Arkansas is a mess right now; will they miss the tournament in Calipari's first year?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ม.ค. 2025
- Arkansas under John Calipari is a disaster right now. Jack Pilgrim and Shawn Smith discuss what is happening in Fayetteville and why they do not take much glee from it.
In my opinion Cal's decline began when John Robic stepped away from the staff. He was Cal's ace in the hole. I'd argue that Robic's role at UK all those years was just as important as the roles of Cal and the players.
That's not just your opinion. That's a fact!
Gosh, you are dead on. When he left Cal's staff we went downhill.
@@jeffrey7938 yup, I think he was the true x's and o's maestro for those UK teams. And nobody ever mentions him, never gets any recognition. Robic could've been a successful coach at a big school if he had wanted that but he was loyal to Cal.
They way that Cal handled his exit, the way he belittled the fan base, the way he put the university and the program last, he put the NBA and cranking out players ahead of the prosperity of the program. Cal’s ego ran a lot of people away and he thought it was the “Cal affect” when actually it is the “Kentucky Affect”. Just look at the crowds at Arkansas games and crowds at out games. We are still selling out away games and stadiums are half full to watch Arkansas. The program should always come first and then everyone eats.
For Kentucky fans it's the gift that keeps giving . Thanks Arkansas fans.
Love the cousin Eddie reference! LOL...
dude the Arkansas fans is a victim here , and could easy be us? have a little pity on the fans.
@ Sorry pal... As long as JOHN was at UK we shoulda had % more banners instead of 1.. He sells his BS which is BS.. Im just tired of him! He has sold himself to the NBA to much! Again sorry!
Where did your comment go KSR?
Do you think anybody showed us compassion when we went and lost 1st round of the NIT or the year he went 9-22, or the loss to the peacock’s, or even last seasons loss against Oakland? No we were the laughing stock of every SEC team, not to mention the blue bloods! Guess they’ll have to suck it up like we did sunshine!
100% we wouldn’t have beaten duke or zaga or Fla if we still had cal. Not one of them. Guy just doesn’t even try any more
We love our ex coaches but WE ARE THE PINNACLE OF COLLEGE BASKETBALL.!!GO BIG BLUE
Why do you feel sorry for the man? He's not a victim, he's the boss. He hired the yes men, they weren't forced on him. He is the architect of this s___ show.
The players aren't victims. They have unprecedented freedom of movement, and are well compensated. They chose HIS "brand" to play for. I don't feel sorry for adults that make informed bad choices. You guys are like victims of Stockholm syndrome, identifying with, and feeling sorry for the guy that kidnapped the basketball program, and held it hostage.
John Robic left UK then the NCAA allowed 5th year players. Cal has also let go of the leash as well.
You look at Rick barns with what he said about his star Chaz lianer like hey you better play or sit
I've said it since his first year, he has put on a show to fool us since day one. I compared him to the Wizard of OZ with smoke and mirrors. All he could do is recruit. He taught the dribble drive and hoped for the best. With enough great talent that plays well together, he succeeded, but time and time again, he showed us that he couldn't actually coach a team on the court during a game. His act is failing, his curtains have been ripped down, and now we see what he really is. He got rich sending talent to the NBA, and he used KY to do it.
A very good CON MAN!!!!!!!!
When ever I see Arkansas and a mess together in a headline I automatically hit the 👍 button
I am BBN as one can get and have nothing but respect for what Cal did at UK, got us #8 and had some really fun BB. Having said that...UK moved on when it had to and its obvious that Cal has simply not evolved with the game. It has passed him by. Cannot be happier with Coach Pope. The fun is back!
I honestly feel bad for Cal. He's a hall of fame coach. Has had a great career. Provided me with so many amazing memories with his teams here. But he has lost it. I wonder if he even cares anymore. There's no fire there. Is he even trying?
He's a "hall of fame coach." He's a bit if a joke, actually. He's never really been a good coach. He had good guys around him that could coach, and he was one heck of a recruiter.
