[pjdoug]

Why would anybody jump on the bandwagon of a coach who reached the NCAA Junior College Championship game who has a record of 31 vacated wins, when we already have a coach with one national championship and two vacated Final Four appearances? A great program like UK deserves at the very least, a sober coach who is saavy enough to cheat, win, and avoid NCAA sanctions.

Calipari is not the best coach UK has had since Rupp. Rick Pitino was. I would rank UK's coaches:

1. Rupp
2. Pitino
3. Hall (tie)
3. Calipari (tie)

I don't recall UK ever failing to win an SEC title with three first round NBA draft picks on its roster under Rupp, Pitino, or Hall.

This year's UK team finished the season as no better than the fourth best team in the SEC and will most likely lose three players to the first round of the NCAA draft.

Pitino's 14-14 record during his first season at UK and the speed with which he rebuilt Kentucky's program was one of the greatest stretches of coaching in NCAA history. UK reached the NCAA tournament during every season that they were eligible.

BTW, RIck Pitino's winning percentage at UK was better than Calipari's has been despite the fact that the program was on probation for the first 2 of the 8 years that he was UK's coach.

I am not a Pitino fan, but he was one of the elite NCAA basketball coaches in the history of the sport.

I was obviously being sarcastic. I would choose Slick Rick to coach a tight game, but Calipari is the best coach at UK since Rupp. numbers don't lie. it's laughable that fans bash Calipari for305 wins, seven elite eight's and four final 4's out of 10 years.