Dumb decisions. Doesn't watch film, no shoot around, etc. Just buckethead coaching decisions. Admitted after the 2015 loss to Wisconsin that they didn't watch film on the Badgers, who had 2 of the best players in the nation that year in Frank Kaminsky and Aaron Dekker. Cats were 38-0 going into that game and should have won that game. Cal lost his way after that game and hasn't been right since.
1. Torres says it’s not a big deal, not unusual to not do a shoot around, while Cal himself said he wished he’d done it differently, giving credibility to the importance of it. 2. Why is it unreasonable to have these players up at 6am? They are not just college students anymore. They’re basically paid semi professional players. Seems to me getting up later, taking it easy would be counter to being in best playing mode.
All I'm saying is Kentuckys game started at 11am and Pope knew that so he made every player practices early and he said they started having there practice at 11am leading up to this game..
@roberttrivett2594 Really just an off night and ohio state just played their ass off on top of it...fair play from them...nothing to be ashamed of or worried about. Good try tho
@@roberttrivett2594 That game was clearly a fluke win, we legit couldn't hit anything out there that day. A lot of air ball, short, or just rolled off. Our rebounding was quite decent, always could be better, but we had a lot of misses. Statistic wise: - KY hasn't won in MSG (The arena where that happened) since 2019 - KY vs Ohio are 11-11 against each other - KY hasn't beaten Ohio State since 2011
John Clownapri is what his name needs to be legally changed too. I swear I'm just so glad we don't have to deal with him a uk anymore. Absolutely a con man!
lol he used this same excuse years ago when UT whipped our tails. I’m convinced stuff like this and him not filling his roster is so he has a built in excuse why he gets beat
@@roberttrivett2594that was a 4 point loss. That game could’ve went either way. I’m guessing you didn’t watch it though so you wouldn’t know that, you just caught the score the next morning.
One day EVERYONE is going to realize that John Calipari is NOT a basketball coach. Slick salesman recruiter, but not a basketball coach. UK fans are SO glad he is gone.
It’s not having a shoot around that was the problem, the problem was Calipari acting like it would have made a difference , and expecting Arkansas fans and the media to believe it also.
Hall of Fame coaches typically have a twenty year period of being on top of the mountain. Coaches usually start to have a fall off after thirty years of coaching. Calipari has hit that window. Happened to Rupp and John Thompson just to name a couple of championship winning Hall of Fame coaches.
Beating teams like Tennessee and Florida start months before the game. Shoot around would have helped for rhythm no doubt. But Calipari has used this excuse several times in the past 1. He doesn't learn from his mistakes. 2. He doesn't really believe it. I think 2 is more the answer. He is an arrogant coach who cannot adjust. This showed as the game progressed.
Good vid where he literally lied and said Cal blamed the loss not having a shoot around. He said he regretted not having a shoot around. You Trumpers hate the truth, y’all make up lies at every turn.
This been going on a long time Aaron Torres and you know it!!!! OK answer me this. Why did they lose to Oakland in the first round? Oakland, surely ain’t the number one team Tennessee. What happened there?
The problem with Cal Devin Booker came off the bench didn't start at Kentucky or Reed Shepherd the best three-point shooter coming off the bench not starting at Kentucky. Have a rotation. Put your best starting players out there and let them play, these guys know when they get tired they'll signal you and say hey I need a break. When you play for Cal, you're always afraid of making a mistake because he's going to pull you out.
they weren’t going to beat TN regardless. but to play the first SEC game at Tennessee against the #1 team in the nation and not do a shoot around should speak volumes as to how this man operates. Kentucky should be thanking the lord this guy is not there anymore.
He's such a moron. He blamed UK losing to UT years ago for no shoot around. Meanwhile UK had a game two hours EARLIER than Arkansas and put up 106 points
Cal wins games on the extreme athleticism and individual heroics of his teams. When his guys show up, they can play at any level against any team, and win. The problems come when everyone is having an off night, and there's no one who can take over the game. We the fans keep watching and asking questions like "why is this guy hogging the ball?" or "Why aren't they passing???" It looks like selfish basketball, but it's not. It's the type of basketball they've been taught They can't play team-centered basketball, because they very rarely even drill it. They play Isolation style, 1-on-1 basketbals. It's their bread and butter. They'll win a lot of inconsequential games that way. But they will lose important games, as often as they win them, even against teams they would have easily handled at any other point in the year.