@ I don’t totally agree with that. He was definitely a great coach at Umass where he didn’t get all the best players. He was great at Memphis and at UK for the first 10 years. I agree with you though I think he used to have the right guys are him and now he doesn’t. I also think he doesn’t have the work ethic he used to.
Couldn't have happened to a better used car salesman. The man ruined fandom here in the Bluegrass.
Pope is everything Kentucky needed. And everything Calipari wouldn't know how to do. He is a diva more than a coach, these days.
I'm sure some else has said it but I'll say it again -- Cal hasn't been the same since the 2014-15, 38-1 season. It had to have changed his brain chemistry. To be that close to a perfect season and lose in the final 4 with that team, i'm still lamenting it and I am just a fan.
I know i run the risk of being blasted for what i am about to say but.... i really believe something broke in Cal during covid... have felt he changed during that time and became "softer"
Has just gotten worse as time has passed...
Will always love Cal for his time here..
Everyone keeps saying that but imo it broke after that Wisconsin loss. Greatest team of talent ever assembled and u get beat by a team that averages 57 points a game. Guy realized that he’s a fake and was never a good coach. It ruined him
COVID season coulda been the rebirth of Cal, I truly believe they was gonna win it all, hottest team in the country at the time....
The real answer to why Cal went downhill after covid....The following season 2020-21 was when John Robic left the UK staff. He was the key to UK's success during Cal's first 10+ years there. Idk why this never gets brought up
@@HarveyBlevins-i4h No it didnt, he still had 3 or 4 really good seasons after that Wisconsin loss. Cal's nosedive was due to John Robic stepping away from the staff, the stats from 2020-21up to present prove this 100 percent.
@@tj3742 That was the last season John Robic was on the staff.
You guys are delusional!!! I don’t feel bad for Cal! He embarrassed the program from 2016ish on! We were the laughing stock of college basketball! Teams were licking their chops to play us and they beat us game in and game out! Once other programs learned to get the one and done’s, Cal was done! At first he had the players that he didn’t have to coach as much and Cal couldn’t keep up with the coaches that could out coach him, which were most of them!!! It was his way or not way!!! Arrogant, pompous, look down on the SEC Tournament! Are you kidding me! I have 0 respect for how he did this program!!
The fact that you said 2016 means you don't know ebough to make comments.
@ maybe so! BUT!!! You cannot say Cal did what was best for the UK program when he publicly stated he did not care about the SEC Tournament (not Cal’s exact words but same meaning), and maybe I through in 2016, so what? You are smart to know exactly what I was saying and you very well know that Cat Fan’s ( and of course Brandon, NOT ALL CAT FAN’S( I better clarify that for you before you try to belittle me again) ) but a WHOLE lot of us had seen what Cal was about!! The fact that it is your show DOES NOT make you the authority on Cal! And by the way! I met many fans that attended the Sec T. in Nashville that saved what little money they had to be able to watch their Cats play, and then know that it means nothing to the coach! Shame on you Brandon! You have your opinion, I have mine! And SHAME ON YOU again because you are know better than Cal, trying belittle me on here! And oh, the misuse of Reed Shepherd and Rob Dillingham! You are laughable!! The more you defend Cal, the more you show your true colors!
I’m sorry but I just can’t get enough of these sad Arkansas sports shows on TH-cam and other sports shows talking about Arkansas. It’s like watching a show you see for the first time on Netflix and can’t get enough 😂
I wanted Cal and our ex players/staff to do well, just not as well as us and this is sad but at least this vindicates what I've said and others too. I've said since 2018 that Cal needed to change and since 3 years ago I've said he needs to retire that since he wont change, UK was the only thing keeping him afloat in modern college ball and sure enough, he goes to a lesser program (lesser than UK) and the struggles are even worse.
I knew it was going to get bad this year when in the NON conference the Walmart and Tyson chicken commercials and "brought to you by Tyson" and the team got the calls and still lost the games. If boosters are using their corporations to help with officiating and you still lose, you're bad.
You guys are just built different than me. Not only do I hope Cal and Arkansas lose the next five games, I hope every other team in the top half of the SEC not named UK also lose 5 in a row. I root for one team.
