Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari shares his perspective on coal miner in viral photo
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- UK basketball coach talks about coal miner Michael McGuire - still with coal dust in his beard and face - joining his son to watch the Wildcats' Blue-White scrimmage game.
Respect to the Miner doing what he had to to be there for his son....Salute sir
I'm not a Kentucky fan but this goes FAR beyond sports. I respect Calipari. This was not for show. He's long past needing to get attention. This was a sincere form of kindness.
Its be cool if the people who produced the entertainment were paid
Well said🇺🇸👍
Once my Dad told me as we walked towards a department store "Son I've made my money in these clothes, I can spend my money in these clothes" it brought some New meaning to some of my thoughts. Thanks Dad!
I enjoy that line from your Dad and find meaning in it, thank you for sharing :)
Thank you Thomas for sharing that. Out of respect for your old boy. I will for ever use that line!!!!
I love that
I have honestly never been a fan of John Calipari, this story has changed my perspective. The miner and the importance of his family has made a tremendous impact on John Calipari. WOW! what a great uplifting story.
Exactly u dislike a person u don't even know him personally tre kuhl!!!!!Kuhl!!!!!! Stupid u know the basketball coach not the person
Don’t be fooled he’s a smart man who like the biz owners esp big corps will use this for their own image. Their PR team prob jumped on it. It’s why he emphasized the game an team first and being there for his son second and like an add on. I doubt the game mattered to less and it was more driven by wanting to be a good dad and make his son happy - no matter where or what that happened to be. But he’ll now feel pressured to say it was the love of game.
Me too
@@jmc8076 Or you could do a little effort find out everything he said about his family is 100% true, shoot you might even find out all the philanthropy work he has done in his lifetime. But I'm sure you won't and you'll give the World another shitty misinformed opinion.
This changed my view of coach Calipari. This is a real human moment in times where the world is cruel. I love it!
Nothing like a Father's love
This is who Calipari is. He cares for the individual be it the player or the fan. He loves the fact that this man would rather take his son to the game dirty than to clean up and possibly miss it. It’s not about winning back a fan base it’s trying to stress to his players the basics family responsibilities. I’m glad coach recognized the opportunity to teach his team a valuable lesson in priorities.
As a father of three boys who works as an auto mechanic to provide and comes from an Irish central Pennsylvania coal miner family it’s great to see the recognition.
The key here is that his wife doesn't look down on him for not having the BAG or whatever nonsense is said. She respects him enough so that this was a moment of pride not shame. How many women dog out their husbands for how they dress and their appearance? This wife shows appreciation and gratitude to a hard working man, doing his best for his family. God bless that family and God bless Coach for spotlighting unsung heroes like this father.
The key is the wife doesn't look down on him? Uh no, the key is he busts his ass to provide for his family.
Hell yeah!! Go Kentucky!! God bless to all the hard working Mothers and Fathers!!
Respect for this from a proud Cardinal fan. These stories knock down barriers, even if for a moment
That picture will make for a lifelong smile on that kids face, "That's my Dad! My amazing Dad!"
Best story I’ve heard in a while that’s a real man
I love how this becomes news. Wholesome news. All winners here. 😇
Not a coach Cal fan , but this was a great story and a great point to show his players about real life.
One of the warmest stories I’ve ever heard. Thank you.
God, Family, Country, and Freedom
It makes me cry that it took this long in our history to give a damn about the working man. My great, great, great grandfather was a sandhog. All the rest were coal miners. My dad came to Detroit and worked as a lineman. I became a technician. My son went down to Nashville and works construction as a heavy equipment operator and my daughter is here with me in Michigan as a registered nurse. To see this man do as much as he can to be with his family makes me proud to be an American. God bless him.
Amen. All the men in my family have worked with their hands.....crane operators, welders, still mill workers, police, oil field workers......The working man has been left in the dust in this country.
Our great Country runs on the fuel of our blue collar workers
It's crazy how women get the same respect just for being pretty while sauntering around in flip flops and yoga pants. Something is wrong with society
My grandfather was a coal miner in the early to mid 1900’s. My mother and father left WV for Ohio where he worked for and retired from GM.
Oh please
I am a coal miners daughter and proud to be. This story really touched my heart and brought back so many memories of my Dad, who literally smothered to death. I had a friend who was a Section foreman took me inside a mine in 1974. I got so scared he had to bring me out. I had a lit more respect for my Dad.
Beautiful! I honor and respect the hard men doing hard work what a coach to respect.
Well done John. Trying to win back your fan base. The floods in eastern Kentucky was unfortunate. But if you look around, you will see more people like him in your stadium, cheering on your team.
Respect to the miner , hisnson will cherish those moments for ever .
There's a big difference between being a dad and being a Dad, and this man is the latter. Respect.
