Maybe we can grab Calipari
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If we're talking about unrealistic coaching hires, I'd take Cal over anyone, especially that bum Miller.
Cal has pocketing enough cash. Maybe he decides to pull a Pittino and end up at RMU. They will worship him and he will have zero pressure. And he will clean up in the Horizon. Why not?
The twitter response is hilarious. So much underachieving with his parade of one and done NBA wannabes.
Don't want anything to do with him. Hard pass on someone we'll never get.
Cal and K are so stupid for relying so heavily on 1 and dones. They should take 2 every year. That's it. The rest of the roster should be Top 50/75 3-4 year college players.
I realize we’ll never see eye to eye and you’ll probably dismiss this with unnecessary snark. But how on earth can you defend Miller as a coach at the same time you call Cal an underachiever?
One has six FFs and a natty. The other has squat.
That's better than what we watch, loss after loss, an empty arena and and endless parade of one and dones because they can't stand to stay more than a year, not because they're wanted elsewhere.
You are right, we will never see eye to eye. Snark away all you want.
And this thread is about Calipari, not Miller.
But if you must...........
Arizona and Kentucky are not the same. One is a bluest of bluebloods and one is not. Calipari has a better tournament record and he should. A better comparable is Dixon and Miller.
Losing to St. Peters and Robert Morris is something you don't do if you are a Kentucky. And there are other embarrassments.
I am NOT a fan of those who assemble teams of one and dones. It has crippled the sport I love.
About Miller. He is one of the very few coaches who I think can cause a stir in the fanbase and turn around this dumpster fire quickly. Emphasize think, not know. Sooner than any flavor of the month mid major coach or assistant. I also don't harbor a grudge against him that has poisoned others opinions That simple.
Arizona is an elite job. It is one of the Top 10 in the country. Lute Olson made 5 Final 4’s and won a national title. You could make a case that it is easier to win at Arizona because there is less competition on the west coast.
Arizona is the best or second best program on the west coast. To try to downplay its prominence as a program to defend Miller is unconvincing. And what evidence has Miller shown to suggest he could turn around a program? He’s never had a job at a bad school.
If Cal is an underachiever, what is Miller? He’s also had NBA talent up and down his rosters. And has no FFs to show for it.
JHC, you mopes are insufferable. Arizona is not a blueblood. It is a great program that has national cache. It does not have the same pedigree as the bluebloods. There are many programs that fall into that category. Geography doesn't matter and is a lame argument. Arizona is in the same boat with Syracuse, Gonzaga, UCLA, Louisville. Villanova, UConn, Michigan, Indiana, etc, etc, etc. BTW, is Few a lousy coach?
WTF is an elite program anyways? Didn't we sit at the big boy table for a decade and change? When does a program become elite? Maybe you can educate me.
Better yet - why don’t you educate the rest of us? Who exactly are the Top 10 programs in the country?
Instead of getting defensive and insulting us, maybe you could present a cogent response. To try to call Cal an underachiever because he's at Kentucky when he has a ton of final fours and meanwhile excusing Miller's repeated underperformance in March because he's ONLY at an elite school and not a blue blood is completely disingenuous.
Are you Miller's childhood neighbor or something?
A top 10 is subjective so why bother; I doubt you could get consensus of what is "elite". Still waiting for yours.
I am content with the notion that there are four, perhaps five bluebloods, and a bunch of really good consistent programs. You should be too.
Like your buddy Souf you have a way of twisting things. Bravo.
My reply was all about Calipari. YOU set the tone by making it about Miller and in your words posting a snarky reply. It was never meant to be about comparing the two.
I explained why I feel that way and judging by the twtter responses I don't think I am alone being critical.
Calipari has coached a lot longer than Miller and 13 of those have been with a blueblood which has its many built in advantages. He should have a better tournament resume. And you absolutely should not lose to the likes of RMU and St. Peters. Is that hard to grasp? And I forgot, he carried around a lot of baggage at UMass. Lets not pretend he is squeaky clean.
There are excellent coaches who win plenty in the regular season and don't quite have the great tournament record that people like you arbitrarily decide isn't good enough. That doesn't make them bums (your words). What to you think of a certain former coach who clearly underperformed in the tournament? Is he a bum?. What is you opinion of Mark Few? Is he a bum?
That's it, I'm done with this debate; think what you want. You have the last word.
Only this team wasn't loaded with one and dones. There is a decent mix on his roster this year.
UK is a constant pressure cooker.
I think UK basketball has the most passionate fan base of any sport in college athletics. Not really a close second, imo.
I think UK basketball has the most passionate fan base of any sport in college athletics. Not really a close second, imo.
Cal advanced deeper in the NCAAT at UMass and Memphis than Miller ever did at Zona. Zona is more of a blue blood than those programs, no?
