He added Casmir Chavis also for the 10th scholarship . Watch this years recruiting class and see if Cal enough money in the War Chest lol9 total scholarship players? Translation: Cal blew his entire NIL budget and didn’t save any for depth pieces
Kansas vs Arkansas Exhibition Friday
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Right, you're holding them out now because its just an exhibition game. Then you'll hold them out in your season opener against Lipscomb because you need them down the line. Then you'll get 1 or 2 to come off the bench against Baylor, then magically they will be limited or held out for the next several games. You will also be told the whole time that the players are either coming along and close to being back, or that there is not an update to give on the players injury status.
Weird for someone to be here wondering what UK fans think, while also not seeing the signs that all of us UK fans are showing you. Cal is doing the exact same things that caused him to fail as a coach. I'm not saying he's for sure going to lose, but the warning signs are there: refusing to use all roster spots, ambiguous injury news, not changing his coaching style, telling the fans it's going to be a process, and so on.
And I was a big Cal fan.. but this is not the same Cal of the early 2010s. He was why UK went home in the opening rounds, with teams that should have competed for a Final 4 (or better). We watched him totally crash and burn on so many fronts the last few seasons.
But hey, good luck I guess. We're certainly happy he's not our problem anymore.
It's the Calipari Way. He can't be bothered to coach 12 guys, some of them may transfer. Meanwhile, Pope has assembled a 12-man roster (1 being held out) of worthy scholarship players, none likely to be lottery picks, that I can't wait to see develop.
I think he under achieves at Arkansas and then tries to go back Umass to finish where he started.
In other words, if allowed to continue doing the same crap at UK he would have. He's basically trying to tell Arkansas fans that his "hide them from being exposed" is the way to do things.
I was on the Cal bandwagon until last year. I finally got tired of his ways and jumped off. I'm glad that he is someone else's problem now and I feel like Arkansas is going to be a train wreck.
You will come to find out later that the precaution had something to do with NIL, inner team turmoil, made promises to one player so he has to sit another to keep his promise, in the dog house, or something equally asinine.
It almost never has anything to do with an actual injury. Just wait until some of your ballyhooed players ride the pine for the entire year and then get drafted in the first round without playing a minute. You're going to love that.
I know y’all are jaded but I will hold our judgement until the season is underway before I hit the panic button
He definitely seems to be repeating a familiar pattern.
If he leaves Arkansas he would burn his longtime friendship with John Tyson who happens to be providing a large part of the NIL fund . He also told Kenny Payne when he was hiring him that this was his last job and he wanted him to be a part of it .
I suppose anything could happen in this crazy world but all indications is that he is not only rejuvenated from the fresh start but that he will retire at Arkansas.
You could say the same thing about our roster (in regards to having so many players). I doubt UK or KU has any serious issues though.
It's either you don't have enough like cal or have too many like UK and KU.
Was never a good sign
Anytime Cal told UK fans to temper expectations it was a mediocre to disaster season.
Y’all only had one disaster regular season in 15 years .
Have to disagree. 2013, 2021 were both disasters. 2016, 2023, 2024 were darn close.
Yep...probably w/in a couple of years, after securing Brad as coach in waiting and Payne as his top assistant. Talk about pig-sooey...
My guy, cal took the greatest program in the country, with the biggest fan base, with the richest tradition, with the best talent, and couldn’t win a single postseason game in 5 years. What makes you think he is gonna do any better at lower tier program like Arkansas?
Is Arkansas giving him anymore money to coach?
And why does this exhibition game get recognition this early on SEC network?
We have to watch our exhibition on a computer screen on espn+
And why does this exhibition game get recognition this early on SEC network?
We have to watch our exhibition on a computer screen on espn+
I smile every time I think about it.
Maybe in the sense that Alabama football this year is a disaster, but they’re still likely going to finish ranked around 10-15. A “disaster” is what Florida State is going through this year.
One common misconception I see a lot is when people say Cal only has 9 scholarship players. There are more than that on scholarship, but the top 9 are the only players getting NIL money. The rest are mostly 3* freshmen who won’t play a whole lot this year but one of them actually looks like one of the best shooters on the team so far. Seems like Cal gambled on shooting for the remaining spots.
@piglet mignon You are welcome here. But realize we are not rationale on this situation. We have been miserable for 5 years because something changed with Cal during COVID. And then he overstayed his welcome.
We actually appreciate Arkansas for taking the worst contract in college sports off our hands. We were in a no-win situation until you all helped us avoid a $40 million dollar buyout.
