Coach Cal got on the radio today and told the world “I’m not changing” This is why we have to move on. He just doesn’t get it. The arrogance and lack of humility with the fans is driving us crazy. but we definitely better have the right guy in place to replace him before moving on.
That’s the problem. Are you 100% sold on a coach out there? I’m not. Jay Wright? He will say no. Billy Donavan? He likes the NBA. I will say this there are a lot of Coaches who could have gone 80-46 over the last four years.
Lolol it’s out of context 100% when he said I’m not changing he was referring to his work ethic right after that he said something like” I’m not changing I’m gonna work 24/7”
Coaching changes are scary, if they do decide to move on we got a 25% chance of getting a big name somebody most ppl would be happy with a 75% chance of getting a guy we know but maybe had a good season to two for a not so good school. Like Billy h type guy. But honestly I don’t want Pearl don’t really want Barnes those are the type guys we maybe get. The big named guys are happy and have a ton of support at the schools there already at rn
Same dumb argument every year. This guy isn’t a coach. He’s a grifter. Unless his contract is ripped up, there will never be motivation for anyone to discipline these players. Get rid of his slippery ass and only give one-year contracts from now on.
What would be stupid is to keep acting like this is ok & that this is what is best for uk.. I was at the Tennessee game, was so happy to be there & left saying I wouldn’t be back til cal is gone.. I go to 3-4 games a yr & I won’t return til he’s gone.. all this talent all these yrs & nuthin but 1 title to show for it..??? It’s just sad at this point
The fan base is tired of being one and done U. We are tired of Calipari and his excuses. It's past time for a coaching change and if barnhardt refuses to do the obvious then it's also time for a new AD.
Cal is so obsessed with the NBA that in the last post-game conference, he's STILL claims he is helping these poor 5-star guys families get out of poverty, as if no other D1 program could do that! And he STILL says that getting former UK players to be more than half of the NBA All-Stars is his goal. And that NBA draft day with 2 or 3 or 4 first-round picks make it a very successful season. Cal has stated that the SEC tournament is a low priority and his teams are BUILT for March... Until they aren't.
@@RichardAkers-ms5on English please. It isn't about 38-1. It's about all the talk and #1 recruiting classes and one NCAA tournament win since 2019. Cal talks down to us and brags about NBA players. While all of this is going on, the other top tier schools are winning championships.
From an Alabama football fan's perspective...sounds eerily similar to Nick Saban. Things have changed in inter-collegiate athletics & not necessarily for the better.
didn’t they said they’d announce today on the decision of the coaching job and AD? what’s the hold up? is he going or not? because last I checked every other current blue blood except Kansas is in the sweet 16
Cal will be back next year. Barnhart was not prepared to make a change and I don’t think it’s that simple to hit a home run hire. He’s going to get another year and I’m hoping for the best for all the kids playing next season.
Barnhart was not prepared? If he hasn't been prepared then what the hell is he getting paid for? Almost every fan can see what has happened the last 4 years and nothing is turning around. In fact, it is going downhill. This is UK, not IU. But, UK can certainly become IU if we continue in this direction. Better to stop it now because next year, which won't get any better, will get ugly. He needs to go now. This year was his last chance to change things, and he failed when it mattered the most. To keep him another year is simply wrong for everyone, especially the fans.
I can’t believe cal is staying. The only way to stop this is to stop going to the games and giving the university money. Cals first 10 years were awesome no one can argue that but 5 years of pain is a good sample size to fire someone.
Can anyone give me some additional info on the coaches they were referring to? Specifically the 2 not pulling their weight and the ones that have voiced concerns regarding the program issues.
I re-watched the game. Our inability to attack their 1-3-1 is embarrassing. NC STATE switched on every screen for Goelke, and he still hit 6 of 17 but it was far less damaging and they made it tough on him to get his shot off. I thought perhaps we should front the post and make them throw over top of our bigs rather than let them just catch it in the post and back us down and score over us. Cal since he has been here his teams have not been able to guard a pick and roll. I get it we are always young but I wonder what they do in practice sometimes. Easy to be an arm chair QB , but this staff and coach are just not getting it done. The elitism that Cal exudes, and the way he talks down to our fan base. We are loud and we are obnoxious but we are passionate and we travel better than any fan base in the country. Thank you for the first 8 years, what a ride! Great times, but its time for everyone to move on. Cal can go to another school and do a very good job, but his time at UK is done. Why did you not take your own advise and leave after year 10? Ready to be done with Cal - wont go to a game or watch any longer.
I dont see how Cal's culture can thrive when he lives in Nashville and New Jersey 95% of the offseason. I dont know how you can convert NBA caliber talent to NCAAT success when Cal takes two days off after every 3rd game because he become overly obsessed with load management because he must've saw some NBA guy talking about it. This team was full of gym rats but Cal had to be home in his lucky chair hugging a tub of Utz mini pretzels watch ice road truckers instead of using all the 20 hour/wee rule. He's competely burnt out as evidenced by he never attends the pre game press conferences, cuts short almost every post game presser and post game radio , looks for any excuse to give the team an extra day off. He finally embraces shooting as vital to CBB success in 2024 but is still stubborn to embrace scouting, analytics, portal research from a truely deep dive manner like alot of these ther schools. That's where he fails. He hasn't forgot how to coach although his defense used to be a strength but sees completely clueless when it come to modern pick and roll 90% of the time offenes.
