John Calipari is headed to Arkansas: Will he succeed?
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Four plus minutes, and didn't address whether he could succeed at Arkansas.
They know he will but they don’t want him to because it’s Arkansas
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BOOM!!! What UK fans have been saying for the last 5yrs. He's a GREAT NBA recruiter.
Go HOGS #WPS
Yep it's great to see all the Kentucky alums in the NBA but we need wins in march.
100% correct. Best comentary on this issue in sports. 80 yo Kentucky fan here, I have not watched 1 game in 5 years, this is "long" overdue.
Cause you not a real fan lmao you just hop on when it’s time
@@TechJay-tu9psnot true. I’m a real fan and I haven’t watched a game since 2013 because I couldn’t stand to see what he was doing to our legendary program. It wasn’t enjoyable for me anymore, seeing new guys every year, not even having enough time to learn the players names before they skipped off to the NBA. I want guys who WANT to play for Kentucky. I want to watch the players develop and grow over their years at UK. His recruits didn’t give a damn about the name on the front of their jersey, they came for him, and they can leave with him too. Good riddance. Now we can get an actual coach who understands and respects what Kentucky Basketball is all about…winning.
The Razorback football team became the worst team in the SEC. IT HURT. WE STILL WATCHED AND SUPPORTED THE TEAM. BECAUSE WE ARE RAZORBACK FANS.
@@TechJay-tu9ps he's not the only one many of us stopped watching. Call it what you want its the truth I got tired of a new team every year years ago. And I watched when we were bad before him.
The National media is fueling Cal and Arkansas by devaluing us as a program. Motivation #WPS and Yes there are expectations here as well
Naw they are right.
@@SpiritFlockerstine Well we gonna change that
@@UnbiasedBrim 😂
@@SpiritFlockerstineThis is pure ignorance, but hide and watch.
Unbiased knows what’s up!
When 3 of the coaching staff left in 2019 it ruined Cal he lost his swagger.
You couldn't have said it any better Stephen A .you were spot on with your analysis of cal leaving Kentucky. GO BIG BLUE!!!!
Smitty is a KY fan 😂 Say Arkansas one moe time for me Smitty 😂 What a cry baby shoota 😢
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He's not the great coach who's name eludes me that won n 95 .Now he was great Nolan Richardson perhaps.Nkt disrespecting coach Richardson
Welcome John we are thrilled you're in Arkansas.
Oh......everyone is at first.
As a Kentucky fan, It just pisses me off he had all of these great talent send them off to the NBA and you only have 1 National championship to show for it. You've teams like Uconn, won more than 1 in the last 3 seasons.
Because uconn had Guys with Experience
And the one he got was with a super overloaded squad that had AD. The way he recruits, I doubt he would reach a final four again. Lots of top guys don’t even go to college anymore. Seems duke is having similar issues tho they’ve gone further and played a similar recruiting game. UConn has one McDonald’s all america on the entire roster. That says quite a bit.
I appreciate his earlier years then the rezume was good he was on fire then I know beyond 2012-2015 were bad. But he had know that I know 1 year was COVID but there is the other years as well...
Cal isn't a X O coach, he just don't get it. If you go back and look at all of the Great players he brought in not one was better when they left. They definitely got better in the NBA but someone else worked with them.
Akansas got a winner! No doubt!!
No you didn’t. He won 1 with a generational talent in AD. Y’all got a A+ recruiter and a C- coach. Y’all are the ones getting stuck paying him
Arkansas fans always use to call cal a cheater and says he can't coach and all of a sudden he's phil Jackson to them😂😂😂
Y’all just mad he left get over it
@@rawdoggrankins6194if he gets us 1 in the next 15 years we'll all be happy.
@@marquis3733UK fans have been begging him to leave for the last 3 years what’re you on about
You are so right!
Guys if calipari can't get it done at ky with all the top picks he's had what makes you think he can at Arkansas,good luck ur gonna need it .BBN
Cal is definitely a great recruiter but he is not a great coach. You can't have all those McDonald's All Americans and not have anything to show for it at Kentucky. The expectations are high.
