Be careful guys, what the mean by reaching out is he will be reaching under the table looking for some slush money.

Calipari reaches out to UK boosters...for some coin to get new players.

The shadiest guy in all of college basketball. Congrats UK on a great hire. He has never been to a Final Four that the school was allowed to keep. BRAVO!

Maybe he needs to get Jerry Tarkanian's lawyer. Sounds like someone in the NCAA office is gunning to get him. (Doesn't mean he didn't do anything wrong, however....)

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Originally posted 09:18 AM ET  06.01 by jayhawkfan11

The shadiest guy in all of college basketball. Congrats UK on a great hire. He has never been to a Final Four that the school was allowed to keep. BRAVO!

At least he is a man of his word......March 27, 2009...."Memphis is where I want to coach.???

Ooops, sorry, I was thinking of someone else.

As long as it doesn't say reach around its all good.

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Originally posted 09:55 AM ET  06.01 by Spaceman Spiff

Maybe he needs to get Jerry Tarkanian's lawyer. Sounds like someone in the NCAA office is gunning to get him. (Doesn't mean he didn't do anything wrong, however....)

Birds of a feather flock together. Isn't it ironic that Tark's lead recruiter in the 90's is JC's lead recruiter.

Is it possible that Calipari has to step down, before he even takes the sidelines once at uk???

Change of temperament or panicked damage control?

I will live for the romantics and cynics to debate.

He's reaching out to UK boosters to get more money to buy top quality recruits.

jayhawk its a jealous game and even more when your #1 pre=season is taken away...i hate you got the other one of uh, coach calipari's "suspect" recruits but hey, we wanted to give you something to keep you square!

What is it Jayhawkfan11? Jealousy runs rampant in this game so get use to it if you're new...Check your own backyard and we'll bring the title back to the real home of basketball for a few years.

Don't be mad just because UK is getting ready to kick everyone's ass. Don't blame Memphis's mistakes on Cal. And I'm sure Billy Donovan or Roy Williams or **** Bag Coach K did everything 100% by the book as well. Suck it!

Whah whah whah. You all sound like little cry babies. I hate to burst your bubbles but Calapari did nothing wrong. The NCAA let some teeneager and his high schoole dupe them. The NCAA cleared Rose AND Rose had legit scholarship offers from a dozen big time colleges. He just happen to choose Memphis because Calapari plays a pro style, dribble drive offense. Get over it losers. UK is BAAACCKKKK!!!

Whah whah whah. You all sound like little cry babies. I hate to burst your bubbles but Calapari did nothing wrong. The NCAA let some teeneager and his high schoole dupe them. The NCAA cleared Rose AND Rose had legit scholarship offers from a dozen big time colleges. He just happen to choose Memphis because Calapari plays a pro style, dribble drive offense. Get over it losers. UK is BAAACCKKKK!!!

The honest fact is John Calapari has been a head coach in Division 1 basketball for 17 years. And as of today, the man HAS NEVER been charged with ONE NOT ONE single violation by the NCAA. UK's old Coach Pitino has 8. Now is it possible Calapari is the cheater and dirty coach everyone accuses him of being and he is just the teflon don and untouchable. Yeah I guess anything is possible. Or is it possible that as he came up a young, hungry coach, he has just taken a few chances on players that coaches at the big schools like Kentucky or UNC passed on? Who knows. But now that he has the history and facilities of UK to go along with his personality and style, something tells me he will not need to push the envelope as hard to get top 10 recruiting classes from now on...

damn, gokyblue, that must be some good kool-aid...but you need to face it, UK hired a coach of questionable morals and ethics. i am sure you are not that naive to believe everything happening around him was done without his knowledge and/or consent. you would think they learned their lesson with sutton. every UK fan i have talked to has feverishly defended calipari like he was Jesus reincarnate...it reeks of desperateness

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Originally posted 02:54 PM ET  06.01 by reydbj

Birds of a feather flock together. Isn't it ironic that Tark's lead recruiter in the 90's is JC's lead recruiter.

OK rey, I give up. Who are you talking about?

None of the current staff of Antiqua, Robic, Strickland, or even Pastner have ever been associated with Tarkanian or UNLV.

You know, it's not the coach who is the problem. With both UMASS and Memphis (and others), it's the NCAA's one and done rule. They are forcing players who are not college students to be college students. Any coach these days who recruits guys who are likely to be one and done is taking a risk. They have had agents approaching them from the time they were freshmen in high school. Calipari hasn't done anything wrong that the other top tier coaches haven't done, since they were recruiting the same players.