Calimari says SEC title means nothing

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bUTrosbUTrosVOLie said:
Ridiculous, but par for the course.

Of course the SEC title means nothing to Calimac&cheese, NO conference banner can make a mercenary lamprey eel excited-even one hung from the KY rafters while he was the coach. Heck, he probably just remembered what farkin' silly conference he was coaching in when asked the question.

The players that have played for KY for more than 15 min. might think it's pretty dandy hanging up there...and also the students and alumni. But that's not important. It. Means. Nothing.

I cannot imagine Pat Summit saying something like that and she's won a little more than Calinguine. I think Pat probably has ambitions of her teams moving on to greater awards than that, too.

It just makes me tired to see the condition of college basketball these days-in many ways. I still love it a lot, but it does suck in so many areas. JMO... :pimp_2: :pimp_2: :pimp_2:
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Pat needs to be more concerened with figuring out a way to gracefully exit the tournament this year to avoid Geno beating her by 40 on the way to another undefeated season.
 
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hatvol96 said:
Correct. They aren't paying John $4 mil plus per to win a league they've won about a hundred times before.
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I agree that the postseason is more important, but it just kind of rubs me the wrong way to act like you could just care less about winning the conference.

But, ultimately he is right that seeding is more important.
 
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bUTrosbUTrosVOLie said:
They mean nothing to Calipasto, and you.

"Hey, Grampa, tell me about the championship you won when you were a walk on basketball player at Kentucky before you graduated. I'll bet your coach thought that you guys did good."

"No. He said it meant nothing."
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I'm almost willing to bet to a man the players on that team agree with him 100%. I seriously doubt Wall or Cousins went to UK to say they won a SEC title.

Believe it or not, at some schools, winning conference titles and making Sweet 16s are the bare minimum, not what doubles a coaches salary in 5 years.
 
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Changed my mind. I'm gettin' out of this thread.

Go Pat. Go Bruce. Go Vols.

Geno, Cal, UK....Mmmmmm.
 
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LawVol13 said:
I agree that the postseason is more important, but it just kind of rubs me the wrong way to act like you could just care less about winning the conference.

But, ultimately he is right that seeding is more important.
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Kentucky, Kansas, and UCLA are the only places I wouldn't look at the coach funny for saying that. None of them have anyone in their league that is remotely in their stratosphere historically.
 
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bUTrosbUTrosVOLie said:
Ridiculous, but par for the course.
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I cannot imagine Pat Summit saying something like that and she's won a little more than Calinguine. I think Pat probably has ambitions of her teams moving on to greater awards than that, too. .....
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miggy4vols said:
good call...and of course pat would never say something like that. she has something cal has never heard of...class
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The fact that you try to compare the two, with Cal coming up on the short end, is "Ridiculous".
 
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hatvol96 said:
Kentucky, Kansas, and UCLA are the only places I wouldn't look at the coach funny for saying that. None of them have anyone in their league that is remotely in their stratosphere historically.
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That's true. My view would probably be right in line with his if I was a lifelong UK fan.
 
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hatvol96 said:
Kentucky, Kansas, and UCLA are the only places I wouldn't look at the coach funny for saying that. None of them have anyone in their league that is remotely in their stratosphere historically.
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But you know that Duke and UNC don't care. They want the reg season title, but the tourney means little.
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bUTrosbUTrosVOLie said:
She has answered the question, just in case you might not have known. Her answer was something like (I don't know the exact quote) "...ask the cheating bozo at UConn...he knows." I think he probably does.

Your alma mater is not the same as the Braves.

And, you were the only one who mentioned "bragging over conference titles". That's not the same as "it means nothing".

You have the goalposts on a railcar running them everywhere.
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You are right! He does know. She will not play him anymore during the regular season but she would be more than happy to meet him at the Big Dance!:machgun:
 
#63
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bUTrosbUTrosVOLie said:
I've never heard of "Participation" trophies. Are you perhaps the "someone" who has a room full of them-since you mentioned it.? I don't fault you for that. You must have been very enthusiastic to have filled up an entire room with them...whatever they are. Still never heard of them until now.

This thread is about Championships.
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My generation did not have participation trophies growing up. Unfortunately it was my generation, as adults, who invented them.
 
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Hardwood_fanatic said:
Ask Pat if she would trade 25 conference titles for one national championship.
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thats a bit extreme. i would trade 10 conference titles for 1 NCAA title. but i would take 25 conference titles over 1 NCAA. Think about NC State that have fallen off the map since beating Phi Slamma Jamma.
 
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LadyKnowSports said:
You are right! He does know. She will not play him anymore during the regular season but she would be more than happy to meet him at the Big Dance!:machgun:
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Welcome to VolNation; but I guarantee she wouldn't want to play him this year unless she enjoys getting the crap kicked out of her.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
But you know that Duke and UNC don't care. They want the reg season title, but the tourney means little.
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True, but at least they have to beat out the other to win the league title. That's a bigger accomplishment almost every year than finishing ahead of Georgia, Nebraska, and Washington State.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
But you know that Duke and UNC don't care. They want the reg season title, but the tourney means little.
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I always love the "You guys just don't understand, the ACC is unlike anything you'll ever know. Winning it means more than anything." argument.

The ACC has PERMANENTLY (at least for the forseeable future) been uprooted as college basketballs premier conference, and they are in complete denial.
 
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Hardwood_fanatic said:
I always love the "You guys just don't understand, the ACC is unlike anything you'll ever know. Winning it means more than anything." argument.

The ACC has PERMANENTLY (at least for the forseeable future) been uprooted as college basketballs premier conference, and they are in complete denial.
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Nothing in college ball is permanent.
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hatvol96 said:
Once St. John's and DePaul hire real coaches and get back on their feet, it'll be a long, long time til anyone supplants the Big East.
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It will, but ACC was there fir a long time. There were a couple of years wr they might have relinquished it, but it was a long time. Big East expanding wit a basketball focus ended that.
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DeepSpringsVol said:
thats a bit extreme. i would trade 10 conference titles for 1 NCAA title. but i would take 25 conference titles over 1 NCAA. Think about NC State that have fallen off the map since beating Phi Slamma Jamma.
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I'm willing to bet the farm that if you surveyed the head coach of every program in the 6 "BCS" conferences, with the same question, ALL of them will take the national title. The prestige is nowhere near the same, and that follows suit in all sports.

Ask NASCAR drivers if they would rather win 50 races over a career, or one championship.

You've heard Tiger Woods say over and over again that he wants to break the record of 18 majors, instead of the 100 total wins mark.

Its just a fact of life.

Also, like Hat said, there are really only 3 or 4 schools whose coach CAN make such a statement.
 
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