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Coaching expectations - kudos to Coach Cal for straight talk
Posted on: February 19, 2017 at 12:02:05 CT
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In his postgame press conference Saturday, Calipari went on a two-minute rant about the state of the coaching profession in 2017. He made a point of sticking up for Fox and another coach who’s not even in his league: the recently fired Mark Gottfried, who’s done at NC State once the Wolfpack’s season ends.
“Here’s what bothers me about this profession right now,” Calipari starts in the video below, then proceeds to recap Georgia’s rugged run through the SEC.
“But he keeps his team together,” Calipari says of Fox. “That’s coaching. Not when things are going good. It’s when things go south and you lose a bunch in a row, how do you get them and go. ... Well we all want to win more. No kidding. Live [in my shoes]. You wanna win more? We gotta win by 25 or we got problems. We win by two or in overtime, people are jumping off bridges.”
Calipari is not wrong with his hyperbole there. When the Wildcats are not romping the weak SEC, UK fans and college basketball writers frequently question the state of the program and why it’s not operating at the highest levels.
But from there, Calipari veers into Gottfried’s situation, and that’s when he drops an S-bomb.
“We’re firing coaches in midseason. Are you s------- me? We’re firing coaches in midseason. You know what I’m putting my contract? You can fire me at midseason but you’re going to have to pay me $3 million. Oh, you’ll let me stay now, won’t you. ... Every coach in the country PUT IT IN YOUR CONTRACT. What if Mark Gottfried goes on a run at the end and gets to the NCAA Tournament, which he was in four out of five years? Two Sweet 16s, which is not done at NC State. What happens if he now if he goes and wins and gets another team [in?] He had good players but they’re young, they’re like my team. It’s hard to do this with young guys.”
http://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/watch-john-calipari-goes-on-curse-laden-rant-in-defending-mark-fox-mark-gottfried/
Edited by Doc James at 12:03:37 on 02/19/17
“Here’s what bothers me about this profession right now,” Calipari starts in the video below, then proceeds to recap Georgia’s rugged run through the SEC.
“But he keeps his team together,” Calipari says of Fox. “That’s coaching. Not when things are going good. It’s when things go south and you lose a bunch in a row, how do you get them and go. ... Well we all want to win more. No kidding. Live [in my shoes]. You wanna win more? We gotta win by 25 or we got problems. We win by two or in overtime, people are jumping off bridges.”
Calipari is not wrong with his hyperbole there. When the Wildcats are not romping the weak SEC, UK fans and college basketball writers frequently question the state of the program and why it’s not operating at the highest levels.
But from there, Calipari veers into Gottfried’s situation, and that’s when he drops an S-bomb.
“We’re firing coaches in midseason. Are you s------- me? We’re firing coaches in midseason. You know what I’m putting my contract? You can fire me at midseason but you’re going to have to pay me $3 million. Oh, you’ll let me stay now, won’t you. ... Every coach in the country PUT IT IN YOUR CONTRACT. What if Mark Gottfried goes on a run at the end and gets to the NCAA Tournament, which he was in four out of five years? Two Sweet 16s, which is not done at NC State. What happens if he now if he goes and wins and gets another team [in?] He had good players but they’re young, they’re like my team. It’s hard to do this with young guys.”
http://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/watch-john-calipari-goes-on-curse-laden-rant-in-defending-mark-fox-mark-gottfried/
Edited by Doc James at 12:03:37 on 02/19/17
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