Coach Calipari Talks His Kentucky Departure, Players Going Pro "Too Early" | Pat McAfee Show

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[@tannermikal2]

Life long KY Fan here. Cal will always be respected in KY and with the fan base bc of how he did change so many lives. sure we “only” got one 🏆 from his tenure but it was well worth it for his whole career! love this man and he’s going to make Arkansas fun to watch. love to see what he’s going to do. ✌🏽

[@billrisner4756]

Thank you Coach Cal for all the good times!!! Go Cats!!

[@aidanwatson910]

Change the title, “Cal talks about taking the Arkansas job…”

[@isaiahfrancis8490]

Being bor and raised in rogers ar about 30 minutes for Fayetteville i cant tell u how excited i am Arkansas is gonna rise to the top its about darn time ...pat for president 2028

[@aidanwatson910]

Pat is 🐶

[@StopTalkinTrey]

​@@aidanwatson910 Wooo pig sooiee!!

[@richarizardthomas493]

As a UK fan. Good luck. Keep your expectations in check. He will feed u alot of lies

[@RegularHunter]

As another UK fan, prepare for banners. Great man. Thankful for his time and heart for our program.

[@stevenanderson235]

Huh

[@N4L-Rome]

See, that's why it was time for Cal to go because what he said about the roster construction going forward at Arkansas is exactly what we wanted at UK, but he was being to petty to fully admit to it. So it sounded like he wasn't going to change

[@mmartinez8439]

Cal did change the roster. He got injured left top vet players and still didn’t succeed. The issue isn’t the roster or players. The issue is how cal runs his system.

[@Wetrockstah2116]

Always loved Cal, and he definitely had alot of success his first 10 years or so, but the man just recruited at an elite level. Everybody one of those guards would have went to the league Regardless of what school they went to. What separates the success is those kids, an many have mentioned this, is the way the fanbase, media, environment all around at UK basically prepared them mentally for the NBA. The way they are treated at UK by the fans and how special UK basketball is to the fans is unique. You can't find it anywhere else. Wish Cal the best until he plays Kentucky.

[@nicktheman1828]

Go Hogs !!! WPS

[@KirkoRoyalty2-22]

His son was on his coaching staff at Kentucky for 3ish years? He went to coach at another school lol

[@KevinHernandez-qz8sb]

This dude funny af. 🤣

[@KirkoRoyalty2-22]

Get mark pope on pat

[@THEBIGLIE20]

Met him at Zoo Mass in 1999 at Rafters. Good guy looks the same somehow

[@nathanmotz1011]

I went to a game where they were three former Wildcats on the court at the same time

[@benmecha01]

Arkansas’s going to immediately be a contender

[@Jerry-t5j]

Yea they’ll contend until the ncaa tournament begins, the downside will begin with the conference tournament.

[@johnnycorn7225]

Like the last 7 years w him!!

[@twally4966]

Lifetime uk fan , grew up under Pitino, Cal your arrogant you got the swag you was the man other than Pitino for uk… I love what you did for UK and hate to see you gone same as Pitino. I wish you luck at r Kansas , thank you for what did at uk man. Lifetime Cal fan…..

[@Notmarcosg]

Rip pats father in law

[@KirkoRoyalty2-22]

All that money in Arkansas and can’t get a good mic

[@zachb2943]

pretty sure he wasn't in arkansas since he was going to the NBA draft last night and he's obv on his phone lol

[@bradenhazle4378]

Dude can't talk about leaving too early when he would only take on one and done players.

[@purpleperc1012]

What’s wrong with wanting the best freshman in the country? No one give a crap about who wins a national championship in basketball anymore.

[@GKA11111]

Arkansas on top once again

[@joer1678]

Yep you brought in the king of the one and done for the last nine years. Most talent in the country. One and done players, one and done SEC tournament,one and done NCAA tourney. He only cares about being a conduit to the NBA.

[@GKA11111]

@@joer1678 did you not here what he been saying? He’s changing that

[@aidanwatson910]

@@joer1678 boohoo go cope somewhere else

[@SoGshaiprosper5417]

😂😂When we're 'yinz' ever on top ?? Goofies

[@aidanwatson910]

@@SoGshaiprosper5417 always

[@ChrisCollinsVol]

What a bum. Wouldn’t even show up for the post game conference after losing to Tennessee.

[@largoguide4930]

That was hilarious when they had all the guys that he had that got drafted high, and pat congratulated him on all his accomplishments and said "team accomplishments" and there wasn't really any "team" accomplishments because Cals teams always choked. Go DUKE!!

[@alwayslatenate4345]

I couldn’t be more excited for you coach. Seeing how excited your face gets when you talk about hiring your son makes it so much more special. Thank you for 15 wonderful years at Kentucky. BBN 🤌💙

[@mills23ful]

Thank you Cal. Make something out of that BUM state of Arkansas.

[@DeejEdmondson]

Yeah I guess Walmart, Tyson, & JB hunt are just nothing right? 😂

[@joer1678]

Why didn’t you ask him about having two more lottery picks this year and getting bounced in the first round again

[@osukufan2]

Isn’t it obvious? Because Pat isn’t about to press folks on the awkward questions so that he stays on good terms with people.

[@betwiththeboys8599]

Got tired of seeing Tennessee twice a year 🍊

[@connorduell1734]

Equal opportunity Pat now you have to have mark pope on

[@ohio3058]

as an arkansas resident from ohio, this is certainly a football state but that’s about to change. the average fan doesn’t realize that arkansas had been in 2 final fours in the last 4 years. they were already great, now they’re boutta be THE program.

