggins is just there to keep the seats warm and probably wont be in a couple seasons. Sure they'll be on a team for a little bit but these guys aren't being developed to be reliable NBA players.
Great times for sure March madness tournament to 24 7 Calipari watch.... anyone around will always remember THE DOOR. Was it fun times or what.
@DarthProlif Enjoy having your final four vacated in 2 years because Calipari did some under-the-table deal with a recruit.
@strangebrew420 How do you feel about this statement? 8 years later.. no final fours or championships vacated. What an ignorant comment to make at that time, sir.
keep talking memhis fans we got your coach, we will get your recruits next, and some of your players.
it wasn't about going to kentucky...it was about getting this massive house behind me
hug back Tubby Smith
John and his family are going to make new friends quickly in kentucky welcome to wildcat nation! Go Big Blue!
The name is William Wesley but his friends call him "Uncle Wes" the Sam Gilbert of his time
Ok, today U.K, is at 14-0, and this after the Gilliespie debacle.
I'm a UK fan as well, but I have a feeling that we better not get used to Coach Calipari. My gut feeling is that he'll do a Pitino on us in a few years.
Nope
Im glad UK made the right decision to get Calipari for Coach. Billy G. needed to go.
Bledsod wasn't highly ranked. He wasn't even in the ESPN top 100. But you're saying that players that go to the NBA after playing for Calipari would have gone no matter what coach they play for. Players like Josh Harrellson, Eric Bledsoe, Darius Miller and DeAndre Liggins are not going to go to the NBA unless they play under a good coach, such as Calipari. Even players have expressed this after playing for Calipari.
@Duhtruth42 Honestly, it sucked pretty bad. At least we were there, though...
@BigBlueReef 1 down, 2 to go. How did you like UK's ending this year?
@rellef67 10 years ago dude. UK has won 2 national titles in my lifetime. They have sustained excelence. at least 200 wins in every decade since 1940 (when over 20 games per year began to be normal), most NCAA APPEARANCES. MOST ALL TIME WINS. GREATEST WINNING PERCENTAGE ALL TIME. RANKED NUMBER 1 COLLEGE BASKETBALL PROGRAM ALL TIME BY ESPN ENCYCLOPEDIA. When is the last time Memphis won a title?
memphis is still crying about calipari leaving.
Pastner won more games in his first 2 years at Memphis than Cal did. If you think UK is all that, then put Memphis on your schedule and lets settle this argument on the court. Now what you got to say??
@KoryoJin You obviously do not know Coach G very well if you think the only reason he was fired was due to his inability to win games.
Not yet he has not. Just give it time.
@upinya25 Some, not all. Cal arranged the cheat for Rose's SAT, as well as hooking his relative up with a trip.
cal didn't build a team he took a bunch of one and dones and told them to go play, the team he "built" is entirely gone after 1 year. coach k built a team, bill self built a team, boeheim built a team. Cal did not build a team. It doesn't mean they weren't good (because they were), but he didn't build a team he got a bunch of great recruits who he babysat for a year.
Memphis has a fanbase?
A difficult decision? Oh please!!! UK is going to pay him 4 mil a year, more than most NBA coaches!!!
I hope the UK Nation is enjoying the dog and pony show that is Cal. Now all the buzz is he may end up coaching the Knicks. These kinds of rumors would never be started if Cal was the "sure thing" UK thinks he is. His bad coaching in the last minute caused UK to lose to Uconn so maybe he isn't such a bargain after all. Memphis had him for 9 good years...let's see how long he stays at UK. In the Immortal words of Stewie from The Family Guy...VICTORY IS MINE!
This a ridiculous comment. Do you think Josh Harrellson, a JUCO transfer, is going to the NBA under most other coaches? No way. Calipari was a big part of developing Harrellson and getting him drafted. The same can be said for Eric Bledsoe. Bledsoe wasn't even a top 100 recruit coming out of high school (according to ESPN) and was drafted in the top 20 of the NBA draft after his freshmen year. The same can be said for Liggins, Orton and probably Darius Miller soon.
well he sure has a nice house.
From what i recall his father asked and did not get it. Why do we have to buy players. The word Kentucky sells itself. Go along with the best recruiter in the league. We're soon to be a dynasty. It just sucks for you because your team is now where near as prestigious as UK. Hate all you want. All that matters is W's and Titles. We have both :)
It's too bad Memphis can't find a spot in one of the big conferences. They simply don't belong in C-USA. They would be a much better fit in the Big East where they could resume their great rivalry with Louisville. How about the Big East dropping DePaul and adding the Tigers? I would love to see the Missouri Valley add DePaul and St Louis U. Makes much more sense geographically and these two schools don't play football, something they share with the MVC schools.
Basketball winning percentages, 2001-2009, Kentucky 71%, Memphis 73%. Considering that C-USA is consistently ranked 9th or 10th, at best, and the SEC is consistently ranked top 5 or better, I'd say Kentucky has nothing to be ashamed of. Three 25+ win seasons, 4 for Memphis during that period.Even in a down year, the SEC was ranked 6th. Calipari and his "record breaking seniors" padded their wins on C-USA weaklings who most years couldnt come close to making it to the tournament.
I know plenty. I am not whining I am bitching. I watch every Memphis game/ read 90% articles. Did you know in his college years Calipari used to go to bars and buy rounds of drinks for all of his friends and then leave them with the tab (see Recent story in the Memphis Comm Appeal). He recruited 2 top 5 players for us for '09 while getting paid about 2.3Mil + by Memphis only to take those players with them with Memphis paying the tab. He cares about Memphis?! I am positive about Pastner.
Kentucky gets 24,000 fans into Rupp Arena every game. FedexForum isnt capable of seating more than 18. How is that for attendance numbers?
