Cal's Gone...

Everything's done but the press conference. Believe it...

It's true, It's true - Kurt Angle.

I don't know a lot of people "in the know", but I will quote the hell out of the ones who do know factual information and here's how it went down:

- Cal got an offer from Kentucky, he then went to RC Johnson, the Memphis athletic director, and asked him to match it.

- Johnson then low-balled Calipari and that in turn caused Cal to say screw you.

- Next, Cal held a meeting with his players and many false reports ran rampant for the rest of the day.

- Rich Memphis boosters along with Fred Smith met with Cal last evening to convince him to stay and they matched the Kentucky offer... by this time it was too late.

Expect a press conference at the latest tomorrow... Now, my feelings about the situation:

You can't blame the guy for wanting to coach at Kentucky... It's Kentucky.

But you can be angry at the guy for the following statement:

“This is where I want to coach, and my name will be tied to every job that’s open, and our fans I think have gotten used to it.”

He said this on Friday, and met with Kentucky on Saturday.

As for the money, I've heard that he's been offered 8 yrs, 35 million. That's a lot of money for a guy whose never won a championship don't you think?

Thoughts I've had:

What kind of jerk would whore himself out for this kind of money when we're in an economical crisis?

I can think of five SEC coaches off the top of my head that would flat out expose Calipari and out-coach him at every turn. I honestly don't think it's going to be all roses at Kentucky.

If he does in fact take his prized recruits and has a bad season next year there are going to be a lot of pissed of Wildcat fans.

Other BS Crap I heard:

Cal is lobbying for Tony Barbee - for the love of God, No. The dude is close to being on the hot seat at UTEP - don't give us this bobo-ass Cal cronie...

Possible Coaching replacements:

There are three candidates in my mind and three candidates only:(In particular order)

1 - Mike Anderson - he's an ok recruiter but does more with less than any other coach out there. With his coaching ability, the name of Memphis behind him, and NBA arena it's not wrong to assume that he could roll through the conference as well. (Just not next season obviously) - And remember people, rolling through the conference plus winning a few non-conference games gets you a good seed.

2 - Tim Floyd - his basketball style is boring but he recruits as good as anyone else out there. His last four recruiting classes have included: 2006 - 3 four star recruits, 2007 - OJ Mayo, 2008 - DeMar DeRozen (the #1 overall SF), and 2009 - 5 star PF Renardo Sidney and 4 star SG Noel Johnson. With talent like that you could go undefeated in our weak ass conference.

3 - Sean Miller - the darkhorse, Xavier's head coach. He's coming off an elite 8 appearance in 2008 and a sweet 16 appearance in 2009. He can flat out coach. His recruiting ability remains to be seen but I would be curious to see how well he could do recruiting out of Memphis.

Do I want Cal to go? Of course not. Do I think he sucks now? Absolutely.

This prick has dropped a napalm bomb on the Memphis program and will raid it of its life... at least for next season.

Coming back for sure next season:

Willie Kemp, Pierre, Preston, Mack. Everyone else is iffy - I hate my life.

So that's it. My thoughts, my hopes, my dreams (gay I know).

It was a fun ride, now it's time to turn the page.