College Hoops Thread '09-'10

The Poet · 05-05-2010, 02:29 PM

OK, this seems weird, because I seem to remember that Duke won the championship this year, yet all the stories coming out are about Kentucky. (Well, there was the announcement that Duke/Butler would meet in the Meadowlands next season, but who really cares?) Now we have this:

As Vinnie Del Negro has been fired by the Chicago Bulls, they have reportedly approched John Calipari to be their next coach. Never mind that he is NOT known as a great coach, nor that he had modest success helming the Nets, nor that he just finished the first year of an 8-year contract with UK, who are paying him NBA-type money already. Well, as soon as this report leaked out, Cal was approched by the AD at UK about extending his contract. According to Cal's "tweets" on the matter, he is open to an extension, and is not looking for a raise on his spanking-new $4 million/year deal.

Experts point out that, in March last year, when Cal was already in negotiations with Kentucky, he announced that Memphis was "where I want to coach." Yeah, right.

05-05-2010, 02:29 PM	#10
The Poet Il megglior fabbro Join Date: Jun 2009 First Name: Thomas Location: Hickory, NC Posts: 8,420 Trading: (2)	Re: College Hoops Thread '09-'10 OK, this seems weird, because I seem to remember that Duke won the championship this year, yet all the stories coming out are about Kentucky. (Well, there was the announcement that Duke/Butler would meet in the Meadowlands next season, but who really cares?) Now we have this: As Vinnie Del Negro has been fired by the Chicago Bulls, they have reportedly approched John Calipari to be their next coach. Never mind that he is NOT known as a great coach, nor that he had modest success helming the Nets, nor that he just finished the first year of an 8-year contract with UK, who are paying him NBA-type money already. Well, as soon as this report leaked out, Cal was approched by the AD at UK about extending his contract. According to Cal's "tweets" on the matter, he is open to an extension, and is not looking for a raise on his spanking-new $4 million/year deal. Experts point out that, in March last year, when Cal was already in negotiations with Kentucky, he announced that Memphis was "where I want to coach." Yeah, right.