Cals last 5 yrs at Kentucky was the worst 5 year stretch in program history. In these five years cal succeeded in having the single worst season in Kentucky's history, he somehow managed to have only the second losing season is school history(the 1st was due to probation, the 2nd was due to cal). He somehow managed to win just 1 single post season game in 5 years(never happened before), and holds the 2 worst losses in program history, both being first round losses. Btw the last time KY lost in the first round before cal, was in the 1980s(probation era). He has also missed the tourney twice, that is literally unheard of at Kentucky. He was once a good coach, but the game has passed him by.
Also lost lead all time to Kansas, AND longest stretch in school history of NO final four- 9 years. I told Arkansas fans this and they were like he's gonna kill Pope haha.
Cal almost destroyed my desire to watch UK basketball the last 5 seasons, after being a fan since 1969, and I even graduated from UK. He will do the exact same thing to die hard Hog fans, but just work through it and don't let him do that to you. He will be gone in a couple of years and then you will be able to enjoy your Hogs again, because the next coach you get will actually coach.
That is completely untrue 😅😅, def not worse than the Billy G era and end of Tubby era, not even close. We had some good seasons the past few years, just had bad luck in March. Not to mention we won the SEC the year they canceled the tournament and that team would of made a very deep run
@@terryrodman6026 Tubby was a great guy whose teams still fought hard, and BG wasn't there long enough to do damage. Cal beat him 2-1 making it to the NIT or worse the 9 win season lol. Cal made his bed
John, Kentucky fans (and Curtis suggested this too) have said Cal brought the wrong assistants with him…the best ones at X and Os have left him after being ignored. He is surrounded by yes men.
.....and it's not like the "good" assistants were actually all that great. Cal's coaching tree is the worst by far of any HOF caliber vet coach. His proteges have like one NCAAT victory between them and that was Josh Pastner who did one yr with Cal at Memphis but was really a Lute Olson protege. Compare that to Rick Pitino who's understudies have won 3 NC's been NBA HC's, and many many successful CBB coaches. Cal just doesn't surround himself with the help he needs.
@mgers75 Robic was his only good one and he quietly replaced him while he was dealing with the death of his daughter. From what I've read, his wife said they just noticed he hired more assistants and there was no more room left on the bench for him. That's how he treated his longest tenured assistant.
He had a falling out with John Robic. That's when things went south. Welch was the guy he brought in last year. Didn't follow calipari. Went to Fresno??
Kentucky fan here. We are not worried about Coach Pope. We like young up incoming coaches who are hungry for Championships. Rupp won 4 Championships. 3 of those when he was still young, Joe B. Won his Championship in year 7 at UK, Rick Pitino in year 6, Tubby in year 1. Cal in year 3. We believe Pope will win one soon. The advantage we have is Kentucky is the School coach will crawl to because history shows that you will win at Kentucky. So if Pope falls short and" I do not think he will " we will replace him with someone who can win Championships. Kentucky makes great coachs not the other way around. So do not worry about us because we will win a championship soon. IT'S like what the great Al Mcguire said "Kentucky had it before you, during you and after you" Good luck with Cal, you will need it. Older coaches win few Championships.
Not sure why he's so focused on KY fans not knowing it was "going to be this bad". Cal is bad, there will be no "yet" Cal is the same and will not change.
Yep,when you have a coach go to a lesser program in the same conference it won't get better instead it in reality will get worse. I call it the Bill Curry phenomenon of college coaches.@johnnycorn7225
We are dunking on you and Arkansas fans based on how you all gloated all summer lol, if Pope loses the first round, it is what it is. He will get a pass until he gets his full team here, if he fails year 2 and year 3 he will be pushed out the same way we pushed Cal out. This is and will always be Kentucky, our standards are much higher than anyone else.
You seem really up on your sports. I enjoy listening to you. I am a KY fan big time. So what I think you should do is check out how many of our basketball players got better under cal. Zero. He just isn't a good coach. He relied on his assistants to do the teaching. KY players have said he rarely showed up for practices. He is also very cocky and rude to the fans that call in. I couldn't stand him. Pope is a really good guy. Win or lose it's a breath of fresh air having him
Shooters have had TERRIBLE luck w Cal because he doesn't arrange sets and players to get open. He's all about isolation and making his best prospects look good at team, fans, and schools expense. Puke
Bro is letting kentucky fans get to him because he didn’t listen. If Arkansas fans weren’t so annoying about getting Cal then you wouldn’t have every kentucky fan telling you they told you so.
Yes this is it.. and how he was looking at all the talent and all 5 star players that cal got this season and how they would be a top 10 team… and making fun of us getting pope is exactly why I’ve kept tabs and enjoy the meltdown.. how many ncaa wins did Hurley have before UConn?
This hits the nail on the head. They're going to have to bite their lip because of all that trash talk. If he stayed at kentucky, there are those three top players he was going after, I forget the names but he would have definitely gotten them. He's definitely not gonna get the same caliber players down there, that's a fact. Look what he's doing to the team with 3 future NBA players on it right now. They have a pretty good roster. If you put a good solid coach there, they would not be this bad i'm saying that right now.
The truth is, the game has changed, Cal hasn’t! It’s played with a 5 out, pro style offense, and he’s still trying to play like it’s 2010, funnel everything to the middle, clog the lane, and block shots! It’s not working! It’s not just 1 bad year at Arkansas, he had 5 bad years in a row at UK. Williams retired, Coach K retired, because they saw where college sports was going with NIL, etc. It’s leveled the playing field for other schools, and he hadn’t adapted well at all. He’ll keep you guys happy with the #1 class every single year, then have nothing to show for it and Arkansas fans will finally give up on him just like us Kentucky fans had to do!
It wasn’t NIL that ran K and Williams out of the game.. it was younger more innovative HC’s who understand what make these kids tick more than they did… the game has passed Cal by… yup, he’ll still get the top freshman class but freshmen heavy teams ain’t winning no chip!
Dude, you are now caught up in the "making excuses for Cal" syndrome. Y'all WERE wrong about him, I can't believe you would think for one second KY fans would run off a great coach. And yes, it's going to be this way until he goes.
Just wait til he loses in the first round of the NCAA, then one of his players gets drafted into the NBA and Cal proclaims, "this is the greatest day ever in Arkansas basketball history!"
Cal is COOKED! Ppl act like it doesn’t happen to HOF coaches… did it not happen to Bobby Knight, Jim Boehiem and John Thompson? Cal will keep getting the best HS recruits and won’t do crap with them as a TEAM!
The Kentucky fans threatening your life is a bit extreme. The minority of us aren’t like that. Just a select few of crazies. At the end of the day it’s just basketball. I just talk trash because that’s half the fun of being a sports fan. I love a good rivalry and that’s what Arkansas is, especially now.
Meh. If UK loses in the first round, so be it. Anything can happen in the tournament. I think the difference is that most UK fans believe in Mark Pope the coach. When Cal left UK, not many UK fans still believed in him. He had eroded trust and confidence with his coaching, antics, and results. He always needed exceptional talent to win -- even if you look at his last elite eight team at UK in 2018-19-- that team ended up having 5-6 good pro players that are doing well in the league currently and also a great college player/center as well (from the transfer portal). Sooo bottom line, there's just not much to hang your hat on with Calipari moving forward -- just the hope that he can recruit a boatload of eventual pro players/very high talent and ability to contribute as freshman.
Coach Pope could lose in the 1st round every year and I would still take him over Coach Cal every day of the week! At least with Pope, we know he actually cares about the program! Calipari doesn’t care about anything other than getting players drafted.
I'm a Kentucky fan. Cal will never change. He will never change his coaching style does not work anymore. Do i think Arkansas fans need to wake up yes. Do I think Cal will take u to the tournament Maybe. But he has changed and not in a good way fans want. Do i think Cal is worth the money he is being payed hell no. Hope he can turn your guys season around if not Fans will be pissed.
