people who know people are saying an announcement will be made shortly after the tourney is over

what does that do to X. Henry, D. Cousins and J. Wall?

3/27/2009 12:54:00 PM

no fucking way.

3/27/2009 12:55:43 PM

WATCH OUT HERB

3/27/2009 12:55:53 PM

It's a thread by ncstatetke

I'm sure this is all true

[Edited on March 27, 2009 at 12:59 PM. Reason : ]

3/27/2009 12:58:56 PM

no....he'll continue to stay at a smaller conference school so he doesn't have to face a real conference's academic restrictions and keep a team full of 23-25 year olds.

3/27/2009 12:59:26 PM

http://calfailure.ytmnd.com/

3/27/2009 1:00:39 PM

Surely at some point he'll realize that beating up on UAB and Tulsa all season doesn't prepare your team very well for the tourney. He's gotta make the jump eventually, he'll never win it at Memphis.

3/27/2009 1:02:29 PM

check the banner at the top left...LOL

3/27/2009 1:05:53 PM

^^I know right, 3 straight elite 8s & 1 final four, what a useless twat

[Edited on March 27, 2009 at 1:07 PM. Reason : ^]

3/27/2009 1:07:09 PM

I never said he was a useless twat

I said he'd never win it all at Memphis

3/27/2009 1:08:01 PM

That's kind of a stretch to definitively say that, especially considering he was 1/4" away from winning it all last year...

3/27/2009 1:08:44 PM

that's a ridiculous statement though.

He's got just as good a chance to win it all at Memphis as anywhere else.

3/27/2009 1:09:20 PM

Quote :

"no....he'll continue to stay at a smaller conference school so he doesn't have to face a real conference's academic restrictions and keep a team full of 23-25 year olds."

When you graduate HS in AZ they give you an Admission letter to ASU with your diploma. He wouldn't fit at Cal, UW, Stanford, or UCLA, but he'd be a great fit at UofA.

3/27/2009 1:09:20 PM

People act like Calipari is interested in beating up on weaker opponents and looking successful. He's looking for the most amount of money. He'd watch paint dry if it paid him 4M a year. I'm guessing Arizona will for over at least 3. The Pac X has Howland and Sendek, by far the easiest of the power conferences (yea I know, the SEC will get back once Kentucky gets back on track)

3/27/2009 1:09:53 PM

I just don't see him completely starting over at UofA after everything he's done at Memphis. And his base salary is like 3.5 M guaranteed, about 3 times that of any other PAC 10 coach.

3/27/2009 1:13:58 PM

^not to mention he could have evans, wall, henry, & cousins on the same squad next year

3/27/2009 1:16:13 PM

Quote :

"First of all, let me say that Calipari would be great news IF he were to decide to leave Memphis and coach at the UofA next season. BUT I have a couple remarks/concerns with Mr. Calipari. 1. I've heard from numerous people that he is quite sly when it comes to recruiting. I've said many times myself there's no way he should be able to sign the recruits he does. It just doesn't make sense. His '09 class is probably the best class I have EVER seen, and John Wall released a statement a couple weeks ago that Memphis is his leader. If he were to sign this would be the class: Xavier Henry (#1 sg) John Wall (#1 pg) Demarcus Cousins (#2 c) 2 x 90+ JC transfers ...now how is a team in the C-USA pulling that kinda talent. I just don't want him to come to UA and give the school a bad rap for his tactics. Thats the main point. 2. He signs this talent, but if all these all-american caliber players were to come to the UA, we would have a ton of 1-and-dones. This is my main concern. I think it would hurt UA more than help them if kids were coming to UA to play one year, only to leave after a season. We need stability. More than ever. Again...I'm not saying signing Calipari would be a bad move, it wouldn't. I just hope he will be able to bring this program back to the top. I'm tired of sitting infront of my t.v. on selection sunday uneasy about getting into the big dance. I'm tired of ASU fans tearing us a new one, because we can't beat a team that we have dominated over the last 20 years. UA is one of the top basketball programs in the nation, but lately our faces have been smacked around. This needs to change. Bear down Livingood?"

3/27/2009 1:18:09 PM

Quote :

"He signs this talent, but if all these all-american caliber players were to come to the UA, we would have a ton of 1-and-dones. This is my main concern. I think it would hurt UA more than help them if kids were coming to UA to play one year, only to leave after a season."

what an idiot.

3/27/2009 1:24:35 PM

this is worse move than going to nc state. he has a sweet thing in memphis. crappy conference, no admission standards. lots o' money too.

3/27/2009 2:01:18 PM

this could be great for us but I know that it won't be

3/27/2009 2:01:46 PM

^^ how's that different than the deal he'll get at arizona?

[Edited on March 27, 2009 at 2:02 PM. Reason : ^]

3/27/2009 2:02:14 PM

pac-10 can at least be competitive. also, if brandon jennings had committed to memphis, i'll bet calipari could have gotten him in.