Ky basketball has been going down for a few years… but “ I “ think since Kenny Payne left it really went down hill. We need changes on that coaching staff.
I believe the following all happened (as a perfect storm) or picked up steam 2020-2021: 1. 2018 - transfer portal opens. It didnt pick up full steam until 2021, but any program can poach really good experienced players. 2. 2019 - Cal signs lifetime contract worth $86 million. 3. 2021 - NIL begins. Now not only can you poach big name players, you can entice them with money. 4. Post COVID the college game changed. It was faster paced and perimeter oriented, like the NBA. Teams that could shoot the three, space you out, and get out in transiton, had the upper hand on athletic driving teams with a traditional big man. What happens when all four happen? Big name schools are able to get players that are just as good as 5 star freshmen, but with experience. Teams made the change to the modern style of play, while Cal continued his stubborn archaic style of dribble drive. It exposed Cal from a coaching standpoint as he is now competing with teams that are just as athletic, more experienced, and offensively explosive than his teams. He cant just roll the ball out and win by pure athletic ability but can now be outcoached as the playing field is leveled. His teams struggle defensively because he is only accustomed to guarding the way his teams have played in the past. That is why he has struggled to adapt defensively as well. Early post COVID he did get great experienced players in the portal that supported his archaic trafitional style only to lose. This year he did change by finding dynamic playmakers who can shoot, but they were freshmen. I think it is a more complicated situation that most are thinking with variety of things happeming at once. And on top of that it is really hard to win the whole thing. However at UK, you ahould be competing on Sundays fo SEC championships and get past the first weekend of the NCAA tournament. This is UK basketball and that is the expectation. Not a hope. If you cant adapt and figure out ways to win as a coach, then someone else will.
Been following the cats for 58 years and I feel I know them well and I say it’s time Cal found a new home. You can’t win the national championship with freshman 5 stars. It’s time to recruit players that will learn and stay 2 to 3 years, that’s how you win championships
Think the best comment I heard was that Kentucky shouldn't become the middle man for NBA players. A huge problem after watching the defense tape is the 1st rounders know they don't have to learn defense for the next level. If other programs can win championships with 2nd rounders who are hungry trying to move up in rank, then it's time to get a coach who will focus on fundamentals and not how much money the Alumni fund it going to get.
I could care less about the NBA. I do not even watch the NBA. I enjoy watching college basketball and especially the Cats. As a birthday present I got my daughter who is a big fan to see the Cats play Vanderbilt. We had a blast watching that game. I have to say this year has been the first year in a long time that I was excited and I really enjoyed this team. The fans love this team no doubt. This team was the most fun and most disappointing team to watch but it gave us all hope. Then to make a first round exit is just gut wrenching. I haven't liked the direction of this program for sometime and Cal will not change. Just simple changes in a game just show something different. None of us want a program that was a one and done. He has created this mess and has forgotten what this program is. Sure it is exciting to see new talent and new faces but year after year it gets really old. If Cal could make some changes to his philosophy and rearrange the focus and intention of what this program means then maybe we can build from that. It really sucks that we are in this predicament and Cal just is not the same.
Time for the state to have expansion talks with the NBA. UK potentially losing 30 plus million, UL in the hole for millions. The state can do more with the money than paying these modern coaches and players.
Cal and Mitch are now discussing the terms of Cal's raise and contract extension. They have determined that we haven't been playing random hard enough and need to keep it floppier and GOOOOO! more. That's been the issue this season and the only remedy will be more money and praise for Cal. No one could do it better.
10 years is the lifespan of a coach anywhere but for sure at Kentucky. That job will shew the hardest man up. That lifetime contract was such a mistake
Here's my take on the people out there saying, who you gonna get, remember BG, here's the thought of my day, if Cal comes back, he's going to have to rebuild, not only his team, but the way he coaches and recruits, which means, minus the portal, he is giving himself 3 or 4 years to rebuild to catch up with the NCAAMB today, or get a someone new and rebuild, honestly at this point I trust a new coach more than I trust Cal, because I do not think he can coach the way he needs to now, his whole career has been winning with young talent, except the NBA and we all know how long he lasted in that atmosphere of working with older talent.
Just listened to Cal’s radio show. He said good things but were they genuine or rehearsed. He says he wants to be here and get back on track. I’ve been wanting a change but just not sure what to think.
He’s a liar. He says he wants change but continues to make dumb decisions like starting Wagner, Mitchell, UGO, Edwards because he’s afraid they may tank
Calipari said almost verbatim on his show Monday what he said after the end of the 2021 season when the team finished 9-21. Rinse and repeat except he is even more arrogant and blind to what rational fans see and believe.
The fact he's got 2 staff on on his team which are probably family or friends and doing nothing, but get paid a salary by the school is ridiculous... add on the fact he has under performed since 2019... Lord of mercy, get him outta our state
I’m not blaming it on the contract but when that contract came out I immediately said mistake. We were already declining and I was already starting to see through the snake oil salesman smooth talk he’s perfected. That’s all this man is, a salesman. Uk needs our a culture back, we needa real X & O type of coach. One that cares for the players yes but also understands he has a job to do as well and that’s not necessarily making sure they go to the league. One with humility that can simply say I messed up, I fumbled this tragically. I have to get better. Don’t tell me “we’re young, wait til we bring in this next class” blah blah we just lost lol smh I love Cal but he’s stuck in his ways
I was at U-Mass and Coach Cal put us on the map 30 years ago. He's a good coach. People have to realize that the whole fun and excitement of March Madness is that a lesser talented team can beat a better team. They (Oakland) needed to get hot on Three's which happened, and sometimes that is enough. Kentucky didn't get blown out, they lost by 4. I can't stand it when people question when a better team loses, why don't you just congratulate the lesser team and give them credit and say "thank you" for giving excitement to this tournament.