Idk why it matters so much to you that nobody thought it’d be this bad. Dude, we all knew it was gonna be a nightmare. Dude hasn’t changed his approach ONCE, and he damn sure ain’t about to now. It absolutely is a hard pill to swallow, but he’s a culture killer. Y’all need someone that cares about Arkansas. Just my two cents
Your problem is you have Cal the keys. Which means you allowed him to bring Payne (bad coach)l, Chin (recruiter not a coach and a drunk), and Brad (hilarious to even allow this). Cal has no teachers or the game on his staff. He won’t change this either, Cal must have his ego stroked and he wants his yes men to stroke it. Cal should have called Umass or somewhere and set up in a small conference. They might have let him hire Brad and done the coach in waiting. Arkansas is a really bad fit for the Calipari’s. That’s just the way it is. But he did it because of money and that’s the only reason. He wanted to get the Wagners, Payne , Flint (his boys) paid. He had to take what was there. Cal does not and will not ever care about winning or Arkansas. This is about money and making his posse rich. You basically paid him for his recruiting machine, which does bring some talented players but they’re not skilled. Cal cares less about Arkansas than Umass, yall really made a big mistake but you did it so just pay him and go ahead and form an exit strategy. I will say that I think this will hurt the Ark program for years. Players are going to ask for a lot more money to play at Ark over UK. They’ll assume the boosters will pay it. Cal doesn’t care about using booster money so he’ll say if you want the player you’ll pay. He’s in this to Get them paid he’s not in it for the university. Over time this will have a negative effect because it won’t win. When he leaves he’ll talk about how it was hard to recruit at Arkansas, it’ll be his excuse. Other coaches will be nearly of the job because Cal didn’t make it work, and players will be known to ask for too much. Cal always hurts programs on the way out, he’s a pretty bad guy who enjoys them longing for him. Y’all don’t quite know what you’ve done and I get that, move him out as fast as you can.
Kentucky has 5 top 15 wins. We get up for the big ones. The scary thing is this will be Popes least talented team. He came here with 0 players. You can count Jaxon but at that time he was still looking at the draft. We could lose in the first round, any team can. But it’s doubtful.
I was born and raised calling the hogs, but married into BBN 35 yrs ago. You are correct that Cats fans couldn’t have predicted that the Razorback season would be this bad. However, hog fans seem genuinely surprised and confused by Cal’s coaching choices, lineups, head scratching use of timeouts, and the bs he spews at press conferences. Cat fans are not surprised or confused about any of that and are amused at seeing a reflection of themselves from past years.
It’s not your players it’s John Calipari as a Kentucky fan. We’ve watched it for several years now you won’t see an out of bounds play run a change of defense or any adjustments after halftime. I can’t think or remember of one time I watched a game in the past 10 years and thought man coach Cal out coached that guy. And you won’t either but you’re gonna see plenty of games where he gets outcoached and it’s obvious when you watch the game other teams will get easy out of bounds buckets layups from their offense while you watch your team struggle to even have an offensive flow every shot is more difficult than the other teams. While he makes your program about himself and trying to get Guys into the NBA, I feel bad for you all honestly. You will eventually get Cal fatigue, and every post game press conference will get on your nerves. He will always have enough talent to win some big games, but it’s not from his coaching. It’ll be from some talented guy just going nuts in a game. There are at least 100 coaches out there in D1 college basketball that coach better than Cal. You always get high-level talent, and you will always underperform.
I’m a UK can I have enjoyed watching your show just wanted to say that first. I enjoyed Nolan thought those days where great and I really love the SEC. I wanted to let you know the facts over the past five years the fall out with Cal actually had a lot to do with the regular season not just the tournament. We did not win the big games in the regular season that Kentucky fans love to play and win. Cal began to act like those games did not matter and began to act like the fans feelings did not matter. I listen to every post game show and after beating Auburn last year Cal’s attitude during the press conference made me wish we lost and that’s when I knew it was time for him to go we just got lucky that Mr Tyson made him an offer. Go back and watch that press conference. He is already giving Arkansas press members a hard time over being a 3 point game or a 2 point game just watch.
John, will never change and that is the issue with his coaching. He only wants yes men as assistants on his bench. His coaching has been on the decline for the last 5 years. There comes a time in every coaches career where the game passes them by. He does not see it but the rest of us do. He thinks he is bigger than any program.
I dont think Arkansas fans were wrong about him per say. i believe most knew he wasnt the best X&Os coach, but was great at acquiring talent and that Arkansas was excited for his cache, and a talented team and lets see what happens. I think where the "wrong" part could even come into play is just understanding how KY fans felt about how bad the day-to-day stuff feels and gets. limited press conference or pregame transparency. post game press conferences all end up sounding the same where he tries to explain everything away or make you feel like you dont know what you just watched. refusal to make changes to lineups or defensive or offensive strategy. then you'll lose 5-6 players off this years team to draft, eligibility or Transfer Portal, and have to replace them with more Freshman or transfers and hope that its better next year. it can be very exhausting.
Thanks for taking him out of the BBN. You seeing what we had to keep for years unwanted. Still has that mouth wide open making his players a nervous wreck. I could never play for that guy.
Sorry but Kentucky will blow you out the way your playing! We tried to tell you and you didn’t. Cal is washed up and needs help. I’m really sorry if you are sensitive to this.
Haha 0-4 in the SEC and missing the tournament, and this guys response is “hold up, let him cook.” Kentucky fans are saying “told you so” because they are viewing this as a continuation of what he’s been doing. They said the exact same things you did. “We’ll be better next year.” This is just an additional year of Cal underachieving with the talent he has. It’s not a one off. I like the guy but the sport has moved past him.
Cal isn't gunna be able to recruit as well as he has in the past in this landscape now. Especially while his style of play and coaching is in decline. NIL is important but so is everything else about a program and developing players.
That 2013 team he also lost his star player, he makes the tournament, if he doesn’t loose him. This isnt just one of those years, John Im telling you this as a fan of calipari, this same thing will continue unless he gets rid of every assist. On the staff. He doesn’t have that same hunger he once had. His last 5 years at Kentucky were BAD! Not from a record standpoint, but from a CULTURE, stand point. It’s never been the same after 2019-2020. He keeps trying to recreate the old instead of coming up with something new.
I'm just glad the story Arkansas fans were telling in the Summer has changed. They were saying they stole Cal from us and it was our fault.. We told you the truth and still backlash from Hog fans. Here is the truth. You had a coach who was doing way better than the coach you have now, multiple sweet 16 appearance's. You ran him off to California for 1 bad season and he's doing better than Arkansas is. I thought Cal would change just to stick it to Kentucky and prove he still has it. Instead he puts together the worst coaching staff of his career after running off his 2 best assistants. On top of that he hires his son as a recruiter, Brads only experience was being the 12th man at Kentucky,, being a role player for Detroit Mercy, and 1 season sitting on the worst team in the leagues (Vandy) bench.
It's actually not incredible at all it's quite credible. So many people posted so many very specific examples and reasons as to why Cal hasn't been to F4 in a decade. The record last 5 yrs tells all.
Don't be surprised at all that if they miss the tournament, Cal retires. He'll cite the current state of the game with NIL and the Portal. He'll reference Jay Wright, Roy Williams, and Tony Bennett as other guys that got out for the same reasons. He has his money, he has his resume. The only thing that would make him stay, if the season does indeed go that far south, would be his massive ego not being able to accept going out on such a down note. To answer your question. Yes, you were wrong. Listen, I understand that you probably didn't watch a lot of Kentucky games leading up to his taking the ARK job. I'm sure you didn't see a single Calipari post game press conference...understandable. KY fans have seen and heard it all for 15 years. He has another team that relies heavily on freshmen....freshmen that aren't as good as the ones he had last season at KY. He's doing thing in an era where his opponents are putting grown men on the court. He refuses to change or evolve. He's done. The fact that you don't see this and think that it's probably "just a bad year" is incredibly short sited. This started at KY in 2021.....the slide continues to get worse.
Ky basketball is fun again!! Pope will retire here. I never dreamed Arkansas basketball would be in this situation and be this terrible. I’m not gonna say I told u so. He wasn’t doing the job he was hired to do at UK. Idk if the players despise him or what but there is definitely something bad wrong. However, sending a box of chicken to KSR is no diff than BBN constantly spewing “we told u so!” I dislike the man so much I watch every Ark game and it makes me happy when he loses. Just glad he is somebody else’s problem now. Hog fans thought ky fans were stupid for running him out; well he’s yours now. Deal with him. ✌️
Ehh we’ll see…kentuckys fan base is very toxic…I remember after the Ohio state loss literally just one less fans were already threatening to be done with pope and the team and that they weren’t going to watch anymore 😂 so yea mark pope better live in the top 10 at Kentucky or it’ll get bad for him real quick….cal had a hall of fame career at Kentucky and they hate him
@@606Knott John Nabors said himself all Arkansas wanted was a fun season and hopefully make a tournament run of some degree. No talk of winning a natty. This is all fine. But like you said, the expectation at KY is natty. Every year. You go buy a Honda and hope it's a good car for 10 years. You go buy a Lambo and that thing better do 0 to 200 in 3.3. You know which program is the Lambo.