KY fan here, and was always a Coach Cal fan all the way till the end. I’ll forever be grateful for him getting Ky basketball back on the map back in 09. We had some great teams and a lot of fun watching and cheering for them over the years. My #1 biggest problem with Cal was that he wouldn’t EVER learn from his mistakes. He’d talk about them in post game interviews, and would even hint on how to correct them, but never would, EVER! My 2nd issue with him was that he couldn’t coach defense to save his life! If defense didn’t already come natural to the kids, we were in for a hectic season!
He said that same crap 💩 after the Oakland game why not have a shot around it wouldn’t hurt I guess he don’t care and that’s why he’s not at Kentucky no more everybody’s going to see to be honest with he should just retire but I guess he doesn’t want to go out like that with a bad taste in his mouth
When he banged his fist and said that it came across like when you snap your finger and do the arm move thing and go aww shucks. Darn. I can’t Believe I missed it. That cartoony insincere thing. Idk it’s hard to describe.
Call me crazy.. Calamari has never been a good coach that's no secret. He's still one of the best used car salesmen in the game and has won games not by coaching but the talent he can bring in because iso and street ball is what his teams have always been, from UMass to Arkansas. This is my take... I feel he's getting tired, I don't think he has that much more in him. The seat in Arkansas will and is probably going to get warm. I honestly think and wouldn't be surprised if he retires soon, like really soon. Wouldn't be blown away if he steps down after this season, that's what I think
I think the concern is that Cal has publicly raised the point about electing to not do a shoot around not once but twice after losses to Tennessee over the past three years. It begs the question why raise the issue? If no shoot around is common for early games, it isn't a big deal. If he keeps seeing that early start times (and he has limited control over conference and NCAA dates) may need to conduct shoot arounds to correct slow starts, why not learn from your mistakes? Either this is an example of Cal not adapting to what he learns and experiences or the comment is a canned, useless comment to hide the real shortcomings of his team. Hearing the same comment about the same opponent twice gives the impression it is a canned excuse.
Cal is just a disaster as a Head Coach. I think these 4 and 5 star recruits will finally realize that he is just an empty suit and hype machine. Good luck Razorbacks 😅
Just like I have said when he was at UK Calipari should win CON MAN OF THE YEAR AWARD. What other coach in history has ever made millions and millions with such a pathetic record for the last 6 years but yet had the #1 recruiting class almost every year it is beyond pathetic actually.
Cal did the same thing a couple years ago versus Tennessee and got smoked. He didn't learn. I hate it, I like Cal, but he's on a bad slide the last few years. If it's depression or whatever, he needs to humble himself and get help.
How can ANYONE think Cal is a HOF coach? NO ONE in the history of bball has done less with more. Arkansas missed 23 threes, out rebounded by 22, couldn't stop straight line drives or defend in bounds passes. These are Cal STAPLES. He's a TERRIBLE coach. I mean TERRIBLE. That Wisconsin game is the single worst coached game I have ever seen at ANY level of bball including GRADE SCHOOL! You don't get to be a HOF coach because you are the best recruiter. Winning the NBA draft doesn't make you a good coach.
As a life long Kentucky fan! Who even though I was young, remember laying in the floor crying when a certain shot I don’t talk about anymore went in in 92! If you don’t think Cal Is a Hall of Fame coach you haven’t watched college basketball for the past 40 years! What he did at Umass was nothing short of amazing! The team UK Had in 1996 was probably the greatest team ever and you must beat us once and gave us all we wanted in the final four game! He took Memphis from a bottom of the barrel program after penny left and made them into a national title contender! The Kentucky program he took over was in shambles after Billy Clyde Gillespie! Cal Definitely earned his spot in the Hall of Fame! If you want the argument to be, he stayed at Kentucky a couple years too long, You will get little to no pushback! Or if you want to argue, the game is past Cal by you may be right! He may have too many yes men around him, but he has earned everything he’s got I will forever be grateful for the job he done at Kentucky!
I'm not a Kentucky or Arkansas fan and have been rooting against Cal most of my adult life. So I have no stake in Cal. To say he isn't a HoF coach is just ridiculous. To go a step further as to call him a terrible coach is just some of the most nonsensical stuff I've ever read. Two huge L's with this take, buddy .
@@christopherchilders1049 You are forgetting the serious recruiting allegations around UMass and Memphis. His COACHING, in game COACHING, cost us WAY more games than we won, and meaningful games. He has the same number of titles as Nolan Richardson, and he did it at an Arkansas program that was nothing. He only won through talent over load, not because of coaching.
