Originally Posted by
KenTankerous
I have made my discomfort with Calipari painfully obvious on this board. But being that we have lapsed a bit, I want to explore a phenomenon that I've been keenly attuned to since Cal was hired - actually, since Billy Clyde was dismissed.
Kentucky was a joke when they dismissed Tubby. And Duke nation took great pleasure in the antics and fumbles of Gillespie - he had no contract, he had no class, he had no recruits, he had no game against Gardner-Webb, he had less against VMI. Third round exit from the NIT! You reveled in that. Many of you were even sympathetic and conciliatory, wanting UK to return to prominence because that was good for college hoops as a whole.
Then UK reels in Calipari, a wizkid dribbledrive coordinator and John Wooden caliber recruiter. You guys turn a little cold to your conciliation.
Cal lands the greatest recruiting class since God got letters of intent from John the Baptist AND Jesus Christ. Well surely, according to this board, he HAD to cheat.
And now Chicago school board changes grades and doesn't thoroughly check ID's at the SAT's and Kentucky needs to be given the kiss of death - no scholarships, no tv, no post season.
What I am trying to get my head around is they way Duke fans think anyone that lands a recruit they wanted and Coach K courted must have cheated to get them to NOT go to Duke. I mean, did the whole Maggette incident not register on your radars? There is almost always a little dirt with these million dollar shoe contract teenagers.
So if you can give Coach K a pass on Maggette, how can you fry Kentucky for something that might have happened in Chicago to benefit a recruit to Memphis?