Denny Crum's career at UL went the same way he was a great coach for years but the last 5 years he was horrible just like Cal so maybe it is burnout but Denny wasn't making or stealing 9 million a year that's a big difference.
The issue isn’t can Cal win another title with my WildCat’s, it’s will he put in the same work he asks his players to put in? Nick Saban staid on top because he got the best assistant coaches on the market who could develop and kept “BAMA Standard”. Cal can’t keep taking care of his “guys” we have to be better on talent mix, role players and team development. Having grown up poor on a farm in Eastern KY, I will ALWAYS love & support my Cat’s, our players & “our” coach. It’s time for Cal to dial down the ego, bring in the best coaches to better develop our players and restore the UK dominance! Barnhart is now tied to the results!
I've found it hard to get excited about watching a Kentucky game since the 2015 flameout. I'm tired of the arrogance and all the meaningless talking Cal does. It's hard to take all the crap talk you hear from the other SEC fans. They all are hopng Kentucky keeps Cal for a reason.
Oh, what a mess they've made. I'm pretty sure Cal had a stroke a couple of years ago and it's been kept quiet. Sad, sad times to be a Kentucky fan in my opinion.
When you think about Cal's overall performance in the 15 years the only national championship he won was when he got lucky and got AD. I knew in 2013 when he lost the first game of the NIT to Robert Morris that was shocking but I knew we were in for bad times with him coaching and when he had Devin Booker and Tyler riding the bench it left me scratching my head every game thinking surely he will stop this nonsense but nope it went on till it cost us a National Championship how could any coach be too blind to see that there is no explanation that has ever made any sense and all these years later he has Reed and Rob never starting so it's time for him to go he has or is about to destroy the Kentucky brand. Charles Barkley hit it right on the nail head when he said Cal gets all the McDonalds All Americans and then gets his ass beat by a bunch of old men that eat at McDonalds.
Coach cal what I just want to say he is a best coach ever no matter what he done couse he a coach not a player and I've coach cal and he will make a change in the game but still he the best if I was his df coach it would be 40mins of hell
I think it will cost to much give another year at minimum maybe he can change his strategy an try an keep some players it's not his fault the shots wasn't falling or they was playing so tight just standing there I'm disappointed as well but that's a costly break up an who can come in an do what we are expecting them to do
do a show on how many games Calapri has tanked as either a heavy favorite or an underdog choking at the finish line all the way back to UMASS. I am not sure why people think he's a good coach. Hes a good ambassador for the school maybe. He has done less with more talent than any other coach in college basketball.
For me it's not a recruiting problem, age problem etc.. It's always been that he is just an awful in game coach. He makes no adjustments, I see no game preparation as far as preparing for the other team. He thinks that if he gets the best players then they will win the game with the dribble drive. We have lost so many big games on just Cal getting out coached. Defense wins championships and creates transition buckets. Gotta start with teaching proper defense. These kids aren't taught fundamentals or defense in high school anymore. That is Cal's job. That and making winning games for the University of Kentucky his top priority and quit trying to be a godfather for every lottery pick just to build his brand.
Right now it is Cal’s head on the block. If Barnhart is not prepared to bring in a home run hire, it will be his own head on the block. I think he is going to keep Cal another day to buy him some time to prep. If Cal redeems himself…great. If not, he’ll let Cal keep drawing the fire while he gets the ducks in a row.
Why all the Jay Write talk. He retired for a reason. Dude won 2 titles just before he retired. Dude gave up because of the NIL. Why would he come to a place that in a few down years fans will set your house on fire. BBN can be their own worst enemy
If Jay Wright wanted to keep coaching he had the ideal situation at Villanova. He certainly isn't coming back to take the world's biggest headache of a job.
Let's be honest the last elite player here was Maxey. None of these guys are near him. Gotta get better tougher guys period otherwise need 25 yr olds. Young guys need 90's toughness have better skills today no doubt. Portal must pay attention Savir n others held them back not all ready for this!
Oh no! Fans are jumping off the Sleazeball Calipari's bandwagon. Wonder why? Get rid of Barnhart. He signed Sleazeball Calipari to that ridiculous contract.
No matter what happens I will watch Kentucky Basketball next year I was watching every game before he got here and will continue to do so. If Cal is the Coach great and if not I’m good with that too.
I followed KY 40 years before Cal arrived and will after he leaves. Cal forgot his first and only job was to win at KY. Not be an NBA minor league team.
@@larrytucker222 Exactly winning is the most important thing and when you’re losing in March hearing about the NBA doesn’t go over well with a lot of BBN.
I think he should stay. Ky Basketball will survive. He has made the mess, he should have to clean it up or let his reputation live with it for the next 5 years. Ky Basketball will go on. If we don't see more of the old competitive Cal, his legacy will suffer much more than Ky.
He's Not Hungry for Championships anymore &it is very obvious to even the most novice of Fans,Sad to say🥺The Crazy money, lifetime contracts is the same as feeding a Great hunting Dog or Cat to much,it robs them of the Need&Desire to Hunt any longer with UNQUENCHABLE Tenacity.
