Half said Cal has it made in Memphis and Half said that Cal is a bad coach. Thoughts?

4/10/2006 5:19:00 PM

there are already 2 threads about calipari

4/10/2006 5:19:27 PM

my thoughts are that we should all SELL on around the horn for the topic of "good shows to watch"

4/10/2006 5:19:48 PM

i think there are threads already discussing this

fucking kum stain

4/10/2006 5:20:11 PM

Who on ATH has credibility? Anyone??

4/10/2006 5:20:30 PM

Haha I just thought it was intersting becuase they made some legitimate points about the lack of "in game coaching" cal does. He seems to just let his athletes go, which seemed to work this year at least.

4/10/2006 5:20:47 PM

We're used to being outcoached, so that wont be an issue.


The question is whether or not he can make it look good while being outcoached.

4/10/2006 5:21:07 PM

Why aren't you suspended Kruk, you big fucking idiot.

4/10/2006 5:21:19 PM

that is some bullshit

4/10/2006 5:21:24 PM

hahaha... man I thought at least one of them would be on our side.

THE north carolina state university.

4/10/2006 5:22:11 PM

fucking kum stain

4/10/2006 5:22:27 PM

Quote :

"my thoughts are that we should all SELL on around the horn for the topic of "good shows to watch""

4/10/2006 5:22:28 PM

fuck those monkeys

that's why they're talking about it instead of doing it

Calipari will come to NC State BECAUSE of the challenge, not inspite of it

4/10/2006 5:22:32 PM

I think Stat Boy would have bought it!

4/10/2006 5:22:35 PM

Quote :

"In 14 seasons as a collegiate head coach, Calipari's record stands at 341-130 (.724). His record in March is 67-28 (.705). His record in the NCAA tournament is 15-8 (.652) and in the NIT is 15-5 (.750). He has made eight NCAA tournaments, the Sweet Sixteen four times, the Elite Eight three times, and the Final Four one time. He has made five NITs, with one championship in 2002."

You don't get records like that if you can't coach. Doesn't matter what league you're in.

4/10/2006 5:23:24 PM

NO SHIT..............

he is a great coach.

Coaching stats from NCAA website :


http://www.ncaa.org/stats/m_basketball/coaching/all_d1_coaching_records.pdf

page 4,

Calipari is number 13 in the winningest active div.1 coaches

Rick barnes number 36



[Edited on April 10, 2006 at 5:35 PM. Reason : ffff]

4/10/2006 5:33:21 PM

Selected Teams from conferences Cal has coached in

C-USA Marshall, Rice, Tulane, Southern Miss, ECU, S. Methodist, Tulsa, UTEP

A-10 VTech, LaSalle, URI, Duquesne, St. Bonnie, Temple, Xavier, Dayton

ACC-12 UNC, Duke, Wake Forest, BC, Maryland, GTech, Miami, UVa


....he WILL get exposed as a mediocre coach when his level of competition goes up

prove me otherwise

4/10/2006 5:33:39 PM

yeah he would have definitely had to meet some very good teams to get to those sweet 16, elite 8 and final 4 appearances.

4/10/2006 5:34:20 PM

k seriously kruk, dont go asking me for a name when you get suspended again if you're gonna be like this, stop being a negative nancy and pull for the pack no matter what

4/10/2006 5:35:38 PM

take a look at some other coaches that have been in those conferences for a long time. do they have cal's numbers?

no, they don't.

how many other c-usa coaches built their program up to top-5 status? #1-seed?

you say it's b/c they are in c-usa and anyone can do that. if that is true then i have to ask why no other coach in c-usa has done it?

4/10/2006 5:36:12 PM

seriously. look at that bevy of World Beaters he had to face in the A-10 and C-USA

4/10/2006 5:38:46 PM

Also, The C-USA was very good up until this year. UAB, Cincy, Marquette, and Louisville, along with Memphis made the conference look very good!

4/10/2006 5:39:15 PM

when he got to memphis, they were just another one of those teams.

also, he didn't beat any c-usa teams to make it to the elite 8 this year

^exactly

[Edited on April 10, 2006 at 5:40 PM. Reason : ]

4/10/2006 5:39:57 PM

Last time I checked it took a pretty good fucking coach to record those wins in the NCAA tournament. That's one area you can't criticize Kruk, conference be damned.

4/10/2006 5:40:16 PM

He scheduled very stong out of conference teams when he was at Umass and with memphis..............

http://proxy.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/story?columnist=katz_andy&id=2338081

Quote :

"Is it 1996 all over again? Memphis coach John Calipari sees the similarities. When he was the coach at UMass, Calipari scheduled everyone he could, constantly trying to upgrade the team's schedule because he knew the Atlantic 10 would bring the power rating down. In '96, his Minutemen landed a No. 1 seed and reached the Final Four. Scheduling to land a top seed is exactly what Calipari did with Memphis this season. The Tigers didn't shy away from anyone. Conference USA, raided by the Big East, added some middling teams that weren't going to help the power rating, so it's no surprise that once Memphis got into conference play, its strength of schedule plummeted. "

[Edited on April 10, 2006 at 5:43 PM. Reason : ttt]

4/10/2006 5:42:53 PM

he had fucking Marcus Camby

4/10/2006 5:44:59 PM

yes, the man is also a great recruiter

but camby had nothing to do with his out of conference scheduling. The man doesn't shy away.

just give up the piss parade man.....

4/10/2006 5:49:14 PM

i'd love to see a strong ooc schedule, bring on the quality opponents

4/10/2006 6:57:42 PM

but he does the strong OOC scheduling as a response to being in weak conferences...
will he continue to do that here?
or maybe tone it down a little...

4/10/2006 7:12:30 PM