John Calipari Press Conference (high quality version)

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Here's the high quality version of John Calipari's first press conference with Arkansas media following his introduction ceremony...

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@kingsimba1605 Ай бұрын

As a Kentucky fan here thank you for the fond memories you brought to the University. I wish you well at Arkansas i will always support you. I am always a wildcat fan but still and forever a Cal guy!

@bobbyswain7049 Ай бұрын

What an awesome time to be a Razorback. Grand slam hire with the basketball Coach...Baseball team ranked #1 in the country...Football team on the rise...hopefully. Thx for being a Hog Coach Cal and awesome job Hunter for making it happen...WPS!!!🐗🐗🐗

@sircarolous Ай бұрын

I would have never in my life thought I would listen to a John Calipari press conference and be moved in a positive way. I hate to admit how much Calipari has drawn me in with this. He seems to understand the assignment and comes across as quite motivated. Very ready for what he will bring to the table.

@sliimeY2K Ай бұрын

He's a used car salesman. He's fantastic to listen to and very persuasive. Kentucky fans know it all too well. He'll keep his same formula, you'll have a lot of fun watching a talented young team but end up disappointed in the end. The college game of recent does not favor the Calipari formula. He's no doubt a hall of famer and maybe he will have success in Arkansas but from what he has shown in the last 5 years is that he no longer is ahead of the college curve.

@ghxstbxby9445 Ай бұрын

He’s a good salesman, smooth talker. But you guys will get tired of the 1 and dones quick. 😂

@ghxstbxby9445 Ай бұрын

@@sliimeY2Kwe can’t wait until that Arkansas Kentucky game next season.

@jovannycampas Ай бұрын

We’re lucky 😂

@mgers75 Ай бұрын

He's an incredile communicator. I wish as a UK fan his weaknesses werent so glaring in a few areas. Sycophant coaching staffs, hard headed. Roster building for winning as apposed to collecting talent. But I see some relief and excitement in his posture and think he'll do great at Arkansas if he stays healthy and motivated.

@zubEjankins Ай бұрын

HY got some balls, taking the heat over this last week and keeping his nose to the grindstone. Thank you Hunter, we appreciate your work. Now its up to Cal. Where do we go from here?

@Pipshdbdbdbdb Ай бұрын

Did you see the smurk cal did when they ask how confident you can but team together. Man cal got something cooking you see his players enter the portal, and decommitted. Arkansas about to run the tables

@zubEjankins Ай бұрын

@Pipshdbdbdbdb yessir, we are all in. Coach seems to be as well, hoping today rings throughout Hog history as day to be remembered!

@statisticallysound Ай бұрын

100%. I was giving him some heat but he shut me up, well done Hunter you made us all proud

@tiguhhhh5415 Ай бұрын

@@Pipshdbdbdbdblmao

@burchyzwps4592 Ай бұрын

Not a better sports coverage in the state. I appreciate the commitment! Let's get it...I can't wait for next year.

@joecreech5413 Ай бұрын

I think Coach Cal going to Arkansas was a much needed move. He himself, UK fans, administration, boosters, local media all need a big reset. With each program moving in different directions, I hope he has success there. Cal is a great person and the memories he gave to Uk fans his first 10 yrs were the best. But the last 5 yrs have been awful and he needed to go. So good luck at Arkansas except when they play UK.

@roomfullofnight Ай бұрын

bro...THAT'S QUALITY. Everytime

@doc8013 Ай бұрын

Very good y'all fixed this. Nice job.

