John Calipari explains why he left Kentucky to join Arkansas Razorbacks
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 เม.ย. 2024
- New Arkansas Razorback men's basketball coach John Calipari was officially introduced on Wednesday - he explained why he chose to leave Kentucky & join Arkansas.
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Congratulations Razorbacks. You're a blessed bu ch. Great guy with great morals and so much love for his kids & fans. Please DONT listen to any of our negativity fans. Live this guy . Was a true blessing to UK & the state of Ky. He & his kids does somuch good things for the community & state in whole. Our loss you gain. I hope you enjoy watching this man as much as I did. Dynamic energy. Watch out for technicals! Lol Very passionate for his team & sure don't like any bad calls. God Bless all of you in Arkansas & God Bless Coach Cal & Ellen. She's a real jewel. Classy Lady.Princess Calipari
Not a rebirth, restart or whatever. Y'all hogs listen carefully to what he says. He ain't talking about winning. If that's an accidental side affect, that's ok with him. It ain't what he cares about. Listen to him speak. Listen for yourself.
Bro chill, we had no coach and no players we doing a 5 year deal he is 65 yo he would probably like to retire by 70 anyway if he gets a team together and wins the first 5 years like he did at Kentucky its a win for us to get the program for a new up and comer and maybe he can retire with dignity and respect instead of what uk fans are trying to do to him geez.
@@Michael-lv1qv well I mean people are saying facts it's not like people are making this stuff up. I mean he literally did all this stuff on the record where everyone can hear I mean come on. Just because people are calling out what someone actually did doesn't mean your making them into something there not it's literally exposing that person is what it's called. I stuck up for calipari for all of these years but he showed himself that covid year when he kick Fletcher off the team and embarrassed that player on live television. But of course Ashton haggans lost it what does he do try to throw him under the bus. Them players didn't respect him and trust me people know people in Lexington word was getting around that he was belittling these players making them think he made them NBA material and there nothing without him. If that's not a narcissist idk what is.
@@zackclark2265Man stop the bullshit. He didnt kick Fletcher off the team. Was you there? Cal never threw players under the bus. Hes alwasy protected the players and said put it on him. But he has came out and said a player couldve done this or that better. They turn over this or that. Thats speaking facts of what happened. Hes been doing it since day 1. That's why he said UK not for everyone. Yall will say anything to put that man down. If you dont like the dude then why are you on an Arkansas page complaining. You got your coach in Pope. Go be happy and stop bitching.
@@pmontyjaaaymes488yes he did do all of those things. I don't know why you have to reply in the most disrespectful way that doesn't get your point across or does it make you look right. Just saying I hope you don't go around in public talking like that could lead to some consequences that you don't want.
Be ready for the one and done bull crap that Kentucky had the whole time he was here adios calipari
From a UofL fan good luck Coach I wish you the best
😂
Well as a Kentucky fan you will love the talent but not the results of the tournament that really matters
But you like Pope? Lmao. Yall are delusional. Everyone likes 5 stars but our fanbase. Yall convince yourselves that having dudes stay 50 yrs is better. Still dont mean shit if you not winning. It can only be one team. At this point that's uconn. We could have 5 yr players at UK and still lose and yall would be mad.
He doesn’t make sense when he speaks.
He’s a con man
Make him earn that adoration. He had everything at UK a coach should need and he lost his passion. How about never saying that the sec reg season and tournament didn’t matter. Or saying that he didn’t care about championships he cared more putting players in the nba.
I absolutely agree like he absolutely forgot what Kentucky was all about. Players going to the NBA might be awesome for Arkansas but at Kentucky it's all about titles.
