FanIQ.com - 4/8/2008
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I was pleasantly surprised with the tune of John Calipari's post game interview with the lovely Sam Ryan.
He was saying all the right things, taking the blame off his players and putting it on himself (foul!11!) and giving the necessary respect to Kansas.
THEN, the Derrick Rose shot was brought up and he lost me with some sour grapes.
"Yeah, I don't like this being ...
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Calipari Doesn't Like the Refs' Stupid Monitors
The Sporting Blog —
By Chris Mottram Here is Coach Cal after last night's loss taking a firm stance against referees getting calls correct (shhh, 12-inch voice zone): "Yeah, I don't like this being able to go to the monitor. I'm going to try to get that changed now." Good luck with that, Johnny. He did give a little smirk there, which means he could have been joking. But more likely, that was just him being his typical, smarmy self. And can Calipari please stop claiming that they were trying to foul Kansas? Because they weren't. Maybe he wanted them to, but none of his players got that message. Perhaps a timeout was in order ...
Calipari Doesn't Like the Refs' Stupid Monitors
The Sporting Blog —
By Chris Mottram Here is Coach Cal after last night's loss taking a firm stance against referees getting calls correct (shhh, 12-inch voice zone): "Yeah, I don't like this being able to go to the monitor. I'm going to try to get that changed now." Good luck with that, Johnny. He did give a little smirk there, which means he could have been joking. But more likely, that was just him being his typical, smarmy self. And can Calipari please stop claiming that they were trying to foul Kansas? Because they weren't. Maybe he wanted them to, but none of his players got that message. Perhaps a timeout was in order ...
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On free throw shooting, and why I won't kill Coach Calipari
sports.yahoo.com 4/8/2008 — Before
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1) It's way too easy to poke fun at Coach Calipari for
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John Calipari Owes This Guy Dinner
sportsnationblog.blogspot.com 4/8/2008 — The last few weeks John Calipari, Memphis basketball coach, has declared war on the media. Anytime anyone in the media has brought up the free-throw situation to Calipari he has done his best to rip them to pieces and go on the defensive. Do yourself a favor and watch these videos so you lose all respect that you once had for John Calipari