Look guys. Someone at KSR has like or loved several of my comments. So, just so you know? I don't say what people want to hear for likes or loves. I say what is on my heart and in my mind. When the heart and mind agree?.....Truth prevails. Cal has one, one Natty at UK, 2012. Within the best of my memory? That team consisted of 3 FR. Davis, Kidd-G, and Marquis. Jones and Lamb and Witljer????? were SO. Vargus was an upper classman and Miller was a 4th or 5th year SR. Read into that what you will. My advice to KSR? "Opinions are like "........"So.......stop jumping on the popular badwagon for views and likes even though you may have the same feelings from a knee jerk reaction to our loss in the first round. Yes, it sucks but, it would take 6 years at least to reach the level of excitement Cal gives us every year. (His departure would not be like Tubby taking over Ricks talent) [not a dig at Tubby either] Just Truth. The main stream (sports) media has glorified UK because Cal gets players to the NBA. More than any other school over the past 15 years. Something I've grown to understand from this current landscape of CCB. Every player that wants to take the jump before they are ready now expect to be one and done. If they don't leave after one year? It's almost, if not certain they will view themself as a failure if they don't. Which puts more pressure in their performance at crunch time. Cal can only coach the team because he can't play the position for every player. They must perform. In summation? It's the culture.....the nature of the beast that's created this landscape. Now, kids feel they must live up to the past. Those that want Cal gone? Remember this. Be Careful for what you wish for.
The 2012 Natty is suspect as UNC was playing their 4th string point guard due to a hard foul by Creighton that broke K. Marshall's wrist. Had that not happened, KY may or may not have won the Natty, as that was a formidable UNC team with out the injury. Lady Luck smiled on KY in 2012.
I don’t want him no matter what they they got up their sleeve!!! Screw him. If he’s back, I ain’t watching another game and I would hope fans would NOT pack rupp arena.
He goes to louisville and beats our ass just like pitino did. Terrible idea. Ppl need to calm down a bit. I do believe this pressure is gonna cause him to adjust his philosophy a bit on things. Barnhardt and cal will figure it out
I feel that he really has lost his way here at Kentucky. He's gotten lazy and only really cares about sending kids to the next level, even if they are ready or not. It's true that he doesn't really do much of his job anymore. His own staff will tell you that he only does maybe about 60% of what he's supposed to do. The rest of the time, he off doing his own thing. I really feel if they do let him stay, they would actually have to hire someone to be his babysitter. Someone that would be telling him yes or no, and making sure that he's doing everything that he's supposed to do in University of Kentucky's interest. I don't think that would go over to well with little Cals huge ego. So he would probably say hasta la vista, to that and pack his own bags and run.😏
Coach Cal got on the radio today and told the world “I’m not changing”
This is why we have to move on. He just doesn’t get it. The arrogance and lack of humility with the fans is driving us crazy. but we definitely better have the right guy in place to replace him before moving on.
That’s the problem. Are you 100% sold on a coach out there? I’m not. Jay Wright? He will say no. Billy Donavan? He likes the NBA. I will say this there are a lot of Coaches who could have gone 80-46 over the last four years.
You’re telling me in that entire interview, that’s all he said??
Lolol it’s out of context 100% when he said I’m not changing he was referring to his work ethic right after that he said something like” I’m not changing I’m gonna work 24/7”
Coaching changes are scary, if they do decide to move on we got a 25% chance of getting a big name somebody most ppl would be happy with a 75% chance of getting a guy we know but maybe had a good season to two for a not so good school. Like Billy h type guy. But honestly I don’t want Pearl don’t really want Barnes those are the type guys we maybe get. The big named guys are happy and have a ton of support at the schools there already at rn
Same dumb argument every year. This guy isn’t a coach. He’s a grifter. Unless his contract is ripped up, there will never be motivation for anyone to discipline these players. Get rid of his slippery ass and only give one-year contracts from now on.
Looks like empty seats at Rupp is the only way to get a change.
Mitch and Cal need to go NOW
Wrong
@@sociald47two wrongs make a right.
@@GoatedAtNFS2 wrongs make just that…. 2 wrongs.
@@sociald47how could you say wrong. You must be stupid
Couldn’t agree more. Trash program rn. Was so good in the 90s.
Cal is stealing then 9 million a year haven't done nothing in 4 yrs
Kentucky Basketball is dead to me untill calipari is gone!
I quit watching after that Wisconsin game in ‘15. Trash program.
Wow I thought I was the only one.. no timeout call under 3 mins hangs players out to dry@@ThomasHudson-yy7nj
Who is the Two Assistants that is doing nothing?? Anyone
@@ThomasHudson-yy7njLouisville fan
Calipari should go he doesn't care
Stop goin to the games period 💯 we gotta make our voices be heard if he coaches again
That would be stupid just shut up and let the program continue to improve
What would be stupid is to keep acting like this is ok & that this is what is best for uk.. I was at the Tennessee game, was so happy to be there & left saying I wouldn’t be back til cal is gone.. I go to 3-4 games a yr & I won’t return til he’s gone.. all this talent all these yrs & nuthin but 1 title to show for it..??? It’s just sad at this point
@@Smokin2many then stay at home then simple wtf you complaining for? Just shut up and support Kentucky basketball or find another team to root for
Anyone who goes to a UK game next season if Cal returns is part of the problem.
Don you are part of the problem
The fan base is tired of being one and done U. We are tired of Calipari and his excuses. It's past time for a coaching change and if barnhardt refuses to do the obvious then it's also time for a new AD.