Nah. Dp your research. They werent enamored with him bc Cal wouldnt let the shiesty boosters around his players and in the practices. They wouldnt give him NIL money. Cal had to raise money on his own alot of times to get things done. Ppl dont want to talk about that though. I dont blame Cal for leaving. Fk the Crafts and fk them boosters at UK. They wanted to be all up in the practices like they do to Stoops and the football team. Cal wasnt having it. Then you hear Mrs Craft when she ran for Gov wanted to use Tshiebwe for her campaign and Cal wouldn't allow it. That pissed her off. I dont blame Cal. Stay away from my players. 15 yr old facilities with no upgrades. Leaking ceilings in the gym they practiced in. Now hes gone and Pope gets 4 mill in NIL money. Smh. They pushed the guy out by not working with him. But it was all his fault. Glad he's at Arkansas
@@pmontyjaaaymes488dude the only one needs to be doing your research is you man. I swear I'm not going to argue with you or anything because I believe I just commented on the other post you made. Here you think that cussing and stuff makes you look like your making your point across and it doesn't whatsoever I'll be glad to hear your opinion but other than that I absolutely don't wanna to argue with someone that is completely in denial of everything calipari screwed up and show lack of accountability.
Cal going to beat KY brains out at Rupp
@@chuckroutionGB2022 ok. What’s your point. So he beats uk and loses in the first round of the tournament every year. Is Thst your goal.
At least he's staying in the SEC 👍👍👍
1 championship in 15 years .pothetic
If you gonna insult and call someone pathetic. Know how to spell.
I know the fans are excited about their new coach (and they should be, it's an exciting time for them) but if you compare the energy from his induction at Arkansas vs. Kentucky, it's completely night and day. You can tell he's pumping himself up to "make this work" vs "Wow Arkansas! This is the chance of a lifetime". I get that you want to encourage your fan-base, but he said Arkansas is a blue-blood, and it's just not. It's a decent team, but it's not blue-blood. He just said this to get applauds. He's putting on a brave face, but he looks a like a guy who's going on his first date after going through difficult and unwanted divorce with the woman he dreamed his whole life of growing old with. In his speech at the arena, one of the first things he said was a reference to the Arkansas game where he was thrown out and then mentioned "WE still won the game". This was probably not the best thing to say to your new school. The awkwardness was palpable. His body language, his level 5-of-10 energy would be concerning if I were an invested Arkansas fan. I think he'll do a decent job and build up the team in 5 years in order to hand it off to a new coach. This seems like a short-term swan song.
I think those fans are more excited about just being relevant than anything else.
@@Btt741yeah they've sure talked a lot of shit since hiring him. I definitely am hoping Mark Pope does awesome just to remind people that cal didn't màke Kentucky it was the other way around. He never won a title until he got to Kentucky and yeah he can recruit but the resources at Kentucky was undeniably he had everything to win.
@@Btt741 I agree. And they have reason to be happy. They found a coach with a certain level of marquee value (even though they might be disappointed when the glitter wears off). He'll have a great year or two (esp with Arkansas current exceptions), as soon he gets through his bag of tricks he'll retire. As I mentioned, I think he's understands he's there to get them back on their feet then he'll ride off into the sunset.
@@zackclark2265 Cal's a great part of UK's history, but he's also a great lesson in terms of offering lifetime contracts to coaches and playing for NBA clout instead of the name on the front of the jersey. One of the narratives that's been a somewhat twisted over the last couple weeks in Cal's favors is that UK fans "ran him off". More accurately, it seems that after 2015 (and especially after a very mediocre, at best, 5-6 years), Cal was being held accountable by a state that genuinely love the team and didn't want it to see it go the way of other formerly-great-but-now-mediocre programs such as Indiana. The fan base loved the celebs at the games and recognizable players in the NBA, but also understood they should be the icing on the cake and not the main GOAL of KY basketball. I think he'll do fine at Arkansas, but I'm also thankful he won't have TOO MUCH time before he retires to drive another SEC program into the ground.
Did he not call the hogs?
Calapari can't coach and Arkansas will find out the hard way
Well how dumb is Kentucky then ! They hired the guy for 15 years. It took that long to realize he cant coach. LOL.
No, we knew he couldn't coach, we couldn't get him out b/c of Mitch.
