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Looks like the secret's out on Cal...can recruit/buy players like no one else, but if forced to actually coach some basketball, he's usually horribly outclassed.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/-c...-connecticut-huskies-john-calipari/?eref=sihp
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/-c...-connecticut-huskies-john-calipari/?eref=sihp
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Dee-Liem
Disciplina in Civitatem
I think Jim Buss is a very bad owner (his sister would be better as the sole owner, handing all BBall decisions to someone else).
I don't buy the Cal to Lakers thing (in any way), but I think Jim Buss is dumb enough.
If everything's equal, I don't think Cal has a chance in the NBA. But there are a lot of bad owners out there (look at the Knicks with Isiah).
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Cal has no chance in the NBA. Like the article says, the nba is a players league. Cal is all about Cal. Plus, he's a mediocre (at best) coach and tactician. His first go round in the nba was a failure, so would his second. He has had a very impressive career in cbb based on his ability to recruit elite athletes and just out-talent the opposition. But, when the out-talented opposition has a solid coach, and disciplined players, Cal gets worked.
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Dee-Liem
Disciplina in Civitatem
I wonder why Rod Strickland would go to South Florida from Kentucky, unless he was more/less shown the door (which I don't think is the case).
I thought that someone like Brian Kelly would leave for the NFL because he lost both of his coordinators in the offseason. But he stayed at Notre Dame.
With Strickland leaving, and Kentucky losing Antigua, I don't know what to think about Cal. The Lakers are a trainwreck regardless (Jim Buss is comparable to James Dolan).
I thought that someone like Brian Kelly would leave for the NFL because he lost both of his coordinators in the offseason. But he stayed at Notre Dame.
With Strickland leaving, and Kentucky losing Antigua, I don't know what to think about Cal. The Lakers are a trainwreck regardless (Jim Buss is comparable to James Dolan).
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Kentucky assistants get absolutely paid with new contracts
If any school was going to raise the bar on what to pay its assistants, you knew it would be Kentucky.
The school announced pay increases for John Calipari's crew on Wednesday. The biggest bump? Assistant Kenny Payne, who now has a two-year contract that will net him $1 million.
Yes, an assistant inked to a million bucks -- not including incentives. Welcome to major college basketball in 2014. This is Kentucky. Previously, what was one of the highest contracts among college basketball assistants belonged to former Maryland assistant/ace recruiter Dalonte Hill, who was bringing in 300 large per season.
Hill is no longer with Maryland in wake of his third DUI charge in five years, which led to his resignation last November.
And Payne made $350,000 before this raise anyway.
Payne is now making more annually than former UK assistant Orlando Antigua did. Antigua, who left the program to take the South Florida job last month (a five-year, $4.75 million contract), brought in $275,000 last season.
"There's not a better partner to work with to help these young men achieve their dreams,” Calipari said in a statement. “His feel for the game and ability to develop players is second to none. I have all the confidence in the world that Kenny will make a great head coach someday, but we're ecstatic to have him as a part of our staff as associate head coach for the near future."
UK assistant John Robic also got a little more comfortable in life, signing a two-year deal that is set at $375,000 per before incentives.
Entire article: http://www.cbssports.com/collegebas...stants-get-absolutely-paid-with-new-contracts
If any school was going to raise the bar on what to pay its assistants, you knew it would be Kentucky.
The school announced pay increases for John Calipari's crew on Wednesday. The biggest bump? Assistant Kenny Payne, who now has a two-year contract that will net him $1 million.
Yes, an assistant inked to a million bucks -- not including incentives. Welcome to major college basketball in 2014. This is Kentucky. Previously, what was one of the highest contracts among college basketball assistants belonged to former Maryland assistant/ace recruiter Dalonte Hill, who was bringing in 300 large per season.
Hill is no longer with Maryland in wake of his third DUI charge in five years, which led to his resignation last November.
And Payne made $350,000 before this raise anyway.
Payne is now making more annually than former UK assistant Orlando Antigua did. Antigua, who left the program to take the South Florida job last month (a five-year, $4.75 million contract), brought in $275,000 last season.
"There's not a better partner to work with to help these young men achieve their dreams,” Calipari said in a statement. “His feel for the game and ability to develop players is second to none. I have all the confidence in the world that Kenny will make a great head coach someday, but we're ecstatic to have him as a part of our staff as associate head coach for the near future."
UK assistant John Robic also got a little more comfortable in life, signing a two-year deal that is set at $375,000 per before incentives.
Entire article: http://www.cbssports.com/collegebas...stants-get-absolutely-paid-with-new-contracts
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WolverineMike
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http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2014...mike-francesca-radio-show-kentucky-basketball
Kentucky coach John Calipari has heard the criticism before. New York radio host Mike Francesa went on the air and said Calipari is a master recruiter and motivator, but that he wasn't a great X's and O's coach. Francesa brought up the late Rick Majerus as a counter-example to Calipari: a coach who could never recruit nearly as well but one whose teams could win with less talent.
This time, Cal decided to take matters into his own hands and call Francesa up as "John from Kentucky." The results were hilarious.
Take a listen to a clip from the show:
Kentucky coach John Calipari has heard the criticism before. New York radio host Mike Francesa went on the air and said Calipari is a master recruiter and motivator, but that he wasn't a great X's and O's coach. Francesa brought up the late Rick Majerus as a counter-example to Calipari: a coach who could never recruit nearly as well but one whose teams could win with less talent.
This time, Cal decided to take matters into his own hands and call Francesa up as "John from Kentucky." The results were hilarious.
Take a listen to a clip from the show:
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Photo: Sports Page Of Louisville Courier-Journal Features John Calipari’s Head Photoshopped Onto Baby’s Body
John Calipari certainly came across as whiny when Jim Boeheim told Syracuse.com that the Kentucky coach felt Mike Krzyzewski was getting an unfair recruiting advantage by coaching Team USA.
Entire article: http://network.yardbarker.com/colle...port_college basketball_module_image_17315255
John Calipari certainly came across as whiny when Jim Boeheim told Syracuse.com that the Kentucky coach felt Mike Krzyzewski was getting an unfair recruiting advantage by coaching Team USA.
Entire article: http://network.yardbarker.com/colle...port_college basketball_module_image_17315255
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WolverineMike
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30 point win vs a top 5 team? Their second team off the bench could probably start at any other college in the country
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