[Hoot Gibson]

Great question J.P. I have been asking myself the same question. I am far from knowledgeable about U.K. but here is my opinion. I would go with Cal. They are both cheaters, but they are both good coaches. Cal's personality fits U.K.'s high profile program better, IMO. I kid around about firing Cal, but I really don't think they should, yet. He has been one or two plays away from the Final Four on a couple occasions the last few years. He keeps bringing in highly ranked recruiting classes and keeps U.K. in the national championship discussions each year. If he doesn't get U.K. back in at least the Final Four really soon, that should change though. Bruce Pearl is just trash. He is a good coach, but he is just sleazy. U.K. is too good for him.

I am not in favor of replacing Calipari with Bruce Pearl but a school that allowed Billy Gillispie to coach its basketball team for two years while he refused to sign a contract and then paid him millions of dollars to go away after firing him with cause is not too good for Bruce Pearl. Kentucky's athletic department apparently is run by total morons.

Bruce Pearl's teams play loose and they play hard. Calipari recruits talent but Pearl builds talent and his recruits generally exceed expectations. A pattern is emerging where UK is consistently ranked in the top five preseason and Auburn is ranked much lower. As the season begins, Auburn and UK begin moving in opposite directions in the polls.