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I agree!! All that talent but can't win the big one.Calipari is the Les Miles of college basketball
I am assuming that you all can coach an all freshman starting 5 every year and win countless National Championships.[/QUOTE
Last year he had a mix. He not a good coach man. He not an x's and o's guy. When he cant out talent teams, he is done.
Where was he not loaded up on talent? The same thing happens everywhere he goes. He stacks up on players but when the talent is neutralized and he got to strategize or make in game adjustments, he comes up short. Wisconsin coach took him to the woodshed last year.I disagree with that statement that he is not a good coach. He has won everywhere he has been. He hasn't had great talent his entire career. Some coaches may have better and X's and O's but he is very good at that as well.
You are not going to make the best decision every time. His entire career has shown me how good of a coach he is.
Where was he not loaded up on talent? The same thing happens everywhere he goes. He stacks up on players but when the talent is neutralized and he got to strategize or make in game adjustments, he comes up short. Wisconsin coach took him to the woodshed last year.
None of that stuff means a thing if you can't win a ring. Calipari gets the best talent in the country but can't seal the deal.. Why? Because sometimes talent can't win it. Sometimes you got to actually strategize and make in-game adjustments. Sometimes a coach has to actually coach not just roll the ball out and say "go win it"Not a good coach huh
Championships
NCAA Division I Tournament championship (2012)
6x NCAA Regional championships – Final Four (1996*, 2008*, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015)
3× C-USA Tournament championships (2006–2009)
4× C-USA regular season championships (2004, 2006–2009)
NIT championship (2002)
5× A10 Tournament championships (1992–1996)
5× A10 regular season championships (1992–1996)
4× SEC regular season championships (2010, 2012, 2015, 2016)
4× SEC Tournament championships (2010, 2011, 2015, 2016)
Accomplishments 3× NCAA Championship Games (2008*, 2012, 2014)
8× Elite Eight (1995, 1996*, 2006–2008*, 2010–2012, 2014, 2015)
10× Sweet Sixteen (1992, 1995, 1996*, 2006–2012, 2014, 2015)
*vacated
Awards
3× Naismith College Coach of the Year (1996, 2008, 2015)
Associated Press Coach of the Year (2015)
3× NABC Coach of the Year (1996, 2009, 2015)
Basketball Times Coach of the Year (1996)
Sports Illustrated Coach of the Year (2009)
2× Adolph Rupp Cup (2010, 2015)
3× A10 Coach of the Year (1993, 1994, 1996)
3× C-USA Coach of the Year (2006, 2008, 2009)
Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year (2009)
3× SEC Coach of the Year (2010, 2012, 2015)
1 ring and how many loaded teams has he had?He has a Championship.
1 ring and how many loaded teams has he had?
Only last year's team was loaded and didn't win it all. You could count the 2010 team with John Wall but they couldn't make a shot. what other teams are you looking at?
Which teams were loaded and how?
He did go to the championship with a less talent UK team a few years ago. they lost in the championship to somebody.
Umass wasn't loaded? Man Umass had Camby, Bright, Traveso, and Padilla. That team played Kentucky early in the year and beat them in Detroit. Plus Umass dominated Georgetown with an Allen Iverson team. Why you think Coach Chaney didn't like him? Coach Cal can't coach his a good salesman.Wisconsin didn't really take him to the Woodshed. He wasn't loaded with talent at UMASS. All he had was Marcus Camby. That's One Player. Then the majority of his Memphis career. Later in his Memphis career he brought in Rose and Tyreke. He had Wagner for one year early on. That's about it.
Also, Explain your taking him to the Woodshed? Kentucky was the best executing team in the last 5 minutes for every game except that One game against Wisconsin. It happens to every coach. They were not playing some scrubs and lost. Wisconsin executed better than them that day. You know who was number two in the country as far as execution in the last 5 minutes of the game? Take a wild guess.
All that those accolades. Wow!! That makes him the best coach? If that's the case Joe Paterno is the best college football coach in history. Guess what him and Cal got in common? They only got one ring.Not a good coach huh
Championships
NCAA Division I Tournament championship (2012)
6x NCAA Regional championships – Final Four (1996*, 2008*, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015)
3× C-USA Tournament championships (2006–2009)
4× C-USA regular season championships (2004, 2006–2009)
NIT championship (2002)
5× A10 Tournament championships (1992–1996)
5× A10 regular season championships (1992–1996)
4× SEC regular season championships (2010, 2012, 2015, 2016)
4× SEC Tournament championships (2010, 2011, 2015, 2016)
Accomplishments 3× NCAA Championship Games (2008*, 2012, 2014)
8× Elite Eight (1995, 1996*, 2006–2008*, 2010–2012, 2014, 2015)
10× Sweet Sixteen (1992, 1995, 1996*, 2006–2012, 2014, 2015)
*vacated
Awards
3× Naismith College Coach of the Year (1996, 2008, 2015)
Associated Press Coach of the Year (2015)
3× NABC Coach of the Year (1996, 2009, 2015)
Basketball Times Coach of the Year (1996)
Sports Illustrated Coach of the Year (2009)
2× Adolph Rupp Cup (2010, 2015)
3× A10 Coach of the Year (1993, 1994, 1996)
3× C-USA Coach of the Year (2006, 2008, 2009)
Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year (2009)
3× SEC Coach of the Year (2010, 2012, 2015)
No one said he was the Best Coach..All that those accolades. Wow!! That makes him the best coach? If that's the case Joe Paterno is the best college football coach in history. Guess what him and Cal got in common? They only got one ring.
He gamed the system but only has 1 ring. I am a Kentucky fan but I don't like Coach Cal. I don't think he does anything but roll the ball out and say "go win one." He is a helluva a recruiter. I give him that. However, when it comes down to having to coach a team to victory, I just don't think he delivers.Cal isn't the best Xs-and-Os guy...but he's a helluva Willies-and-Joes guy.
Folks won't admit it, but he's gamed the system.