[@BoostFiend_Bud]

Arkansas didn't get to any Final Four appearances in the last 4 years... they were the last SEC team standing in the tournament for 3 out of the last 4 years, but that was Elite 8 and Sweet 16 trips.

[@ohio3058]

@@BoostFiend_Bud whoops when i said final four i meant to say elite eight, 2021 and 2022

[@johnnycorn7225]

You all do realize that calipari's record is abysmal the last 5 years and Musselman had a far better record over the same time. Calipari is a downgrade.

[@BoostFiend_Bud]

@@johnnycorn7225 yes, hiring the NCAA leader in head coaching wins is a downgrade...

[@johnnycorn7225]

@@BoostFiend_Bud It's not 2012 anymore. Cal has no final 4 in the last 9 years and that's a record long drought for any coach that's been here. Worst season of any coach as well with 9-16. Lost all time leads to Kansas while setting another record last year with 3 consecutive home losses for another all time low accomplishment of his. Calipari over last 4 years 80-46 overall ( all ten loss seasons or more) 47-24 Sec play ( lose every third game or more) 1-4 sec tournament- PITIFUL 1-3 NCAA tournament-national laughingstock 0-4 champions classic ( had to throw the towel in lol) 11-16 against top 25- ( a worse chance of winning than flipping a coin) 0 sec reg season titles 0 sec tournament titles 0 sweet 16s, ZERO Numbers speak for themselves and they don't lie and this is objectively pathetic by any standard. He had to face accountability for his poor job performance and was forced to downgrade to a lesser School. Musselman did FAR better that Cal for the last 4 years, and the record proves it. 2009-2015 Cal is gone, and this class is nowhere near one of his best, not even close.

[@eddie3489]

Cal had to start being soft back in 2019-2020! Because a couple players started talking about their mental health! And how the screaming and and yelling is bad!

[@donavoncase6133]

Let’s go coach! Let’s take the hogs to the championship!

[@AlmightyWings]

Suck bots gone wild in English and Spanish

[@bluegrassbred8714]

Cal had run his course in Kentucky, there fan base is almost as delusional as Cowboys fans 🤣🤣 they tend to run winners out of town hell even tubby Smith was run out of town for a 🤡 like Billy G. Kudos to Cal for getting ahead of it and taking a job that will set him up to succeed because let's face it Arkansas is desperate to be nationally relevant 💯

[@mmartinez8439]

Oh god yea uk doesn’t like to lose to 15 seeds with top 5 picks how delusional

[@Jerry-t5j]

I wanna know why you didn’t get what was at stake before you ran out the back door at Ky? What caused the light to come on at Ark? Explain that. Go ahead, I dare you.

[@Dylanwheeler26]

Only took him 15 years to figure out he shouldn’t start 5 freshmen every year.

[@GrantTodd-eh7ub]

it worked up until covid..

[@CBB1981]

Thank God and Greyhound he's gone!

[@markd1199]

Coach Cal is the best cheat of all time. Paid his players from day 1. How he got Rose

[@Clwcch]

Yep remember the late John Chaney, wanted to fight John C. at press conference b/c he knew he was a cheater.

[@lilballa123456789]

Kmsl. All top recruits got paid in football and basketball

[@osukufan2]

What a softball of an interview Pat? He’s been doing the freshman thing since 08? He got lucky in 2012 and that’s it.

[@apollo8688]

Of course Calipari’s mad about NIL. It’s just like Nick Saban. Once these kids could get paid like everybody, legally, at the big universities (like Alabama and Kentucky) the big name universities lost their biggest advantage. It’s more of a level playing field.

[@1Eashawty]

No it’s not it’s still the same schools gettin the top recruits

[@TimothyC.84]

Nah the kids aren’t motivated once they “get the bag.” That’s the biggest problem. The talent is there but not necessarily the work ethic.

[@ericlorance2089]

💪

[@scotseay1920]

I appreciate you all! Bob Iger is as bad as they get. Disney is evil. I'm out. Wish you all the best, as I believe you have good intentions

[@JRC_86]

Dear Hog Fans, My name is Random Kentucky Fan. I wanted to let you know that you're getting a raw deal with Coach Calipari. He's a no-good wannabe gangster charlatan who only cares about the NBA draft. Sure, he won 32 NCAA tournament games, went to 7 Elite Eights, and 4 Final Fours in 15 seasons. And yes, I'll concede that he also won 6 SEC tournament championships, along with six regular-season championships. But he only won ONE national championship, and for that sole reason, Cal will forever be an underachiever. All of your chicken money will be wasted, and you will be stuck with that shyster for at least 5 years. Unless, of course, winning 27 games per season is "enough" for the little piggy fan base. If that is the case, then I suppose you deserve each other. No, we are not bitter or jealous about your acquisition of Coach Cal. Mark Pope is our savior and will lead us to the promised land shortly. Sincerely yours, Random Kentucky Fan

[@LDW-77]

How many ncaa tournament games has Pope won in his 10 year career?

[@twally4966]

Lifetime uk fan , grew up under Pitino, Cal your arrogant you got the swag you was the man other than Pitino for uk… I love what you did for UK and hate to see you gone same as Pitino. I wish you luck at r Kansas , thank you for what did at uk man. Lifetime Cal fan…..