Arkansas is totally reliant on Thiero. They can’t win unless he has a good game. He is their best player. Gland is fantastic but he’s a typical freshman guard who is up and down. Davis hasn’t even shown up this year. Nearly every other player is underperforming. Is that Cal or the players? You decide
Classic Cal move - always making it about himself to deflect from the real issues. It’s easier to talk about skipping a shootaround than admit the game has evolved past his outdated system. This loss wasn’t about him; it’s about the team being unprepared and outcoached. Time to stop the excuses and adapt, or we’ll keep seeing the same results.
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Hey Arkansas thank you for picking up the trash. Go Big Blue. Take it from me and Big Kentucky fan. You got the new one and done coaching mess. lol what a joke he is. And yes that’s why we wanted this trash out the way. We need another banner. Just wondering how many do you all have ? Can anyone answer that question? Good luck thinking you will get a banner with this trash.
Be the coach you should be and get their butts up out of the bed and be the grown up in the room. They are too casual and looked very lazy in the game. Tennessee is way better than Arkansas in all aspects.
The reason they lost Aaron Torres he did not have them prepared to play . Simple as that. He didn’t have them in the Oakland game ready to play. He’s burned out. He should retire. And that’s facts!!!!
It's not just a shoot around. It's the entirety of the Calipari culture. He quit coaching years ago. The only thing Cal has going on is the backing of Jimmy Jones and his money.
He quit coaching years ago but has a higher winning percentage at UK than UK has all time. He quit coaching and raised UKs all time winning percentage. UK must be overrated.
Harsh reality it’s going to be hard for Cal to have sustainable success going forward. It's not the Covid year and “26 year olds” (as Cal likes to say) that changed….it’s the introduction of the transfer portal. Cal use to win by having a talent gap with his teams and the rosters of teams he played. You didn't need to be a good X's and O's coach to beat Louisville in 2014 tourney with Julias Randle going against Stephen Van Treese. But now a days if a coach like Rick Pitino realizes his best returning center is a guy like Van Treese, he'd simply go into the portal and replace him. So the talent gap in 5* freshmen isn't what it use to be; meaning in game coaching, running stuff to get your players open looks, scouting and preparation all means so much more than it use too because the talent gap much closer And those things aren’t things Calipari is known to do. He likes to soley focus and coach his team and his view is talent will win out…….that’s just not going to be the case in the Portal era
BIG Z made mustaje he would be getn 20 a game under Pope!! GREEn LIGHT FROM 3!! I can see him in Pirtal back to UK Bext season!! Cal wzisting him 2 years in a Row😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 il
Cal sucks 😮 he doesn’t coach he just yells at his players and he doesn’t teach defense and toughness ever. How Kentucky looks better than Arkansas and plays better as a team without All Americans
The reason tennessee looks so far beyond everyone else is because of their strength of schedule and resume! Not because they aren't a great elite top 5 team but because they've had a field day with inferior opponents including Arkansas. I mean cmon people, ut had close games against middle tennessee, norfolk st, umiami and the hardest yet ranked opponent in a lonely Illinois team that came a natts ass of beating big orange but they have found ways to win against those teams and here we are.... Tennessee is gonna get a huge wake up call when they tip off against a monster in Gainesville regardless if they pull the upset or not! Auburn is arguably the best team nationally currently and has been for a while in my opinion but it is what it is. Ky and auburns schedule and resume thus far even with the losses should blow uts away statistically and analytically even florida has played better, stronger teams than ut thus far according to ken pom. Finally, uk/florida tipped off at 11am guys, lol! Both teams had early shoot around before hand and it was a freaking blast so no excuses guys!
Calipari does stupid things like that so he has some kind of excuse after he loses, guy is that absolute worst basketball coach ive ever seen in my life
I've said it for years, Calipari is way overrated, he's a mediocre coach at best. Yes he can recruit and excels at it but if his freshmen athletes aren't blowing out the competition don't expect any in-game coaching from Calipari to save the game.
Not sure buying players gives you the efforts that players that want to be here do? But rebounding,defense and effort are things you have to win. Lazy aint ever a winner!