We do remember Cal’s bad years, that’s why it was time to move on from him. It’s hilarious seeing you all going exactly through what we had been going through. Praying for you all
KY fan here and playful back and forth, giving people grief over past comments, stuff like that is all good. A fan of any school that resorts to threats over a game should absolutely be ashamed. BE BETTER UK fans!!!! As far as were you wrong about Cal, yes and no. When he was at UK all we heard was how bad he was (can't coach, terrible person, slimy used car salesman, etc..). When he came to AR all of a sudden he's your savior and you're automatically a final four contender, there's where you were wrong. I will never say he's a bad guy, but I fully believe the game has left him behind and I'm not sure he has the humility to get the help or make the changes that need to be made.
@kingsimba1605 Thanks, I love PK hes a true leader. I hate Kentucky and hope they lose every game, but I have a soft spot for Mark Pope. He's a genuine good guy.
This year is turning out to we're playing for next year, as I see it Cal is going through the Rick Barns phase it took a few years for him to get elite 8 and maybe another elite 8 return he was thought to be washed up when he left Texas now he looks like one of the best coaches in college basketball.
I believe that this season’s record would be much better if Cal had recruited a full roster which would have allowed this team to scrimmage and work out many issues they are dealing with right now. If anyone wants to transfer out because they didn’t get the playing time they wanted, then deal with that after this season, and then recruit to fill their spot.
Just look at Musselman's 5 years at Arkansas compared to Cal's last 5 years at UK. Muss had a 65% winning percentage and Cal's was 67%. Only 2% difference and Muss had half the talent Cal had. No tourneys in 2020 so in the 4 SEC Tourneys - Muss never lost his 1st game and has 4 total wins. Cal lost his 1st game 3 out of 4 times and has only 1 total win. NCAA Tourney - Muss reached the Elite 8 twice plus a Sweet 16 with 8 total wins. Cal got bounced in huge upsets twice in the 1st round and also lost in the 2nd round with only 1 total win. Musselman did way better overall and with less talent.
Keep your heads up. Cal will get better, Cal is capable of winning games with the correct team. We are all in the same great league and we should support each other more.
While yes, Cal has had some bad years, the current Cal is not the Cal of the first decade he was at UK. The last 5 years of Cal at UK have been pitiful, and he isn't changing anything and doing the same thing at Arkansas.
Enjoy your content,and feel your pain. Been there in past several years. Cal can definitely get to the top. He just needs a team of NBA players in college.
8:42 yall aint even making it to the NCAA tournament shut up lil bro 🙏😭. Arkansas Razorbacks at Kentucky Wildcats good luck we are going to be eating pork on february 1st
As a KY, fan, of course wins matter, but it's more about attitude and passion here. The first decade, we loved Cal. He showed Passion and looked like he cared. The last 5 years, he just looked clocked out. Even if KY doesn't win every year, we don't care about as much, we just want that KY culture back. Of course, there are KY fans that are more extreme, but most are more reasonable. We just don't speak up as much. Even if Cal doesn't do well for the rest of the year, he will do better next year, especially if he uses the transfer portal a bit better.
It’s unfortunate that you have a chip on your shoulder…. Cal will give enough excuses for all fans. Kentucky fans have heard it too may times. I have never wished bad times for any team. Kentucky fans are voicing Cal’s technique of coaching doesn’t work. Defense is non existent….
I literally watch daily just to listen and see the UK fans in the comments. It's insane how consumed they are with cal and what he does at Arkansas. It's like a car wreck I can't turn away from every day on here. Love it!! By far the most entertaining team to watch from a distance this year. It will get better, can't get much worse honestly. I really do enjoy your content. GBO
We will be a national championship contender within then next 4 years as long as we don’t fire Cal. I’ll man up if I’m wrong but I just have a feeling the best is coming.
😂Wow! I haven't been watching the Inside Arkansas podcasts for a while because I started getting tired of the constant fan bashing, not necessarily on the Locked On podcasts because John does his best work solo, and I still watch Curtis on Pod at the Palace when he's on his own because of his basketball knowlege and humble personality. But this is the first Arkansas Locked On that I have seen in a while, and Im kind of shocked at the sheer volume of Kentucky fans in the comments section. I dont have time to look through all the comments, but it looks like the Kentucky fans outnumber the Arkansas fans by at least 10 to one. Im sure John must be happy for all those clicks! It's kind of like rubber neckers at a rollover accident.😂
It is kinda funny that yalls way to defend Cal is to attack Pope and that we have 5 top 15 wins but the postseason isnt here yet. Have fun with that. It doesnt reflect well and I doubt its going to age well.
BBN here. Cal isn't going down without a fight, y'all will be fine 💪 he is actually great at building his teams for March. He'll pull it together and put y'all back on the stage before he goes. Cats cats cats 🤫
I wasnt wrong, but hopeful. Cal knew it would be a safe bet to ride out to retirement, with a good chunk of money. Tyson gave to much money so the university is going to get in line.
Nabors idc what type of spin u try to put on it , we aren’t gonna act like the house isn’t on fire , we …..Just …….lost ….to LSU and have a 2.6% chance of making the tournament not 26% but 2….6 % for 5m in NIL and an 8m coach and the 3# recruiting class in the nation , I hated the Cal hire when we made it and said for what we paid him we could have gotten anyone not named Dan Hurley or Bill Self and instead we go get a guy who jus had the 2 worst tournament losses in the program’s history that he came from with 4to5 NBA players on those 2 teams , we could have gotten Chis Beard hell 8m a year we could have gotten if they wanted to go with an older Coach we could have got Houston’s coach who has been successful the last few years for the money we paid Cal , 1# NIL class 3# recruiting class and a hold over in Brazelle who was considered a 1st rd NBA pick and we can’t beat LSU no offense to them but they aren’t that good but u know why they beat us with less talent ? They out coached us and u act as this is a one off and he isn’t getting progressively worse with each season. 🙄
Man everything u just said is the EXACT SAME THING us UK fans said for the PAST 5 YEARS!!!!! Great talent and incoming talent but no cohesion on the team or assistant coaches to help Cal with actual offense and defensive plays. U think they went their to win a natty at.......Arkansas lol or get paid NOW and leave for the NBA. His type of recruits don't care about Arkansas or Kentucky, they care about going to the NBA. Pope has instilled PASSION again for playing for the name on the FRONT OF THE JERSEY, NOT THE BACK!!!! Cal only cares about the name on the back and could give 2 shits about u, the fans or ARKANSAS!!!! I feel ur pain cuz it's the same pain UK has felt the PAST 5 SEASONS. U guys are like Ostriches with ur head in the sand and didn't believe what everyone else said. Looks like a duck, walks like a duck, IT MUST BE A FCKING DUCK!!!!!! Cope with Cal cuz it will be more downs than ups
As a Kentucky fan who loved Cal and still do, and hard 5o see when people bash him.... He can only tell a player so much and they have to get the job done, a team can have all the good players but if they don't act like it the team isn't going to be as good as they should.... In short give him a chance and you will find why he was so liked to have around........ I saw him wanting one and dones and it made his team's soft get soft at Kentucky and fans will boo you, I've experienced that myself.......
Hell yeah we knew it would be that bad. And I feel really sad for you all. It sucked for Cal to tell us to get over it when we would get booted early from tournaments. He is totally inflexible in his coaching. He would do the same crap over and over and act surprised that he got the same results.
It's only been 17 games. That's like asking if fans were wrong about football Coach X after the first 7 games. Don't get me wrong--this season is threatening to become a disaster, and if the Hogs leave Rupp Arena with an 0-8 SEC record, well, then it'll have moved into catastrophe territory. And I'm prepared to accept that Cal is a recruiter and not a coach, and that the game has passed him by, but I'm not prepared to say Hog fans were wrong. Yet.
Monday I thought Arkansas would win 3 of their next 4 games(inclucing the LSU game) and 7 of their last 8 games of the regular season. Now that was mostly because of the caliber of those teams, most are the bottom half of the SEC. But after losing to LSU I have serious doubts that they can win half of the remaining games.
