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If Cal goes down Monday night the Kentucky fanbase will be wanting his head. I want to be entertained by that. It would make my week go by so fast.

So how much are they paying you to post this?

Louisville out hustles and out toughs every team they play. Including MSU. That's what they do. They beat the crap out of us but Kentucky was never in real danger of losing. They play very good defense and are a cohesive team because of Calipari. I don't like his recruiting style and would rather have players who stay fora few years but Cal blends them into a team. No matter what you think of him personally it's absolutely moronic to say he's not a great coach.

Got a source?

Great recruiter not convinced he's a great coach especially after the Memphis Kansas NC game

It was cool when Memphis beat us in the Tournament, and then later had to vacate all of their wins.

Or not.

He flamed out so quickly in the NBA because he was the coach of the NJ Nets and took over from Butch Baird who was a bad coach.

I think most on here agree that if Izzo had gone to the Cavs a few years ago, because they have no players, he would not have been able to win with them. Does that mean that Izzo is a bad coach or can't coach without good players? Of course not. Same with Calipari.

I actually kinda like Kentucky's team this year. Thought I would hate their players and that they'd be all cocky, but they are pretty much the opposite of that. They play great defense and play surprisingly unselfish. It really is surprising how much they play as a team. Gotta give credit where credit is due.

Helping a challenged youth bring his dreams of being a college star into fruition is pathetic? You sir are one callous person.

Who the hell doesn't root against the ewoks? Worst plot device ever.

I've made this argument here in relation to Nick Saban, and I think it applies to Cal as well: there are different types of coaches who are good at different things.

Cal (much like Saban), is a brilliant recruiter. As dirty as I think he is (and I really don't think there's any doubt among those who know what's going on in college hoops that he's dirty), he's not the only one out there who's willing to break the rules. Yet he's the one getting great players, and I think you do have to give him credit for that (just like you have to give Izzo credit for getting the quality of players he gets while playing it clean).

Also like Saban, I think Cal has the ability to make his all-star teams gel. Not everyone can do that. Just like Phil Jackson could manage to get Kobe to buy into his system to win championships, Cal manages to have players who buy into his system. Is his system that complex or brilliant? I don't think so. But it doesn't need to be. He just needs to make sure the talent is harnessed enough that his teams don't squander their immense talent advantage (sometimes they do, sometimes they don't).

So I don't respect Cal as an individual, because I think he's a cheater. I also don't think he's a brilliant basketball mind. But I do give him credit for doing a solid job of being the kind of coach he needs to be.

Dreams of being a college star my ass. If the NBA one year rule didn't exist Rose would never have set foot on a college campus.

And if he really wanted to be a college star he needed to do it in a legit manner like every other college star has had to do.

Kentucky fans when Cal was hired were saying, "We don't care if he cheats, so long as he wins before he gets caught."

OP = stupid