@wrightwrjr Ай бұрын

Hey everyone, I am a Kentucky guy and I congratulate you on hiring a new coach, but you had better learn to take 98% of what this man says with a grain of salt. I actually laughed out loud and yelled, "Are you serious?!?!?!?" when I listened to him say that a coach takes responsibility and never throws his players under the bus. When we lost to Oakland in the first round of this year's tournament that is exactly what he did. He never took one ounce of responsibility for that loss. He blamed the freshmen that HE recruited and brought into the program. Here is a direct quote from following the game: "“We made some critical mistakes at critical times again today. I mean we had our chances. As good as they (Oakland) played and as many shots as they made, we still had our chances. And both on defense and offense. And when you have a really young team and you look at where did the mistakes come from, they were freshmen.” He has yet to say that HE could have done anything differently. After losing in the first game of the SEC tournament instead of getting our guys in a gym to get ready for the NCAA tourney, he took them BOWLING! He refused to play a zone defense, even saying once, "I can't coach a zone". He was here for 15 seasons and played the same offense and defense for the entire time as the game of basketball was continually changing which has led to U.K. having the worst 4 years in their history his last four seasons as coach. In 2019 we were 9-16 and 8-9 in the SEC! He also said this....."Everyone thought the goal was to win championships, that is not my goal, my goal is to get my players drafted". Now, he had some good years here, there's no denying that, but after he signed a lifetime contract in 2019 it's been downhill ever since. I know you're excited, and I hope things change with him, but the majority of U.K. fans were jumping with joy when he left. Arkansas is a great program and I always enjoy watching them play, but don't expect any miracles because there won't be any. I sincerely wish you good luck, honestly I do! But, there are many of us very glad to see Calipari wearing red. Can't wait to play you guys, I hope it is a hard fought battle, but of course I hope the Cats win!! 😎

@JFred2 Ай бұрын

Loved what i heard at the presser. The guy clearly oozes charisma. But at the same time it's difficult to argue with any of your mostly well written and well reasoned post based on its merit. Although I will say you completely butchered his quote about Re: Goals of winning championships vs draft pick. What he actually said was his "top goal was getting 8 drafted, not winning a title". It's not as if someone is limited to having only one goal so this was overblown to begin with at least IMO. And i swear this isn't revisionist history but I even recall thinking at the time that it was a brilliant 4D chess move on his part. Are the fans going to want to hear that? No. But you know who will? Literally every current and future recruiting target. Anyhow I'm excited to see how this all unfolds. Certainly should add some extra intrigue to the already exciting UK v UA annual matchup. Go Hogs!

@wrightwrjr Ай бұрын

@@JFred2 First off, here is the entire quote, but there's more: ""Last year we started the season with a goal. You may think that goal was to win the national title and win all the games. It was to get eight players drafted ... "The mission statement for me would be to be a vehicle to help others reach their dreams, to be the stone that creates the ripple in their lives that goes on and on and on. Now, in our state, they want my mission to be WIN NATIONAL TITLES! WIN NATIONAL TITLES! But my mission is bigger than that." Now, that isn't how we view things in Kentucky. He was paid $8.5 mil per year to win championships. If he happens to have players who get into the NBA that's all well and good, but he wasn't hired to be an NBA recruiter, he was hired to win basketball games. When he was hired he did a press conference very similar to the one he just did in Arkansas and he said the total opposite. He said his goal was to add banners to the Rupp Arena wall. Not a word was said about getting his players drafted. That's what I meant, you can never know what the man will say next except he will say what he thinks people want to hear. Give this a listen. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kN1hqNeX37LNmo0.html

@will-i-am386 Ай бұрын

@@wrightwrjr I hate the KZfaq couch fans and the dumb entitled thinking of the school they cheer for is supposed to get championships. 11 is the number of the most in NCAA 8 comes next. In a win or lose tournament anyone can win. How about go by wins and losses. Too bad now Kentucky has a nobody from BYU that will drag UK to the bottom of the SEC

@will-i-am386 Ай бұрын

@randyshaves7956 I'm not reading the long word salad ...I got to 7th grader can do as good and deemed it to stupid to read any more then that

@wrightwrjr Ай бұрын

@@will-i-am386 Talk to me three years from now. And yes, you read it all.

@JRC_86 Ай бұрын

LFG WPS HATERS BE DAMNED CAL'S COMIN' AND HE'S BRINGING HELL WITH 'EM

@mgers75 Ай бұрын

Cal talked to the media in this press conference than he did in all 34 pregame press conferences combined last year!

@thedavid3737 Ай бұрын

From Blue to Red

@elmerfudpucker5387 Ай бұрын

Everybody knows they went after Beard first. Maybe they didn't know Cal was interested or the would've approached him first. You don't actually 'offer' the job unless someone will accept but they definitely talked to Beard first

@rupertpupkin2660 Ай бұрын

Calipari going from Kentucky too Arkansas is like someone going from Nike too Fubu.

