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Originally Posted by All-inMcLovin
Well to be fair Cal is more of a recruiter than he is an actual coach.
I fully understand why this narrative is prevalent now, but you should have seen the ****ing talent Cal brought the best out of in his early years at UMass. The first time we made the sweet 16, we were starting players named Will McCoy Jack Herndon and Tony ****ing barbee, they were, I promise, not highly touted recruits. Even our current coach, Derek Kellogg, who was the starting point guard for our team that went to the elite 8 in 1995 (and should have final 4'ed, ****ing big country Reeves and Oklahoma state) was just a local kid who went to the catholic high school down the road.
Calipari was/is a master motivator, and even if he's not a master schemer he's 1/1 at getting A+ efforts from his guys, and that goes a long way in college ball.