John Calipari to KY (merged)

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myrobbins7 said:
It was a tough break, but life goes on and I am still as big of a Cal fan as I was 1 month ago and that will never change, even at UK. :)sick:). It just sucks for the city, but they will be ok.
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I pulled for you guys this year to no avail:ermm:
 
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Brian McCat said:
The CA's source is wrong, because Memphis counter-offered with more money.
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Indeed. The Memphis AD offered more money, and asked.... quote.." How much money will it take?"

To which Cal replied " Its not money. Its Kentucky."

Cal actually stated in the Press conference that he turned down more money at Memphis to come to UK.
 
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Cal will probably do very well in Lex, but I do wonder how his offense is going to sit with folks in the Commonwealth. Nobody is really talking about that up here yet.
 
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Lexvol said:
Cal will probably do very well in Lex, but I do wonder how his offense is going to sit with folks in the Commonwealth. Nobody is really talking about that up here yet.
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It could definitely get interesting. Cal warned us all in his news conference that "we will turn the ball over a lot early on" while implementing it. I just hope the UK faithful can shut the heck up long enough to let the man do his job. He's a winner.
 
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Brian McCat said:
The CA's source is wrong, because Memphis counter-offered with more money.
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Just messing with you B/M but that's what I read.BTW, Cal and Randy Sanders can hang out some and talk about their hatred for UT together.:)
 
#706
#706
Yeah I was messing with you also Brian, I don't hate you, just UK. :) I will be pulling for Cal to do a great job at UK. He is one of, if not the best in my book.
 
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Brian McCat said:
It could definitely get interesting. Cal warned us all in his news conference that "we will turn the ball over a lot early on" while implementing it. I just hope the UK faithful can shut the heck up long enough to let the man do his job. He's a winner.
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Tubby Smith is a winner. You don't just have to win at Kentucky; apparently it has to be exciting basketball too.

Or maybe Calipari has some personal quality that Tubby didn't have which will make the UK faithful patient enough to "shut the heck up" while he does his job. I can't imagine what that personal quality might be, though.
 
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Vercingetorix said:
Tubby Smith is a winner. You don't just have to win at Kentucky; apparently it has to be exciting basketball too.

Or maybe Calipari has some personal quality that Tubby didn't have which will make the UK faithful patient enough to "shut the heck up" while he does his job. I can't imagine what that personal quality might be, though.
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Tubby had ten years at UK. Cal had nine years at UM. It remains to be seen what the shut the hell up quotient will be.
 
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The Wildcats’ first practice under John Calipari


Posted at 1:13 a.m. EDT – Eric Lindsey, UK Media Relations

Not even 36 hours after John Calipari was hired to become the 22nd head coach in program history, Calipari held his first practice Thursday night at the Joe Craft Center. Here are some observations from the Wildcats’ first workout:
  • Practice started at 8:30 p.m. and lasted about an hour and a half. Per NCAA regulations, teams are allowed two hours of drill instruction per week until April 15.
  • The entire 2008-09 roster was there, including senior Jared Carter.
  • The practice was extremely instructional. Calipari’s demeanor was pretty intense, but he doesn’t teach by yelling, calling out players, stomping his feet or any of that. He was very hands on and very talkative. Calipari would stop drills if he didn’t see what he liked, but he also didn’t hesitate to stop practice and single out a player if he was doing something right.
  • Dribble, dribble, dribble. Calipari mentioned his love and philosophy for the Dribble Drive Motion Offense in his introductory news conference, and he wasted no time implementing it in his first practice. The first hour was dedicated solely to dribbling and driving the ball to the bucket. Calipari started the players off with different dribble-drive layup drills, and then increased the number of defenders as practice wore on until they finished with a three-on-two drill.
  • Of course, the main component of the Dribble Drive Motion Offense is dribbling. The only negative I drew from the practice was the Wildcats’ sloppiness in handling the ball. I heard Calipari say a couple of times that they were going to have to get much better handling the ball.
  • Calipari wants them to play extremely fast. He doesn’t want any hesitation when they have the ball and he even stopped a few players a couple of times for slowing up. No matter who has it – Calipari said he’s going to teach everybody, post players included, to drive it like they were guards – he wants them taking it straight to the basket as fast as they can for a layup or lob pass.
  • Calipari likes the ball in the air. The only bounce he likes is when it comes to dribbling. He’s not against bounce passes all together, but he doesn’t like wrap-around passes or bounce passes underneath the basket because guards can come in and pick them off.
  • As much as the practice was about the dribble drive, it was also about layups. Calipari said the point of the offense was to get easy layups. Part of that, he said, is they have to make all of them. UK missed quite a few in practice, and Calipari said they’ll eventually chart every single shot in practice, from layups to 3-pointers to half-court shots. He said if you can’t make them in practice, you won’t be able to make them in the game.
  • Just an observation, but I believe Darius Miller is going to flourish in Calipari’s system. I thought he had a phenomenal first practice under Calipari, and the coach even praised him one time for his ability to drive the ball to the basket. Calipari told Miller he was going to “drive his brain out” playing for him.
  • And finally, practice was extremely upbeat. The guys were constantly clapping, very attentive and looked like they were just having a good time.
Kentucky Cat Scratches - University of Kentucky Official Athletic Site
 
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