@DominiqueWilliams-ue3rx Ай бұрын

Lol

@donaldallen1276 Ай бұрын

Your right Kentucky is a football school 👊🫵

@thebrotherhood6391 Ай бұрын

"YOU NEVER EVER EVER BLAME THE PLAYERS, THE COACH TAKES THE BLAME, YOU NEVER THROW A PLAYER UNDER THE BUS" How many times has Cal thrown a UK player under the bus??? Many times... i can't believe he had the nerve to say that garbage

@razorbackfan2011 Ай бұрын

We got no Hog call from him....8 million reasons for him to call those Hogs i would say....

@donaldallen1276 Ай бұрын

He definitely looks better in red than blue 👊

@jovannycampas Ай бұрын

Yurachek is Hall of fame AD Idk what that means but damn nfl watch out

@statisticallysound Ай бұрын

Best Kentucky basketball coach in history and he couldn’t wait to come to Arkansas. What a statement

@SteelCurtain_90 Ай бұрын

Best what? You're trippin' if you believe that. No way in H3LL he's the best at UK. Not even close.

@marcusreedy6612 Ай бұрын

@@SteelCurtain_90you a not even close lie stop the cap

@codybarker1471 Ай бұрын

Coaching wise, he's not.....and he's right. It's not close. Tubby was a better coach, just couldn't recruit. As an X's and O's guy--Pitino, Rupp and Tubby have a huge edge. Yes, he can recruit--That's about it.

@HeathCain-lg6we Ай бұрын

He is nowhere near UK's best coach! Rupp, Pitino, Hall, and Smith are all miles ahead of Cal.

@statisticallysound Ай бұрын

@@HeathCain-lg6we idk man sounds like cope to me

@austinteutsch Ай бұрын

When I was at UA as a freshman in 1973, Barnhill Fieldhouse was nothing more than a huge tin box. The Bud Walton gives millions to UA for a new court. Now they say they need a new fieldhouse? Ok, go for it if it's needed. They're gonna give it to you, Mr. Calipari. Now win for us Razorbacks!!

@jovannycampas Ай бұрын

WPS!

@mgers75 Ай бұрын

ITs weird seeing Cal friendly with the local media again. He completely shut them out the last 4 or 5 years and noboby could ever figure it out

@jaxonkastner1858 Ай бұрын

“He’s fine, he’ll be a lottery pick, how boudat”

@brandon779 Ай бұрын

When JC had a NIL fundraiser in Kentucky and raised $50k with a $1m goal. That’s reason enough to look at a different job!

@ericstevens8744 Ай бұрын

Yeah because we were tired of listening to his BullShit here in Lexington

@CitizenMars999 Ай бұрын

@@ericstevens8744 Nothing like gratitude.

@thediehardarkansasrazorbak7288 Ай бұрын

@@ericstevens8744..Have fun with Scott Drew.

@Pete391 Ай бұрын

Nil money aint the problem...Cal could always get players............He just cant coach them............

@thediehardarkansasrazorbak7288 Ай бұрын

@@ericstevens8744 ...Have fun with Scott Drew

@user-ln7uu4of5n Ай бұрын

HY got that Adderal stare.

@shadowmenace1672 Ай бұрын

That’s damn Bob😂

@JRC_86 Ай бұрын

Why is hoop scoop filming the presser 😂??

@kingsimba1605 Ай бұрын

Social media is great for the fans? But you don't care about response? That's exactly why fans at Kentucky went sour on you Cal but you'll do great at Arkansas.

@robtaylor3824 Ай бұрын

Ask him how Tyson food going give player money this been 2years in talks but still he going make his money on the 1 and done

@Davidmaccc Ай бұрын

Did he just blame no champions on uk administration

@tyhumphreys9149 Ай бұрын

Multiples times I believe lol

@TaylorDatruth Ай бұрын

Yeah KY jelly University really does suck all around. Which is why they got shafted

@sliimeY2K Ай бұрын

@@TaylorDatruth UK didn't get shafted. They've wanted him gone for multiple years but didn't wanna pay him $30+ Million. He gave UK the out without having to pay him shit, if anything Cal shafted himself. Not to mention he left for a program that isn't even close to Kentucky's prestige. Arkansas will never be on Kentucky's level even if Cal brings National Championships.

