Loconixfan wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

nixluva wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

martin wrote:what in the holy hell has Calipari done at the NBA level that has all this panting going on?

I thought Cal did a great job in NJ. He really started to turn things around and had those guys playing hard and together as a team after a horrible run. I think he has a tremendous basketball mind and alot of unfortunate events cut short his tenure in NJ. If you remember he had the Nets in the playoffs the year they drafted KVH. The following year the Nets traded some of the pro Cal guys(Sherman Douglas), there was a strike and they got off to a bad start. I think he will be very successful if he comes back to the NBA. I also think he would be a huge upgrade over D'Antoni.

HUGE UPGRADE??? How so? MDA has done more in the NBA than Cal. MDA won 62 with an GOOD but not GREAT team in PHX. I see no reason why he can't succeed here with a better constructed team. I'm sure Cal would do well but as to him being a "Huge Upgrade" over MDA, that's a bit too much.

Cal took over a 30 win team and had it in the playoffs in two years. He was part of a huge purge also but he played his young guys, Kittles and KVH and the Nets improved dramatically under him.

If I remember correctly mda did a similar turn around in phx but it only took him one year so how is cal better?

amazing cal with his track record of cheating keeps getting work... dude craps on a program and flies away free, leaving the school to deal with the mess.

mike did luck into mr nash though.

Pharzeone wrote:I think everyone is missing the point. If Lebron wants Calipari as his coach because of their business relationship. It's simple, you just say bye bye to Mike.

Tell this to Dolan... Pretty expensive bye bye...
And also tell him about Calipari... Jimmy will be exited for sure...

But the source said there has been no discussion of bringing Kentucky coach John Calipari in with James as part of a package deal.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5194333

A coach who helped team USA bring the Gold back to the US.

Who players clearly love

For a coach who couldnt win 30 games in any NBA season?

Come the **** on!!

K22 wrote:

DurzoBlint wrote:do college coaches ever work out in the NBA??

Larry Brown? Sure he can't stay in one place for more than 7 seconds, but he counts.

i cant remember, was he an NBA coach who did college or a successful college coach who also made it in the NBA?

martin wrote:

K22 wrote:

DurzoBlint wrote:do college coaches ever work out in the NBA??

Larry Brown? Sure he can't stay in one place for more than 7 seconds, but he counts.

i cant remember, was he an NBA coach who did college or a successful college coach who also made it in the NBA?

natty at kansas, final four at ucla (though i thik this was removed from the records due to some scandal).

sidsanders wrote:

Vmart wrote:If LeBron is coming here for championships than he will not want Callipari. Callipari wins the knicks nothing and LeBron is just asking for another Cavs situation. Besides I think MDA deserves a chance to coach. He put his time into the Knicks when everyone knew they would suck. He put his record on the line and took on losing he deserves an opportunity to coach a talented team. If after a few years nothing is accomplished than we can consider getting another coach. We can't continue this idiotic coaching carousel that we have become so accustomed to.

no offense, hes getting paid $$$. so dealing with a bad team isnt a credit. he knew what he was signing up for and has gotten some nice coin for 2 years.

It doesn't matter, I think you and I and he and Walsh and everyone here knew perfectly well that this was about the Summer about 2010. NOT what the record for the past couple of years would be. We brought MDA in to lure in and coach free agents. Whether it was a good decision, is a different story, but it's hard to kill Mike. He did the best he could with the roster, IMO.