Real talk on calipari

[Rockfly78]

Again, the debate isn't Pitino Lite sucks and that all other coaches are better than him. The debate is that he's not as good as slapd!cks think he is.

"Elite program," my a$$...

That's funny, I've never see you take that stance before. I think I have seen repeated posts where you mention cal as a very poor in game coach who's inferior to his peers.

The debate is that cal is an underperformer. You spearheaded this debate and now it seems you are trying to navigate away from it.

 

[Strongtino]

Again, the debate isn't Pitino Lite sucks and that all other coaches are better than him. The debate is that he's not as good as slapd!cks think he is.

"Elite program," my a$$...

I don't know how good UK fans think he is...I'm friends with a number of UK fans and none of them are all in on Cal. I mean they all like him and respect what he's done but absolutely none of them think he's the greatest thing ever and all of them acknowledge that he could have done better over his last 8 years. But thats the scary thing...Cal "should" have done better over the last 8 years. Think about that...this is a coach who's won a title, been to 4 final fours, won his conference 5 times and wins 83% of his games and he should have accomplished more. So, I would say however you regard his tenure at UK, you should first step back and look at what other elite programs have done over that span and compare them. Yes he's had more talent than any program half the time he's been at UK but he's also won more games in March and been to more Final Fours than any coach over the last 8 years as well.

 

[Cue Card]

Yes he's had more talent than any program half the time he's been at UK but he's also won more games in March and been to more Final Fours than any coach over the last 8 years as well.

That portion of your post reminded me of something Greg Popivich once said. I'm paraphrasing here, but he basically said the reason he's been so successful in San Antonio is due to the fact he's been blessed with talented players on his roster.

You're basically saying the same thing about Calipari, and it might just be the real truth. He's been as successful as he's been because he's had more talent than most everyone else. Still, it also shows his own shortcomings as a coach since he's had more talent than everyone else yet still hasn't been completely dominate like the UCONN women's head coach has been, for comparisons sake.

 

[Strongtino]

That portion of your post reminded me of something Greg Popivich once said. I'm paraphrasing here, but he basically said the reason he's been so successful in San Antonio is due to the fact he's been blessed with talented players on his roster.

You're basically saying the same thing about Calipari, and it might just be the real truth. He's been as successful as he's been because he's had more talent than most everyone else. Still, it also shows his own shortcomings as a coach since he's had more talent than everyone else yet still hasn't been completely dominate like the UCONN women's head coach has been, for comparisons sake.

I 100% think Cal is only successful because he has a great eye for talent and he typically gets that talent. Cal isn't a great tactician or x's and o's coach. He isn't going to design a gameplan around stopping what the other team does. Cal will motivate and coach his team to do what it does and if you can stop it, then you'll probably win but most of the time his talent and athleticism will win out. BUT...When he runs up against good teams that are well coached...WVU in 2010 (HOF Huggins), Wisconsin in 2015 (Bo Ryan and his deliberate, organized, well oil machined type of system) he gets outcoached and out schemed.