@TaylorDatruth Ай бұрын

@@sliimeY2K baahhhhhahaa thats funny. Good joke. Keep living in the past. While ur there remember that L u took to Nolan Richardson. Past 4 years Arkansas has been to the elite 8 or sweet 16. Ur shit program can't do that because it trying to live off past glory. We being arkansas is the new Kentucky. Nobody cares about KY jelly University or their queered out fans. Ur irrelevant now

@herecomesaregular8418 Ай бұрын

@@sliimeY2K For this being such a non-issue for you UK fans, y'all sure are swarming the Hog forums over this hire. And just in case you're confused, you know YOU have nothing to do with UK's basketball legacy, right? You just happen to be a UK fan, so lets cut out the cringe bravado.

@daproyaknow7056 Ай бұрын

Good luck with the NCAAB version of Jimbo Fisher!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣

@devinashley1434 Ай бұрын

Imagine being that pissed that you’re favorite coach left 😂😂that’s like making fun of Saban just because he retired!

@bobbyswain7049 Ай бұрын

@@devinashley1434 They are so salty.........love to see it😆

@donaldallen1276 Ай бұрын

Hey Kentucky could possibly find a coach almost as good as the new Arkansas Razorback basketball coach 🤔

@mikemulberry2296 Ай бұрын

He’s just buying time ! Cal’s just flipped the old sand hourglass !

@jacobhammock3355 Ай бұрын

BBN coping and seething in the comments. I'm pretty sure both BBN and Calipari were ready for a divorce. Both sides won here, unless UK fumbles the new hire lol. Have to get a new recruiting class too looks like.

@jacobhammock3355 Ай бұрын

Also, Cal has had nothing but nice things to say about Kentucky and the fans. Every time someone has asked him over the last few days. So you UK fans could show some of the same class and just wish him well. *shrugs*

@mgers75 Ай бұрын

Cal "You never throw a player under the bus" Every loss this year was the player's fault in Cal post-game press conferences. Did he single them out, no. It was always passive-aggressive but you'll see!

@jameljoyner5008 Ай бұрын

Why are there so many UK fans in the comments🤔 In Pope y’all trust😂

@RandallJones-qx3zu Ай бұрын

Cal looks so sad lol

@donaldallen1276 Ай бұрын

Exactly like the Kentucky fans that now are looking so sad at the new basketball coach they have to live with that will never be as good as the new Arkansas Basketball coach is.😂

@Swellington_ Ай бұрын

From a UK fan to a razor back fan, I hate to say it and I’m not being a hater or whatever but if Cal doesn’t change yall are in for a lot of let downs,one and dones don’t win championships anymore and he’s stuck recruiting one and dones,I mean he’s had some of the top recruits year after year and can’t do anything with em,but you guys are in better shape with him than you were but I’m telling ya,you’re gonna get your feelings hurt,and nothing but love for coach Cal And damn,yall acting like children 😂😂

@levikeith1038 Ай бұрын

Yep and he said he is not changing for anyone

@donaldallen1276 Ай бұрын

He will win championships at the University of Arkansas something he wasn't able to do at a football school like the University of Kentucky 😊

@Swellington_ Ай бұрын

@@donaldallen1276 KY isn’t a “football school” 😂😂

@ghxstbxby9445 Ай бұрын

It’s eating Cal alive that he has to wear that red shirt with a hog on it 😂😂😂

@statisticallysound Ай бұрын

Yeah you’re right, he was eating it up. You can really tell how proud he is to finally make it here after the few times he almost took it previously

@bobbyswain7049 Ай бұрын

Cope harder

@donaldallen1276 Ай бұрын

Exactly!!! Imagine being a Kentucky basketball coach and you finally get your chance to step up to being an Arkansas Razorback coach 👊 Kinda like going from Fuba to Nike 😂 Definitely with out doubt a much better job and environment to be a basketball coach in✌️👽

@ghxstbxby9445 Ай бұрын

@@donaldallen1276 You done lost your mind. We have more people at our press conference than yall have at 3 games combined unless yall play Kentucky. There was 6 minute walk of people standing in line who didn’t get to come in to our press conference today 😂 that’s what a fast walking pace half mile line. We will see yall around January.