Cal having a team not shoot well, shocker!! He doesn’t recruit shooters only athletes. This loser is having to sleep in his bed now and it’s awesome. Not only that but his gym doesn’t even come close to selling out. Lol
How long has Cal been coaching and you are believing his BS!!!!! Cal can you just say I miss BBN and you shouldn't have made better decisions at BBN! Cal be singing the Blues at night before bed!!!!!
All he does is make dumb excuses !!! Glad he’s at Arkansas !!! Pope had his players practicing early days before , not the day of the early game have a shoot around. lol 😂
I can’t wait until he has been there 5 years and Arkansas is still no better than before he got there. BBN is extreme fan base but he has changed since he started at Kentucky. If they have a good team and year he will put the breaks on when it comes to tournament. He is worried about getting them to the NBA and not winning in college.
lol 😂 😂 they miss a lot of open shots. They usually make are you kidding me? Aaron Torres so shoot around would have helped. Come on man give me a break.
Arkansas would’ve won that game but we just went on a drought and Tennessee was hot, can’t beat good teams if you don’t score. Thanks Tennessee, we needed that loss
Yeah kentucky did lose those games on the road and neutral court. Kentucky has also beat 3 top 10 teams arkansas hasn’t done that. Look calipari style doesn’t fit with todays game. He leans to much on freshmen they will get outplayed and manhandled against older more experienced teams which is most of the sec.
same old Bullshit just different day Cal needs step down and let a real coach show how its done ........ let cal Recruit ......... you get what You pay for Hahaha at this point Arkansas will be lucky Make the NIT
This is why Kentucky fans wanted him gone. Excuses after excuses. He thinks he is bigger than the program and he is not.
Yep he always had excuses after excuses they are glad he is gone so am i.
Dumb decisions. Doesn't watch film, no shoot around, etc. Just buckethead coaching decisions. Admitted after the 2015 loss to Wisconsin that they didn't watch film on the Badgers, who had 2 of the best players in the nation that year in Frank Kaminsky and Aaron Dekker. Cats were 38-0 going into that game and should have won that game. Cal lost his way after that game and hasn't been right since.
Blah blah blah? Sports blah blah?
@@williamcampbell7085oh yeah? Well blah blah blah sports and Kentucky blah blah
@@Truthsayer11 What do you expect on this page? Go to some Democrat loving page
Arkansas just plainly got whipped
1. Torres says it’s not a big deal, not unusual to not do a shoot around, while Cal himself said he wished he’d done it differently, giving credibility to the importance of it. 2. Why is it unreasonable to have these players up at 6am? They are not just college students anymore. They’re basically paid semi professional players. Seems to me getting up later, taking it easy would be counter to being in best playing mode.
Maybe Cal is the one who didn’t want to get up that early 😂
All I'm saying is Kentuckys game started at 11am and Pope knew that so he made every player practices early and he said they started having there practice at 11am leading up to this game..
Did savior coach poop let them shoot around before Ohio st
@roberttrivett2594 Really just an off night and ohio state just played their ass off on top of it...fair play from them...nothing to be ashamed of or worried about. Good try tho
@@roberttrivett2594 Did KY beat undefeated FL at an 11 am game?
@@roberttrivett2594 That game was clearly a fluke win, we legit couldn't hit anything out there that day. A lot of air ball, short, or just rolled off. Our rebounding was quite decent, always could be better, but we had a lot of misses.
Statistic wise:
- KY hasn't won in MSG (The arena where that happened) since 2019
- KY vs Ohio are 11-11 against each other
- KY hasn't beaten Ohio State since 2011
@@roberttrivett2594 Mad Arkansas fan
Kentucky and Louisville fans thank Arkansas for taking John Calipari and Kenny Payne from them lol
lol 😂😂
They took calipari from Kentucky but Louisville fired Kenny Payne to be real
@@HossGuyJones Arkansas still took Kenny Payne, at least Cal did
@@christianfernandez3068 True
Yup
It’s not an admission, it’s an excuse.
Exactly Cal is the king excuse maker.
Arkansas was never beating Tennessee at home.
Arkansas wasn’t beating Tennessee anywhere and from the score Tennessee could ups have spotted them 20 and still won.
Or UK 😊 BBN cant wait lol
You’re absolutely correct.
I’m not looking forward to playing them in Knoxville myself. That place is brutal.
@@chrisharris4251 Who is your team?