For the most part, Cal has a good team when there is a GREAT incoming HS class. If there is a mediocre HS class, Cal's usually going to struggle. If Cal can use the transfer portal in those off years, he might be able to change this trend. Im just not sure his pride will allow him make the correct changes in team construction needed in 2025
Hey I have 100% confidence in coach cal..he is a top notch recruiter..the man came here with no team..talk about him after year 2.. muss left nothing and his team sucked last year after 3 seasons
I was born a uk fan in 1980, been there ever since, so on behalf of true big blue fans, I’m sorry, I’m sorry u guys are going thru this, wouldn’t wish this on any team (maybe Louisville)….all I can say is that I’m fans are loud and head strong, so just ignore them
Good take for you as a passionate Arkansas fan as you should be. Sure things can happen this season. Calipari could change. Will he? How confident are you in that? When Cal was good at KY he was surrounded by X and O assistants. We saw those people trickle away over Cal's tenure and when it was all on Cal he was bad. Very bad. Same spot Arkansas is in right now. UK fans started considering if it was time for a coaching change. Arkansas could hire X and O assistants to help Cal be good again...but at that point why is Cal there if the assistants are doing all the work? Same argument at KY when Cal was there. I truly do hope the Arkansas fanbase doesn't go through 4.5 more years of what is going on now. Pope has EARNED a pass if he blows game 1 of the NCAA tournament this year. Won't sit well but we'll move forward. If he blows it after that I can guarantee you the fanbase will make sure he understands the assignment as well as the consequences of another failure. To make sure you know I see this coming...Pope wins 2+ in the NCAA tournament year 1.
Simply put, he coaches for individual accomplishments, not team goals. In other words, he coaches street ball and he's trying to do it against elite competition. So yeah, we didn't know y'all would start 0-4, but that's because we didn't know the SEC would be this good. If the SEC stays this good, Cal will not be successful.
The SEC is really really good. I thought getting a coach that should be retiring and paying this much money was something stupid. I would not have put the money into getting him! Not getting enough players for the money is a failure and not getting enough out of them (for money spent) is a failure at this point. I mean it could turn around but I don't think it's likely with the competition they're going to be matching up against. You have to have more people that can play meaningful minutes. Some guys are going to have bad shooting nights, some guys are going to be hurt. You still have to be able to put a good team on the court. I'm hopeful they pull it out but this is pretty much what I thought we would get. Yes, I thought it would be this bad!!!
All those years he had success was the one and done era its a new age and he aint changing buddy. He will bring in top 3 recruiting class every year and youll say oh but look at that next class. And results are the same. There are 5 years in a row of data to back it up. What pope does in the tourney this year is gravy because this is a fun year to watch this team vs what Cal puts on the floor. Which you are well aware of.
Bro, there isn't anyone coming after you. Frankly, you're just salty because Cal to this point has failed. No, I don't think any of this is funny. It's sad, and that still makes you salty because YOU and razorback fans came at Kentucky fans like you stole Cal away. Dude, Cal wasn't leaving Kentucky, he was forced out. Offered by the Lakers, Cavs, and UCLA over the years and he said no when things were going well. You're making it a point to use your platform to come at Kentucky fans so expect it back and don't whine about it. Don't compare Pope and Cal when one has beaten 6 quad one teams and five of those were ranked inside of the top 15. Personally, I love and respect Cal for what he did in Kentucky. But as you'll soon see, Calipari isn't worried about what you fans want to see. He's worried about the promises he made to recruits to get them there in the first place. You're right about one thing; it won't be like this forever. Calipari will eventually get the right ingredients on a team to have some regular season success. But calling out Kentucky fans each and every podcast you do.... Do you think they're going to stop after you take an unnecessary dig at a coach in Mark Pope, Who was in a similar situation as Cal but made the best of it. To reiterate this once again, no one is trying to come after you or threaten you dude lol this is just basketball. We don't really care how good or bad Calipari does anymore, he isn't our problem HE'S YOURS! Yes, it's fine to think about years to come, if that's the way you cope with things. Think of this, had Cal not left Kentucky we'd be in the same exact situation as Arkansas. Since he did and left not one player there, we're much better for it. We aren't the ones mad, we were interested as to see how Cal would do in his first year and you're right about one other thing......... No one thought it would be this bad. In all seriousness I hope that Calipari turns it around and soon. I don't wish bad things for you, him, or your team. Good luck and God bless.
From a Kentucky perspective, and I don’t think the rest of the country understands because not everyone watched every game, the honeymoon was way over…we had become what you see now. We had him signed to a big contract and the buyout was way too high to get rid of him. When he had conversation with Arkansas it voided the buyout so Kentucky was able to walk away. He did some great thing here but the 5 star one and done blueprint doesn’t work. It worked in 2012 but credit was given to the freshmen and not Darius Miller, Terrence Jones and Deron Lamb. A culture of individuals was created and it doesn’t result in good basketball. I’m not 100% sure on all the facts of the contract but that’s the rumor I’ve heard. Cal tried to play a game here with negotiations and lost.
UK fans focused on Cal's NCAAT losses the last 4 years, because those were the ones that hurt the most, but if you did your homework, you would have seen that Cal has really stunk for a while. Oh sure, he had good results in 21/22, but immediately lost to Saint Peters. 2021, he went 9-16 with a barrage of losses to really bad teams. 2023 was ugly and last year, with a loaded roster, he had 10 losses. When we saw how strong the SEC played in November and December, we knew you guys were screwed. We didn't know the SEC was going to be this strong, but the bottom line is, these teams are too good for a guy with an archaic offense and coaches street ball (individual iso ball). He's washed, game has passed him by.
As a kentucky fan, i don’t revel in your misery, i do revel in cal being exposed as a used car salesman. With that being said, i dont care about the records, not getting out of the first weekend of the tourney is a bad team. Cal ultimately used kentucky as an elite aau team. Lets just not act like Cal only had 2 bad seasons at kentucky. I think you guys got sold on a lie, im older and 40 mins of hell was a site to see. The marquee game of the sec was ark-kentucky. It was lit. Kentucky needs ark to be good the same as it needs every other league team to be good. I just kinda feel bad for the fan base cause cal is just all talk. The glitz and glamour of top 5 recruiting classes will start to tarnish when it become the merry go round of new players and unfulfilled expectations.
This is what we warned you about his whole organization fell apart at Kentucky from assistants to the water boy the nil killed his ability to win and his inability to change put the nail in the coffin
Don't worry you will be fooled into optimism during the off-season. We always were... You will start convincing yourself it was the players somehow. It wasn't
I don’t think Arkansas fans give a sh*t. All the comments are from Kentucky fans. I’d be embarrassed if I was a UK fan and following a podcast from Arkansas. Why are you so obsessed with Calipari? Just strange
3-5 years of Coach Calipari... You will be more focused on your own lives during basketball season. Your yard will look much better in the spring.
lol this is the most truthful statement Ive seen regarding Cal.
Omg my lawn HAS been looking better, I'll have Pope to blame for this years condition😅
It sounds like you experience being a kentucky fan the past six years. I bet you're not going to be cutting your grass this sat. @ 12:00
Cals last 5 yrs at Kentucky was the worst 5 year stretch in program history. In these five years cal succeeded in having the single worst season in Kentucky's history, he somehow managed to have only the second losing season is school history(the 1st was due to probation, the 2nd was due to cal). He somehow managed to win just 1 single post season game in 5 years(never happened before), and holds the 2 worst losses in program history, both being first round losses. Btw the last time KY lost in the first round before cal, was in the 1980s(probation era). He has also missed the tourney twice, that is literally unheard of at Kentucky. He was once a good coach, but the game has passed him by.
Don't forget those 3 consecutive losses at Rupp.
Also lost lead all time to Kansas, AND longest stretch in school history of NO final four- 9 years. I told Arkansas fans this and they were like he's gonna kill Pope haha.
Cal almost destroyed my desire to watch UK basketball the last 5 seasons, after being a fan since 1969, and I even graduated from UK. He will do the exact same thing to die hard Hog fans, but just work through it and don't let him do that to you. He will be gone in a couple of years and then you will be able to enjoy your Hogs again, because the next coach you get will actually coach.
That is completely untrue 😅😅, def not worse than the Billy G era and end of Tubby era, not even close. We had some good seasons the past few years, just had bad luck in March. Not to mention we won the SEC the year they canceled the tournament and that team would of made a very deep run
@@terryrodman6026 Tubby was a great guy whose teams still fought hard, and BG wasn't there long enough to do damage. Cal beat him 2-1 making it to the NIT or worse the 9 win season lol. Cal made his bed
John, Kentucky fans (and Curtis suggested this too) have said Cal brought the wrong assistants with him…the best ones at X and Os have left him after being ignored. He is surrounded by yes men.