3/27/2009 2:13:28 PM

I hope this is true, it would be big for us to steal his recruits, I'm not sure how I feel about it for UofA at the moment

3/27/2009 2:20:39 PM

if cal got the kentucky job, i could see him taking all the recruits with him.

but now it'd be tough to convince them to go across the country to play in the desert right!?

/hope

3/27/2009 2:21:48 PM

you had better believe that he intends on taking his recruits w/ him if he goes.

3/27/2009 2:22:53 PM

imo i don't think there's anyway cal leaves memphis.

he's got it too good there - recruits basically knocking down his door to go there, lax academic standards, basically guaranteed a tournament bid, and loads of dough

3/27/2009 2:23:19 PM

i imagine that itd be easier to snatch Cousins and Wall from Arizona than Kentucky.

3/27/2009 2:24:28 PM

Don't you think most recruits that decommitted from Memphis would just follow him to Arizona?

[Edited on March 27, 2009 at 2:26 PM. Reason : ^^^ what he said]

3/27/2009 2:25:42 PM

you have to look at it from a coach's point of view, not from your point of view, which is 'easy job w/ tons of money, sign me the fuck up'.

if calipari wanted a stress free job, he'd retire, he's probably got enough money. more than likely calipari wants to win, and wants to be respected as a coach.

and don't forget, it's not like arizona wouldn't be a sweet deal.


oh and i almost forgot, do not think that recruits are begging to come to memphis. calipari works his ass off recruiting.

[Edited on March 27, 2009 at 2:28 PM. Reason : that and pays well.]

3/27/2009 2:26:14 PM

Wall would maybe go to state if Cal left for UA, but I think he'd follow him to Kentucky. Cousins will probably follow him where ever he goes. Not sure about Henry, but Henry would go to Kentucky I'd imagine... maybe Kansas if Cal leaves?

3/27/2009 2:28:21 PM

^^these are all valid points

[Edited on March 27, 2009 at 2:30 PM. Reason : .]

3/27/2009 2:29:52 PM

Quote :

"you had better believe that he intends on taking his recruits w/ him if he goes."

I don't think there's any way that Wall would go to UofA, he'd have to fly/drive across the country to see his ailing mom. Memphis isn't a bad drive from Raleigh.

3/27/2009 2:30:51 PM

With his mom in the state she's in, Memphis is about as far away as he'll go from home

3/27/2009 2:34:34 PM

I know, right?

She's in NC, he'll probably want to stay in NC.

[/intentional misunderstanding]

3/27/2009 2:36:01 PM

he was just spotted eating Krispy Kreme downtown with Lee Fowler and Rick Barnes.

dweedle drove them there from their private jet

3/27/2009 2:44:28 PM

^ also he showed them how he was first in the TWW group tournament challenge. John was quite impressed.

3/27/2009 2:48:25 PM

gunzz has offered to relinquish his moderator duties to john wall if he comes here

3/27/2009 2:52:45 PM

his daughter is in a PhD program at Wake

3/27/2009 3:27:28 PM

John Wall has a daughet a PhD program at Wake? I think you are thinking about Greg Oden, actually...

3/27/2009 3:28:52 PM

my bad, i meant Calipari

3/27/2009 3:31:46 PM

I think he's talking about Sam Young

looks like a 48 year old factory worker

3/27/2009 3:32:23 PM

does anyone still have that gif

Quote :

"dweedle drove them there from their private jet"

lol n/m i see it in the YTMND link




[Edited on March 27, 2009 at 3:49 PM. Reason : ]

3/27/2009 3:48:31 PM

[i]"useless twat" tally[/quote]

3/27/2009 3:57:48 PM

I'm on a plane (I'm on a plane)
I'm on a plane (I'm on a plane)
Everybody look at me 'cause I'm flying on a plane

3/27/2009 4:23:29 PM

^ ha ha

Fuck driving i'm gon' fly motherfucker

3/27/2009 4:40:19 PM

i ridin' on a seagull
doin' flips and shit
the seagull's crappin'
gettin' everybody all wet

3/27/2009 5:06:49 PM

Quote :

"http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/9407198/Sources:-USC%27s-Floyd-visiting-with-Arizona-AD"

looks like Tim Floyd is the new guy after Izzo, Few, Dixon, Pitino and Calipari all showed no interest

I, for one, don't like intraconference coaching changes

4/1/2009 10:50:47 PM

^hahahahaha, did they actually think they had a shot in hell at Izzo?

he's going to retire at MSU

4/1/2009 10:57:09 PM

yeah i lolled a little at that too...

calipari won't be able to recruit like he does/did at memphis at UK.... he will get a different sort of player there, along the likes of duke and unc, rather than the one and dones.

4/1/2009 11:20:41 PM

^ i doubt it.

4/1/2009 11:27:46 PM