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What A Difference A Wall Makes For Kentucky Fans And John Calipari

Mar 10, 2010, 10:00 PM UTC

â†µYou may have heard about this shooting-sleeve point guard type of guyâ†µwho's currently driving Kentucky towards a top seed in the NCAAâ†µtournament. Since recruiting him, Kentucky coach John Calipari got hisâ†µface on a special edition of Maker's Mark. He's all craggy and noble and stuff.â†µHe looks like Al Pacino. Kentucky fans are somewhere between peeved andâ†µapoplecticâ†µthat Pacino Coach didn't win Coach of the Year in the SEC*.â†µ

â†µâ†µIt doesn’t matter that Calipari has left a trail of sanctions in hisâ†µwake: the man is on his way to Nick Saban status in the Bluegrass State. Soon he,â†µtoo, will be moreâ†µpopular than God. Jemele Hill’s assertion that Kentucky fans wouldâ†µroot for Charles Manson if he won enough games is in the running forâ†µ“Most Accurate Statement That’s Ever Required A Publicâ†µApology.”â†µ

â†µâ†µBut there is an Internet, and sometimes people save things for later.â†µLet’s go way back to 2007, when Calipari was busy getting Memphisâ†µsanctioned, and see whatâ†µWildcat fans thought then. Archive.org provides...â†µ

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â†µVarious Kentucky Fans' Answers To The Question "Whenâ†µJohn Calipari speaks, what are you thinking?"â†µ

â†µâ†µBizzare!â†µ

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Cheater Cheater Pumpkin Eater!
Don't ever take sides against the family againâ†µâ‡¥Fredo......ever....
Where is my wallet???

â†µâ†µAccurate!â†µ

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how long before they are on probation?
I feel like he could sell used POS cars really good.
I paid Camby. I paid Camby I paid Camby I paid Camby

â†µâ†µUnconfirmed But I Wouldn’t Bet Against It!â†µ

â†µâ†µâ‡¥he is making arrangements to deliver a new car
â†µâ‡¥Second-biggest BS artist in the game, behind Pitino of course.
â†µâ‡¥Don’t trust a word he’s saying.
â†µâ‡¥Slimebag! Looks like an AAU coach.

â†µâ†µâ†µIronic Exchange!â†µ

â†µâ†µpressfox: We should have gotten him maybe?â†µ
â†µAdjustmydreams: Go cheer for Memphis...we don’tâ†µneed you.â†µ

â†µâ†µI can count on zero fingers the number of fanbases that wouldn’t beâ†µenthusiastically in favor of their head basketball coach if they were inâ†µKentucky’s shoes right now, but the irony is rarely so fantastic. Sportsâ†µfans: we’re all moral relativists.â†µ

â†µâ†µ*(Not that he should have, right? Kevin Stallings has Vanderbilt atâ†µ23-7 without three guys who will go in the lottery whenever they decideâ†µto head for the NBA. Calipari’s team is better, but there are awards forâ†µthat called “conference championships.”)â†µ

â†µâ†µ(Bourbon H/T to Eamonnâ†µBrennan)â†µ

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