If this had nothing to do with Kentucky, what did it have to do with? He just said it had to do with Kentucky
This makes no sense
You need to understand that he was not the best coach we had for the first 5 years-but in year 6 he just recruited the almost the entire high school national championship basketball team while simultaneously he got rid of all C-USA comptetition. He was a good coach overall but the way he left was the reason why he will be booed because he screwed us over and he id not stick with us. He was one of the highest paid coaches I the nation and we bent over bkwrds. He had a $200K buyout!
add Miller to that! :)
@president234 Then why didn't they just go to the NBA right from high school? There are some good NBA players that played for Duke. Does that mean K isn't a good coach either?
@GreenDay1981 Why would any sensible player just wait around for a year thats such a stupid argument it's unbelievable. second Calipari hasn't developed anybody that wasn't already a can't miss pick and you know i'm right.
@GreenDay1981 Coach K winning a 4th title isn't much to brag about? How many titles has Calipari won with all of his 5 star recruits?
Oh please. Louisville Memphis is a bigger rivalry historically than UK Louisville-check the commercials.
He make be a colorful character but at least he does not need to cheat to win.
who ever said memphis has won more championships, they r freaking dumb. uk has won 7 and could be 8 after this season when memphis hasnt even won 1
lexington has like 280,000 people...
1:45 he lied, thats why he had to retreat
You're just saying that because you're offended by what I said but you have no good reply to my comments.
@270logan270 um yes, they did great, with the players he didnt recruit. you have to realize, memphis new coach, josh pastner recruited those guys and had them committed. calipari knew when he left, they would too. pastner did everything to keep em, and when they bolted, he moved on. screw cal. you can have him
@BluePRSDude: "They had it before you, they had it during you, they'll have it when you're gone"...." - Al McGuire on Kentucky Basketball Tradition
Dude, UK is the future, past and PRESENT. Damn, I would of never thought a Memphis fan would actually talk shit. You your place with your mediocre mid major school.
ur right, but endorsement deals will make it be more money
@cardman880 Sucks to be you, Card.
@KoryoJin Damn dude so much of that statement is wrong that its unbelievable. One, coach cal took a team that he built and lead them to the championship game...tubby took a series of patinos recruits and got a title with them. Then as the years set it we saw what kind of individual coach he really is. Two, coach G was fucked up in so many ways its crazy. Despite the fact he was a terrible coach he was an alcoholic, rude to everybody, including rival coaches and started giving us a bad name.
Maybe my bad, but I just remember a report 3 or 4 years ago showing Louisville and Memphis having top home attendence numbers in the country. We both have avid fans and we fill our arena but Tigers eat pussycats for breakfast and shit them out by lunchtime.
Don't get ahead of yourself the guy's not even in the NBA yet.
@GreenDay1981 He's a great recruiter that's why he lands his players but aside from that he's an overrated coach and he wins purely on the talent that he recruits if you aren't a can't miss prospect in his system you wont make it very far.
@GreenDay1981 How about you check YOUR facts? Cal left April 1st 2009, the violations weren't made public until April 3rd. 2 days later. Stop manipulating facts already, damn.
UK is the history of college basketball. U of Memphis is the FUTURE. You spend so much time looking back on past records, and that's fine, but you still have a greasy dishonest coach who left 2 programs in jail, U Mass and Memphis. Difference is we found a diamond in the rough and Josh Pastner won more games his 1st two years than Cal did and Cal left a complete shambles here. It's gonna happen to UK too mark my words. Quit looking back and start looking ahead and within. Put us on the Schedule!
It's not "my record". If YOU can read, I'm neither a Kentucky fan or an alum. My previous comment said that it's ridiculous to criticize Kentucky's basketball program based on the last few years. It's just as ridiculous to say Memphis has a great program because they've been to 4 sweet 16's in a row. What did they do before that? Never won anything, didnt make the tournament several years, much less the final 4. You said compare teams. I did. Memphis has won nothing; Kentucky has.
i'd like to thank the academy.....
Memphis offer him more money, but he knew shit was about to hit the fan, so he left........... just like he did about UMASS. Kentucky fans are just happy to seem relevant again
@president234 I can say the same damn thing about Coach K.
@GreenDay1981 Clearly you aren't up to date with current NBA rules because players can't go straight from high school anymore and there is a huge difference between coach K and Calipari is Coach K wins championships and develops his players alot better than Calipari who hasn't really developed anybody
@president234 Liggins,Orton and Harrelson disagree.
Looks like Kentucky got the short end of the stick after all 😂😂😂
Because he knew he screwed us and the upcoming consequences wouldn't have been worth it, it was time for him to get the hell outta dodge. Kentucky was perfect, he can now enjoy his ego battle with rick pitino.
You're just saying that because you are offended by what I said but you have no good point to make in response.
@DarthProlif How am I being ignorant? that's exactly what he did at Umass and Memphis.
Punk you will never be forgiven especially the way you did it! No more Championships for you BOY!!!!!
@fol2005 How bout...Don't miss "I didn't cheat but if I did this is how I did it"...starring The Teflon John.
Cal was great for Memphis, but the way he left (taking the recruits) will leave a bitter taste for years to come. Did Roy Williams take Kansas' recruits when he went to UNC? No! You Kentucky fans that call us jealous, well fine we were once like you drinking the Cal kool-aid. Remember what you say now and look back on it in 10-12 years and see if you still feel that way. Memphis is fine now and rebuilding the program the right way with a great young coach in Pastner so dont worry about us.
I love it baby. We got him now! hahahahaha We will load up every year and pay em under the table just like every one else does.
@president234 Not when the team you have to beat is "mighty" Butler! Kentucky would have beaten them by a lot more than Duke did.
@GreenDay1981 You could but you'd be wrong because coach K actually wins championships with less talent.