From one dad to another, that’s a tremendous human right there. 🙏🏼
All my family are coal miners, generations upon generations of coal miners. My Great, Great Grandfather died in WW1 and we have his enlistment form, on that form they ask a question to the soldiers "What is your calling in life?" And my grandfather wrote "Coal miners" just like his daddy. It hit me like a ton of bricks, here's me trying to climb the corporate ladder when some men just want to be a coal miners and put bread on the table, there is no glory in coal mining, it is a humble job for sure. I don't care how much you practiced being able to play professional basketball is a privilege because most men have back breaking careers of little pay.
I'm the grandson of a miner. I never really got to know him due to him passing before I was one years old. Miners Rock!! Thank ya'll!!
Great perspective on the picture !!! Needed something heartwarming !! Thanks
Coach Calipari , I am a fan now. We need more people like you. You seem to really see the big picture. Godspeed my friend!!!
I define this as the power of love and dedication to his family.
Simple, straightforward lesson. God bless hardworking Americans.
“He makes enough so I don’t have to work” - that was enough for me to hear. This guy is a real man and I highly respect this man. That’s how you do it.
Much respect to the Miner!👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸
People hating are crazy in this comment section. The dude just works his ass off to provide for his family and this was his 1 in 1,000,000 chance to be recognized. Do other people work hard too? Well yeah, we are all aware everyone is working their ass off. Stop being jealous this man got a moment of appreciation in the sun.
God bless him for not only being a great father and a husband but being a humble man you rock my brother.
If he was so great he'd make his lazy wife get a job.
I didn't have any personal knowledge about this coach prior to this event, but I can respect the fact that he cares. Many successful people lose sight of fundamentals as they climb the ladder, but I appreciate that he hasn't forgotten his roots.
Respect to the coach recognizing a fan and father, wish the Goldenstate Warriors would do something like this in SF. Numerous times I’ve seen guys still in there construction uniforms or just other ppl in uniforms an don’t get recognized or saluted for there hard work as parents and sports fans 🤙🏽
A team visit to a working coal mine might provide some life lessons for the young men; impressions that will help them make those tough future decisions that life throws at all of us.
I don’t think the players and coaches realize just how loyal people are to these small state schools. I’m a Mountaineer fan and I literally forced a basketball team I took from the Orlando area to Jacksonville this past weekend to listen to the game against TCU. I grew up listening on battery powered radio shooting hoops in a buddies driveway and when I worked in a warehouse the whole place slowed down on the bag sealer and stacking bags to hear the game.
It’s the same here in Alabama. It’s all we have. Most of the diehard fans never attended the school bc it was too expensive but they are the most loyal fans. You don’t get to choose a team here, you’re born supporting one team or the other. Our achools give us hope and something to be proud of in a state where we don’t have much else to celebrate currently.
This country is a great, because we have a Fathers' like him!!!
What a testimony,people will be saved because of this.
My son, and his fathers greatest day together was the UK basketball game at Rupp Arena. I get it. A father son bond, doing the greatest thing ever, at the best place ever. ❤Together time watching UK basketball.
As a single father of 2 boys and 2 girls..i can attest dads are awesome! 🎯💯
Sadly too many DADS are disrespected and taken for granted in today's culture . Families rely on Dads for so much and it's not noticed or appreciated until something goes wrong and that fathers support is stopped or taken away. Then the Dads importance and contributions are obvious. I applaud this father in the picture for having his priorities right and understanding that he needed to be there for his son. I also understand that this man is not alone ,that you may night believe it from watching the news or movies and TV shows today, but this type of father exist all over America and the world even to this day. They just aren't celebrated or appreciated as they were in the past. When I was a kid I saw strong and loving fathers in films and television shows. Dads that stood up for their wives and children and taught them right from wrong and good values. They honored and loved their wives. What do we see in today's vulgar and crude media. Swingers and infidelity. Divorce and court battles. The old days and the old ways were better and the further we stray from those lessons taught, the worse things become.
TIME is the only valuable currency. Your child doesn’t remember what you’re wearing or how expensive your clothes are but rather you being PRESENT.
Loved this video and what the coach had to say. It's the truth and from the heart.
All you ever read or see is bad things crime war on the internet. And now i het to see this. I just had to google it and search bit more about the story. I have a girl thats 12. So nice to see good and kind people is all over the world. I was starting to loose faith in human kind. No one is respecting anymore. This made me happy to see. Hope to see lots more positivity. Thank for sharing it🙏🏻
He's a stand up father being there for his kid...more of the deadbeats in this country need to take note!
Especially the ones who do OnlyFans because they are too weak to get a proper job
Many people wouldn’t be able to watch this video without the electricity produced by these hard working coal miners.
