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Has Any Basketball Coach Done Less With More Than John Calipari?
Posted on 5/23/26 at 11:19 am
Posted on 5/23/26 at 11:19 am
John Calipari has produced over 50 NBA players, including multiple #1 picks, NBA MVPs, and too many all-stars to list. Yet with all that talent he has only won a single national championship and made 4 final fours (two were vacated). Maybe even worse is that he missed the NCAA tourney multiple seasons with rosters that now look like a current day NBA roster.
Yes, he is in the Hall of Fame. He has won a lot of games. But has any coach in history actually accomplished less relative to the talent they coached than John Calipari?
Yes, he is in the Hall of Fame. He has won a lot of games. But has any coach in history actually accomplished less relative to the talent they coached than John Calipari?
This post was edited on 5/23/26 at 11:36 am
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Posted on 5/23/26 at 11:21 am to captdalton
Not sure but no one's done less with the start topic button than you.
Posted on 5/23/26 at 11:29 am to GetPiggywithIt
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Not sure but no one's done less with the start topic button than you.
Posted on 5/23/26 at 11:35 am to captdalton
It is quite hard to make the March madness final 4, even if you’re the best team
Posted on 5/23/26 at 11:36 am to captdalton
It's hard to win the tournament with a bunch of freshmen
Posted on 5/23/26 at 11:42 am to GetPiggywithIt
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Not sure but no one's done less with the start topic button than you.
Posted on 5/23/26 at 11:47 am to captdalton
You do realize that a high percentage of these players were freshman one and dones. Even Michigan with their fantastic five freshman didn’t win a national championship.
Posted on 5/23/26 at 11:48 am to captdalton
WOW!!! Not an LSU thread by OP.
Posted on 5/23/26 at 11:52 am to justaniceguy
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It is quite hard to make the March madness final 4, even if you’re the best team
No doubt. But having the most talented team should make it a tad easier. These guys all had more final four appearances than Calipari, and many of them did it with less raw talent than Calipari has had over the years.
Guy Lewis
Bob Knight
Lute Olsen
Rick Pitino
Jim Boeheim
Adolph Rupp
Denny Crum
Tom Izzo
Roy Williams
Dean Smith
John Wooden
Mike Krzyzewski
I am not saying Cal is a horrible coach, but he is much better at assembling talent than actually developing and coaching it. If you don’t believe me ask any Kentucky fan.
Posted on 5/23/26 at 11:56 am to TigerLunatik
Thank you for your interest in John Calipari. I am surprised to see you here in light of this post of yours from yesterday.
Imagine my surprise to see you in a non-LSU thread.
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I don't care about other schools.
Imagine my surprise to see you in a non-LSU thread.
Posted on 5/23/26 at 12:07 pm to Csmims
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You do realize that a high percentage of these players were freshman one and dones. Even Michigan with their fantastic five freshman didn’t win a national championship.
I think we all agree that winning a national championship with a roster full of freshmen is a bad strategy.
Yet Cal keeps trying it. Over and over.
Insanity is continuing to beat your head against the same wall yet expecting a different outcome.
Michigan’s fab five have something else in common with some of Cal’s prior rosters.
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Ultimately, Michigan forfeited the 112 games and its 1992 season for four players accepting over $616,000 from a Michigan booster.
Posted on 5/23/26 at 12:27 pm to captdalton
It's a rainy day in Baton Rouge and I'm on call this week. So, I'm stuck at home overly bored and I knew this wouldn't be a serious thread. I always have time for an elbow drop.
Posted on 5/23/26 at 12:35 pm to SouthlakeTiger
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WOW!!! Not an LSU thread by OP.
I will try to not let it happen again.
This post was edited on 5/23/26 at 12:37 pm
Posted on 5/23/26 at 1:00 pm to captdalton
Guess we will see what he can do in an NIL era where he doesn't have to worry about vacating shite. He can just cook.
Arkansas is fine with what he has done here so far and I can honestly say IDGAF what he did at inferior programs.
Arkansas is fine with what he has done here so far and I can honestly say IDGAF what he did at inferior programs.
Posted on 5/23/26 at 1:01 pm to captdalton
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John Calipari
GOAT.
Posted on 5/23/26 at 1:05 pm to ReversePiggie
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inferior programs.
You mean the winningest college basketball program in the history of college basketball?
Posted on 5/23/26 at 1:15 pm to GetPiggywithIt
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Not sure but no one's done less with the start topic button than you.
At least he tries really hard
Posted on 5/23/26 at 1:29 pm to captdalton
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Ultimately, Michigan forfeited the 112 games and its 1992 season for four players accepting over $616,000 from a Michigan booster.
Not even considered a strong arse offer these days
Posted on 5/23/26 at 1:40 pm to justaniceguy
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It is quite hard to make the March madness final 4, even if you’re the best team
Especially when your coach is a mediocre X’s and O’s guy. Only thing Cal excelled at was utilizing bagmen.
Posted on 5/23/26 at 1:58 pm to SidewalkTiger
SidewalkTiger cannot resist my threads. Even random threads about John Calipari draw him like a moth to a flame.
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