I think Pitino will be more accepted in 10 years than Cal by BBN. Cal has no soul, and it showed in how flat his guys were. Pitino make Kentucky kids champions. But they all did well after him. Cal isn't loved by his players. He's an NBA agent more than their coach.
When Cal said he saw his job as getting guys to the NBA, and not winning championships. I think BBN had a "Oh Shit" moment. We CARE about BANNERS here! That got Pope the job.
He's always been about getting kids to the NBA . I'm not saying it's necessarily bad , he's helped a bunch of kids fulfill their dreams. But he forfeited their dreams of being on a championship team.
He set a bunch of good records from 2009-2015. He proceeded to set all the WRONG records, losing records from that point on. All of the worst losses in my lifetime came under Cal and I will never forgive him for those seasons. I do truly appreciate the good years but that got eclipsed by the last 6-7 seasons.
Stfu please....in your lifetime?? What was Kentucky doing in the years b4 John got there?? Did u forget those?? I remember when Kentucky got beat by Gardner Webb in Lexington 😂 stop lying to the internet 🤡
I love seeing him loose because he doesn't care
I think DJ Wagner is the shits and Cal isn't great with Xs and Os. He needs Robic back.
Wait until he leaves Arkansas and takes the crimson off to kiss his ass. Jeez He walked out on us after retaining his job, took the whole staff and team, tried to get Matt fired, offered players dbl $ not to go to Kentucky, trolled us with Chicken nuggets and you feel sorry for him. To each is own I guess GO CATS!
We owe Cal thanks for avoiding that $40M buyout. Aside from that, I'm enjoying this flameout. We were belittled by Cal for demanding more from this program. Then we were belittled by the national media and Dickie V (again) for demanding excellence. Then Matt was trolled by Tyson after they got Cal to leave.
Revenge is so sweet. I'm so looking forward to Feb 1.
The man damn near torpedoed the program. If pope hadnt been available...what would we be lookin like right now? I was not happy with cals philosophy from the beginning. I only put up with it because the kids were great kids. But after 2015....i was ready for him to leave. It was clearly about kids going to the nba, which was going to happen anyway, over winning ball games.
Cal doesn't care about having a winning record.. he only cares about how many players he sends to the NBA. I will never feel sorry for him
Coach Cal shows 0 interest in change! And what is it they say about doing the same thing over and over expecting a different outcome?
I am also a big fan of Coach Cal. Only met n him once at a dinner club,
and he was nothing but polite to me.
I have one question.
How many people would walk away from Kentucky and not take any money that I am aware of. I think he did that because he knew he let down Kentucky, and he loved it here. I hope he considers Kentucky as a good retirement home. But in today's climate, criticizing Cal would be a probability. Do you know of any coach that left that kind of money behind. I don't know of anyone leaving that kind of money behind. People who already have money are even worse about greed than the average person.
Thank you
CLIFF
He breached his contract TWICE last year. He wasn't getting that money. The Arkansas AD Hunter Yurachek has been on national sports shows admitting that they were meeting without Barnhart's knowledge or okay. Describing how clandestine Cal was with their meeting during the tournament. Cal sent someone down to the hotel parking lot to meet him, and give him a key and room number, so they wouldn't be seen together, etc.
@@BigBang_BigCrunchthat man stopped carrying after 2018
@hcellix I agree, seemed like Cal left the way he did because he felt like he had failed us. I did not like the way most of our fanbase acted throughout the last few seasons. Maybe I'm just loyal to a fault because I was sad when Cal left and if he had came back to UK for another season I would've been ok with that. I just can't turn my back on someone like that. Cal spoiled us for like 10+ years before things got rough, and he brought us a championship back to Lexington in 2012. And for me all the fun memories from those first 10 years far outweigh the negative ones
He should have left 8 years ago after he one the championship it went from bein about ky basketball an it was all about him an how many people he can put in the nba first round.
But the TWEEKS? What about the tweeks?