I know Coach O loved beating cal and the hogs this season at his alma mater Illinois
.....and it's not like the "good" assistants were actually all that great. Cal's coaching tree is the worst by far of any HOF caliber vet coach. His proteges have like one NCAAT victory between them and that was Josh Pastner who did one yr with Cal at Memphis but was really a Lute Olson protege. Compare that to Rick Pitino who's understudies have won 3 NC's been NBA HC's, and many many successful CBB coaches. Cal just doesn't surround himself with the help he needs.
This def tracks
@mgers75 Robic was his only good one and he quietly replaced him while he was dealing with the death of his daughter. From what I've read, his wife said they just noticed he hired more assistants and there was no more room left on the bench for him. That's how he treated his longest tenured assistant.
He had a falling out with John Robic. That's when things went south. Welch was the guy he brought in last year. Didn't follow calipari. Went to Fresno??
Kentucky fan here. We are not worried about Coach Pope. We like young up incoming coaches who are hungry for Championships. Rupp won 4 Championships. 3 of those when he was still young, Joe B. Won his Championship in year 7 at UK, Rick Pitino in year 6, Tubby in year 1. Cal in year 3. We believe Pope will win one soon. The advantage we have is Kentucky is the School coach will crawl to
because history shows that you will win at Kentucky. So if Pope falls short and" I do not think he will " we will replace him with someone who can win Championships. Kentucky makes great coachs not the other way around. So do not worry about us because we will win a championship soon. IT'S like what the great Al Mcguire said "Kentucky had it before you, during you and after you" Good luck with Cal, you will need it. Older coaches win few Championships.
Not sure why he's so focused on KY fans not knowing it was "going to be this bad". Cal is bad, there will be no "yet" Cal is the same and will not change.
It's been VERY BAD for 5 years, and no F4 in a full decade. Not a good prognosis long term.
Yep,when you have a coach go to a lesser program in the same conference it won't get better instead it in reality will get worse. I call it the Bill Curry phenomenon of college coaches.@johnnycorn7225
We are dunking on you and Arkansas fans based on how you all gloated all summer lol, if Pope loses the first round, it is what it is. He will get a pass until he gets his full team here, if he fails year 2 and year 3 he will be pushed out the same way we pushed Cal out. This is and will always be Kentucky, our standards are much higher than anyone else.
Correction, mark pope won 6 ncaa tournament games in 1996
Dont come at us KY fans like that. Pope makes adjustments. Cal refuses to make them.
You seem really up on your sports. I enjoy listening to you. I am a KY fan big time. So what I think you should do is check out how many of our basketball players got better under cal. Zero. He just isn't a good coach. He relied on his assistants to do the teaching. KY players have said he rarely showed up for practices. He is also very cocky and rude to the fans that call in. I couldn't stand him. Pope is a really good guy. Win or lose it's a breath of fresh air having him
Nick Richards is about the only one that comes to mind. PJ Washington. But you're right. There aren't many.. at all
Shooters have had TERRIBLE luck w Cal because he doesn't arrange sets and players to get open. He's all about isolation and making his best prospects look good at team, fans, and schools expense. Puke
Bro is letting kentucky fans get to him because he didn’t listen. If Arkansas fans weren’t so annoying about getting Cal then you wouldn’t have every kentucky fan telling you they told you so.
Yes this is it.. and how he was looking at all the talent and all 5 star players that cal got this season and how they would be a top 10 team… and making fun of us getting pope is exactly why I’ve kept tabs and enjoy the meltdown.. how many ncaa wins did Hurley have before UConn?
This hits the nail on the head. They're going to have to bite their lip because of all that trash talk. If he stayed at kentucky, there are those three top players he was going after, I forget the names but he would have definitely gotten them. He's definitely not gonna get the same caliber players down there, that's a fact. Look what he's doing to the team with 3 future NBA players on it right now. They have a pretty good roster. If you put a good solid coach there, they would not be this bad i'm saying that right now.
The truth is, the game has changed, Cal hasn’t! It’s played with a 5 out, pro style offense, and he’s still trying to play like it’s 2010, funnel everything to the middle, clog the lane, and block shots! It’s not working! It’s not just 1 bad year at Arkansas, he had 5 bad years in a row at UK. Williams retired, Coach K retired, because they saw where college sports was going with NIL, etc. It’s leveled the playing field for other schools, and he hadn’t adapted well at all. He’ll keep you guys happy with the #1 class every single year, then have nothing to show for it and Arkansas fans will finally give up on him just like us Kentucky fans had to do!
It wasn’t NIL that ran K and Williams out of the game.. it was younger more innovative HC’s who understand what make these kids tick more than they did… the game has passed Cal by… yup, he’ll still get the top freshman class but freshmen heavy teams ain’t winning no chip!
I couldn’t have said this any better…
Cal is riding into the sunset on Arkansas's dime, he don't care about coaching anymore...
Dude, you are now caught up in the "making excuses for Cal" syndrome. Y'all WERE wrong about him, I can't believe you would think for one second KY fans would run off a great coach. And yes, it's going to be this way until he goes.
I wouldn't say that just yet, with the right assistant Coaches, and an elite team, Cal can win enough to make Arkansas fans happy.
Just wait til he loses in the first round of the NCAA, then one of his players gets drafted into the NBA and Cal proclaims, "this is the greatest day ever in Arkansas basketball history!"
You are assuming he gets in to the NCAA!
And we made the same excuses for him as this guy there just not there yet I think it will take a couple nits to get them to realize
Cal is COOKED! Ppl act like it doesn’t happen to HOF coaches… did it not happen to Bobby Knight, Jim Boehiem and John Thompson? Cal will keep getting the best HS recruits and won’t do crap with them as a TEAM!
His own former player Willie Cauley Stein went to a practice and then spoke about it. He said Cal isn’t the same dude and he’s burned out.
The Kentucky fans threatening your life is a bit extreme. The minority of us aren’t like that. Just a select few of crazies. At the end of the day it’s just basketball. I just talk trash because that’s half the fun of being a sports fan. I love a good rivalry and that’s what Arkansas is, especially now.
Meh. If UK loses in the first round, so be it. Anything can happen in the tournament. I think the difference is that most UK fans believe in Mark Pope the coach. When Cal left UK, not many UK fans still believed in him. He had eroded trust and confidence with his coaching, antics, and results. He always needed exceptional talent to win -- even if you look at his last elite eight team at UK in 2018-19-- that team ended up having 5-6 good pro players that are doing well in the league currently and also a great college player/center as well (from the transfer portal). Sooo bottom line, there's just not much to hang your hat on with Calipari moving forward -- just the hope that he can recruit a boatload of eventual pro players/very high talent and ability to contribute as freshman.
I sure hope this guy knows that Matt Jones with KSR was talking about Cal one year about trying different things and he got MAD at Matt Jones…😬
Jones was big pals with him. He criticized calipari and got the cold shoulder thereafter.
Coach Pope could lose in the 1st round every year and I would still take him over Coach Cal every day of the week! At least with Pope, we know he actually cares about the program! Calipari doesn’t care about anything other than getting players drafted.
I'm a Kentucky fan. Cal will never change. He will never change his coaching style does not work anymore. Do i think Arkansas fans need to wake up yes. Do I think Cal will take u to the tournament Maybe. But he has changed and not in a good way fans want. Do i think Cal is worth the money he is being payed hell no. Hope he can turn your guys season around if not Fans will be pissed.
Idk why it matters so much to you that nobody thought it’d be this bad. Dude, we all knew it was gonna be a nightmare. Dude hasn’t changed his approach ONCE, and he damn sure ain’t about to now. It absolutely is a hard pill to swallow, but he’s a culture killer. Y’all need someone that cares about Arkansas. Just my two cents
Your problem is you have Cal the keys. Which means you allowed him to bring Payne (bad coach)l, Chin (recruiter not a coach and a drunk), and Brad (hilarious to even allow this). Cal has no teachers or the game on his staff. He won’t change this either, Cal must have his ego stroked and he wants his yes men to stroke it. Cal should have called Umass or somewhere and set up in a small conference. They might have let him hire Brad and done the coach in waiting. Arkansas is a really bad fit for the Calipari’s. That’s just the way it is. But he did it because of money and that’s the only reason. He wanted to get the Wagners, Payne , Flint (his boys) paid. He had to take what was there. Cal does not and will not ever care about winning or Arkansas. This is about money and making his posse rich. You basically paid him for his recruiting machine, which does bring some talented players but they’re not skilled. Cal cares less about Arkansas than Umass, yall really made a big mistake but you did it so just pay him and go ahead and form an exit strategy. I will say that I think this will hurt the Ark program for years. Players are going to ask for a lot more money to play at Ark over UK. They’ll assume the boosters will pay it. Cal doesn’t care about using booster money so he’ll say if you want the player you’ll pay. He’s in this to
Get them paid he’s not in it for the university. Over time this will have a negative effect because it won’t win. When he leaves he’ll talk about how it was hard to recruit at Arkansas, it’ll be his excuse. Other coaches will be nearly of the job because Cal didn’t make it work, and players will be known to ask for too much. Cal always hurts programs on the way out, he’s a pretty bad guy who enjoys them longing for him. Y’all don’t quite know what you’ve done and I get that, move him out as fast as you can.