I'm going to guarantee this. Cal will get talented players (that he only cares about getting to the NBA). Cal will win some big games (but lose to teams he shouldn't including early in the NCAA Tournament). Cal has and will get your fans excited.
But in 5 years (or less) I will guarantee all the things that annoyed us, and going to annoy Arkansas fans. From skipping interviews, to talking down to the fan base, to "I haven't seen him" when talking about injuries, to not playing the best players, as he has to start higher rated recruits so he won't "take their heart." He will downplay expectations so when he loses early games fans aren't bad. He will say "wait until March" ... but then in March blame his "young team" for the issues. He doesn't put together a "team" ... he finds some talented players and hopes they meld together.
We actually appreciate Arkansas for taking the worst contract in college sports off our hands. We were in a no-win situation until you all helped us avoid a $40 million dollar buyout.
I'm going to guarantee this. Cal will get talented players (that he only cares about getting to the NBA). Cal will win some big games (but lose to teams he shouldn't including early in the NCAA Tournament). Cal has and will get your fans excited.
But in 5 years (or less) I will guarantee all the things that annoyed us, and going to annoy Arkansas fans. From skipping interviews, to talking down to the fan base, to "I haven't seen him" when talking about injuries, to not playing the best players, as he has to start higher rated recruits so he won't "take their heart." He will downplay expectations so when he loses early games fans aren't bad. He will say "wait until March" ... but then in March blame his "young team" for the issues. He doesn't put together a "team" ... he finds some talented players and hopes they meld together.
First time in a long time I'll be rooting for Kansas in a game. Think the last time was when they beat Duke in either a Sweet 16 or Elite 8 game (think it was when they had Grayson Allen).
2013 didn't make ncaa tourney,, 2021 didn't make ncaa tourney,, both MAJOR disaster years.. 2022,, 2023,, 2024 all disaster years too with losing to D2 teams at home and not making it out of the 1st weekend plus other oddities that isn't to UK standards..
Like no joke. I don't want to pull for Cal per se, but it's against freaking KU. Public Enemy No. 1
I'm hoping for a power outage.
I know its against Cal and all, but how can any UK fan pull for freaking Kansas.
Um, UK has never lost to a D2 school at home as far as I know.
Evansville, Richmond, and UNC-Wilmington as crappy losses as they were, were all Div 1 schools.
Please cite the D2 loss at home. Because the only major Kentucky team to do that is U of Smell.
Never, can't do it.
Teams I will NEVER pull for:
1. Kansas
2. Duke
3. UNC
4. UConn
Teams I will pull for only if they play the four above:
1. UofL (only when playing one of the four)
2. EweTee (ONLY when playing one of the five above)
3. Indiana (Only if playing one of the other teams).
Trying to tell KY fans about Cal is....stupid. We have 15 years of experience dealing with the man. Just wait until the mysterious "ankle" injury hits you.
To Arkansas standards, sure. Not to KY. A disaster season at UK is 10+ losses and a first round loss. And I'm not even trying to trash Arkansas. Arkansas has some really nice fans. They are a pretty knowledgeable basketball fanbase. And they have a passion for the sport. It's just reality. KY has different standards. Not a shot at your program. It's just the truth.
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I can't stand Kansas, don't get me wrong. I won't be jumping up and down rooting for them to beat Arkansas or anything. Don't care that much but also just been too much drama with Cal over the last few years to want to see him win any game.
I have Duke at the top of my list. Will always root for who is playing them. I probably have UNC second. I probably don't hate KU as much as these two because we had a good stretch of success against them for the most part during most of Cal's tenure. I saw the title game in person when we beat them in 2012 so that alone probably plays a part in me not hating them as much as the others.
Kansas will be at the top of my list for awhile until Self is gone.
Duke fell a bit for me when the Rat left.
Same for UNC after Ol Daggum hung it up.
Ha,, losing to Walter McCartys team at home was equal to losing to a D2 team.. Was as bad as it gets for Cawl..
Show some respect. Cal has Covid and it's not something to joke about. If he didn't he would have loved to do that press conference.
“There are all kinds of ways to do this, and if this isn’t the right way, I’ll change,” Calipari said.
Cal has told many lies since I've known him but this one.....this one is the biggest.
Cal has told many lies since I've known him but this one.....this one is the biggest.
Not arguing that. However, that doesn't make your statement any less factually wrong.
Bad loss? Absolutely. One of Cal's worst.
Still not a D2 team loss. We aren't Louisville
All joking aside, I'm wondering if he has long Covid or something is going on mentally.
He just hasn't been the same dude since that awful 9-16 season.