Calipari has backing by the richest people in Arkansas. He will survive this year and beyond.
All UK fans, The great Arkansas fans is a victim in all this, and remember could easily be us? Lets have a little compassion for the Arkansas fans. You wanna blame someone, blame the Arkansas Athletics Director, and Tyson chicken? The fans just wanted something better than what they had, and the fans did not ask for another disastrous losing year. Can we please stop making statements like we told you so or you suck? Just have some compassion for the fans that is going through yet another bad year.
Name one player in the last 5 years that has gotten better under his leadership
Literally Reed, Rob, and Reeves last yr what do yall be talking about lmao
@marvinmbah1541 they didn't get better. We couldn't win one game in the NCAA tournament. Didn't do good in the sec tournament. What are you talking about. I watch every KY game
@@randyphelps5542 what does them not winning a game have to do with their individual development lol. Show me one person that said Rob and Reed would be top 10 picks before last yr. Antonio Reeves became an elite scorer under Cal. I get yall hate on him but yall just try to act like the man did absolutely nothing right the last few years lol.
@marvinmbah1541 he didn't. Every player we had under Rick got better. With cal what you get day one is what you get all season. I know players that said cal rarely even was there during practices. He doesn't go because he knows he can't coach as good as his assistant
@@randyphelps5542 so having a #2 and #3 seed is doing nothing right I get the tournament losses but don’t act like we didn’t have successful regular seasons and great player development. Oscar was jus a rebounder at WVU came to UK and became NPOY unanimously. He still developed a lot of players.
Under Cal, I think we would be 11-7 at best right now. We don't beat Duke, Gonzaga or Florida. Maybe we even lose to Mississippi State or Texas A&M.
Louisville, with a revitalized program and a new coach in Kelsey? If we dropped that, any goodwill Cal would have had with the fans would have been completely gone (see: Stoops, Mark).
Not real fans if u still want him to win. Come on, the belittling and flat out disrespect he displayed while being our coach. He treated fans like second rate citizens, not even bringing up the fact this loser took a knee. Down hill ever since
Man, I love u guys u are my new go to!!
Cal's fall has been his openness to wokism
Easy there red hat
Just another day at the used car lot for Cal.
Cal works for the NBA.
We don’t care, so why bother? We’ve moved on… 🏀
@@danielmontgomery7972 w Kentucky fan
If Arkansas wants to keep Cal they better figure out how to get rid of all his assistants . Cause he’s not going to do the work anymore and they’re not doing it for him …
Uils need come back to UK 😊 he dont fit for ark!!
When he "bent the knee" for the Anthem, it marked the start of the end of the Calipari era.
In all honesty, I didn’t want this to happen. When we play then, of course I want us to to win, but with Cal leaving and taking the entire coaching staff with him, 3 of our players and 3 of our commits, I wanted to see them do good. I wanted Thiero to stay so bad, but understood why he left, same with Big Z. And the only reason DJ came to Kentucky was because of Cal, so made sense he left as well, same with Carter Knox where Cal coached his brother. The issue with Arkansas right now is that Cal is not an X’s and O’s coach. He relies on the talent of his players to go out there and win. Helped that we had Reed, Rob and Reeves last year that could shoot the lights out, and Arkansas doesn’t have that this year. They will right the ship but unless they win the SEC tourney, they won’t make the NCAA tourney this season.
Feel sorry for a guy who’s made more money in a year then most us make in a lifetime that’s comical. However I hope he gets this figured out he might get by with a bad year this year but next season he’s gonna put himself in a meat grinder if he does this again 🤷♂️ nobody’s fault but his own
I loved Coach Calipari as well and yes it was time. But we did tell razorback fans. Kinda chill. It’s not like it was be patient. Cal always looks so worn out and so stressed.
Tell ARK NIL money cant buy happiness but it CAN pay for therapy
There’s some things that even therapy can’t fix. Just wait until year 4 under cal 😂😂😂
....and let's not forget...March Pope
@EtotheFnD MARCH POPE
Great video guys. Love the work you do. I am going to be honest. I never ever liked Cal. I was sick and tired of the excuses every year. All my co workers and family was on board, because he had a better class coming in. Year after year. Same old story. Cal will pump up the fans with all Americans coming in and 5 star recruits and he can’t do nothing with them. Besides, get them to the NBA.