Beautiful picture and great talk coach
Was never a Kentucky fan but I am now
Thanks Coach
4:20 That's how all great organizations operate. Needless to say, it is NOT how our current "government" "works"...
Shout-out to WV!
We need more stories like this ….
We need more father's like this.
Thank you it needs to be more people like you that see this your words your encouragement your expressions you are a true at heart this moment is priceless
We appreciate the time you spent in Memphis John
As much as I can’t stand Kentucky or coach Calipari, this right here touches my heart! What a dad! Good luck from a die hard TEXAS TECH FAN!
Man, I wish this guy spoke in complete sentences.
@1:36 Real motivation. I doubt it mattered the game or place. He was driven by love for his son. Unlike most celebs who go to be seen and paid to and often use their kids as photo ops. Edit: I hope the next game won’t be for PR incl media and random celebs looking to benefit off them. Sadly prob the price for the ‘free’ VIP tickets. World we live in.
Hard work always pays! I used to wear my uniform to my childrens sporting events people would look and comment.
My children never seen the uniform only there father!
My Dad told me there will be people smarter and have me but don’t ever get out worked!
🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿💯
So did I . I would be a muddy mess but my
boys just saw their Dad.
God bless John Calipari.
God bless you coach and all of our miners. (Also in my ancestry).
it's sad that people haven't seen a father being a father in so long it makes news
Say what you will about Coach Cal, but regardless of whether this was a PR move or not, he did right by this man and I love it, especially for the kid, who will undoubtedly never forget this. Good on Calipari.
Class act
Coach C is the TRUTH
This guy is LITERALLY my next door neighbor lol.
We need more fathers like this guy. He has his priorities in line. May GOD always bless him. I stand in admiration and humbled.
Shame his wife is so lazy and doesn't work.
Much appreciated, what a coach and humble.
My grand father was from a loneliness of coal miners in England. As a boy he'd go down and this was 1890s, and he'd have to bring the canary that would alert the miners to the air quality. He hated the dark mines so much that he walked away and signed up for WW1 as that was more appealing that being underground to him. After the war he met and married my grandmother and together they immigrated to Canada, but chose not yo go to where the coal mines were. Instead he supported hisxwifexand family in a large dairy, he wasn't afraid of work. He always gave credit to those who could stay underground, but he knew it wasn't for him!
Pretty cool that Calipari has family history in mining
God Bless 🙏
Great job coach
Aw man I just wanna be like this, if I have children I always wana be there for them no matter what.
They should send some of his 'One & Dones' down into the mine, make them work for 8 hours. Maybe they'll finally appreciated just how good they have it and how privileged they are....
great video!
I've only ever seen Calpari thru my negative Hog glasses, but watching this tells me he's a hell of guy! To show respect to a TRUE American hard working man with love for his family!! Hats off to you Calpari!
This is an awesome story, I used to work underground for years and there was always a time of the year I never saw the sun. I’d go underground right before the sun came up and got back to surface right after the sun set. I’m also red headed and always looked just like him afterwards. I can relate to this story on a certain level
Coach, welcome to the Hill. I know you will represent our state well.
Obviously a great dad but you know the boys in the mine are calling him Hollywood now 😂
Much respect.
Respect to this miner from Edmonton Canada ❤️❤️❤️
What a GREAT HEART FELT video , made
my day .
Man he looks tired. But did what ever it takes to show his son he loves him. It’s the stuff like this kids remember.
Good Job.👍💯
been there done that. he is a dad that went all out to keep his promise.
This is the type of father I strive to be for my son, the father I never had. This is Beautiful to see.
What it is in the picture is the difference between a father and a dad
Wonderful story!!!
My Grandfather (a Callipari) was a miner in Italy/Europe before migrating to Australia in the 50's
A humanitarian yes I believe that sir.. But a coach... I believe your time here is almost up if not over... Love you bro, you got us a championship all those years ago... Time for a new regime!
Good story, folks need to listen to Levon Helm's "The Mountain".
Being a father is my life's greatest story❤wish my kids were still small and there to hug my neck when I got home from work. NOTHING LIKE IT😢
Great tribute, there's also millions of fathers in this great country that do the same everyday
So much respect for Kentucky
God Bless that Patriot! Bless Up!
My old man used to do this with karate with me.. now that I’m older and understand.. it’s nuts thinking how tired he must have been..
Class Act 360°
Great respect for these people, these coal miners, they work hard truly every day as a miner. As I drive through West Virginia recently from columbus a though past my mine.
In 2004 I was a coal miner and I went to one of my best friends funerals looking exactly like that guy nothing would have stopped me from going to that event I didn't have time to go home and take a shower
We need more of these stories going viral. Restores your faith in humanity.