Is never calipari fault remember tnat arkansas fans
😂
John Clownapri is what his name needs to be legally changed too. I swear I'm just so glad we don't have to deal with him a uk anymore. Absolutely a con man!
lol he used this same excuse years ago when UT whipped our tails. I’m convinced stuff like this and him not filling his roster is so he has a built in excuse why he gets beat
Pope had UK practicing early for days prior to playing the early game Sat.
Correct...had them playing early in the AM...He's ex-surgeon student, ex-NBA player, and... uh...um...a Real Coach....a Smart Coach.
What did they do before Clemson
@@roberttrivett2594that was a 4 point loss. That game could’ve went either way. I’m guessing you didn’t watch it though so you wouldn’t know that, you just caught the score the next morning.
Who cares abt a stupid shoot around 🙄 the rebounding is what killed us. Not a pre game shoot around 😂
Your coach is what killed you. Get use to it
ARK can't shoot anyway....so why practice right? LOL.
One day EVERYONE is going to realize that John Calipari is NOT a basketball coach. Slick salesman recruiter, but not a basketball coach. UK fans are SO glad he is gone.
Snake oil salesman
A M E N. He has top recruits AGAIN, and can't coach.
That’s a fact, he is just a recruiter
It’s not having a shoot around that was the problem, the problem was Calipari acting like it would have made a difference , and expecting Arkansas fans and the media to believe it also.
Hall of Fame coaches typically have a twenty year period of being on top of the mountain. Coaches usually start to have a fall off after thirty years of coaching. Calipari has hit that window. Happened to Rupp and John Thompson just to name a couple of championship winning Hall of Fame coaches.
Beating teams like Tennessee and Florida start months before the game. Shoot around would have helped for rhythm no doubt. But Calipari has used this excuse several times in the past 1. He doesn't learn from his mistakes. 2. He doesn't really believe it. I think 2 is more the answer. He is an arrogant coach who cannot adjust. This showed as the game progressed.
The guy can’t coach. He is a grade A recruiter, that’s it. He is a used car salesman.
same sales man, just different parking lot
Good stuff, again, “Because Tennessee Beat Arkansas”
Good vid,
Good vid where he literally lied and said Cal blamed the loss not having a shoot around. He said he regretted not having a shoot around. You Trumpers hate the truth, y’all make up lies at every turn.
This been going on a long time Aaron Torres and you know it!!!! OK answer me this. Why did they lose to Oakland in the first round? Oakland, surely ain’t the number one team Tennessee. What happened there?
The problem with Cal Devin Booker came off the bench didn't start at Kentucky or Reed Shepherd the best three-point shooter coming off the bench not starting at Kentucky. Have a rotation. Put your best starting players out there and let them play, these guys know when they get tired they'll signal you and say hey I need a break. When you play for Cal, you're always afraid of making a mistake because he's going to pull you out.
they weren’t going to beat TN regardless. but to play the first SEC game at Tennessee against the #1 team in the nation and not do a shoot around should speak volumes as to how this man operates. Kentucky should be thanking the lord this guy is not there anymore.
He's such a moron. He blamed UK losing to UT years ago for no shoot around. Meanwhile UK had a game two hours EARLIER than Arkansas and put up 106 points
He’d rather look like an idiot admitting he cancelled the shoot around, than admit his team was just not prepared.
God, I don't miss those horrible press conferences.
The shoot around! Damn, I thought it was because Cal is full of shit. This clears everything up.
Cal wins games on the extreme athleticism and individual heroics of his teams. When his guys show up, they can play at any level against any team, and win.
The problems come when everyone is having an off night, and there's no one who can take over the game. We the fans keep watching and asking questions like "why is this guy hogging the ball?" or "Why aren't they passing???" It looks like selfish basketball, but it's not. It's the type of basketball they've been taught
They can't play team-centered basketball, because they very rarely even drill it. They play Isolation style, 1-on-1 basketbals. It's their bread and butter.
They'll win a lot of inconsequential games that way. But they will lose important games, as often as they win them, even against teams they would have easily handled at any other point in the year.
KY fan here, and was always a Coach Cal fan all the way till the end. I’ll forever be grateful for him getting Ky basketball back on the map back in 09. We had some great teams and a lot of fun watching and cheering for them over the years. My #1 biggest problem with Cal was that he wouldn’t EVER learn from his mistakes. He’d talk about them in post game interviews, and would even hint on how to correct them, but never would, EVER! My 2nd issue with him was that he couldn’t coach defense to save his life! If defense didn’t already come natural to the kids, we were in for a hectic season!
Calipari likes to hear himself talk.
