Originally Posted by
greybeard
Why, pray tell, did Calipari have a "head case" like Strickland on the bench if he wasn't a major selling card for landing the prize point guard. Why. And, who said that Strickland recruited anyone. He was a master at the point position, at playing it with glitter, and glitter sells, glitter gets the gold. Why wouldn't kids love Cal. He assembled amazing talent, embraced their aspirations on going pro after one year, and delivered many of them on time. He also provided them with the means to develop a pro level game, to be able to go high. Rod was chief among those means at point-guard U. Or, maybe Calipari hired Rod at Memphis and took him to Kentucky because Rod was a force for cohession, man could he develop guy's talents to play a team game. That must be it, and also to build character.
My bet, after this year, Calipari himself "gets" to the next level while the "getting" is good.