(01-22-2018 05:18 PM)snowtiger Wrote:  

(01-22-2018 05:04 PM)72Tiger Wrote:  

(01-22-2018 04:48 PM)btiger Wrote:  

(01-22-2018 04:43 PM)72Tiger Wrote:  

(01-22-2018 04:33 PM)btiger Wrote:  nope, the dumazzes here pissed him off

Perhaps, but his motive doesn't seem to have been entirely altruistic in that case. Nobody's is IMO. No use in pretending it was. He was clearly wanting to help himself (ego) through the promotion of Barbee.

who cares what his motive was.....

Honest John does.

Say what you want in retrospect about his poor/not poor choices...But Cal DID understand Memphis. He understood what BB means or used to mean to this town, and how it pulled together the folks from all walks of life.

I flew in for many games....Hoop excitement was in the air. It was an exhilarating. lol. A uniquely invigorating experience.

I enjoyed the Cal years.We won a ton of games. I don't think Barbee would have done anything to keep them going.

Honest John is B's name for Calipari by the way.

(01-22-2018 02:50 PM)450bench Wrote:  

(01-22-2018 02:42 PM)airric2255 Wrote:  

(01-22-2018 01:39 PM)SalRivs Wrote:  RC Johnson and Shirley Raines hired the wrong Calipari assistant. It has set the program back a decade.

Two words: No Thanks

Agreed...

Also agree. Moreover, if we had gotten rid of Pastner and hired Pearl when he was available, we would be in much better shape now.

(01-22-2018 06:07 PM)airric2255 Wrote:  

(01-22-2018 02:46 PM)btiger Wrote:  

(01-22-2018 01:39 PM)SalRivs Wrote:  RC Johnson and Shirley Raines hired the wrong Calipari assistant. It has set the program back a decade.

yep

No to Barbee. Now if it was Derek Kellogg? Maybe I could have gotten on board with that statement.

Agree. At least he would have been better than Barber.

(01-22-2018 06:15 PM)presskh Wrote:  

(01-22-2018 02:50 PM)450bench Wrote:  

(01-22-2018 02:42 PM)airric2255 Wrote:  

(01-22-2018 01:39 PM)SalRivs Wrote:  RC Johnson and Shirley Raines hired the wrong Calipari assistant. It has set the program back a decade.

Two words: No Thanks

Agreed...

Also agree. Moreover, if we had gotten rid of Pastner and hired Pearl when he was available, we would be in much better shape now.

Or probation. Would have been a roll of the dice. On court, we probably would have won a lot.

(01-22-2018 06:14 PM)72Tiger Wrote:  Honest John is B's name for Calipari by the way.

Some call B a troll but he was right about Cal all along.

(01-22-2018 06:28 PM)Hernando Hills Tiger Wrote:  

(01-22-2018 06:14 PM)72Tiger Wrote:  Honest John is B's name for Calipari by the way.

Some call B a troll but he was right about Cal all along.

He did an about face in this thread.

(01-22-2018 06:15 PM)presskh Wrote:  

(01-22-2018 02:50 PM)450bench Wrote:  

(01-22-2018 02:42 PM)airric2255 Wrote:  

(01-22-2018 01:39 PM)SalRivs Wrote:  RC Johnson and Shirley Raines hired the wrong Calipari assistant. It has set the program back a decade.

Two words: No Thanks

Agreed...

Also agree. Moreover, if we had gotten rid of Pastner and hired Pearl when he was available, we would be in much better shape now.

Some on this board and their weird fascination with Pearl is so strange. His lead assistant got arrested by the FBI in September. The Auburn AD was fired. In the meantime, Pearl has refused to cooperate with the investigation.

When Auburn's new AD was introduced last week, this is what Auburn President Steven Leath said: "Bruce and his staff are doing a great job on the court,” Leath said. “Clearly Bruce knows that sooner or later he’s going to have to come in and talk to me and others on campus about what’s going on in the program, and we’re moving toward a solution on that.”

When the new AD, Allen Greene, was asked about Pearl's job secuirty, Greene said: “I’m looking forward to the basketball game on Saturday.”

When Leath was asked, he said: “At some point, (the NCAA) will be here,” Leath said. “Yes, they will be here.” https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/co...050246001/

Auburn is a time bomb. This year's record is a temporary distraction.

(01-22-2018 05:33 PM)Latilleon Wrote:  The question is where would we be if Calkins hadn't have crapped on hiring Scott Drew?

That was only 2 elite eights and 2 sweet sixteens ago for Scott Drew.

Yep he likely would have kept what Cal had going here...That was the huge miss of that hiring season...

Drew would have killed it here without question.

