Buy or Sell...
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Toag Redloh
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Hard to imagine him recruiting any better anywhere else than he is right now. You know you will win big in CUSA, hell maybe he could even help the conference. You get to play at Fedex forum. Possibly build a huge fanbase with no other competition in a basketball town. You about to get offered BIG money. Stay. Job security.
Only cons I can think of is the competition in season and living in Memphis. But when you're that rich you can go wherever you want anyway. Maybe if you want another challenge or something.
Only cons I can think of is the competition in season and living in Memphis. But when you're that rich you can go wherever you want anyway. Maybe if you want another challenge or something.
If he wins a national championship at Memphis, there will be a lifetime contract for him and whoever he chooses to take over when he retires and a statue of him outside the FedEx Forum. Hell, if he won two they would change the name of the city to Calipariville.
At UK, if you don't win a national championship, you will end up burned in effigy.
That being said, I think his ego will win out and he will take the job.
At UK, if you don't win a national championship, you will end up burned in effigy.
That being said, I think his ego will win out and he will take the job.
and it's about to be an irrelevant question anyway. He's gone. Met with the players this morning, and they think he's leaving.
because if i'm calipari, then i also have his huge ego, and i want the reins of one of the best programs in the history of college basketball. while memphis is great (forum, easy scheduling, big bucks), i would be willing to leave for only a few schools: UNC, UK, maybe kansas or UCLA. not arizona. i want to kick pitino's ***, and doing it at UK would be great for my ego, too.
He is a god in Memphis, has one of the best recruiting classes ever coming in, can make the NCAA tourney every year in CUSA, and his other interests he has in the city other than coaching makes him extremely rich. Why leave?
He likes being the big fish in a small pond, and getting rewarded with high seeds because of it.
i debated on whether to include duke, simply because i don't remember what their history was pre-krzyzewski. syracuse would maybe be in the same boat. great school, great tradition, but if i have it made at memphis, i don't think i leave.
duke probably does belong on the list, but it is a VERY short list. don't forget what pitino said after leaving uk for the celtics - something along the lines of he was king arthur and he left camelot, thinking there were bigger things out there.
duke probably does belong on the list, but it is a VERY short list. don't forget what pitino said after leaving uk for the celtics - something along the lines of he was king arthur and he left camelot, thinking there were bigger things out there.
It never crosses the minds of the great coaches that they might not be able to win somewhere so maybe they should stay put.
He's confident he could beat the world at UK. Coaching Memphis is like being in the witness protection program for 8 weeks of the season.
He's out of there like **** through a goose.
He's confident he could beat the world at UK. Coaching Memphis is like being in the witness protection program for 8 weeks of the season.
He's out of there like **** through a goose.
Living in Memphis for the last few years, I've had the chance to listen to more than a few post-game Calipari commentarys and talk show appearances. If I could have any coach in the country coach MSU, it would be Cal, no questions asked. The guy is the definition of a motivator. He lives for molding young talent into quality ball players. Hell, he fires me up about basketball listening to him speak about a team I could really care less about. He also appears to have a very deep connection with the city of Memphis. He loves the place and it loves him back. If he ran for mayor today, he'd win - no contest.
However, the guy is a winner and a fierce competitor. I think the challenge of building a dominant force in the SEC will ultimately win him over. Plus, folks are underestimating the exposure the SEC (despite being down) is going to get with this new ESPN deal. SEC basketball is going to be shoved down America's throats.
If the package KY offers Cal is in the same ballpark as what UM ups their offer to, I still think Cal goes. If the KY package is ridiculous - easy sell.
However, the guy is a winner and a fierce competitor. I think the challenge of building a dominant force in the SEC will ultimately win him over. Plus, folks are underestimating the exposure the SEC (despite being down) is going to get with this new ESPN deal. SEC basketball is going to be shoved down America's throats.
If the package KY offers Cal is in the same ballpark as what UM ups their offer to, I still think Cal goes. If the KY package is ridiculous - easy sell.