@@mr.sensible5134Nah yall was cool getting those recruits and winning at the time. But you cant take losing bc yall are ignorant ass fanbase. Dont know a thing about basketball and what it takes to win a championship. He us no.8 and yall think we should have 15 or one every single yr. Ignorance
Did you guys understand that? From now on Ellen is a princess. You MUST treat her like royalty like Kentucky did. Just because you marry a guy that coaches basketball, the wife isn't a princess. What a dumb thing to say. Calipari left because Kentucky wasn't enamored with him anymore and they demand to be treated like royalty. I don't see anyone beating down the door to become UK's coach.
Nah. They werent enamored with him bc Cal wouldnt let the shiesty boosters around his players and in the practices. They wouldnt give him NIL money. Cal had to raise money on his own alot of times to get things done. Ppl dont want to talk about that though. I dont blame Cal for leaving. Fk the Crafts and fk them boosters at UK. They wanted to be all up in the practices like they do to Stoops and the football team. Cal wasnt having it. Then you hear Mrs Craft when she ran for Gov wanted to use Tshiebwe for her campaign and Cal wouldn't allow it. That pissed her off. I dont blame Cal. Stay away from my players. 15 yr old facilities with no upgrades. Leaking ceilings in the gym they practiced in. Now hes gone and Pope gets 4 mill in NIL money. Smh. They pushed the guy out by not working with him. But it was all his fault. Glad he's at Arkansas
@@pmontyjaaaymes488 you have very pre conceived ideas. based on nothing but speculation. go take a look at calipari's past teams and what actually got him to kentucky and then the past he had with kentucky. i'll remind you "winning" is all that matters were your words.
I am an LSU alumni, but I can not say anything else besides, Coach Calipari is a great hire for the Razorbacks!
How many good coaches will Arkansas mess up ? The list could be endless.
They have the $$$$$$$$$$
He left because he can't live up to the expectations of being a blue blood coach. All those early tourney exits lol
Nah. Do your research clown. They werent enamored with him bc Cal wouldnt let the shiesty boosters around his players and in the practices. They wouldnt give him NIL money. Cal had to raise money on his own alot of times to get things done. Ppl dont want to talk about that though. I dont blame Cal for leaving. Fk the Crafts and fk them boosters at UK. They wanted to be all up in the practices like they do to Stoops and the football team. Cal wasnt having it. Then you hear Mrs Craft when she ran for Gov wanted to use Tshiebwe for her campaign and Cal wouldn't allow it. That pissed her off. I dont blame Cal. Stay away from my players. 15 yr old facilities with no upgrades. Leaking ceilings in the gym they practiced in. Now hes gone and Pope gets 4 mill in NIL money. Smh. They pushed the guy out by not working with him. But it was all his fault. Glad he's at Arkansas.
He dont look happy
I honestly feel he should've retired and got into something else he had a great run in his career. But his pride right now is hurt because well think about it he went from being one of the most feared coaches to face when Kentucky was in his first years. Now he's facing serious criticism everywhere and he's refusing to change his coaching style or ways. But it's tough to admit when your time is over and moving on to the next chapter I honestly think it would bother me when that day comes for me when I realize that it's my time to hang it up. Because it was your purpose in life.
@@zackclark2265 I still think he could have came back and had one more good at UK nxt season. It was all bitch Mitch's fault. He wouldn't let cal jus do his thing. He should have stayed outta the coaches business and let him be cal. ..I honestly do not think Mark Pope is gonna ever be any good at UK. We his Billy G 2.0 he will be out in 2 seasons if that.
@@Bignastynate12345 well I hope that's not the case because it's Definitely been a very rough five years that's for sure. There's no question him and Mitch definitely didn't get along it's just too obvious there was a lot of conflict. The problem is the only info we get is from the media it's probably mind blowing what was going on behind closed doors.
@@Bignastynate12345 you'll be the first bandwagon fan when pope succeeds. zack is right cal shoulda left after his first 10 years. even he knew that and still remained greedy. he's players first not program first.