(01-22-2018 08:21 PM)macgar32 Wrote:  

(01-22-2018 05:33 PM)Latilleon Wrote:  The question is where would we be if Calkins hadn't have crapped on hiring Scott Drew?

That was only 2 elite eights and 2 sweet sixteens ago for Scott Drew.

Yep he likely would have kept what Cal had going here...That was the huge miss of that hiring season...

Drew would have killed it here without question.

I agree with this. Drew can recruit to Waco Texas. He can coach relatively well. He would have been what we are looking for now, roughly speaking. A blend of pastner and Tubby, aka someone who can coach and get players

Thr Drew preacher aspect is a bit disconcerting and when ‘his recruiting assistants’ got busted for threatening recruits with deportation if they didn’t choose Baylor...well that’s sleazy. Apparently there was real proof of this tactic. It’s documented . I’m just too lazy to get the link.

(01-22-2018 02:50 PM)450bench Wrote:  

(01-22-2018 02:42 PM)airric2255 Wrote:  

(01-22-2018 01:39 PM)SalRivs Wrote:  RC Johnson and Shirley Raines hired the wrong Calipari assistant. It has set the program back a decade.

Two words: No Thanks

Agreed...

Agreed...

Yep, I would prefer Pastner over Barbee.

Thanks but no thanks.

Should have just used a search committee for the last two hires.

(01-22-2018 04:10 PM)TigerBill Wrote:  

(01-22-2018 01:39 PM)SalRivs Wrote:  RC Johnson and Shirley Raines hired the wrong Calipari assistant. It has set the program back a decade.

That's some first class trolling.

You got that right! He even got a bite from the board's Master-Baiter, btiger...

(01-22-2018 10:57 PM)former guest Wrote:  

(01-22-2018 04:10 PM)TigerBill Wrote:  

(01-22-2018 01:39 PM)SalRivs Wrote:  RC Johnson and Shirley Raines hired the wrong Calipari assistant. It has set the program back a decade.

That's some first class trolling.

You got that right! He even got a bite from the board's Master-Baiter, btiger...

X Coach currently has an all-time record of 666–197 (.772). Why would we take his spawn?
#LiterallySatan

(01-22-2018 04:10 PM)Tigx Wrote:  

(01-22-2018 04:04 PM)btiger Wrote:  

(01-22-2018 04:02 PM)Tigx Wrote:  

(01-22-2018 03:47 PM)btiger Wrote:  cal said he would help us if we hired barbee

Cal was operating under the illusion that he had a say in who his successor was. And Cal's help sure didn't do much for Tony at Auburn.

cal had no reason to help auburn.....they play in same conference. cal was sincere about wanting to help keep things going here

"Cal was sincere . . ." Good one, b, you had us going for a minute.

Cal and his ego wanted to spread his coaching tree. But with Derek Kellogg, Barbee, Orlando Antiqua . . . all getting fired, he has no coaching tree.

Cal's sincerity and a buck will get you a sausage biscuit at McDonalds.

He still has Josh in the tree ... or is Josh part of the Lute Olsen tree, or both.

Is there a Tubby tree?

(01-23-2018 09:47 AM)NigelTufnel Wrote:  

(01-22-2018 04:10 PM)Tigx Wrote:  

(01-22-2018 04:04 PM)btiger Wrote:  

(01-22-2018 04:02 PM)Tigx Wrote:  

(01-22-2018 03:47 PM)btiger Wrote:  cal said he would help us if we hired barbee

Cal was operating under the illusion that he had a say in who his successor was. And Cal's help sure didn't do much for Tony at Auburn.

cal had no reason to help auburn.....they play in same conference. cal was sincere about wanting to help keep things going here

"Cal was sincere . . ." Good one, b, you had us going for a minute.

Cal and his ego wanted to spread his coaching tree. But with Derek Kellogg, Barbee, Orlando Antiqua . . . all getting fired, he has no coaching tree.

Cal's sincerity and a buck will get you a sausage biscuit at McDonalds.

He still has Josh in the tree ... or is Josh part of the Lute Olsen tree, or both.

Is there a Tubby tree?

Would think Josh was Lute, Josh was with Cal for less than a year, right? Have no idea of any Tubby tree.

(01-22-2018 01:39 PM)SalRivs Wrote:  RC Johnson and Shirley Raines hired the wrong Calipari assistant. It has set the program back a decade.

Obviously a trolling thread -


the reality is that we should have hired a real coach -

don’t believe that bullsh# that no body wanted the job —— no big names wanted the job (except Bruce Pearl and Scott Drew ) , but lots of good coaches would have taken the job - they would have killed it here

(01-23-2018 09:47 AM)NigelTufnel Wrote:  Is there a Tubby tree?

Saul, Pooh, BAM and G.G.


so basically, its been cut down, chopped into firewood and the stump ground down