Kentucky has 5 top 15 wins. We get up for the big ones. The scary thing is this will be Popes least talented team. He came here with 0 players. You can count Jaxon but at that time he was still looking at the draft. We could lose in the first round, any team can. But it’s doubtful.
Welcome to your new normal. I can't wait to come back to this video next year at this time to watch you continue coping.
I was born and raised calling the hogs, but married into BBN 35 yrs ago.
You are correct that Cats fans couldn’t have predicted that the Razorback season would be this bad. However, hog fans seem genuinely surprised and confused by Cal’s coaching choices, lineups, head scratching use of timeouts, and the bs he spews at press conferences. Cat fans are not surprised or confused about any of that and are amused at seeing a reflection of themselves from past years.
It’s not your players it’s John Calipari as a Kentucky fan. We’ve watched it for several years now you won’t see an out of bounds play run a change of defense or any adjustments after halftime. I can’t think or remember of one time I watched a game in the past 10 years and thought man coach Cal out coached that guy. And you won’t either but you’re gonna see plenty of games where he gets outcoached and it’s obvious when you watch the game other teams will get easy out of bounds buckets layups from their offense while you watch your team struggle to even have an offensive flow every shot is more difficult than the other teams. While he makes your program about himself and trying to get Guys into the NBA, I feel bad for you all honestly. You will eventually get Cal fatigue, and every post game press conference will get on your nerves. He will always have enough talent to win some big games, but it’s not from his coaching. It’ll be from some talented guy just going nuts in a game. There are at least 100 coaches out there in D1 college basketball that coach better than Cal. You always get high-level talent, and you will always underperform.
I’m a UK can I have enjoyed watching your show just wanted to say that first. I enjoyed Nolan thought those days where great and I really love the SEC. I wanted to let you know the facts over the past five years the fall out with Cal actually had a lot to do with the regular season not just the tournament. We did not win the big games in the regular season that Kentucky fans love to play and win. Cal began to act like those games did not matter and began to act like the fans feelings did not matter. I listen to every post game show and after beating Auburn last year Cal’s attitude during the press conference made me wish we lost and that’s when I knew it was time for him to go we just got lucky that Mr Tyson made him an offer. Go back and watch that press conference. He is already giving Arkansas press members a hard time over being a 3 point game or a 2 point game just watch.
John, will never change and that is the issue with his coaching. He only wants yes men as assistants on his bench. His coaching has been on the decline for the last 5 years. There comes a time in every coaches career where the game passes them by. He does not see it but the rest of us do. He thinks he is bigger than any program.
This guy trying to bring down Kentucky to make himself feel better about Arkansas is crazy
I swear, hoping we don’t win in the tournament is some major cope. I’ll take my chances with Pope.
I dont think Arkansas fans were wrong about him per say. i believe most knew he wasnt the best X&Os coach, but was great at acquiring talent and that Arkansas was excited for his cache, and a talented team and lets see what happens. I think where the "wrong" part could even come into play is just understanding how KY fans felt about how bad the day-to-day stuff feels and gets. limited press conference or pregame transparency. post game press conferences all end up sounding the same where he tries to explain everything away or make you feel like you dont know what you just watched. refusal to make changes to lineups or defensive or offensive strategy. then you'll lose 5-6 players off this years team to draft, eligibility or Transfer Portal, and have to replace them with more Freshman or transfers and hope that its better next year. it can be very exhausting.
Appreciate yall buying out that 40 mil contract…pope is hope baby
Thanks for taking him out of the BBN. You seeing what we had to keep for years unwanted. Still has that mouth wide open making his players a nervous wreck. I could never play for that guy.
This hire will be detrimental to the future. 6 million dollar buyout too.
Jerry going to have pay 3 mil per player to make Cal look good 😂
Sorry but Kentucky will blow you out the way your playing! We tried to tell you and you didn’t. Cal is washed up and needs help. I’m really sorry if you are sensitive to this.
Haha 0-4 in the SEC and missing the tournament, and this guys response is “hold up, let him cook.”
Kentucky fans are saying “told you so” because they are viewing this as a continuation of what he’s been doing. They said the exact same things you did. “We’ll be better next year.” This is just an additional year of Cal underachieving with the talent he has. It’s not a one off. I like the guy but the sport has moved past him.
Cal isn't gunna be able to recruit as well as he has in the past in this landscape now. Especially while his style of play and coaching is in decline. NIL is important but so is everything else about a program and developing players.
That 2013 team he also lost his star player, he makes the tournament, if he doesn’t loose him.
This isnt just one of those years, John Im telling you this as a fan of calipari, this same thing will continue unless he gets rid of every assist. On the staff. He doesn’t have that same hunger he once had. His last 5 years at Kentucky were BAD! Not from a record standpoint, but from a CULTURE, stand point. It’s never been the same after 2019-2020. He keeps trying to recreate the old instead of coming up with something new.
I'm just glad the story Arkansas fans were telling in the Summer has changed. They were saying they stole Cal from us and it was our fault.. We told you the truth and still backlash from Hog fans.
Here is the truth. You had a coach who was doing way better than the coach you have now, multiple sweet 16 appearance's. You ran him off to California for 1 bad season and he's doing better than Arkansas is.
I thought Cal would change just to stick it to Kentucky and prove he still has it. Instead he puts together the worst coaching staff of his career after running off his 2 best assistants. On top of that he hires his son as a recruiter, Brads only experience was being the 12th man at Kentucky,, being a role player for Detroit Mercy, and 1 season sitting on the worst team in the leagues (Vandy) bench.
Get rid of him asap. It’s not going to get any better. BBN forever! Take care! 🏀
It's actually not incredible at all it's quite credible. So many people posted so many very specific examples and reasons as to why Cal hasn't been to F4 in a decade. The record last 5 yrs tells all.
Looks like everyone but Kentucky fans are wrong about coach Cal. I mean no disrespect to coach, but I have one word to say to him, Goodbye.
Don't be surprised at all that if they miss the tournament, Cal retires. He'll cite the current state of the game with NIL and the Portal. He'll reference Jay Wright, Roy Williams, and Tony Bennett as other guys that got out for the same reasons. He has his money, he has his resume. The only thing that would make him stay, if the season does indeed go that far south, would be his massive ego not being able to accept going out on such a down note.
To answer your question. Yes, you were wrong. Listen, I understand that you probably didn't watch a lot of Kentucky games leading up to his taking the ARK job. I'm sure you didn't see a single Calipari post game press conference...understandable. KY fans have seen and heard it all for 15 years. He has another team that relies heavily on freshmen....freshmen that aren't as good as the ones he had last season at KY. He's doing thing in an era where his opponents are putting grown men on the court. He refuses to change or evolve. He's done. The fact that you don't see this and think that it's probably "just a bad year" is incredibly short sited. This started at KY in 2021.....the slide continues to get worse.
I think you’re right
Ky basketball is fun again!! Pope will retire here. I never dreamed Arkansas basketball would be in this situation and be this terrible. I’m not gonna say I told u so. He wasn’t doing the job he was hired to do at UK. Idk if the players despise him or what but there is definitely something bad wrong. However, sending a box of chicken to KSR is no diff than BBN constantly spewing “we told u so!” I dislike the man so much I watch every Ark game and it makes me happy when he loses. Just glad he is somebody else’s problem now. Hog fans thought ky fans were stupid for running him out; well he’s yours now. Deal with him. ✌️
Ehh we’ll see…kentuckys fan base is very toxic…I remember after the Ohio state loss literally just one less fans were already threatening to be done with pope and the team and that they weren’t going to watch anymore 😂 so yea mark pope better live in the top 10 at Kentucky or it’ll get bad for him real quick….cal had a hall of fame career at Kentucky and they hate him
@ yea we will see. But, the standards of both programs are polar opposites for sure.
