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Posted by MEL (Member # 141) on 08-11-2022, 07:25 PM:

Not a good look between the two sports.

https://www.aseaofblue.com/2022/8/11/23302028/mark-stoops-john-calipari-basketball-school-uk-wildcats-news

MEL

Posted by Trey Ball (Member # 332) on 08-13-2022, 08:50 AM:

MEL,

I'm not sure, but Stoops reply was pretty classic. He got the nice little post season dig in on Cal.

Posted by handycat (Member # 2323) on 08-13-2022, 09:38 AM:

IMO, Cal is right , UK is a basketball school.

Stoops is doing a great job of turning the football program around but 2 or 3 good seasons doesn’t make you a football school.

That said, Cal probably should have kept the truth to himself.

[ 08-13-2022, 10:07 AM: Message edited by: handycat ]

Posted by MEL (Member # 141) on 08-13-2022, 11:21 AM:

hc... uk may be a basketball school but any coach that is willing to go over the AD is wrong !!! The AD is his boss and then saying what he said about the fb program is just flat out wrong especially when he hasn't done much with the bkb program the last couple of years in the post season. Bad optics and even worse between the 2 sports.

MEL

Posted by handycat (Member # 2323) on 08-15-2022, 03:30 PM:

“I said the wrong thing," Calipari admitted to Keith Farmer of LEX-18, and BBN. "Mark and I will be fine. We'll get back and talk about it. I'm not real smart. Sometimes it doesn't come out the right way. That's my Italian in me. But we'll be fine."

Sorry, I was unable to attach the link this quote was from.

I was glad to see Cal admitted to a mistake. I can relate. I made one myself. It was many years ago but still.

Had to edit this to say that, IMO, UK is a basketball school, but I realize the football program generates more revenue than basketball. I’ve also become as big a UK football fan as basketball. I never thought I would say that.

[ 08-15-2022, 05:36 PM: Message edited by: handycat ]

Posted by Bama Cat (Member # 153) on 08-15-2022, 08:59 PM:

Just realized I wasn't getting all those emails they send out to game day workers about this time of year. I won't miss those long walks from and to the parking garage at each game.

Posted by EnterpriseCat (Member # 2881) on 08-15-2022, 10:05 PM:

I don’t think there’s any question that UK is a basketball school. We were (until this last year) the winningest program in the history of college basketball. That still doesn’t give Cal the right to dig on the football team. Stoops has done a great job and Cal’s comments were totally out of line. I hope it provides some fuel for the football team to make a liar out of Cal and cause us to say, maybe we are a football school. 😊

Posted by Trey Ball (Member # 332) on 08-16-2022, 09:01 PM:

I don't think Cal's intent was to dig at the Football Program or Stoops. His dig is with Mitch who will not listen to Cal about the basketball facilities being completely outdated.

UK should have the best basketball facilities in the country and most definitely in the SEC. Instead they have neither. They are near the bottom when compared to other Power 5 schools.

Cal's comment came after he had to cancel practice due to roof leaks at The Craft Center.

Posted by Bama Cat (Member # 153) on 08-16-2022, 10:57 PM:

They need to find a place for a new facility over by the rest of the sports; football, baseball, softball and Soccer. They need a new housing facility along with it.

Posted by ukcatfannfl (Member # 1425) on 08-17-2022, 03:28 PM:

IMO he needs to do something with him team then ask for a new facility. His results have been bad since 2015 - and doubt if a new place will make his recruiting any better than it has been, which has been at a very high level since he got here.