CC - John Calipari
Top five recruiting class every year. Only one national title to show for. Folks down south are getting tired of him. He is losing to Oakland as we speak - if he’s out the first weekend of March Madness (again) I think he will have a very hot seat. Let’s bring him in and restructure Michigan basketball.
March 21st, 2024 at 10:00 PM ^
Not only NO, but HELL NO!
March 21st, 2024 at 10:03 PM ^
Kentucky's only won one tournament game in five years. I can think of at least one out-of-work coach who won five times that many, and with less talent.
March 21st, 2024 at 10:04 PM ^
The next CC thread where the coach is in the tourney, I'm putting $100 on the other teams money line. CSU, McNeese, Kentucky. Someone quickly make a CC: Tom Izzo thread.
March 21st, 2024 at 10:06 PM ^
Izzo wouldn't be interested. The roster has too many weird guys.
March 21st, 2024 at 10:08 PM ^
I’d rather have the kid from Hillsdale.
March 21st, 2024 at 10:08 PM ^
Do you really think a team with a bunch of highly recruited freshmen works in 2024?
Calipari's strategy isn't really working as far as I can tell and bringing it to Michigan won't work either.
March 21st, 2024 at 10:11 PM ^
Wtf. I'm in Argentina and cannot watch games from here. Oakland beat Kentucky ???? Maybe Kampe should be a candidate. Seriously.
March 21st, 2024 at 10:12 PM ^
He' 68 and has been the HC at Oakland for the last 41 years.
March 21st, 2024 at 10:51 PM ^
So next year he'd be 69, which..
Niiiice
March 21st, 2024 at 11:03 PM ^
So? Oakland is essentially a commuter school. My son didn't even know they were playing, never once went to a game. Think about every disadvantage they have, and they just beat Kentucky....
His team is way better than ours. Just saying
March 22nd, 2024 at 12:46 PM ^
True, but he probably isn't prepared to be the coach at a major program now (especially with all the NIL and other junk going on)... assuming he even wants to coach again anywhere next year (let alone try and rebuild a program).
March 21st, 2024 at 10:25 PM ^
Kampe can coach.
March 22nd, 2024 at 12:24 AM ^
Come on, man. We’re all happy for the Golden Grizzlies and glad UK received a well-deserved quick exit but if 1 March Madness upset is enough to go straight to HC short list, Michigan has a lot of coaches to call.
Also if a majority of folks assume your university is in a different state based off the name alone, I’d say pump the brakes before scheduling the interview.
What does your son graduating from Oakland and not even know they were playing have to do with anything?
People post some weird shit.
March 21st, 2024 at 11:38 PM ^
Absolutely not.
March 21st, 2024 at 11:38 PM ^
The game has passed him by. He needs to retire. Saban got out at the right time; if he would have stayed for 3 or 4 more years he'd end up like this.
March 21st, 2024 at 11:39 PM ^
STOP!!
March 21st, 2024 at 11:45 PM ^
Im also a die hard UK fan. For Michigan sake, do not take him! His coaching is done. This was beyond a disappointment of a year.
- 2 potential top 5 picks. Lost to an Oakland team
- 1 player averaging 20+ points
- D was 105 ranked.
-2/3 years he’s lost to 14 and 15 seeds.
- inbound plays non existent
This is the feeling of Brady hoke era where nothing can be done and just have to ride along with it. Cal is a phenomenal recruiter but has clearly shown that his assistants were the ones coaching during his successful years. This is an embarrassment losing again, in the first round, with this talent. I want him gone but hope you guys do not get him.
March 21st, 2024 at 11:46 PM ^
lol. Fuck that guy
March 21st, 2024 at 11:54 PM ^
Not only is he washed, but my man is 64 years old. Here's a great article in the Athletic about coach Cal's demise the last 8-9 years
March 22nd, 2024 at 12:25 AM ^
Again f that guy
He would be nothing without 5 stars and he wouldn't have the NIL support or facilities to lure them here like he can st Kentucky. Kentucky basketball players live the high life.
He can't coach. He's a recruiter. Rolls the ball on the court and says, "go win the game"
No thanks
Then you do don’t watch Archie 2.0 I mean May either
STFU and GTFO
If May really is leader then might as well try for Cal. Neither run shit but Cal at least can grab talent.
CC: Rick Pitino
I’d rather have Ferris state’s coach than Cheatipari
Stop.
What is wrong with you?
March 22nd, 2024 at 10:04 AM ^
Calipari? You can't be serious! He has been wasting talent for more than a decade, he is old, and based upon his latest failure against Oakland (being totally outcoached) he really doesn't care to coach his team anymore. His hiring would delay our program for as long as he was here.
March 22nd, 2024 at 10:06 AM ^
If he would like to come here and if we can afford his hefty price tag sure
can't get much worse.
March 22nd, 2024 at 10:09 AM ^
Absolutely NOT
March 22nd, 2024 at 10:16 AM ^
he's washed
March 22nd, 2024 at 11:01 AM ^
Absolutely not.
March 22nd, 2024 at 11:05 AM ^
I would listen if he was interested in the job but he doesn’t seem a like great fit for the school.
March 22nd, 2024 at 12:25 PM ^
John Calapari is ethically the OPPOSITE of John Beilien.
Nope. Easy pass.
March 22nd, 2024 at 12:51 PM ^
Calipari needs a new home. He's become a stale coach at Kentucky.
That home should be somewhere not Michigan.
March 22nd, 2024 at 12:51 PM ^
Only Painter has done less with more. Also, for those that have contacts in the AD, they know that a coach, that looks like Calipari, will never be hired by Warde.
Another stupid idea for a coach
Christ, yes. A thousand times yes.
With that said, he ain't leaving Kentucky.
If you think Calipari is a good idea, lol, you shouldn't be a Michigan fan.
Can UofM annex Oakland simply to acquire its MBB program?