Players feel entitled
Ok, which game will he get kicked out of to make them fight harder?
Rick Barnes has had Cals number for years. Uk only beat Tn a couple times in all their matchups
Not true. Cal and Barnes are 11-11 since Barnes came to the meth capital of the world. And Cal won 3 of the last four.
He said that same crap 💩 after the Oakland game why not have a shot around it wouldn’t hurt I guess he don’t care and that’s why he’s not at Kentucky no more everybody’s going to see to be honest with he should just retire but I guess he doesn’t want to go out like that with a bad taste in his mouth
When he banged his fist and said that it came across like when you snap your finger and do the arm move thing and go aww shucks. Darn. I can’t Believe I missed it. That cartoony insincere thing. Idk it’s hard to describe.
Call me crazy.. Calamari has never been a good coach that's no secret. He's still one of the best used car salesmen in the game and has won games not by coaching but the talent he can bring in because iso and street ball is what his teams have always been, from UMass to Arkansas. This is my take... I feel he's getting tired, I don't think he has that much more in him. The seat in Arkansas will and is probably going to get warm. I honestly think and wouldn't be surprised if he retires soon, like really soon. Wouldn't be blown away if he steps down after this season, that's what I think
I think the concern is that Cal has publicly raised the point about electing to not do a shoot around not once but twice after losses to Tennessee over the past three years. It begs the question why raise the issue? If no shoot around is common for early games, it isn't a big deal. If he keeps seeing that early start times (and he has limited control over conference and NCAA dates) may need to conduct shoot arounds to correct slow starts, why not learn from your mistakes? Either this is an example of Cal not adapting to what he learns and experiences or the comment is a canned, useless comment to hide the real shortcomings of his team. Hearing the same comment about the same opponent twice gives the impression it is a canned excuse.
Cal is just a disaster as a Head Coach. I think these 4 and 5 star recruits will finally realize that he is just an empty suit and hype machine. Good luck Razorbacks 😅
😂😂 I had, it was raisins in the oatmeal excuse.
Bet Big Z wishes he stayed at UK
He would have been magic in Popes system. He’s tailor made for it
Keep making excuses we the fans know basketball and we have heard it all before.THANK GOD FOR MARK POPE.IT'S NORMAL FOR CALIPARI!!
I agree it was normal to not have the shoot around. They would have lost either way to the #1 team on the road.
All i am hearing is excuses on why people getting paid millions can't be bothered to get ready to play the #1 team in the country on the road.
The internet is undefeated. 😂GBO
The university and arkansas is paying way to much money for this garbage.
They’re 11-3, LOL at how dumb you are.
Just like I have said when he was at UK Calipari should win CON MAN OF THE YEAR AWARD. What other coach in history has ever made millions and millions with such a pathetic record for the last 6 years but yet had the #1 recruiting class almost every year it is beyond pathetic actually.
Torres on Arkansas is the GOAT Torres.
Cal did the same thing a couple years ago versus Tennessee and got smoked. He didn't learn. I hate it, I like Cal, but he's on a bad slide the last few years. If it's depression or whatever, he needs to humble himself and get help.
Huh! I've heard that excuse before.
Cal is washed up😂😂😂😂Kentucky is better off
How can ANYONE think Cal is a HOF coach? NO ONE in the history of bball has done less with more. Arkansas missed 23 threes, out rebounded by 22, couldn't stop straight line drives or defend in bounds passes. These are Cal STAPLES. He's a TERRIBLE coach. I mean TERRIBLE. That Wisconsin game is the single worst coached game I have ever seen at ANY level of bball including GRADE SCHOOL! You don't get to be a HOF coach because you are the best recruiter. Winning the NBA draft doesn't make you a good coach.
As a life long Kentucky fan! Who even though I was young, remember laying in the floor crying when a certain shot I don’t talk about anymore went in in 92!
If you don’t think Cal Is a Hall of Fame coach you haven’t watched college basketball for the past 40 years! What he did at Umass was nothing short of amazing! The team UK Had in 1996 was probably the greatest team ever and you must beat us once and gave us all we wanted in the final four game!
He took Memphis from a bottom of the barrel program after penny left and made them into a national title contender!
The Kentucky program he took over was in shambles after Billy Clyde Gillespie! Cal Definitely earned his spot in the Hall of Fame! If you want the argument to be, he stayed at Kentucky a couple years too long, You will get little to no pushback! Or if you want to argue, the game is past Cal by you may be right! He may have too many yes men around him, but he has earned everything he’s got
I will forever be grateful for the job he done at Kentucky!
