[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Pablo

You think he’s winning another ring at Kentucky?

There would be no excuses necessary. This team had everything that Cal claimed he needed to get UK back to the Final Four: bigs, guards, shooters and experience.

Instead, it’s been an abomination. Kentucky is 1-3 in league play for the first time since 1986-87, the ‘Cats are 10-6 and still without a resume win as we approach mid-January. They are No. 62 in the NCAA’s NET rankings, six spots behind Rick Pitino’s Iona Gaels. The ‘Cats have now gone from the team everyone wanted to watch for entertainment value into one that people now want to watch for comedic value.

The offense is antiquated and it’s clear that Calipari misses his old X’s and O’s guy, John Robic.

“I think he’s lost the players,” one head coach said after facing Kentucky this season. “Their offense is so shitty. He doesn’t run anything for their guards. He has no idea how to use Cason Wallace.”

“They should still be getting the best talent,” another coach added. “And they have enough talent right now to finish in the top three or four of the SEC.”

Sure, Calipari can still recruit at a high level, but it’s far more frustrating for Big Blue Nation to watch talent wasted. Cal has pulled in 36 top-50 recruits since 2015, and he’s put 18 players in the NBA over that span. For comparison’s sake, Kansas’ Bill Self has brought in 12 top-50 recruits and coached nine NBA players since 2015.

Over his first six seasons in Lexington, Calipari went to the Final Four four times. But he hasn’t been since 2015.

“The game has passed him by,” said one head coach.

There are wiser options for Del Conte in Austin. If he has any questions, he should just call Kentucky AD Mitch Barnhart.

Eric Musselman has taken Arkansas to consecutive Elite Eight appearances. Nate Oats went to the Sweet 16 in 2021. Bruce Pearl went to the Final Four in 2019.

All would be superior hires for CDC than the 63-year-old Calipari.

I’d even make a case that Kansas State rookie head coach Jerome Tang would be a more intelligent maneuver than bringing Calipari to Austin. Tang has energy, he knows the area from his time building Baylor into a national championship-caliber program. Tang grinds it.

Calipari doesn’t. He’s lost his fastball.

https://watchstadium.com/calipari-an...nd-01-11-2023/

Unless somebody else is doing the actual on-court coaching for Calipari, he's not winning another one.