Calipari on the Gators

[REM08]

Per a UK beat writer, per Brockway, Cal was asked about the Gators on his call-in show recently and his response was that Florida would "beat us by 35 points, maybe 40..."

There's really no sense debating this right now - as its not really debatable, but I figured it was worth noting anyways.

[your_perfect_enemy]

calipari is a cheat!!! ... oh wait.

[HALLGATOR]

Kentucky's young players should be improved by the time we play them.

[Go2gtr]

SOS: Alabama could beat some NFL teams. Suddenly they lose to aTm.

I see what he is doing.

[REM08]

Originally Posted by Go2gtr

SOS: Alabama could beat some NFL teams. Suddenly they lose to aTm.

I see what he is doing.

Every coach is sending multiple messages when they make statements like this, no question. However, he was asked about top SEC teams each of his first three years at UK and never made statements at all like this one. I wouldn't have bothered posting it if I thought it was entirely coach-speak.

[Jstewie15]

Im sure he's just trying to motivate his team. But if we played them right now it would be somewhere between 20 to 30 points.

[SwampFox]

40 is a bit much...I'd go with 20 at home and 5 on the road....at this point in time...

[Go2gtr]

Originally Posted by REM08

Every coach is sending multiple messages when they make statements like this, no question. However, he was asked about top SEC teams each of his first three years at UK and never made statements at all like this one. I wouldn't have bothered posting it if I thought it was entirely coach-speak.

You are free to interpret it any way you like. But please don't condescend. 40 points? He doesn't believe that and neither do you.

[REM08]

Originally Posted by Go2gtr

You are free to interpret it any way you like. But please don't condescend. 40 points? He doesn't believe that and neither do you.

Not trying to condescend (see how it looked that way though). I'm not trying to say I have Cal figured out more than anyone else - just saying what I've seen of him this year compared with the previous three.

No, I don't think he means literally 40 points and I doubt anyone does. I think he's trying to communicate that the teams aren't close right now and the score wouldn't be close either. Also think he's speaking to his players (through media obviously) when he says something like this.

[bofusgators]

All I care to say is rhat the Gators will beat UK whenever and wherever they play.

[GatorRade]

Originally Posted by REM08

Every coach is sending multiple messages when they make statements like this, no question. However, he was asked about top SEC teams each of his first three years at UK and never made statements at all like this one. I wouldn't have bothered posting it if I thought it was entirely coach-speak.

Exactly. Many coaches do these sorts of things for their own team's sake, but there is a grain of truth to the statement. Florida wouldn't win by 40 obviously, but their veteran team certainly seems to have gotten their act together much faster than UK's young squad. I believe he made a similar comment last year about UF raining threes on UK. Indeed it was a valid concern at the time, even if it didn't end up mattering.

[ArtVandelay]

Calipari is DailyDoubleCat...DailyDoubleCat is Calipari

[SmootyGator]

Kuck Fentucky!

[InstiGATOR1]

I think most of Calipari's talk early this season is to try to get his young team to understand that winning in college takes a little more than just signing a UK NLOI. He may also want them to understand they are not as talented as last years group and that thus they must work even harder.

[G8RNTN]

Originally Posted by HALLGATOR

Kentucky's young players should be improved by the time we play them.

They WILL be...

[xenythx]

I'm pretty sure it's a well-known running joke at this point that Calipari calls his team the worst team ever every single year at this point in the season. He did it while he was at Memphis too.

[themistocles]

Well, lets see, Kentucky, 45-50 points, Florida 60-70 points.

I don't count 35 or 40 points difference.

[akaGatorhoops]

while i think we would win a game rather handily right now. . . 40 is a real stretch.
i also think uk will be a top 15 team by the end of the season.

[g8rboy]

Didn't he say the same thing last year, something like we would knock down 30 three pointers against them?

[lean_gator]

Originally Posted by g8rboy

Didn't he say the same thing last year, something like we would knock down 30 three pointers against them?

Yep