Thanks for posting the link. I think this article and speech by Bob Knight is quite timely. For all those folks out there thinking about getting another coach who will “open up the offense” and “let the kids play to their strengths,” we should keep in mind that Calipari is exactly one of those coaches.

It really is quite shocking that he is still coaching in spite of the fact that he will have at least two years of his coaching record wiped from the books due to serious violations none of which were his fault of course.

Do we want sleaze balls like Calipari and Levin or honorable coaches like CBH?

I wholeheartedly vote for CBH!

I put the word “law” in quotes because NCAA “rules” and the enforcement thereof should not be confused with “law.” While I am no fan of bully Bob Knight, I agree with him that it is a disgrace that someone like Calipari can keep running around the country with impunity, while the institutions that he left get somewhat nailed for his violations. His current team, which has its own sordid history of NCAA violations and point shaving going back decades, has all the looks of an outlaw team. I am bitter that we lost to his Memphis team in the Final Four which used a point guard who apparently didn’t even take the SAT – but for that player, Memphis wouldn’t have beaten UCLA and probably wouldn’t have even made it that far. The NCAA is a joke in terms of its enforcement of its “rules.” That $C continues to run amok is Exhibit A. It is becoming increasingly difficult for me to really get enthusiastic about watching NCAA football and basketball because of all of the cheating and uneven enforcement of the “rules” by the NCAA. The veneration of people like Calipari by the WWL, “Duke” Vitale and the Lizard of Westwood really makes me sick.