College Basketball 2023-2024

[DUKERULES14]

Giving coaches a lifetime contract is a stupid idea; you're basically disincentivizing great performance.

 

[Devilsforlife]

As frustrating as later K could be at times, he never even came close to reaching the depths Calipari has. I don’t remember when exactly he got his lifetime deal. Was it after the Lakers courtship in ‘04?

 

[DUKERULES14]

As frustrating as later K could be at times, he never even came close to reaching the depths Calipari has. I don’t remember when exactly he got his lifetime deal. Was it after the Lakers courtship in ‘04?

He got it after 2001 IIRC

 

[Slap the Floor]

As frustrating as later K could be at times, he never even came close to reaching the depths Calipari has. I don’t remember when exactly he got his lifetime deal. Was it after the Lakers courtship in ‘04?

Late stage K was frustrating, but it was overall still pretty damn good. It gets revisited in a negative light as often as it does because, IMO, so many of those seasons we were coming in with very high expectations and elite recruiting classes. Not many coaches can say they finished their careers as strongly as K did post-2015. Most of them really drop off hard. Coach K did not.

 

[CK86]

 

[rome8180]

I prefer Muddy April.

 

[physicsfactor]

I prefer Muddy April.

But not Dry January

 

[aiw]

I prefer Muddy April.

I'm so drunk that I just said to myself that I didn't remember posting this. Turns out, I didn't.

 

[aiw]

I was very confused by this

 

[torontoduke]

I prefer Muddy April.

I'm so drunk that I just said to myself that I didn't remember posting this. Turns out, I didn't.

Buy the ticket, take the ride

 

[rome8180]

Amazing how fast this became obsolete.

 

[rome8180]

I'm sure it's been said here, but this dude should have been in the NCAA Tournament. Not Virginia.

 

[rome8180]

Obviously, it made me think of Chocolate Melch.

 

[Devilsforlife]

Calipari officially back for 2025. Lmao

 

[Devilsforlife]

Flagg vs Cooked Cal in November will be fun.

 

[LastHearth]

There are no really young and rising up and comer that would make one want to replace Calapari with. Other than the pipe dreams( Wright, Stevens, Hurley) the names dandied about are Scott Drew and Tommy Lloyd, are you really going to do a $33 million buy out, and whatever Drew’s buyout is at Baylor, for that coaching upgrade?

 

[rome8180]

Calipari officially back for 2025. Lmao

Can they really not raise the money to buy him out? Coaches with massive amounts owed to them get bought out all the time. I just can't believe it's a problem for a program as rich as Kentucky.

 

[Devilsforlife]

It’s still crazy to me how far Cal’s fallen. He was 56 years old in 2015, and had made 5 Final Fours in the previous 8 seasons, and 6 overall. I genuinely expected him to add at least 2-3 more and probably bag a second title. He seemed on track for a Roy-level career, maybe a little below, even after Wisconsin stopped his undefeated steamroller. Instead, his Final Four drought will reach 10 years next April, and his last 4 seasons have been what I feared late stage K might become.

 

[uncy12]

The portal is fun but man some of these guys are getting horrible advice. That guy Lynn Kidd from VT wants $500,000 in guaranteed NIL money. No one is paying that.

 

[uncy12]

Louisville hires Pat Kelsey. Pretty underwhelming