If Cal takes this as a chance for renewal and does a reset to get back to the drive he had 15 years ago, he will succeed wildly. Otherwise, the results will vary depending on how much he actually does change.
In my honest opinion, Coach Cal is not the great coach everyone claims he is, his name is so popular simply because he was head coach for so long here in Kentucky!! You could literally put any average person as head coach for the Kentucky Wildcats Program as Head Coach and the person would absolutely blow up in popularity in media. EVERYONE that knows anything about college basketball knows Kentucky is the very top of the “Standard” in college basketball! The reason for that is absolutely because our fan base are so loyal and die hard. The fans make Kentucky program so wildly popular, jot calipari
Let's start with the myth that Cal is responsible for so many "kids" making it to the NBA. Those "kids" would have made it to the NBA whether Cal had them at Kentucky or they went to any of their other choices laid in front of them before they committed to Kentucky. Someone pointed out that Cal clearly did know how to coach in the past. The truth is he got really comfortable with his fame and the myth above to want to put in the hard work that yields championships.
Will he be successful at Arkansas? I think he likely will for a year or two, as his ego will drive him hard to "prove the Kentucky fans wrong", but then, he will just return to the fork and it will all slide away again. Cal isn't interested in working as hard as it takes to win on the biggest stage.
Oh, Steven. Those who can do. And those who can’t become reporters😂
Facts
You right baby!!! He's running from Kentucky right into the welcoming arms of Arkansas. He's gonna get that 2nd title at the Palace. Woo Pig Sooie!!
Calipari after the last 5+ years of failure at Kentucky, nothing since 2015 with top classes, was on the hot seat.
Calipari had his end season meeting with AD Barnhart and said he was coming back and was changing things up, etc..... Sounds good? Great to hear!
Then out of nowhere he has left UK for Arkansas? lol
$$$$ Talks obviously.
I loved Calipari at Kentucky but I think he got scared of the pressure and could no longer bring Kentucky a NCAA title.
Agreed I'm not saying title every year tho fans expect want that. But no sweet 16 etc the past 5 years. The early years 2012-2015 were good overall. Past 5-9 years not so much.
Preach Stephen A. I’m an alum. This state loves and supports the basketball team and all athletics. They go where ever the team goes. Let’s be honest Kentucky is a blue collar state, they save every Penny to support BBN and Coach Cal. The least thing he can do for the state is provide wins and bragging rights and banners. He wasn’t holding up his end of the deal on behalf of the state or university. Rightfully so, we need a refund for the past 4-5 years
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On Musselman's success at Arkansas (3:33) he had the S16/E8s in his first four years (first year was COVID so no tournament). I don't know enough details on the rosters but usually tells me that he won with the previous coach's recruits. Similar thing at Michigan with Juwan Howard. Started coaching the same year as Muss, 1st year: no tourney, 2nd year: E8, 3rd year: S16, 4th year: NIT second round, 5th year 8-24 season. Hopefully for USC fans Muss does a good job. As a fan of another Big Ten school, I hope he does terribly lol.
Cal will win, but he isn't gonna go in a historical run like he did when he first arrived at UK back in 2009. He will keep Arkansas relevant, but i highly doubt he ever wins another championship. Cal always been a good recruiter, but he didn't start getting elite back to back classes until he got to Kentucky. Kentucky got Calipari at the right time in his career, right when he entered his prime and the sad truth is the man is on the back end of his career, he is getting older, and you can tell how much he has aged since '09 as well. He will keep Arkansas relevant, but that's about it. I just find it strange that he left after supposedly was gonna he an ambassador for the university once he retired.
Facts. UK fans are happier without him. Calipari didnt make UK they will be back. I appreciate early years and the 2012 title. But you cant keep getting bounced 1st round etc. UK isnt going put up with that. If nba draft picks were banners UK be set for life and I dont care if you start the Fab Five if you dont win a title.
