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I've always liked him.
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texillwek
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Say what you want about Calipari but he's had some profound thoughts over the years
I’ve actually heard he’s a really nice, caring guy. He does seem that way though.
I have to disagree with the latter part....he's 65 and unlike say Pitino or Saban seems every bit his age. He kind of reminds me of Bob Knight in his later coaching years - still a decent coach, but without the fire that made him great.
No chance I’d bet against him. He’s won everywhere he has been, other than New Jersey.
Kids like him and he has a pile of NIL
. They will be very tough, very soon.No chance I’d bet against him. He’s won everywhere he has been, other than New Jersey.
Kids like him and he has a pile of NIL
It’s not like Arkansas sucked tho. They went to two straight E8s in 22/23
Any insiders know how it went with Drew?
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ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
NIL and the transfer portal are going to make the top level of college basketball older and deeper than it was in Cal's peak period and he's going to have to adjust to that, but I think it's also undeniable that the post-Covid super senior period has been a uniquely difficult environment for elite freshmen to have a major impact in a way that is going to wash out of the system over the next couple of years.
When five star one-and-done lottery picks are the difference making players in CBB again, John Calipari is going to be a difference making coach in CBB again.
redwingillini11
White and Sixth
- North Aurora
For once, it is very, very, very obvious what flight tracker is showing us.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Why would Donovan do all that travel time to spend 2.5 hours physically in Lexington on a Bulls game day before Cal has even officially left? That makes zero sense.
Key point here is if the one and dones will ever be the difference makers again to the level they were in the early-mid 2010s.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
I have never disliked him for all he is, lol … lovably sketchy uncle vibes.
redwingillini11
White and Sixth
- North Aurora
I mean....
Flying on a PJ he probably has plenty of time to game plan.
He's going to be at the game, I'm sure that's all that really matters.
And of course Kentucky is working on this stuff before Cal's exit was official.
Not sure what to tell ya. It is what it is.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
You can totally see why players and their parents and coaches would have faith in him.
And he has done right by his guys, even guys like Enes Kanter and Shaedon Sharpe who contributed nothing on the court.
It's just a philosophy that had no interest in the amateur student athlete ideal that was already 100% fake and a justification for wage theft by the time Cal came on the scene.
Tark at UNLV didn't just defy it, he also railed against it, he's a more heroic figure in college sports imho, but the hatred of Cal has always been ridiculous.
It will meet halfway in between, I think.
Illini4Chief
- TENNESSEE
Donovan might as well take KU....gonna be let go from terrible Bulls. Good resume from college days.....BUT..could go the other way with Bruce" Tell no lie" Pearl...just the right amount of gangster.....and swag.
Illini2010-11
- Sugar Grove
1) Official means absolutely nothing in this industry. Meetings almost always take place before official openings are officially announced.
2) Who cares if it is Bulls gameday or not. What he does on his personal time is completely up to him, as long as he gets back in time for his business functions in the afternoon. And if we are worried about the Bulls game plan, who cares? They will fail in execution anyway.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
All the strange timing and inconveniences would be perfectly explicable if there were any imaginable purpose for a two-hour in person meeting in Lexington. Which there is not.
Now, did that private jet fly down to Lexington to pick up Mitch Barnhart and bring him to Chicago to talk with Donovan? THAT would make sense.
Bulls are underperforming and clearly haven’t played to potential with the current roster, but I wouldn’t call them terrible. They like Donovan, but obviously not the results expected by now. UK situation could offer a relatively painless transition for a new coach. The organization would be relieved.
Illini2010-11
- Sugar Grove
Sorry, but that makes no sense to me.
Someone made that fight today, and this afternoon Cal officially said so long to UK. You gotta believe the tea leaves are saying something, regardless of who was going where...
I could get why someone may think Kentuckys AD should fly to meet with him, but I’m guessing he’s not just meeting with the AD in Lexington. Who thinks he’s announced tomorrow?
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Lol, so the AD traveling to meet his top target makes LESS sense to you than an NBA coach getting up at 4AM on a day he'll be working until 11PM and spend three hours of travel time for a two hour meeting he could easily have on Zoom.
InsiderBrain is incredible.
It IS possible Donovan was in Lexington today. It seems extraordinarily unlikely to me, but it's possible.
I bet you every house within 100 miles of a beach on planet earth that Billy Donovan was not on both of those listed flights.
wha...? Did I miss a fight? Was a Pizza Hut involved?? Coach Underwood would win at a walk...
IlliniwekKDR
- Colorado Springs, CO
It'd make for a wacky comedy if flights out of Lexington got grounded, and he had to hitch a ride with a truck driver to make it back to Chicago in time for the game
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