I'm not a Kentucky or Arkansas fan and have been rooting against Cal most of my adult life. So I have no stake in Cal. To say he isn't a HoF coach is just ridiculous. To go a step further as to call him a terrible coach is just some of the most nonsensical stuff I've ever read. Two huge L's with this take, buddy .
859 wins will get you in the HOF, 🤡
Maybe. But when you take 3 different schools to the final 4 that's rare
@@christopherchilders1049 You are forgetting the serious recruiting allegations around UMass and Memphis. His COACHING, in game COACHING, cost us WAY more games than we won, and meaningful games. He has the same number of titles as Nolan Richardson, and he did it at an Arkansas program that was nothing. He only won through talent over load, not because of coaching.
Arkansas is totally reliant on Thiero. They can’t win unless he has a good game. He is their best player.
Gland is fantastic but he’s a typical freshman guard who is up and down.
Davis hasn’t even shown up this year.
Nearly every other player is underperforming. Is that Cal or the players? You decide
Clear this noise!! Gotta get ready for Ole Miss Wednesday night. WOO PIG SOOIE!
Classic Cal move - always making it about himself to deflect from the real issues. It’s easier to talk about skipping a shootaround than admit the game has evolved past his outdated system. This loss wasn’t about him; it’s about the team being unprepared and outcoached. Time to stop the excuses and adapt, or we’ll keep seeing the same results.
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He never learns or remembers anymore.
If Arkansas hits their season FG, FT, and 3PT percentages, they win by 3.
I still think cal for his time in lex 😊😮😂😅😊😮😂😊
Hey Arkansas thank you for picking up the trash. Go Big Blue. Take it from me and Big Kentucky fan. You got the new one and done coaching mess. lol what a joke he is. And yes that’s why we wanted this trash out the way. We need another banner. Just wondering how many do you all have ? Can anyone answer that question? Good luck thinking you will get a banner with this trash.
Shoot arounds don’t help you rebound.
Be the coach you should be and get their butts up out of the bed and be the grown up in the room. They are too casual and looked very lazy in the game. Tennessee is way better than Arkansas in all aspects.
The reason they lost Aaron Torres he did not have them prepared to play . Simple as that. He didn’t have them in the Oakland game ready to play. He’s burned out. He should retire. And that’s facts!!!!
It's not just a shoot around. It's the entirety of the Calipari culture. He quit coaching years ago. The only thing Cal has going on is the backing of Jimmy Jones and his money.
He quit coaching years ago but has a higher winning percentage at UK than UK has all time. He quit coaching and raised UKs all time winning percentage. UK must be overrated.
Even if a lot of teams don’t have the shoot around I think the issue is he’s always under prepared
Harsh reality it’s going to be hard for Cal to have sustainable success going forward.
It's not the Covid year and “26 year olds” (as Cal likes to say) that changed….it’s the introduction of the transfer portal.
Cal use to win by having a talent gap with his teams and the rosters of teams he played. You didn't need to be a good X's and O's coach to beat Louisville in 2014 tourney with Julias Randle going against Stephen Van Treese.
But now a days if a coach like Rick Pitino realizes his best returning center is a guy like Van Treese, he'd simply go into the portal and replace him.
So the talent gap in 5* freshmen isn't what it use to be; meaning in game coaching, running stuff to get your players open looks, scouting and preparation all means so much more than it use too because the talent gap much closer
And those things aren’t things Calipari is known to do. He likes to soley focus and coach his team and his view is talent will win out…….that’s just not going to be the case in the Portal era
Bro, cal said "3 or players just didn't show up." That is different
BIG Z made mustaje he would be getn 20 a game under Pope!! GREEn LIGHT FROM 3!! I can see him in Pirtal back to UK Bext season!! Cal wzisting him 2 years in a Row😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 il
Rebounding have been Arkansas problem from the start of the season, that's because of mediocre defense.
You don't have AD anymore
Cal sucks 😮 he doesn’t coach he just yells at his players and he doesn’t teach defense and toughness ever. How Kentucky looks better than Arkansas and plays better as a team without All Americans
A coach who does not discipline his players is not a real coach
The reason tennessee looks so far beyond everyone else is because of their strength of schedule and resume!
Not because they aren't a great elite top 5 team but because they've had a field day with inferior opponents including Arkansas.
