Running 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament thread

Page 54 of this PDF even proudly displays all the vacated games: http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2009/D1.pdf

 

Except, regardless of the silly "vacated wins" nonsense, he actually did coach in those Final Fours and you can't change that.

 

Cal, shredded...

http://langwiseman.blogspot.com/

 

Oh gee -- a Tennessee fanboy with a blog rips John Calipari -- that is something worthy of posting..... :

Anybody who thinks what John Calipari did this year is anything short of amazing doesn't have a clue.

He didn't get outcoached by Huggins - there is no "adjustment" when your team can't put the ball in the basket, particularly when four of your top six are freshman.

I hate being in the position to defend Calipari all the time but I hear a lot about a lot of other guys being great coaches who don't have nearly his record and it is plain silly.

The dude who wrote this blog is a moron and worse, showing his true colors as a Tennessee fanboy, which is sad -- I'm just wondering, though, why he didn't rip Bruce Pearl's inability to make the right decisions in the waning moment of his Elite Eight game?

Oh that's right, if he did that he'd be kicked out of the Vols fanboy club -- and he is calling Calipari a fraud?

He should look in the mirror.

 

Please, Zag. Any coach with those players and resources could have made it to the Elite 8.

 

Really?

What did North Carolina do this year? How about UCLA? How about Arizona? How about Kansas? How about Connecticut? How about Syracuse? How about Georgetown? They all have lots resources and young talent (in the case of Kansas and UConn, plus older talent) - why didn't they waltz into Elite 8?

Give me fucking break - he installed a new system, had all freshmen and sophomores and somehow got them to mesh together as a pretty good fucking team. They played 38 games and won 35 of them including the SEC title and tournament game.

It is not easy, even a little, to put together an entire new team every single year - no matter how good the freshmen are -- and win on a high level and there are only a few guys out there who have been able to do it and Calipari is one of them.

 

It's not worth me posting, but it's worth your response? Nice.

As for the Pearl comment, I'll let Lang speak for himself...from his response to a similar ill-informed complaint on his blog:

"The revenge of the UK homer! Nice... haha

I will say this, though. You pulled a useful technique out of your bag of tricks -- useful, that is, if you're in the seventh grade. Indeed, changing the subject doesn't work on most adults who have even a modicum attention span."

 

Who is changing the subject?

I ripped the guy for being a fraud because he is a fraud and my only point about Bruce Pearl is he did a far worse job at the end of his game than Calipari did in his game and I would think that a Tennessee blogger would, uh, write about Tennessee.

Of course, when you are a fanboy and a fraud, well, then you try to rip your rival's coaching.

So, yes, now I can see why he'd be an expert on seventh grade tactics.

 

I had the same thought as zag as far as considering the source of that blog. The problem is I watched Calipari up close during his years at Memphis, and at several times during this season, including Saturday's game, and I can't argue with anything that guy wrote.

 

The guy -- a Harvard Law grad, btw -- gives more proof as to why Cal's a fraud than you offer why he's a fraud. You do notice this, right?

And I take it you also believe Doug Gottlieb can only write about Oklahoma State hoops, right, just to name one of a hundred examples of former players writing or talking about teams other than their own?

 

How about ride UK for hiring him? Where in Cal's resume does it even hint at winning titles is a given?

UK was a steaming pile to shit that he, in about 10 months mind you, turned into a #1 team. He did this the way he always does; he hires (word chosen correctly) guys with great skill but with little experience and you look great when it's snowing, but when the flowers bloom and the cooker starts to pressurize, they start to crack.

Cal is anything but a fraud. He is exactly what UK should have expected. That is the opposite of a fraud.

 

93, I agree with about 90 percent of your post. One thing Calipari DOES do for his young Hessians is give them good NBA preparation in the time they are at his program. Camby and Rose bode well for Wall and Cousins' careers in the pros.
As to why he can't also teach them to shoot free throws, I'm stumped.