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Calipari to Kan-tuck-ee

Posted by Scipio Tex on March 30th, 2009 under Basketball

This article says its close. I’m hearing it’s a done deal. It will be the largest contract in college basketball history. If you’ve got some time to kill: watch that door!

Memphis: There is a John Wall recruiting war on. How is it you are headed east?

Calipari: Well, I kinda face to the north and real sudden-like turn right. Then I tell World Wide Wes that his Fed-Ex drop offs will be in Lexington.

A huge move by Big Blue after the Gillispie humiliation. The Kentucky Wildcats are back.

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  1. srr50 said:

    March 30th, 2009 at 1:46 pm

    I bet Scott Drew is really feeling good about his hiring of Dwon Clifton right about now.

  2. Yarldboro said:

    March 30th, 2009 at 1:52 pm

    WOW!

  3. Eskimohorn said:

    March 30th, 2009 at 1:53 pm

    Why did you leave Kentucky?

    Because they have a GREAT ASS!

  4. Sobrieski said:

    March 30th, 2009 at 1:54 pm

    This is one of your best articles.

  5. laftan said:

    March 30th, 2009 at 1:57 pm

    Great magnificent things come in humble packages, don’t they?

  6. Mckenzie said:

    March 30th, 2009 at 1:58 pm

    I feel faint.

  7. TRITONIC tenn said:

    March 30th, 2009 at 2:00 pm

    i LOOOOOOVE Kentucky more than my entire collection of Elvis records.

  8. Simone said:

    March 30th, 2009 at 2:02 pm

    Where’d you find her, Scipio?

  9. Maria Diaz 2009 said:

    March 30th, 2009 at 2:04 pm

    I don’t like her.

  10. Betty Rodriguez said:

    March 30th, 2009 at 2:10 pm

    Well…that bitch better take her long ass thighs and move on! She can’t satisfy a cheesestick yet any ol’boy in Texas, Kentucky-or anywhere else for that matter! She no super model, no super anything but a first class ho!

  11. Maria Diaz 2009 said:

    March 30th, 2009 at 2:11 pm

    You got that right.

  12. Hawkeye said:

    March 30th, 2009 at 2:40 pm

    You compare me to John Calipari? How dare you, sir.

  13. TxTower said:

    March 30th, 2009 at 2:50 pm

    And so Kentucky sells it collective basketball soul to become relevant on the hardwoods again.

  14. glenn said:

    March 30th, 2009 at 2:52 pm

    ‘past couple of ours’

    huh? the whole country spends WAY too much time on the internet.

  15. glenn said:

    March 30th, 2009 at 2:54 pm

    uhh . . . go to the john clay blog.

    at least he got ‘quiet’ right in that sentence.

    english is a cool language. we in this country should endeavor to learn it some day.

  16. Scipio Tex said:

    March 30th, 2009 at 2:56 pm

    And so Kentucky sells it collective basketball soul to become relevant on the hardwoods again.

    Ha ha. You don’t really follow Kentucky basketball, do you?

  17. Big Satan said:

    March 30th, 2009 at 2:57 pm

    Last of the Mohicans. Nice.

  18. ponderos said:

    March 30th, 2009 at 3:05 pm

    Gue$$ this mean$ that the Memphi$ recruiting cla$$ is up for grab$.

  19. hiphopopotamus said:

    March 31st, 2009 at 5:26 am

    I wouldn’t say that ponderos. I’m guessing if Calipari goes anywhere, a few of those Kentucky players not good enough to win in the SEC will be shown the door in favor of Henry, Cousins and probably Wall.

  20. TxTower said:

    March 31st, 2009 at 6:31 am

    Not really but if you’re inferring that their souls are already fully mortgaged, just wait. Calipari will have no problem selling their children’s souls as well.

  21. Jim Harrison said:

    March 31st, 2009 at 7:40 am

    I’m inferring you meant implying. I fucking love to fish.

  22. Sean Connery said:

    March 31st, 2009 at 11:32 am

    I’ll take “Nerdy English Majors” for $200 please Alex!

  23. Ricky said:

    March 31st, 2009 at 12:10 pm

    I am curious about Calipari’s likelihood of success at Kentucky (I am talking about the success their crazy fans think they deserve not a return to Tubby Smith level of success). He has always managed to get blue chip recruits to his not-so-hot locations in weak conferences and has won. After his brief and unassuming stint in the pros I have always wondered just how good of a coach he really is. His tournament record suggests he is a solid coach, but blue chippers who get a ton of confidence playing cupcakes can also coast through the early rounds of the tourney. What happens when the competition’s talent level is closer and the possibility of riding a 15-game win streak is not longer there?

    He takes over Kentucky at a good time considering the overall conference seems relatively weak. If he starts with a strong recruiting class he could quickly compete for an SEC title.

  24. Trips Right said:

    March 31st, 2009 at 12:18 pm

    Coach Cal is an excellent X’s and O’s coach who gets buy-in (no pun intended) on the defensive end from a bunch of prima donnas. And you know he recruits lights out. Kentucky will win, but the discriminating UK will feel all dirty inside doing it.

  25. Scipio Tex said:

    March 31st, 2009 at 12:49 pm

    I agree with Trips. I find Calipari very objectionable as a human being, but he’s an excellent coach.

    Kentucky is an incredible job with essentially unlimited resources, great tradition, and a passionate, rabid fanbase.

    Add in Calipari’s demonstrated ability to work with runners, street agents, and embrace the seamier side of basketball and you’ve got a quick ticket back to the top.

  26. srr50 said:

    March 31st, 2009 at 2:01 pm

    It’s a match made in FedEx Heaven.

    Kentucky is the perfect elite program for Calipari — they both believe in getting what you pay for — and they both are willing to pay top dollar.

  27. hot wire said:

    March 31st, 2009 at 2:58 pm

    Don’t understand the cult of personality in coaching to justify paying 35 million. Where would a coach like Calipari be without the playas? Why not just pay WW Wes a couple of mil to be an assistant and then hire a reasonably priced coach. Would there be any difference? Why is Calipari needed as a 35 mil middleman?

  28. Scipio Tex said:

    March 31st, 2009 at 6:21 pm

    hot wire:

    You’re on to something.

  29. Ricky said:

    April 1st, 2009 at 6:36 am

    Thanks guys. The General slammed college coaches as just riding their talent compared to pro coaches. I think its a gross oversimplification but seems like an apple to oranges comparison. I mean, how do you compare Gene Bartow to George Karl?

    I was thinking Calipari might be the incarnation of the type of coach the General was talking about, but he also has tournament success which to me is the difference between guys who have talent and ride it and those who actually coach.

  30. I see dead people..and hear 'em said:

    April 1st, 2009 at 12:05 pm

    Scipio, your a perspicuous “Barker”, so why the distraction?

  31. Scipio Tex said:

    April 1st, 2009 at 8:26 pm

    Thanks. And, what?

  32. TxTower said:

    April 2nd, 2009 at 7:31 am

    Apparently ESPN’s Pat Forde thinks UK could be asking for trouble with this hire.

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