Some places isn’t for everyone
Cal was perfect for UK once upon a time. But UK is a different animal than most, Joe B. Hall always said being the coach at UK is a ten year job, if you're still there after ten years you've probably overstayed your welcome
I legit think he needs to start taking anti-depressants. He never smiles anymore, always has his head down as you guys said he looks defeated. He's depressed, not sure why.
It really doesn't matter what or how good or bad Calipari is doing with the team that he is coaching now.
He is an EX-COACH of the University of Kentucky basketball program. We haven't heard anything about any other ex-coaches game play.
We haven't heard anything about Coach Pitino's team, or Tubby Smith, or even the biggest fail Billy Gillespie..🤣 I could go back way farther.
The thing is, they are all just history once they are gone. A new chapter opens up and begins, and we all move on.
There's no reason to even be this conversation on any BBN website. Who cares, he's gone now at another team!
I'm just happy that we all have Coach Pope and this team now!! BBN..GO BIG BLUE!!!!!
To comment on “Theero” vs “Thee-Air-Oh”, commentators at an AR game stated he told everyone at AR it’s “Theero”. Don’t know if that’s how it’s supposed to be pronounced or if he just wanted to change.
I live in Arkansas and a big UK fan.... he changed the pronunciation with the media here. He said Kentucky did it wrong... I am a Cat fan by the way... i got so much shit when Cal went there from Hog fans but they have gone silent with me. I always thought it was good for both schools. But it feels like Cal took and early retirement and Arkansas is paying the 40 million and not us.
It’s not a definite that Ark will miss the tourney.
Oh Zederok, don’t say it. You really can not kill fandom in Ky. Maybe it was not up to par, but no one can kill it
Cal lost his mojo huh? Still gets paid.
BAD JUJU. CALIPARI COULDNT CUT THE MUSTARD AT KENTUCKY, DECIDED TO JUMP SHIP AND GO TO ARKANSAS AND NOW HE HAS TO EAT WHAT HE HAS SEEDED
Imagine the cost of this subpar production he has formulated? His 8+ million, his staff cost and maybe the costliest NIL in college.. The total probably exceeds 20million !! Wow, and this is end product Arkansas receives. Resign.
What everyone is forgetting about Calipari being able to make his typical run later is his team cannot shoot and there are THIRTEEN better teams than his. That wasn’t happening back then. No he won’t. Arkansas is going to tell him by middle next season to change something up and he’ll try to an extend but it won’t work. The game has passed him by. Unless he allows another man to coach his team it’s over. Thank you Arkansas for getting this bum outa Lexington
Cals a good man but hes coaching has gone down since Robic left. He's so stubborn😢
And that “hardass” coach attitude ain’t flying in the NiL era. Just ain’t gonna work any more
This Arkansas job isn’t the right fit John Calapari! Period!
Dude , there just kids , give them time , im gonna have to carry them to the finish line . They're built for MARCH. I've gotta teach them how to finish games. I've gotta teach these kids how to win .
i sure as hell wanted Arkansas to be better, with a record of like 13-3, and at least 4-3, 5-2, , not possibly 0-7, with no drive behind them. Game wont have any zeal with us beating them when it happens. No if.
My feeling is it'll end up like the pre covid turnaround.
He’s a tool always has been 2 seasons vacated for cheating and elected to the hall of fame, he’s won 1 championship with 50 first round draft picks playing college basketball. A great coach does more with less. Call it like it is he is NOT a good coach PERIOD!
He brought talent but never grew them as players
One and done doesn't mean anything anymore
Why is Arkansas a topic? Stay Humble.