He didn't have to decide because Cal had broken agreement between KY AD about not telling AD he was talking with another program!! Nothing to decide at this point because KY was getting rid of him after KY had an out. Cal had to take AR job after this . Cal couldn't get his buyout at KY. SEE ya Cal
Tell me when NCAA 1 championship in 15 years is very bad
Excuses
Calipari was out of options. He wouldn’t never be at a school where basketball isn’t first. This is just because he was ran out of Kentucky and they wouldn’t let Brad coach. He’s going to hate it and he will cause problems the entire time. Just wait.
Conipari is going to destroy the Arkansas program. He couldn’t do it at Kentucky they’re too prominent. But Arkansas isn’t that kind of program they will be able to survive when he inserts his ways. Arkansas, trust me. Don’t question this guy
I hate hearing him talk. He is so full of himself. I bring people together. Lol
Then why the fuck you click on here? Stupid
They got lucky
He left because he held a fundraiser for NIL money. He wanted to raise 1 million dollars…he only raised 50 thousand dollars 😂.
He signed with Arkansas the next day.
1 week later when Mark Pope was hired at Kentucky…they raised 4 million dollars 😂😂.
Exactly. They been doing Cal like that for yrs
@@pmontyjaaaymes488 all of kentucky been done with him for 5 years. just needed him to leave.
Calapari isn't even wearing the Arkansas red jacket and tie ...hahaha big mistake calapari p
S.calapari over coaches he never shuts up
All he cares about is being the coach who gets the most players in the NBA you'll finish with 9 to 10 losses every year one or two times you might miss the tournament he's a car's salesman not a coach he was just committed to winning championships for Kentucky basketball a week later he's gone for the Arkansas job what a POS let all the players who wants to follow him follow him it's about Kentucky the name on the front of the jersey if you don't want to play for us because were Kentucky like Reed Shepard then don't play for us
Come on coach cal you know you ain’t telling the truth you ask Mitch to counter they’re offer and Mitch said nope we can’t just a ole used car salesman
You realize the person that started that has redacted his statement and apologized. He (Dick Gabriel) tweeted saying the following “Clarification about a comment I made on KET: I should not have made it sound like there was a "counter offer" situation. I did a poor job of saying UK was aware of what Arkansas was offering, but to make it sound like Calipari sought a counter-offer was inaccurate. My apologies.”
Lol his offer from Arkansas is LESS money than he was making at Kentucky. Let's think about that for a sec.
@@doc8013 7 million a year, plus 1 million signing bonus, but he also has at least 5 million (closer to 6m) in NIL budget, whereas at UK the basketball NIL budget is 1-4 million. So while his contract is just a little lower (not including winning incentives) the backing and financial support for players is more than UK was offering.
@@calebk8202 yeah, I'm not fully buying that either. Kentucky basketball will have as much if not more than Arkansas at the end of the day. The reports that Arkansas has a 7 million NIL total has been debunked. That's what they wanna get to but they're nowhere close right now.
@@doc8013Kentucky is delusional if they think they can compete in NIL money vs Arkansas. The Wal Mart family money only smashes Kentucky's money.
He will not help Arkansas basketball waste of time because basketball players dont want to play for Arkansas
Basketball players wanna play for coaches. Should I even list examples?
It looks like they dont want to play at Kentucky either thats why they're all backing out. 😂
@@Bob-te3lewell there's one thing for sure. I would understand why they left for Kentucky because they want to play for the coach that recruited them. It would just be awkward to commit to a program with a coach that wasn't the one that offered you the scholarship. I think Arkansas will get players and so will Kentucky.
@@Bob-te3leYep. Playes dont give af about KY like that. I cant stand our fanbase sometimes. We are Kentucky. The best college in the nation. Blah blah blah. They sounds so stupid at times. You get tired of it after a while. Bunch of slow heads here. Wouldnt know what a basketball was if you handed it to them and told em what it was.