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Author Topic: Cal--Uk's fanbase a credit to what Rupp started catmandoo Player Member # 1284 posted 04-01-2015 11:58 AM                     How true, how true! Kentucky coach John Calipari says Kentucky has such a strong fan following because of former coach Adolph Rupp, who won four national titles. “He came in and established a program out of nothing. Back in the day, he wrote a book in 1941 that I've read, it's pertinent today. There are things that he was doing back in the '40s that were so advanced,” Calipari said. “He started teaching trapping, but they didn't have a term for it. They called it two timing. What? Two timing. They didn't have trapping. “There were things that he did back then that brought so much pride to this state. He wasn't afraid to play anybody. They got on trains and went and played in New York and Chicago. He played anyone, anywhere, anytime back then. He was a student of the game. It started right there.” He said coaches Joe Hall, Rick Pitino and Tubby Smith — who all won one national title just as Calipari did in 2012 — continued the tradition. Link -------------------- http://www.ukfightsong.com/ Posts: 186362 | From: st. augustine florida 32092 | Registered: Mar 2001  |  IP: Logged CatFanInYankeeville Player Member # 2025 posted 04-01-2015 07:23 PM                    What? No mention of Billy Clyde continuing the tradition? Hahaha! -------------------- “Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian!” Henry Ford Posts: 5563 | From: Eddyville at heart, Chicago in life | Registered: Mar 2003  |  IP: Logged catmandoo Player Member # 1284 posted 04-01-2015 09:33 PM                     How did we ever interview Billy Clyde for the job let alone hiring him? Has to be as low as any time Kentucky has had in our long and storied history. -------------------- http://www.ukfightsong.com/ Posts: 186362 | From: st. augustine florida 32092 | Registered: Mar 2001  |  IP: Logged

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