"One and done" isn't meant to refer to how many games Kentucky gets to play in a tournament. This is horrible.
Pay a good coach that much and see what happens.
Cal is so obsessed with the NBA that in the last post-game conference, he's STILL claims he is helping these poor 5-star guys families get out of poverty, as if no other D1 program could do that! And he STILL says that getting former UK players to be more than half of the NBA All-Stars is his goal. And that NBA draft day with 2 or 3 or 4 first-round picks make it a very successful season. Cal has stated that the SEC tournament is a low priority and his teams are BUILT for March... Until they aren't.
I think it's been different since the Wisconsin game in 2015 final four. Maybe that game broke his spirits some I know that would have mine
That's where Cal lost me. How could you lose with that team? Cal found a way.
He's is a good coach don't care want u thing
Insane that people can be mad about going 38-1. Every fan base except one finishes the season with a loss.
@@RichardAkers-ms5on English please. It isn't about 38-1. It's about all the talk and #1 recruiting classes and one NCAA tournament win since 2019. Cal talks down to us and brags about NBA players. While all of this is going on, the other top tier schools are winning championships.
This chaos with BBN is absolutely priceless!!!!!
Sincerely, Rick Pitino
I feel sick. The feeling around the program and fans I know is apathetic dread.
If they keep him and Barhart I hope they never win another game. So sick of these cult members defending these frauds.
@@ThomasHudson-yy7nj😂😂😂
From an Alabama football fan's perspective...sounds eerily similar to Nick Saban. Things have changed in inter-collegiate athletics & not necessarily for the better.
KENTUCKY FOOTBALL IS A BETTER FAN EXPERIENCE. BETTER games, just better in every way. Just need the support
didn’t they said they’d announce today on the decision of the coaching job and AD? what’s the hold up? is he going or not? because last I checked every other current blue blood except Kansas is in the sweet 16
Cal will be back next year. Barnhart was not prepared to make a change and I don’t think it’s that simple to hit a home run hire. He’s going to get another year and I’m hoping for the best for all the kids playing next season.
Barnhart was not prepared? If he hasn't been prepared then what the hell is he getting paid for? Almost every fan can see what has happened the last 4 years and nothing is turning around. In fact, it is going downhill. This is UK, not IU. But, UK can certainly become IU if we continue in this direction. Better to stop it now because next year, which won't get any better, will get ugly. He needs to go now. This year was his last chance to change things, and he failed when it mattered the most. To keep him another year is simply wrong for everyone, especially the fans.
I can’t believe cal is staying. The only way to stop this is to stop going to the games and giving the university money. Cals first 10 years were awesome no one can argue that but 5 years of pain is a good sample size to fire someone.
Can anyone give me some additional info on the coaches they were referring to? Specifically the 2 not pulling their weight and the ones that have voiced concerns regarding the program issues.
I re-watched the game. Our inability to attack their 1-3-1 is embarrassing. NC STATE switched on every screen for Goelke, and he still hit 6 of 17 but it was far less damaging and they made it tough on him to get his shot off. I thought perhaps we should front the post and make them throw over top of our bigs rather than let them just catch it in the post and back us down and score over us. Cal since he has been here his teams have not been able to guard a pick and roll. I get it we are always young but I wonder what they do in practice sometimes. Easy to be an arm chair QB , but this staff and coach are just not getting it done. The elitism that Cal exudes, and the way he talks down to our fan base. We are loud and we are obnoxious but we are passionate and we travel better than any fan base in the country. Thank you for the first 8 years, what a ride! Great times, but its time for everyone to move on. Cal can go to another school and do a very good job, but his time at UK is done. Why did you not take your own advise and leave after year 10? Ready to be done with Cal - wont go to a game or watch any longer.
You'll all knew Cal wasn't going anywhere 😂
This pisses me off ky basketball is dead I’ll not go to another game while cals coaching or watch another game
Amen I'm right with you!
Same.
I’m there too.
Good we don’t need fans like you so call Kentucky fan
great, keep doing that to send a message. they only care about money anyway
I dont see how Cal's culture can thrive when he lives in Nashville and New Jersey 95% of the offseason. I dont know how you can convert NBA caliber talent to NCAAT success when Cal takes two days off after every 3rd game because he become overly obsessed with load management because he must've saw some NBA guy talking about it. This team was full of gym rats but Cal had to be home in his lucky chair hugging a tub of Utz mini pretzels watch ice road truckers instead of using all the 20 hour/wee rule. He's competely burnt out as evidenced by he never attends the pre game press conferences, cuts short almost every post game presser and post game radio , looks for any excuse to give the team an extra day off. He finally embraces shooting as vital to CBB success in 2024 but is still stubborn to embrace scouting, analytics, portal research from a truely deep dive manner like alot of these ther schools. That's where he fails. He hasn't forgot how to coach although his defense used to be a strength but sees completely clueless when it come to modern pick and roll 90% of the time offenes.
Ky basketball has been going down for a few years… but “ I “ think since Kenny Payne left it really went down hill. We need changes on that coaching staff.
Enough is enough. Back half of his 15 years has been downhill. Get. Him. Out.
Sad but not surprised. We're unfortunately stuck with Cal. SUCKS!
Two things can both be true. Cal has been a great coach. He's not a good coach for Kentucky now.
These are bleak days indeed
Players in the NBA from Kentucky or winning games at Kentucky! It's very simple!
John Robic was let go is part of it imo he was the game planner.
