John Calipari Considering Kentucky Job, Memphis Fans Begin the Calipari Bashing

John Calipari and the University of Kentucky are inching closer to a multi-year deal, reportedly for eight years and $35 million.

I hate to break the news to Kentucky, but John Calipari is not the key to putting Kentucky basketball back on the map. In fact, don’t be surprised if the Wildcats program gets shoddier with Calipari at the helm.

I can’t get a grasp on why Kentucky is seeking the duties of the current Memphis Tigers head coach. Even more puzzling is the fact that Calipari is strongly considering taking over the reigns at UK. His poor coaching will be completely exposed. Finally!

Now, the SEC isn’t exactly the crème de la crème of college basketball, but it is certainly more prominent than Conference USA. My advice to John is this: If you want to continue to fool college basketball fans and analysts into thinking you are among the best, stay in your pathetic conference. Ridiculous conference winning streaks (58) and complete dominance over the competition will be no more if Calipari takes his ghastly coaching to the SEC.

What’s going to happen when John can’t fully rely on players of superior talent to chalk up W’s for him? I’ll tell you what’s going to happen; he’s going to fall flat on his face!

At Memphis, he has had some of the nation’s top recruits playing against teams with inferior aptitude. I know for a fact Kentucky will not be blowing teams out, as talent is distributed fairly evenly throughout the conference. John Calipari might actually need to rely on coaching to grind out a W!

Calipari controls his fate. Remain at Memphis and continue to manhandle inferior teams, or head to the SEC and be open to the elements.

If he is lucky enough to take the Wildcats to the Big Dance next year, they won’t be getting a No. 1 or No. 2 seed like he has become so familiar with. There goes his easy route to the Sweet 16 and beyond.

Everyone seems to praise John Calipari for his previous tournament ‘success,’ when in reality, he has not won anything. He lost his team the title last year, and as a result of his second-rate coaching and lack of preparation against Mizzou this year, he cost his team a chance to go to the Elite Eight.

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