Elite recruiter, definitely. Elite developer of talent, definitely NOT. And clearly not even an average game coach. These last 2 points 100% explain the lack of tournament success of the program since 2012.
Terrible decision. If we were going to hire a top level recruiter and average coach, we could have kept Musselman.
Actually no....there was no keeping musselman....he was headed back to the democrat land of Cali one way or another....as an Arkansan...as a True Hog Fan, I'm thinking God above for coach Cal....basketball in Arkansas will be center stage once again come November...and I cannot wait ...go hogs....
He is not an elite developer of talent.............
Cal at Arkansas is scary for all of us in the SEC. As a UK fan who witnessed the success of Arkansas in the 90s, this could be the 90s all over again where Arkansas beats everyone by 50 unless you're the 1990 UNLV team hahaha. We miss you Cal!
LMFAO. Have you watched the last 5-6 years??
When you are the 2nd highest paid coach in division 1 basketball and you brashly tell the fan base that you don’t care about winning the SEC or SEC tourney you lose a lot of respect. Then when you can’t get out of the first round but one time in 5 years but you brag constantly about how great your recruiting classes are and talk constantly about the NBA you lose respect. Then you admit you never work on defense spring summer and most of the fall and you lose because you have the worst rank defense of any major college program you lose respect.
I appreciate what Cal did for Kentucky and for the players but you can’t be so arrogant and refuse to look in the mirror. Kentucky fans do not expect a championship every year as so many try to say but getting past the first round when you constantly get talent is expected. But you’re not going win with all freshmen either and he simply wouldn’t change and honestly his ego won’t let him. It’s sad way to end a career and his last 5 years will determine how he is remembered.
Waddyaknow.. I agree with SAS.
Big Mistake for Arkansas. Will Wade would have been a Much Better pick!!
Damn. That hurt
He will have Alotttt of pressure at Arkansas, we aren’t a blue blood cuz we are RED!!!
SS is spot on.
I sense people are getting mad JUST because it Arkansas!!! Never ever ever ever will anybody from sports media give Arkansas anything !! No love at all, nothing !!
Calipari ran what he called a player-based program. It was not a team-based program or a fan-based program. While I wish him luck, how he does is not longer my concern.
I'm so glad this jakov is putting Cal out to pasture
Jamal Murray had 5 dunks before halftime, then he had 4 threes after halftime.
1 of his dunks was an effortless transition reverse dunk, right afterwards i said "that's not jamal murray. That's god disguised as jamal murray"
People that can play usually can’t coach. People that can coach usually weren’t great players. People that can’t play or coach usually judge players and coaches.
He was playing freshmen lol. The game has changed.
Mr Smith i love the way you say Arkansas 😂 Your from Boston it sounds like a former Arkansas Basketball player, now working for ESPN from Massachusetts that played and was recruited by the great Noland Richardson to play basketball at the UA. The legend Pat Bradley the deadly 3 point shoota.😂
I wish these big wigs from all these media companies would shut up abt Arkansas. We just ran off our best coach in 30 years. The pressure is here for any coach. Just let the shit play out. It’s annoying
Hard to get 1.
People seem to forget Dean Smith, only has 2 rings. Who has had more talent, than him
No one has had more consistent 5 star classes than Calipari. Thats a simple fact. Hes the greatest recruiter ever, while also being one of the biggest underachievers ever based on available talent. Not to mention his legacy of getting programs put on probation due to unethical recruiting practices. UMass and Memphis BOTH had their Final 4s revoked.
Did I miss where he talked about whether he could succeed at Arkansas? Somebody link me the timestamp.
Wonder if Coach Cal answers your call? One answer one answer one answer.....no. Am sooo glad Muss left with his ghetto lifestyle. Southern California will love it. No wat i sayin? Cal will bring some class back to the hill.
1000% fair take
He'll be what he was at ky
Let’s hope he is to Arkansas what Andy Reid is for my Chiefs.