John robic left bc of family reason. Was not let go
I believe the following all happened (as a perfect storm) or picked up steam 2020-2021:
1. 2018 - transfer portal opens. It didnt pick up full steam until 2021, but any program can poach really good experienced players.
2. 2019 - Cal signs lifetime contract worth $86 million.
3. 2021 - NIL begins. Now not only can you poach big name players, you can entice them with money.
4. Post COVID the college game changed. It was faster paced and perimeter oriented, like the NBA. Teams that could shoot the three, space you out, and get out in transiton, had the upper hand on athletic driving teams with a traditional big man.
What happens when all four happen? Big name schools are able to get players that are just as good as 5 star freshmen, but with experience. Teams made the change to the modern style of play, while Cal continued his stubborn archaic style of dribble drive. It exposed Cal from a coaching standpoint as he is now competing with teams that are just as athletic, more experienced, and offensively explosive than his teams. He cant just roll the ball out and win by pure athletic ability but can now be outcoached as the playing field is leveled. His teams struggle defensively because he is only accustomed to guarding the way his teams have played in the past. That is why he has struggled to adapt defensively as well.
Early post COVID he did get great experienced players in the portal that supported his archaic trafitional style only to lose. This year he did change by finding dynamic playmakers who can shoot, but they were freshmen.
I think it is a more complicated situation that most are thinking with variety of things happeming at once. And on top of that it is really hard to win the whole thing. However at UK, you ahould be competing on Sundays fo SEC championships and get past the first weekend of the NCAA tournament. This is UK basketball and that is the expectation. Not a hope. If you cant adapt and figure out ways to win as a coach, then someone else will.
Been following the cats for 58 years and I feel I know them well and I say it’s time Cal found a new home. You can’t win the national championship with freshman 5 stars. It’s time to recruit players that will learn and stay 2 to 3 years, that’s how you win championships
A slight coaching change should start with, Cal… he was, a great coach.
You would probably be better served not worrying about punctuation marks in the future. Best of luck, friend.
Think the best comment I heard was that Kentucky shouldn't become the middle man for NBA players. A huge problem after watching the defense tape is the 1st rounders know they don't have to learn defense for the next level. If other programs can win championships with 2nd rounders who are hungry trying to move up in rank, then it's time to get a coach who will focus on fundamentals and not how much money the Alumni fund it going to get.
I could care less about the NBA. I do not even watch the NBA. I enjoy watching college basketball and especially the Cats. As a birthday present I got my daughter who is a big fan to see the Cats play Vanderbilt. We had a blast watching that game. I have to say this year has been the first year in a long time that I was excited and I really enjoyed this team. The fans love this team no doubt. This team was the most fun and most disappointing team to watch but it gave us all hope. Then to make a first round exit is just gut wrenching. I haven't liked the direction of this program for sometime and Cal will not change. Just simple changes in a game just show something different. None of us want a program that was a one and done. He has created this mess and has forgotten what this program is. Sure it is exciting to see new talent and new faces but year after year it gets really old. If Cal could make some changes to his philosophy and rearrange the focus and intention of what this program means then maybe we can build from that. It really sucks that we are in this predicament and Cal just is not the same.
Time for the state to have expansion talks with the NBA. UK potentially losing 30 plus million, UL in the hole for millions. The state can do more with the money than paying these modern coaches and players.
Cal and Mitch are now discussing the terms of Cal's raise and contract extension. They have determined that we haven't been playing random hard enough and need to keep it floppier and GOOOOO! more. That's been the issue this season and the only remedy will be more money and praise for Cal. No one could do it better.
@kentuckysportsradio I’m curious to hear your take on the call in show tonight?
10 years is the lifespan of a coach anywhere but for sure at Kentucky. That job will shew the hardest man up. That lifetime contract was such a mistake
The door is classic!
If you get the best players and win you might be a good coach but who really knows. When you get the best players and lose then it speaks for itself.
Here's my take on the people out there saying, who you gonna get, remember BG, here's the thought of my day, if Cal comes back, he's going to have to rebuild, not only his team, but the way he coaches and recruits, which means, minus the portal, he is giving himself 3 or 4 years to rebuild to catch up with the NCAAMB today, or get a someone new and rebuild, honestly at this point I trust a new coach more than I trust Cal, because I do not think he can coach the way he needs to now, his whole career has been winning with young talent, except the NBA and we all know how long he lasted in that atmosphere of working with older talent.
Just listened to Cal’s radio show. He said good things but were they genuine or rehearsed. He says he wants to be here and get back on track. I’ve been wanting a change but just not sure what to think.
He’s a liar. He says he wants change but continues to make dumb decisions like starting Wagner, Mitchell, UGO, Edwards because he’s afraid they may tank
Calipari said almost verbatim on his show Monday what he said after the end of the 2021 season when the team finished 9-21. Rinse and repeat except he is even more arrogant and blind to what rational fans see and believe.
If Cal stays, expect lots of apathy around the team and coach.
The fact he's got 2 staff on on his team which are probably family or friends and doing nothing, but get paid a salary by the school is ridiculous... add on the fact he has under performed since 2019... Lord of mercy, get him outta our state
Who would Barnhart hire in his place that's Any better?? That would fit UK,it's always Win or Off with their Heads!🤔
I’m not blaming it on the contract but when that contract came out I immediately said mistake. We were already declining and I was already starting to see through the snake oil salesman smooth talk he’s perfected.
That’s all this man is, a salesman.