I mean cmon people, ut had close games against middle tennessee, norfolk st, umiami and the hardest yet ranked opponent in a lonely Illinois team that came a natts ass of beating big orange but they have found ways to win against those teams and here we are....
Tennessee is gonna get a huge wake up call when they tip off against a monster in Gainesville regardless if they pull the upset or not!
Auburn is arguably the best team nationally currently and has been for a while in my opinion but it is what it is.
Ky and auburns schedule and resume thus far even with the losses should blow uts away statistically and analytically even florida has played better, stronger teams than ut thus far according to ken pom.
Finally, uk/florida tipped off at 11am guys, lol!
Both teams had early shoot around before hand and it was a freaking blast so no excuses guys!
Kenny Payne is on staff
3 or 4 guys slept in, no show.on shoot around.... good grief!!!!
You got the one in 1994 runner up in 95. So yeah not bad. Just think one and done. Ha you all will enjoy coach Craplipari
Calipari does stupid things like that so he has some kind of excuse after he loses, guy is that absolute worst basketball coach ive ever seen in my life
Hey Razorback fans how do you like your new coach? 😅 Us UK fans are loving ours
I wasted my time for this? I thought he said something controversial or something. A waste of time
I've said it for years, Calipari is way overrated, he's a mediocre coach at best. Yes he can recruit and excels at it but if his freshmen athletes aren't blowing out the competition don't expect any in-game coaching from Calipari to save the game.
Ky and Lou. Got all the cream Off Cal. And Kenny Ha ?
Not sure buying players gives you the efforts that players that want to be here do? But rebounding,defense and effort are things you have to win. Lazy aint ever a winner!
Blah blah blah Kentucky sports blah blah Arkansas blah blah
Cal having a team not shoot well, shocker!! He doesn’t recruit shooters only athletes. This loser is having to sleep in his bed now and it’s awesome. Not only that but his gym doesn’t even come close to selling out. Lol
Kenfucky lost to an unranked Ohio St by 20
on a neutral court
And Cow lost his fastball, permanently.
It burns that Arkansas got conned, huh? You guys really looked at Kentucky over the last few seasons and said, "Yep, that's our guy!" 😂
The pigen doesnt get mad. Theyre happy to be mentioned
How long has Cal been coaching and you are believing his BS!!!!! Cal can you just say I miss BBN and you shouldn't have made better decisions at BBN! Cal be singing the Blues at night before bed!!!!!
All he does is make dumb excuses !!! Glad he’s at Arkansas !!! Pope had his players practicing early days before , not the day of the early game have a shoot around. lol 😂
Aaron, how mad should I be?
I can’t wait until he has been there 5 years and Arkansas is still no better than before he got there. BBN is extreme fan base but he has changed since he started at Kentucky. If they have a good team and year he will put the breaks on when it comes to tournament. He is worried about getting them to the NBA and not winning in college.
sure buddy he's telling kids not to win because that will help their draft stock
lol 😂 😂 they miss a lot of open shots. They usually make are you kidding me? Aaron Torres so shoot around would have helped. Come on man give me a break.
noon isn't early. go shoot the ball.
Calipari....
You guys are a joke. Sports blah blah blah and Kentucky blah blah blah blah
Arkansas would’ve won that game but we just went on a drought and Tennessee was hot, can’t beat good teams if you don’t score.
Thanks Tennessee, we needed that loss
Getting out rebounded like that is not a drought. Y’all are hot trash your 7”3 center averages 3 rebounds
lol 😂
PSA
Arkansan lost to # 1 team in the nation on the road
Kenfucky lost to Ohio st and Clemson
Yeah kentucky did lose those games on the road and neutral court. Kentucky has also beat 3 top 10 teams arkansas hasn’t done that. Look calipari style doesn’t fit with todays game. He leans to much on freshmen they will get outplayed and manhandled against older more experienced teams which is most of the sec.
Kentucky is gonna beat Arkansas by 20+ points
Moron, UK has ALL players from a different team and hasn't played together. Arkansas has top 3 most expensive NIL team in the country.
why did jonas adou leave? we would b unstoppable if he had stayed. i mean were unstoppable anyway. but still. shooting is key in b ball.
Constant excuses
same old Bullshit just different day Cal needs step down and let a real coach show how its done ........ let cal Recruit ......... you get what You pay for Hahaha at this point Arkansas will be lucky Make the NIT