Instead of all the speculation just sit back and see what happens. Nothing you can do about it otherwise.
He couldn't succeed but once at one of the best college basketball programs in history. You really think he's gonna succeed with a team like Arkansas?
Hard to get one unfortunately
Sorry Stephen A but CALIPARI is not gonna win in Arkansas
His track record for developing NBA all stars is absolutely insane. The was a picture the other day at an all star game and it was 7-9 players that were coached by Calipari wearing all star uniforms. He has my vote of confidence, I’d definitely send my kid to play for him.
What’s his track record on winning national championships? That’s all that matters.
@@ericamcdaniel4318 he’s won 1 chip which is more than a lot of current coaches.
Very few of Cal's recruits went on to be big stars in the NBA. When you consider how many went to the NBA, its really not that impressive how few made an impact. The ONLY 2 to ever be legit top 3 at their position at any point would be Davis and Rose. And both of those guys flamed out to injuries. Davis is the only Cal recruit to have a leading hand in winning an NBA title. Again, not a good stat at all when you look at how many guys he puts into the NBA. Most of them, you never really hear from them again, or they simply don't live up to the original hype. Such as John Wall
@@MrJRDOT1 "he’s won 1 chip which is more than a lot of current coaches." 1 Chip with often the best recruited classes. After 35 years. Thats terrible
@@billybob5337 my guy the 2024 NBA All Star game had 7 players from Kentucky. What are you talking about?
Coach Cal is top 10 all time in final four appearances. Top 5 in NCAA Tournament wins. Not many coaches in the last 40 years have won more than 1 natty. I don't get why everyone is shitting on Cal because he only won one natty in 15 years. Since 2009, which is when Cal took over at Kentucky, there have been only three NCAA coaches that have won more than 1 natty, none that have won more than 2 in that 15 year time frame. Dan Hurley, Jay Wright and Roy Williams. Before last Monday, there was only two. Cal is gonna win another chip before it is all said and done and when he does it'll be in Razorback Red.
The way I see it this will prove one of 2 things. Either the coach stalled out or the program did. Arkansas will see a final four in the next 3 years or we’ll get what Kentucky got for the last 3 years.
The program let him Coach and Recruit the way he wanted. So its clear what stalled. He was never the same after the 2019 Lifetime contract
Eric musselman had Steph curry in Arkansas locker room couple years back when Steph when scouting Moses moody during the march madness tournament vs Gonzaga and they won… just imagine what cal can do
With the amount of talent we have had at Kentucky there is absolutely no excuse for us to be getting bounced out of the first round two years in a row. We have had some of the biggest names in the NBA played for our program and we have only 1 national championship since cal became head coach in 2009? So yes it was time to move on. Good luck to coach Cal but I do not think that he will get it done in Arkansas.
Steven A should also remember that 1 and dones have hurt Calipari at UK. He fails to mention that
Man all the talen dude had and only one title? Overhyped is the word
Nil is the best coach in college basketball,
Dean Smith only had two titles in 37 years.
Would be so fun if he does win 10 national championships at the University of Arkansas. Imagine the silence of the Kentucky fans that couldn't even say Thank you coach for what you've done at Kentucky 😂
Steven A. did it in slight. Coach Cal will have the Hogs ready sooner than you think! Instant sleeper team!
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All i want is excitement tbh. If we get a title that would be amazing. And sas is misinformed, john tyson is not the ceo of tyson foods
Arkansas is preseason top 20 in the too early poll next year, with ZERO players...because of Coach Cal. 🤷♂️
that is crazy.
@@brob8204 Uk was rated high at start of last season too...Everyone can see what happened...
Saying you’ve had a relationship with Cal since the 90s but can’t even pronounce his name right is insane.
I missed where he mispronounced it.
Who Cares about Titles, As an Arkansas fan just get to the tourney. Then let the Dice Roll. Thats the thing Kentucky fans are spoiled about he Got you there with a 77% winning percentage. Hogs didn’t even make the NiT this year and Beat Duke and Purdue.