Uk needs our a culture back, we needa real X & O type of coach. One that cares for the players yes but also understands he has a job to do as well and that’s not necessarily making sure they go to the league.
One with humility that can simply say I messed up, I fumbled this tragically. I have to get better.
Don’t tell me “we’re young, wait til we bring in this next class” blah blah we just lost lol smh
I love Cal but he’s stuck in his ways
I was at U-Mass and Coach Cal put us on the map 30 years ago. He's a good coach. People have to realize that the whole fun and excitement of March Madness is that a lesser talented team can beat a better team. They (Oakland) needed to get hot on Three's which happened, and sometimes that is enough. Kentucky didn't get blown out, they lost by 4. I can't stand it when people question when a better team loses, why don't you just congratulate the lesser team and give them credit and say "thank you" for giving excitement to this tournament.
Cal didn't put Kentucky on the map It's was winning championships before him and will be winning championships after he's GONE
Open your eyes man!
I can't get up for another season coached by John Calipari. I've been hanging by a thread and I'm done. I really hate this man!
Denny Crum's career at UL went the same way he was a great coach for years but the last 5 years he was horrible just like Cal so maybe it is burnout but Denny wasn't making or stealing 9 million a year that's a big difference.
He has been successful since Kenny Payne left
The issue isn’t can Cal win another title with my WildCat’s, it’s will he put in the same work he asks his players to put in? Nick Saban staid on top because he got the best assistant coaches on the market who could develop and kept “BAMA Standard”. Cal can’t keep taking care of his “guys” we have to be better on talent mix, role players and team development. Having grown up poor on a farm in Eastern KY, I will ALWAYS love & support my Cat’s, our players & “our” coach. It’s time for Cal to dial down the ego, bring in the best coaches to better develop our players and restore the UK dominance! Barnhart is now tied to the results!
Why do a lot of these KSR videos only show clips of Cal getting smoked at Missouri
Let’s goooo Cal. #BBN
I've found it hard to get excited about watching a Kentucky game since the 2015 flameout. I'm tired of the arrogance and all the meaningless talking Cal does. It's hard to take all the crap talk you hear from the other SEC fans. They all are hopng Kentucky keeps Cal for a reason.
You got to pay Cal $33 million if he stays or goes so just pay the new coach $5 million so buyout is really $5 million a year
Who are you going to get, that’s good, for 5 million?!?
Doesn’t sound like he’s going anywhere, doesn’t sound like he has any plans to change what he’s doing.
Oh, what a mess they've made. I'm pretty sure Cal had a stroke a couple of years ago and it's been kept quiet. Sad, sad times to be a Kentucky fan in my opinion.
When you think about Cal's overall performance in the 15 years the only national championship he won was when he got lucky and got AD. I knew in 2013 when he lost the first game of the NIT to Robert Morris that was shocking but I knew we were in for bad times with him coaching and when he had Devin Booker and Tyler riding the bench it left me scratching my head every game thinking surely he will stop this nonsense but nope it went on till it cost us a National Championship how could any coach be too blind to see that there is no explanation that has ever made any sense and all these years later he has Reed and Rob never starting so it's time for him to go he has or is about to destroy the Kentucky brand. Charles Barkley hit it right on the nail head when he said Cal gets all the McDonalds All Americans and then gets his ass beat by a bunch of old men that eat at McDonalds.
Coach cal what I just want to say he is a best coach ever no matter what he done couse he a coach not a player and I've coach cal and he will make a change in the game but still he the best if I was his df coach it would be 40mins of hell
I think it will cost to much give another year at minimum maybe he can change his strategy an try an keep some players it's not his fault the shots wasn't falling or they was playing so tight just standing there I'm disappointed as well but that's a costly break up an who can come in an do what we are expecting them to do
We will never sniff another FF with Cal as coach
do a show on how many games Calapri has tanked as either a heavy favorite or an underdog choking at the finish line all the way back to UMASS. I am not sure why people think he's a good coach. Hes a good ambassador for the school maybe. He has done less with more talent than any other coach in college basketball.
Lots of good coaches out there
It is pure stupidity to pay ANY college basketball coach the kind of money they are being paid. Fire them all.
Is any body watching Bluegrass Field, especially the general Aviation?
For me it's not a recruiting problem, age problem etc.. It's always been that he is just an awful in game coach. He makes no adjustments, I see no game preparation as far as preparing for the other team. He thinks that if he gets the best players then they will win the game with the dribble drive. We have lost so many big games on just Cal getting out coached. Defense wins championships and creates transition buckets. Gotta start with teaching proper defense. These kids aren't taught fundamentals or defense in high school anymore. That is Cal's job. That and making winning games for the University of Kentucky his top priority and quit trying to be a godfather for every lottery pick just to build his brand.
I have about one more year for Cal
We have a comeback story brewing
#HIRE BACK PITINO OR HIS SON
He is a good coach don't care want anybody thanks
I think it’s pretty obvious there is much more of a relationship between Barnfart & Cal other than Coach & A.D. 😳🤮
Right now it is Cal’s head on the block. If Barnhart is not prepared to bring in a home run hire, it will be his own head on the block. I think he is going to keep Cal another day to buy him some time to prep. If Cal redeems himself…great. If not, he’ll let Cal keep drawing the fire while he gets the ducks in a row.
Winning you just care about recruiting there's no more incentive to winning when you get the money up front
Empty seats at rupp
When cal and the team took a knee we were done cherring for morehead
Memphis would probably take him back.