Cal's record year by year versus AP top 25:
2010-15 he was 41-15 for 73.2%
2010 7-2
2011 9-2
2012 10-0
2013 2-3
2014 5-7
2015 8-1
2016-20 he was 22-18 for 55%
2016 3-2
2017 6-5
2018 2-4
2019 7-5
2020 4-2
2021-24 Cal was 11-18 for 37.9%
2021 1-5
2022 3-6
2023 2-5
2024 5-2
Hope Cal fails miserably. The way he refused to change to a modern system and him making fun of the fanbase is inexcusable. Looks like the basketball Benny's where right once again
What if Arkansas only wins one conf. Game. @ Rupp??
Thierro is actually the one that made them pronounce it that way....idk lol. Cal helped my family in eastern ky when the floods happened so i will always love him as a person but he stopped bei g great enougb to be the kentucky coach...... atleast thats what the comentators claimed i the first televised arkansas game this season #BIGBLUENATION
Leave the man alone damn!
Might not make the NIT
I wanted cal to succeed as well im very disappointed in this Arkansas team cal doenst look like he has fun the best cal is when hes haveing fun Coaching he doenst look like he haveing fun while you watch his Media stuff
Arkansas 0-16 Or is it 0-18 now?
People here's the FACTS CAL has relied on talent ONLY his hole career but time's has changed with NIL the talent gap between schools has changed now most team's has some talent & experience it's not just BLUE BLOODS with all the top recruits with NIL what separates most team's besides talent or experience is coaching an 2 B FRANKLY CAL'S ran the same system since UMass it's outdated nobody runs dribble drive off it's nowhere in the NBA
Why do you want him to succeed. I lost probably 2 to 3 more national championships after 2012 because of his incompetence and lack of play creativity
Personally, I don't care if Arkansas and cal ever wins another game or they win 5 in a row. They are irrelevant!
In football, if your team lost people, would say ( well, at least we are not fsu ), and now if you lose a basketball game ( people say well, at least we are not Arkansas)😂😂😂😂😂
Rent Free, But seriously Move on, its getting beyond sad that these Kensucky media outlets cannot come up with better content, I mean, you guys must really miss Cal to talk about him everyday..
Hog fan. Look this sucks. But none of yall predicted us to suck in the regular season. What's happening now nobody saw. But we can't really argue with yall because we damn suck lol
Cliff is that you??
I love Cal. But I fuckin hate Arkansas as a brand and a fan base. That’s why I hope they lose every game. They talk smack all season long it’s time they get a taste of defeat.
To be fair, They’ve tasted defeat plenty already this season
Oh No what will KY do without Cal? Lol
We Uk R LUCKY because cal put his last 2 schools on NCAA PROBATION
As an Arkansas fan. It makes me sick how far he's thrown this program down the trash hole. Muss did so much for Arkansas in 5 years, and now look? It's so depressing. I was so excited for Arkansas basketball season, and now I have to put up with this excuse of a coach.
Cal is no longer relevant
2015 broke cal plain and simple
How will it feel if they come to UK and beat us and we are his first SEC win? That will suck!
Please stop tempting Fate by putting clickbait shit like this out there before we play Arkansas. You're going to look like absolute fools if we don't win
yall kentucky fans care more about arkansas then yo own team.
We don't care more, but we do care a lot this season. It's hard not to knowing that that Arkansas team would be Kentucky had Tyson Chicken not stepped in.
We Kentucky fans actually still love Cal for everything he did here . But loosing on the regular is not acceptable here .Cal was fired because he got complacent at his job here … I wish him nothing but the best
I guess Clemson fans care more about Kentucky than their own team, since they are on a KSR youtube channel caring about what Kentucky cares about more .
@@WatchKSR k
@@ClemsonAndGodIsHappiness this happens all the time in sports when coaches move on especially ones that delivered a championship and had a long tenure there. Let’s not act like Kentucky is the first fan base to hold such discussions.
Memphis warned UK about him.
ARK fans..feel like UK back in the day 😅😂 thank god we got good coach mark pope 😊 fit good for UK 😊 💪😺💙🤍💙🤍🏀🔥🔥🔥🔥 BBN. Go. cats ...thanks to ARK fans 😊