Calipari is like winning 499 laps out of a 500 lap NASCAR race
@@popcornjoe3752 I love Calipari but this is funny🤣🤣🤣
Kentucky fans are weirdos
Over the past 5 years he has had a 64% winning percentage with a million McDonald all Americans
Right, but everybody praise him that’s crazy
Everybody can’t make it to the championship every year as long as they put an effort that’s all that counts. There’s only one winner per year.
Damn. It just shows how mad you are. We are all entitled to our opinions. You will be ok brother. Deep breath
Anytime SAS reads down your accomplishments you can bet he will trash you next. GO HOGS.
Calipari is so rich he has lost his edge as a successful coach and will never get it back. Look at Uconn's team and talent.
If KY had faced this team they would have been destroyed. KY had lots of talent on paper but lacked actual performance.
Good coaches can somehow get players in big games to perform above their talent limits. Cal can't get players to perform
at even a PAR level. So in 2 years or less fans in arkansas will be putting up for sale signs in Cal's yard. A leopard never
loses its spots.
Stephen A 100% right.
Stephen A needs to move on from that hairline. It’s underperformed for the last 25 years. As Chuck and Shaq say, “come on home!”😂
Not making the tournament after making the elite 8 twice is a bad job goofy.
So, will he succeed or not? Waisted 4+ minutes of my life. That is why I don't listen to these guys anymore.
No.
MAYBE with a Billionaires NIL money in hand.....but overall, hes nit a good coach, he won because he got the best players years ago, not so much now. People need do understand the NIL and Free Transfers killed his schtick? So, all those 5 out of the top 10 freshmen were great at one point, then when teams could shore up needs with free transfers, that put him behind the 8-ball. Bama brings in Nelson and Estrada, in past years instead of going 13-5 they would have fallen to like 9-9. He never learned that the transfer of upper classman were more important than one and done freshmen. Also, UK, Kansas, UNC, we know were using the AAU to back door pay players, its just a fact, now with NIL, those days are over. I think he's a bad coach who knew how to game the system. Now that he has the promise of the Tyson NIL money, he will again get the players he wants.
Cal will win a chip at Arkansas
Kentucky overrated
Coach Cal will have something in Arkansas he never had at Kentucky. He has Hunter Yurachek. Yurachek will take care of everything behind the scene. Coach Cal will never have to lobby for more NIL money, or anything for that matter. You heard him say in his press conference, that coaches win games but administrations win championships. That was a dig at Kentucky, and a thankful sigh of relief for Hunter Yurachek. And yes, he will succeed at Arkansas.
Dude, that was his way of escaping any kind of accountability, as usual. Just like he always tries to pull the "they're only Freshmen" crap. Cal was given every resource imaginable at UK and had all of the talent to make it happen. Not to mention being the highest paid Coach. Blaming Barnhart for him being a subpar game Coach is laughable. He has 1 title in 32 years. And one tournament win in 5. UK let Cal do it exactly his way. And the results simply havn't added up
@@billybob5337 do you really think you are better off without CAL?
Success as a head coach in the NCAA isn't determined by championship wins. To coach for 32 years and improve lives of other people (ie. All those recruits) that's a success that not every coach sees.
He will do as good at Ark as UK.
This is one talking head that never makes any sense , but does a fair job of talking in circles. Knows what he is talking about ....... lol nope !!
I live in ky. These wildcat fans here are so butthurt. It’s funny , wildcat fans are just like cowboy fans . Arrogant, entitled. And for zero reason . They’ve got 1 championship the last 25 years . And half of their franchises championships , came before 1959 ….
And the other half were after 1959, what’s your point? Still #2 in championship wins, still #2 in all time game wins. That’s zero reason?
Who’d they get to coach?
N.I.L Money baby! Nobody said anything bad about Musselman till he started looking to run from his 1st losing season! He started looking and we said get the hell on! So you need to stop with you liberal lies!