Where were all the complainers in 2021 when they lost sixteen games?
Why all the Jay Write talk. He retired for a reason. Dude won 2 titles just before he retired. Dude gave up because of the NIL. Why would he come to a place that in a few down years fans will set your house on fire. BBN can be their own worst enemy
If Jay Wright wanted to keep coaching he had the ideal situation at Villanova. He certainly isn't coming back to take the world's biggest headache of a job.
He’s not gonna change if he stays another year. He said he won’t.
Let's be honest the last elite player here was Maxey. None of these guys are near him. Gotta get better tougher guys period otherwise need 25 yr olds. Young guys need 90's toughness have better skills today no doubt. Portal must pay attention Savir n others held them back not all ready for this!
I want to know which assistants aren't pulling their weight.
I only have one thing to say, the next UK Basketball game I watch Calipari won't be the Coach.
Barnhart is the problem,you have said it .He will be the one to get his replacement.
He's not going anywhere and Mitch will not put the side rails on him.
Oh no! Fans are jumping off the Sleazeball Calipari's bandwagon. Wonder why? Get rid of Barnhart. He signed Sleazeball Calipari to that ridiculous contract.
This is definity giving March 2009 flashbacks.
No matter what happens I will watch Kentucky Basketball next year I was watching every game before he got here and will continue to do so. If Cal is the Coach great and if not I’m good with that too.
I followed KY 40 years before Cal arrived and will after he leaves. Cal forgot his first and only job was to win at KY. Not be an NBA minor league team.
@@larrytucker222 Exactly winning is the most important thing and when you’re losing in March hearing about the NBA doesn’t go over well with a lot of BBN.
I think he should stay. Ky Basketball will survive. He has made the mess, he should have to clean it up or let his reputation live with it for the next 5 years. Ky Basketball will go on. If we don't see more of the old competitive Cal, his legacy will suffer much more than Ky.
He's Not Hungry for Championships anymore &it is very obvious to even the most novice of Fans,Sad to say🥺The Crazy money, lifetime contracts is the same as feeding a Great hunting Dog or Cat to much,it robs them of the Need&Desire to Hunt any longer with UNQUENCHABLE Tenacity.
Yeah don't give a coach a lifetime contract with a 33 ,000,000 buyout
He goes I go. I will follow him to his next team which hopefully would be Louisville lol, just move the recruits with ya and get it going.
Time and place for everything its time for calipari to go
He’s got nothing to lose! Now he’s going to try to prove us all wrong again next season… 😖
Look guys. Someone at KSR has like or loved several of my comments. So, just so you know? I don't say what people want to hear for likes or loves. I say what is on my heart and in my mind. When the heart and mind agree?.....Truth prevails.
Cal has one, one Natty at UK, 2012. Within the best of my memory? That team consisted of 3 FR. Davis, Kidd-G, and Marquis. Jones and Lamb and Witljer????? were SO. Vargus was an upper classman and Miller was a 4th or 5th year SR. Read into that what you will. My advice to KSR? "Opinions are like "........"So.......stop jumping on the popular badwagon for views and likes even though you may have the same feelings from a knee jerk reaction to our loss in the first round. Yes, it sucks but, it would take 6 years at least to reach the level of excitement Cal gives us every year. (His departure would not be like Tubby taking over Ricks talent) [not a dig at Tubby either] Just Truth.
The main stream (sports) media has glorified UK because Cal gets players to the NBA. More than any other school over the past 15 years. Something I've grown to understand from this current landscape of CCB. Every player that wants to take the jump before they are ready now expect to be one and done. If they don't leave after one year? It's almost, if not certain they will view themself as a failure if they don't. Which puts more pressure in their performance at crunch time. Cal can only coach the team because he can't play the position for every player. They must perform. In summation? It's the culture.....the nature of the beast that's created this landscape. Now, kids feel they must live up to the past. Those that want Cal gone? Remember this. Be Careful for what you wish for.
The 2012 Natty is suspect as UNC was playing their 4th string point guard due to a hard foul by Creighton that broke K. Marshall's wrist. Had that not happened, KY may or may not have won the Natty, as that was a formidable UNC team with out the injury. Lady Luck smiled on KY in 2012.
I don’t want him no matter what they they got up their sleeve!!! Screw him. If he’s back, I ain’t watching another game and I would hope fans would NOT pack rupp arena.
Cal's brand is bigger than Kentucky in todays game. He is the only reason why kids want go to BFE.
Call me the one fan that wants him back i guess. I dont get it
He goes to louisville and beats our ass just like pitino did. Terrible idea. Ppl need to calm down a bit. I do believe this pressure is gonna cause him to adjust his philosophy a bit on things. Barnhardt and cal will figure it out
I’m so done I this crap I’ve been following UK basketball for 45 years
Why would he work hard when you have a lifetime contract.. no worries..
I feel that he really has lost his way here at Kentucky. He's gotten lazy and only really cares about sending kids to the next level, even if they are ready or not. It's true that he doesn't really do much of his job anymore. His own staff will tell you that he only does maybe about 60% of what he's supposed to do. The rest of the time, he off doing his own thing.
I really feel if they do let him stay, they would actually have to hire someone to be his babysitter. Someone that would be telling him yes or no, and making sure that he's doing everything that he's supposed to do in University of Kentucky's interest.
I don't think that would go over to well with little Cals huge ego. So he would probably say hasta la vista, to that and pack his own bags and run.😏