John Calipari to KY (merged)

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UT IE 95 said:
OK then, he would have already turned down UK then if it weren't about the money on some level.
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No, it's about deciding what you want. Do you want to be Jerry Tarkanian or Rick Pitino? That's the question he's been mulling over.
 
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hatvol96 said:
Billy Clyde is a basketball coach. He wants back in immediately. That said, he'll make sure he finds an employer that is looking for a basketball coach and not a carnival barker. His preference would obviously be to return to Texas, but I don't think he'd pass on a good job elsewhere waiting for something in the Lone Star State to open.
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I could tell from his interview with Dykes on ESPN. He doesn't strike me as a guy that would sit out a year and work at CBS or ESPN analyzing games.
 
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JZVOL said:
Why would he have taken an NBA job then?
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I guess game-planning for Scotty Hopson, Nick Calathes, and Devan Downey is more intimidating than preparing for Michael Jordan, Grant Hill, Pat Ewing, Glen Rice, and Allen Iverson.
 
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JZVOL said:
I could tell from his interview with Dykes on ESPN. He doesn't strike me as a guy that would sit out a year and work at CBS or ESPN analyzing games.
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I can't imagine he'd be interested in doing it nor can I fathom a TV outlet thinking he'd be good at it.
 
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Jaytrain5 said:
I guess game-planning for Scotty Hopson, Nick Calathes, and Devan Downey is more intimidating than preparing for Michael Jordan, Grant Hill, Pat Ewing, Glen Rice, and Allen Iverson.
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I believe Cal coached Starbury... I wonder if he has any good stories???
 
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Wow - my least favorite coach has joined my least favorite team. As if I didn't have enough reasons to hate KY.
 
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Jaytrain5 said:
I guess game-planning for Scotty Hopson, Nick Calathes, and Devan Downey is more intimidating than preparing for Michael Jordan, Grant Hill, Pat Ewing, Glen Rice, and Allen Iverson.
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You know good and well that the '08-'09 Georgia Bulldogs and Arkansas Razorbacks are far tougher to attack properly than the '96-'97 Chicago Bulls or Indiana Pacers.
 
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hatvol96 said:
No, it's about deciding what you want. Do you want to be Jerry Tarkanian or Rick Pitino? That's the question he's been mulling over.
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He's not taking 48 hrs to make that decision. He's known that answer his whole life. There are other influences at this point.
 
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hatvol96 said:
No, he hasn't. If he did, he would have been the coach at Miami, USC, or NC State long ago.
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I know you are a fan of Cals and if memory serves me correct you're not that crazy about KY. With that being said whats your take on Cal headed to Big Blue?
 
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If Calipari leaves, it will have significant ramifications on both the immediate and distant future of Memphis basketball.
A source close to the team said as many as three current players including Wesley Witherspoon, Roburt Sallie and Angel Garcia may strongly consider transferring from Memphis if Calipari accepts the Kentucky job.
It’s also unlikely there would be much of a recruiting class left for Calipari’s successor.
Carol Dennis, the mother of University of Memphis recruit Nolan Dennis, told The Commercial Appeal Monday that the letter-of-intent her son signed last fall contains an addendum that would allow him to follow Calipari to another school.
All four players who signed with Memphis in the fall have the same unconditional release in their letters.
 
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VolBeef88 said:
I know you are a fan of Cals and if memory serves me correct you're not that crazy about KY. With that being said whats your take on Cal headed to Big Blue?
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John will win wherever he goes. I'd have preferred he do it somewhere other than Lexington.
 
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utfantilidie said:
If Calipari leaves, it will have significant ramifications on both the immediate and distant future of Memphis basketball.
A source close to the team said as many as three current players including Wesley Witherspoon, Roburt Sallie and Angel Garcia may strongly consider transferring from Memphis if Calipari accepts the Kentucky job.
It’s also unlikely there would be much of a recruiting class left for Calipari’s successor.
Carol Dennis, the mother of University of Memphis recruit Nolan Dennis, told The Commercial Appeal Monday that the letter-of-intent her son signed last fall contains an addendum that would allow him to follow Calipari to another school.
All four players who signed with Memphis in the fall have the same unconditional release in their letters.
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This makes me wonder if Cal has been thinking about leaving for a while now.
 
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VolBeef88 said:
This makes me wonder if Cal has been thinking about leaving for a while now.
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From what I understand, most LOIs these days have a release clause tied to the coach - especially in basketball.

And make no mistake - Memphis is purely a basketball school thanks to John. The kids he is signing didn't grow up wanting to play for the Tigers. John is a hell of a recruiter and sold these guys on playing for him - not the University of Memphis. Thus, if John is gone, they are too.
 
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Billy Donovan is the big loser in all of this.

The biggest mystery in Lex right now is the riff between Pitino and Cal. It is common knowledge that they don't get along anymore.

Hat, was this a recruit fight or is it a personal matter?

Sometimes it seems to me that Pitino has the Vince Dooley syndrome when it comes to UK, or it could be that he wants Louisville to become what UK is to the entire state (surely he is smarter than that). The idea that he continuously pimps Travis and Pelphrey does astound me. I wonder if he simply doesn't want anyone to eclipse his legacy with the Cats.
 
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UT IE 95 said:
From what I understand, most LOIs these days have a release clause tied to the coach - especially in basketball.

And make no mistake - Memphis is purely a basketball school thanks to John. The kids he is signing didn't grow up wanting to play for the Tigers. John is a hell of a recruiter and sold these guys on playing for him - not the University of Memphis. Thus, if John is gone, they are too.
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I truly believe that Cal had feelers out long before Gillispie's exit. Dick Gabriel and others were all over Cal from the start.
 
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