@@606Knott John Nabors said himself all Arkansas wanted was a fun season and hopefully make a tournament run of some degree. No talk of winning a natty. This is all fine. But like you said, the expectation at KY is natty. Every year. You go buy a Honda and hope it's a good car for 10 years. You go buy a Lambo and that thing better do 0 to 200 in 3.3. You know which program is the Lambo.
We do remember Cal’s bad years, that’s why it was time to move on from him.
It’s hilarious seeing you all going exactly through what we had been going through. Praying for you all
KY fan here and playful back and forth, giving people grief over past comments, stuff like that is all good. A fan of any school that resorts to threats over a game should absolutely be ashamed. BE BETTER UK fans!!!! As far as were you wrong about Cal, yes and no. When he was at UK all we heard was how bad he was (can't coach, terrible person, slimy used car salesman, etc..). When he came to AR all of a sudden he's your savior and you're automatically a final four contender, there's where you were wrong. I will never say he's a bad guy, but I fully believe the game has left him behind and I'm not sure he has the humility to get the help or make the changes that need to be made.
You can almost hear the cope in-between sentences. And Im a Louisville fan 😂
I bleed blue, but hey man at least you have a great coach. Louisville is trending up. The rivalry is BACK
@kingsimba1605 Thanks, I love PK hes a true leader. I hate Kentucky and hope they lose every game, but I have a soft spot for Mark Pope. He's a genuine good guy.
This year is turning out to we're playing for next year, as I see it Cal is going through the Rick Barns phase it took a few years for him to get elite 8 and maybe another elite 8 return he was thought to be washed up when he left Texas now he looks like one of the best coaches in college basketball.
I believe that this season’s record would be much better if Cal had recruited a full roster which would have allowed this team to scrimmage and work out many issues they are dealing with right now. If anyone wants to transfer out because they didn’t get the playing time they wanted, then deal with that after this season, and then recruit to fill their spot.
I’m gonna say it…We want Muss back here. I hope Muss and family are happy to be in California again.
Just look at Musselman's 5 years at Arkansas compared to Cal's last 5 years at UK. Muss had a 65% winning percentage and Cal's was 67%. Only 2% difference and Muss had half the talent Cal had. No tourneys in 2020 so in the 4 SEC Tourneys - Muss never lost his 1st game and has 4 total wins. Cal lost his 1st game 3 out of 4 times and has only 1 total win. NCAA Tourney - Muss reached the Elite 8 twice plus a Sweet 16 with 8 total wins. Cal got bounced in huge upsets twice in the 1st round and also lost in the 2nd round with only 1 total win. Musselman did way better overall and with less talent.
Keep your heads up. Cal will get better, Cal is capable of winning games with the correct team. We are all in the same great league and we should support each other more.
Yea but at least kentucky will make the tournament unlike Arkansas cause 0=4 in the sec I say u all lose again this Saturday against Missouri
This is karma for when you said Arkansas is a superior program to Mizzou, Arky on the steady decline ever since lol
The "Kentucky fans didn't even think it was going to be this bad" cope is really odd. I mean, burn?
How Arkansas has performed is exactly why we Kentucky fans wanted him gone it was an inevitable outcome.
While yes, Cal has had some bad years, the current Cal is not the Cal of the first decade he was at UK. The last 5 years of Cal at UK have been pitiful, and he isn't changing anything and doing the same thing at Arkansas.
No, yall were wrong.
Enjoy your content,and feel your pain. Been there in past several years. Cal can definitely get to the top. He just needs a team of NBA players in college.
8:42 yall aint even making it to the NCAA tournament shut up lil bro 🙏😭.
Arkansas Razorbacks at Kentucky Wildcats good luck we are going to be eating pork on february 1st
Cal’s last final 4 was 2015… last E8 was 2018-2019. That’s a long time.
As a KY, fan, of course wins matter, but it's more about attitude and passion here.
The first decade, we loved Cal. He showed Passion and looked like he cared. The last 5 years, he just looked clocked out.
Even if KY doesn't win every year, we don't care about as much, we just want that KY culture back.
Of course, there are KY fans that are more extreme, but most are more reasonable. We just don't speak up as much.
Even if Cal doesn't do well for the rest of the year, he will do better next year, especially if he uses the transfer portal a bit better.
It’s unfortunate that you have a chip on your shoulder…. Cal will give enough excuses for all fans. Kentucky fans have heard it too may times. I have never wished bad times for any team. Kentucky fans are voicing Cal’s technique of coaching doesn’t work. Defense is non existent….
Why is our coach wearing blue? Can somebody please give him a red jacket to wear?!? This is freaking ridiculous and embarrassing!
I literally watch daily just to listen and see the UK fans in the comments. It's insane how consumed they are with cal and what he does at Arkansas. It's like a car wreck I can't turn away from every day on here. Love it!! By far the most entertaining team to watch from a distance this year. It will get better, can't get much worse honestly. I really do enjoy your content. GBO
We will be a national championship contender within then next 4 years as long as we don’t fire Cal. I’ll man up if I’m wrong but I just have a feeling the best is coming.
May as well man up 😅😂
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You're dreaming!
Get ready to man up.
lol good luck waiting on that
@@dillonrussell8921 u serious Clark?
😂Wow! I haven't been watching the Inside Arkansas podcasts for a while because I started getting tired of the constant fan bashing, not necessarily on the Locked On podcasts because John does his best work solo, and I still watch Curtis on Pod at the Palace when he's on his own because of his basketball knowlege and humble personality.
But this is the first Arkansas Locked On that I have seen in a while, and Im kind of shocked at the sheer volume of Kentucky fans in the comments section. I dont have time to look through all the comments, but it looks like the Kentucky fans outnumber the Arkansas fans by at least 10 to one. Im sure John must be happy for all those clicks! It's kind of like rubber neckers at a rollover accident.😂
It is kinda funny that yalls way to defend Cal is to attack Pope and that we have 5 top 15 wins but the postseason isnt here yet. Have fun with that. It doesnt reflect well and I doubt its going to age well.
BBN here. Cal isn't going down without a fight, y'all will be fine 💪 he is actually great at building his teams for March. He'll pull it together and put y'all back on the stage before he goes. Cats cats cats 🤫
Arkansas must have threatened you lol you're doing a 360 from yesterday, remember Arkansas is not Kentucky and that's your problem
Wait, how is that the problem?
I wasnt wrong, but hopeful. Cal knew it would be a safe bet to ride out to retirement, with a good chunk of money. Tyson gave to much money so the university is going to get in line.
Nabors idc what type of spin u try to put on it , we aren’t gonna act like the house isn’t on fire , we …..Just …….lost ….to LSU and have a 2.6% chance of making the tournament not 26% but 2….6 % for 5m in NIL and an 8m coach and the 3# recruiting class in the nation , I hated the Cal hire when we made it and said for what we paid him we could have gotten anyone not named Dan Hurley or Bill Self and instead we go get a guy who jus had the 2 worst tournament losses in the program’s history that he came from with 4to5 NBA players on those 2 teams , we could have gotten Chis Beard hell 8m a year we could have gotten if they wanted to go with an older Coach we could have got Houston’s coach who has been successful the last few years for the money we paid Cal , 1# NIL class 3# recruiting class and a hold over in Brazelle who was considered a 1st rd NBA pick and we can’t beat LSU no offense to them but they aren’t that good but u know why they beat us with less talent ? They out coached us and u act as this is a one off and he isn’t getting progressively worse with each season. 🙄
Man everything u just said is the EXACT SAME THING us UK fans said for the PAST 5 YEARS!!!!! Great talent and incoming talent but no cohesion on the team or assistant coaches to help Cal with actual offense and defensive plays. U think they went their to win a natty at.......Arkansas lol or get paid NOW and leave for the NBA. His type of recruits don't care about Arkansas or Kentucky, they care about going to the NBA. Pope has instilled PASSION again for playing for the name on the FRONT OF THE JERSEY, NOT THE BACK!!!! Cal only cares about the name on the back and could give 2 shits about u, the fans or ARKANSAS!!!! I feel ur pain cuz it's the same pain UK has felt the PAST 5 SEASONS. U guys are like Ostriches with ur head in the sand and didn't believe what everyone else said. Looks like a duck, walks like a duck, IT MUST BE A FCKING DUCK!!!!!! Cope with Cal cuz it will be more downs than ups
Kentucky lives rent free in your head lmfaooooooooio
As a Kentucky fan who loved Cal and still do, and hard 5o see when people bash him.... He can only tell a player so much and they have to get the job done, a team can have all the good players but if they don't act like it the team isn't going to be as good as they should.... In short give him a chance and you will find why he was so liked to have around........ I saw him wanting one and dones and it made his team's soft get soft at Kentucky and fans will boo you, I've experienced that myself.......
