[outdoorsman43]

I'm still not sure why the national media continues to bring up the UMass incident. Can someone tell me how Camby's behavior reflects badly on Calipari in any way?

So, Camby made a decision to take gifts from an agent. Was Calipari supposed to have someone spying on him 24/7, just to make sure he didn't do anything wrong? That is both unreasonable and naive to think that a coach can prevent something like that from happening. If a player gets offered a bribe, they still might decide to accept it, no matter how many times their coach has warned them not to. These players are grown men, and they should be the ones to live with the consequences of their decisions.

I'm sorry, but the whole incident at UMass is a non-factor to me. Something like that could have just as easily happened under Pitino, Tubby, or whoever. Unless the coaches figure out a way to keep the players on lockdown the entire time they're not in the gym.

I agree 100% MC. Calipari still has a clean slate as far as I'm concerned. I don't think Kentucky has to worry about any kind of scandals in the near or distant future with Coach Calipari. Cal is a tremendous speaker and that is a big factor in why he gets all of these big-named recruits.

Anyone who is worried about him getting UK into another NCAA scandal (like in the late '80's and early '90's) should not be concerned. If you are, why should you be?

I agree.

He took his shots at UK in this article and nothing he said in this article was positive at all.

As for the article on ESPN by Pat Forde, he never has anything positive to say about anyone. The only opinionated article I've ever enjoyed reading of his was the article on "Why Coach K shouldn't go to the NBA". I only was partial to this because I despise Duke.