@GeorgeHarp-vx7dz Ай бұрын

Gosh lot of sour grapes. No appreciation for the accolades he has brought on your program in the past no simple Than You Arkansas saves you 30 million not hard to see why he took a cut in pay Took an old horse that was locked in the barn for a long time He sure was happy out in the new pasture He deserves a chance to adjust. You guys need to study the word humility

@markdurham252 Ай бұрын

Cal will always be remembered as a Great Kentucky coach, no matter where he goes and what he does. But let’s not forget that he has the three worst losses in Kentucky basketball history, the worst season in Kentucky basketball history in 2021, and the only coach to ever lose three home games back to back. He can beat a top 25 ranked team This week and lose to a mid major by 15 at home the next week. His antics and sarcasm grows old quickly

@markwise2151 Ай бұрын

lol, He isn't getting Arkansas a championship unless you count NBA championship with your players he sends there. Best used car salesman in the Game.

@donaldallen1276 Ай бұрын

Hey maybe your new basketball coach will be a better used car salesman 😂

@wisetech1970 Ай бұрын

I guess you and I both will found out what they are going to do,. But Cal has said he isn't changing anything. Looks like you are about to get what we have had for the last 11 years.. good luck.

@jeremywoods1408 Ай бұрын

Hes old and washed up used car salesman.

@donaldallen1276 Ай бұрын

Maybe your new coach will be a better used car salesman 😂

@scottwhaley4585 Ай бұрын

He honestly looks like he doesn't want to be there

@statisticallysound Ай бұрын

???

@bobbyswain7049 Ай бұрын

Looks like a 40 million dollar smile to me😊🐗🐗🐗

@user-uv1lq4bl4p Ай бұрын

Old Cal got out of UKy while the getting was good.

@jayhawgs9036 Ай бұрын

Fans ran him out.

@user-uv1lq4bl4p Ай бұрын

@@jayhawgs9036 it was time his seat was getting hot

@statisticallysound Ай бұрын

To be fair UK is a sinking ship, we all would’ve abandoned it too

@SteelCurtain_90 Ай бұрын

@@jayhawgs9036 Coach ego couldn't handle the heat being turned up when he wasn't producing. He was told he could stay another year... he quit, that's on him. He was highly compensated... so there's no pity for the quiter.

@johnny_cakes Ай бұрын

yurachek better fix football. bottom line.

@donaldallen1276 Ай бұрын

Bro you are living on another planet or possibly Kentucky? He hired an offensive genius named Bobby Petrino😂

@woopigsooie00 Ай бұрын

It's hilarious seeing kentucky fans trash talk how bad a coach Calipari is when he is the winningest active coach in men's college basketball, with a career record of 855-263. In the hall of fame #2 winningest coach in Kentucky history. Had kentucky recruiting at #2 only behind Duke.. Come on y'all.

@HeathCain-lg6we Ай бұрын

There's a standard at UK that Arkansas fans will never understand. The only positive about Calipari is that he is the best recruiter in the business. That's it! He is not a coach, Rupp, Hall, Pitino, and Smith are way ahead of Cal in coaching ability!

@petegorman9547 Ай бұрын

I understand what you are saying, If I was an Arkansas fan I would love this move, but there is no denying that 1 national championship in 16 years at KY is very underwhelming. I am from Memphis and when Cal coached the Memphis Tigers the fan base absolutely loved him, no doubt we were heartbroken when he left for KY, I thought he would retire at KY with 3 or 4 national championships in 20 + years He is a great recruiter, he takes a lot of pride in getting guys to the NBA, but he has come up short with winning championships, thats why he is very popular with former players but not very popular with universities he has worked for or the fans of those universities. He is in the Basketball HOF so my opinion doesn’t mean much but just my personal opinion, he is a very good coach but he needs to win 1 more with Arkansas if he wants to be considered great.

@rwieber79 Ай бұрын

Ugh that color looks gross on Cal. Still pissed UK fans ran him off.

@statisticallysound Ай бұрын

The administration ran him off, he mentioned that a few times. They couldn’t support him like Arkansas can

@joecreech5413 Ай бұрын

I think its more wouldn't not couldn't

@thebrotherhood6391 Ай бұрын

Cal is a bust. Loaded teams year after year that have "underperformed & been failures" those are Cals words not mine. He's gonna do the same thing and go after the same type of players at Arkansas that he did at Kentucky. Maybe Arkansas fans will get lucky and Cal will actually have some successful teams but i wouldn't hold my breathe. Except to have a new team every year that gets knocked out in 1st or 2nd round of ncaa tournaments