Hell yeah we knew it would be that bad. And I feel really sad for you all. It sucked for Cal to tell us to get over it when we would get booted early from tournaments. He is totally inflexible in his coaching. He would do the same crap over and over and act surprised that he got the same results.
It's only been 17 games. That's like asking if fans were wrong about football Coach X after the first 7 games. Don't get me wrong--this season is threatening to become a disaster, and if the Hogs leave Rupp Arena with an 0-8 SEC record, well, then it'll have moved into catastrophe territory. And I'm prepared to accept that Cal is a recruiter and not a coach, and that the game has passed him by, but I'm not prepared to say Hog fans were wrong. Yet.
Monday I thought Arkansas would win 3 of their next 4 games(inclucing the LSU game) and 7 of their last 8 games of the regular season. Now that was mostly because of the caliber of those teams, most are the bottom half of the SEC. But after losing to LSU I have serious doubts that they can win half of the remaining games.
Just remember cal will coach same way next year no matter the players
You say you werent wrong about Cal, at least not yet. Let me ask you: Were you right about Cal?
DVH is truly a class act. And BW is his palace.
For the most part, Cal has a good team when there is a GREAT incoming HS class. If there is a mediocre HS class, Cal's usually going to struggle. If Cal can use the transfer portal in those off years, he might be able to change this trend. Im just not sure his pride will allow him make the correct changes in team construction needed in 2025
Hey I have 100% confidence in coach cal..he is a top notch recruiter..the man came here with no team..talk about him after year 2.. muss left nothing and his team sucked last year after 3 seasons
I was born a uk fan in 1980, been there ever since, so on behalf of true big blue fans, I’m sorry, I’m sorry u guys are going thru this, wouldn’t wish this on any team (maybe Louisville)….all I can say is that I’m fans are loud and head strong, so just ignore them
Good take for you as a passionate Arkansas fan as you should be. Sure things can happen this season. Calipari could change. Will he? How confident are you in that? When Cal was good at KY he was surrounded by X and O assistants. We saw those people trickle away over Cal's tenure and when it was all on Cal he was bad. Very bad. Same spot Arkansas is in right now. UK fans started considering if it was time for a coaching change. Arkansas could hire X and O assistants to help Cal be good again...but at that point why is Cal there if the assistants are doing all the work? Same argument at KY when Cal was there. I truly do hope the Arkansas fanbase doesn't go through 4.5 more years of what is going on now. Pope has EARNED a pass if he blows game 1 of the NCAA tournament this year. Won't sit well but we'll move forward. If he blows it after that I can guarantee you the fanbase will make sure he understands the assignment as well as the consequences of another failure. To make sure you know I see this coming...Pope wins 2+ in the NCAA tournament year 1.
"What happens if Mark Pope loses in the first round?"
Yall will hire him I guess
Simply put, he coaches for individual accomplishments, not team goals. In other words, he coaches street ball and he's trying to do it against elite competition. So yeah, we didn't know y'all would start 0-4, but that's because we didn't know the SEC would be this good. If the SEC stays this good, Cal will not be successful.
Dan Hurley had a overall losing record before he went to UCONN. Now he has won back to back National Titles. So what's your point?
The SEC is really really good. I thought getting a coach that should be retiring and paying this much money was something stupid. I would not have put the money into getting him! Not getting enough players for the money is a failure and not getting enough out of them (for money spent) is a failure at this point. I mean it could turn around but I don't think it's likely with the competition they're going to be matching up against. You have to have more people that can play meaningful minutes. Some guys are going to have bad shooting nights, some guys are going to be hurt. You still have to be able to put a good team on the court. I'm hopeful they pull it out but this is pretty much what I thought we would get.
Yes, I thought it would be this bad!!!
All those years he had success was the one and done era its a new age and he aint changing buddy. He will bring in top 3 recruiting class every year and youll say oh but look at that next class. And results are the same. There are 5 years in a row of data to back it up. What pope does in the tourney this year is gravy because this is a fun year to watch this team vs what Cal puts on the floor. Which you are well aware of.
Trust BBN, it’ll always be like this.
NIL MONEY CANT BUY HAPPINESS BUT IT CAN PAY FOR THERAPY
Bro, there isn't anyone coming after you. Frankly, you're just salty because Cal to this point has failed. No, I don't think any of this is funny. It's sad, and that still makes you salty because YOU and razorback fans came at Kentucky fans like you stole Cal away. Dude, Cal wasn't leaving Kentucky, he was forced out. Offered by the Lakers, Cavs, and UCLA over the years and he said no when things were going well. You're making it a point to use your platform to come at Kentucky fans so expect it back and don't whine about it. Don't compare Pope and Cal when one has beaten 6 quad one teams and five of those were ranked inside of the top 15. Personally, I love and respect Cal for what he did in Kentucky. But as you'll soon see, Calipari isn't worried about what you fans want to see. He's worried about the promises he made to recruits to get them there in the first place. You're right about one thing; it won't be like this forever. Calipari will eventually get the right ingredients on a team to have some regular season success. But calling out Kentucky fans each and every podcast you do.... Do you think they're going to stop after you take an unnecessary dig at a coach in Mark Pope, Who was in a similar situation as Cal but made the best of it. To reiterate this once again, no one is trying to come after you or threaten you dude lol this is just basketball. We don't really care how good or bad Calipari does anymore, he isn't our problem HE'S YOURS! Yes, it's fine to think about years to come, if that's the way you cope with things. Think of this, had Cal not left Kentucky we'd be in the same exact situation as Arkansas. Since he did and left not one player there, we're much better for it. We aren't the ones mad, we were interested as to see how Cal would do in his first year and you're right about one other thing......... No one thought it would be this bad. In all seriousness I hope that Calipari turns it around and soon. I don't wish bad things for you, him, or your team. Good luck and God bless.
From a Kentucky perspective, and I don’t think the rest of the country understands because not everyone watched every game, the honeymoon was way over…we had become what you see now. We had him signed to a big contract and the buyout was way too high to get rid of him. When he had conversation with Arkansas it voided the buyout so Kentucky was able to walk away. He did some great thing here but the 5 star one and done blueprint doesn’t work. It worked in 2012 but credit was given to the freshmen and not Darius Miller, Terrence Jones and Deron Lamb. A culture of individuals was created and it doesn’t result in good basketball. I’m not 100% sure on all the facts of the contract but that’s the rumor I’ve heard. Cal tried to play a game here with negotiations and lost.
UK fans focused on Cal's NCAAT losses the last 4 years, because those were the ones that hurt the most, but if you did your homework, you would have seen that Cal has really stunk for a while.
Oh sure, he had good results in 21/22, but immediately lost to Saint Peters.
2021, he went 9-16 with a barrage of losses to really bad teams. 2023 was ugly and last year, with a loaded roster, he had 10 losses.
When we saw how strong the SEC played in November and December, we knew you guys were screwed. We didn't know the SEC was going to be this strong, but the bottom line is, these teams are too good for a guy with an archaic offense and coaches street ball (individual iso ball). He's washed, game has passed him by.
I am going to just hate it when we go to KY and they beat us like a drum and win by 35 points
As a kentucky fan, i don’t revel in your misery, i do revel in cal being exposed as a used car salesman.
With that being said, i dont care about the records, not getting out of the first weekend of the tourney is a bad team. Cal ultimately used kentucky as an elite aau team. Lets just not act like Cal only had 2 bad seasons at kentucky.
I think you guys got sold on a lie, im older and 40 mins of hell was a site to see. The marquee game of the sec was ark-kentucky. It was lit. Kentucky needs ark to be good the same as it needs every other league team to be good. I just kinda feel bad for the fan base cause cal is just all talk. The glitz and glamour of top 5 recruiting classes will start to tarnish when it become the merry go round of new players and unfulfilled expectations.
It's like dejavu listening to you talk, you will win some unexpected games, maybe at Rupp. Remember he always gets out coached when it matters most
This is what we warned you about his whole organization fell apart at Kentucky from assistants to the water boy the nil killed his ability to win and his inability to change put the nail in the coffin
Don't worry you will be fooled into optimism during the off-season. We always were... You will start convincing yourself it was the players somehow. It wasn't
I don’t think Arkansas fans give a sh*t. All the comments are from Kentucky fans. I’d be embarrassed if I was a UK fan and following a podcast from Arkansas. Why are you so obsessed with Calipari? Just strange