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John Calipari (official thread of impending probation)

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buckeyemania11;2139287; said:
I've always wondered....how has Calipari avoided a show cause penalty? 2 vacated final 4s with 2 different schools seems a little bit less than a coincidence.
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When was the last time they hit a current NCAA coach who was dominant with that penalty?

Calipari is good business for them.
 
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Good grief. I am not even sure how that guy is allowed within 5 miles of any program....

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Especially now that he is a registered agent
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3 UK players went over to hug him before they went into the locker room on CBS pregame.
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Pete Thamel ‏ @ PeteThamelNYT
RT @ KentSpencer: Wild moment of the the night. Phil Knight wearing a championship hat with a big time embrace with World Wide Wes
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http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/or...2012/04/worldwide_wes_was_behind_the_k_1.html
He sat behind the Kentucky bench on Monday night during the NCAA Championship basketball game and I'm thinking William "Worldwide Wes" Wesley should have just dropped the charade and slid in beside coach John Calipari.

The Wildcats beat Kansas 67-59.

Anyone following major college basketball knows that talent rules. And anyone following the line of talent, first to Memphis, and now to Kentucky, knows that Calipari and Wesley are college basketball's sweetest couple.

Who is Wes?

That question is only answered by watching the guy over the last decade. He pops up in NBA locker rooms, and at the Nike Hoop Summit, I once saw him walk around The Palace at Auburn Hills during a NBA Finals as if he owned the building. He didn't even wear a credential. Wesley was so at ease, he went into the Pistons locker room at halftime. Later, a NBA security staffer approached him, and I watched to see if Wesley might get asked for identification.

Nope.

The security guard borrowed Chapstick.

Damon Stoudamire told me one summer a few years ago: "Wes is running the NBA."
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I've talked to Wesley a dozen occasions over the years. At times, he's asked me to not to quote him, not to mention him in print, not to write about the relationships he has with basketball players.

"Everytime you mention me, it causes me trouble," he told me once after I'd written that he sat alongside then-prep star Kyle Singler during a NCAA Tournament game.

You understand in the end that Wesley's central mission is to get close to young, talented basketball players. And now, he's working as a consultant for Creative Artists Agency, on his way to becoming a full-blown certified NBA agent.
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Oregon fans know what I'm talking about. Wesley is close friends with former Ducks assistant Kenny Payne. They met while Payne was a player at Louisville. And when Payne was hired by former coach Ernie Kent, it wasn't long until the talent followed to Eugene. Detroit-area blue-chipper Malik Hairston chose Oregon over Michigan. In fact. Hairston told me, "I've known Wes forever," after I saw the then-sophomore at Game 3 of the 2006 NBA Finals babysitting Wesley's 4-year old son in a court side seat.
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I asked Wesley about their relationship a few days later and he tried to explain that inner-city kids were haunted by threats of terrorism and looked to a place like Eugene as a safe haven. I laughed so hard that I nearly spit Pepsi through my nose. Wesley laughed too. I like the guy. And in that, you understand he's a salesman with a high social IQ and a purpose. He's leveraged a one-time job as a 20-year old sneaker salesman at a strip mall in New Jersey into a power gig.

Payne is an assistant with Kentucky now, incidentally. No shocker there. Ask about it his relationship with Calipari, and Wesley calls it a "friendship." Probably worth a deeper look by the NCAA, although, Wesley is no Willie Lyles. He's too sophisticated and has been doing his job for too long.
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So yeah. Kentucky won an NCAA Championship on Monday. After the game, Wildcats star Anthony Davis climbed into the stands and shared a celebratory hug with Wesley, who was sitting in the Kentucky family section inside the Superdome.
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My uncle lives in Lex and is one of those fanatics. When Calipari was hired he told me, "He'll bring talent here, but I wonder how long it will be before we will be on probation." So even those in Big Blue Nation have thought or are thinking that way.

This thread is 3 years old and not even an investigation. It's interesting that you have characters like WWWes and those previous final fours vacated, but none of it sticks to Calipari. There is an appearance of sleaze, but nothing you can get your hands on.

I had a friend who used to say, "Be good or be good at it." Maybe Calipari is being good, but maybe he's just real good at not being good.
 
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He likes the Chicago Public League too much to not eventually get burned by it. I highly doubt that there's a collection of hustlers, street agents, relatives on the make and corrupt school administrators and teachers to compare to it anywhere in the country. He's come close to the fire twice now with Derek Rose and Anthony Davis. Hopefully, the third time is the charm, and he goes up in flames.
 
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http://www.cbssports.com/collegebas...s-who-is-the-most-underrated-coach-in-america
The question is: Who is the most underrated coach in the country?
  1. Fran Dunphy (Temple): 14 percent
  2. Randy Bennett (Saint Mary's): 9 percent
  3. Rick Byrd (Belmont: 7 percent
  4. Bill Self (Kansas): 7 percent
  5. Buzz Williams (Marquette): 7 percent
  6. John Calipari (Kentucky): 7 percent
  7. Bob McKillop (Davidson): 5 percent
  8. Bob Huggins (West Virginia): 5 percent
Also received votes: Too many to list.
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"Sure, he always has talent. But he deserves some credit for being able to manage that talent. He may not be one of the elite game-coaches in the country, but when it comes to pushing the right buttons and recruiting, there aren't many better."
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From the above article, they forgot about handing out goodies.

If you ask me, Self and Calipari should be ranked with Williams as Overrated Coaches for the same reason that Williams was ranked in that category. Not sure about Huggy Bear.
 
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Part V this week (we all knew this would be a landslide):

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebas...ceived-to-be-the-biggest-cheater-in-the-sport

Critical Coaches: Who is perceived to be the biggest cheater in the sport?

The question: Who is perceived by college coaches to be the biggest cheater in the sport?
- John Calipari (Kentucky): 36 percent
- Scott Drew (Baylor): 34 percent
- Ben Howland (UCLA): 12 percent
- Jim Calhoun (Connecticut): 7 percent
- Tom Crean (Indiana): 3 percent
- Dave Rice (UNLV): 3 percent

Others receiving votes: Too many to list.

Quotes that stuck:

On John Calipari: "Cal probably doesn't have to cheat now as much as he used to, but he's still the standard. The rest of us can't even deal in his league. He's the best."

On Scott Drew: "I don't even have to blink when I say the answer. He's despised by a lot of people because he comes off holier than God. Meanwhile, everyone knows he's had to cheat big-time to get the program to where it's at. If it wasn't for the God stuff he wouldn't rub people the wrong way as much."

On Ben Howland: "I've had many conversations with other coaches about [what's believed to be going on at UCLA]. And this is from me, someone not even recruiting the West Coast."

On Jim Calhoun: "You ever been to Storrs? It's miserable. But Calhoun, somehow, has recruited pros there for decades. Hell, he's one of the guys who actually got caught cheating [with Nate Miles]. He's the obvious answer."

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