kentucky Basketball coach John Calipari woke up Thursday and decided to publicly insist that his program get a new practice facility. So he spoke with The Athletic’s Kyle Tucker15, explains that he had to stop his recent training at Joe Craft Center due to a leaking roof, eventually stating: Alabama It’s a football school.that’s right GeorgiaI mean, they are. Never underestimate our soccer team. I hope they win 10 and go to Bowls. At the end of the day, it makes my job easier and it makes it easier for all of us. But this is a basketball school. So we need to keep going in that direction and keep doing what we’re doing. “
It took less than two hours to get to England. football Coach Mark Stoop responds.
When I read this story, I was frankly disappointed that Calipari was so frustrated by the lack of action from his administration that he was applying public pressure to get the new practice facility back on track. So I thought Kentucky Athletic Director Mitch Bernhardt might be a little confused by Calipari’s words, but Stoops tweeted that Calipari’s throat I didn’t expect you to target me.
But that’s what he did.
I don’t remember anything like that.
Start with the hashtag #4straightpostseasonwins in Stoops’ first tweet. This is what the English football program mentioned as he won the Citrus Bowl in 2018, the Berg Bowl in 2019, the Gator He Bowl in 2020 and the Citrus Bowl again in 2021. Most recently, in the 2020-21 season, he lost 9-16 and missed the 2021 NCAA Tournament entirely before losing to St. Peters in the first round of the 2022 NCAA Tournament.
Point, Stoops.
Stoops then retweeted:
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So of Auburn Football coach Brian Hershin and Auburn basketball coach Bruce Pearl are enjoying the situation while enjoying Pearl’s postgame interview after their win over the Calipari Wildcats earlier this year. I made itCall Auburn a football school or a basketball school, instead called Auburn the school for all.
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There are a million places I could pick this column from here, but the most interesting thing about Thursday was how it served as the latest evidence that things have changed dramatically in Calipari, Kentucky. is.
During his time at UMass, Calipari was the most powerful person on campus.and memphis, he was the most powerful person on campus. For much of his time in Kentucky, he was the most powerful person on campus. As I’m sure he should be able). So he publicly complained about it. When he called Kentucky a basketball school (and honestly, it definitely is), the offended Kentucky football coach recently pointed out that the football program is more successful than the basketball program. I felt powerful enough to retweet.
And most British fans seem to have sided with Stoops!
Ever thought that day would come?
Not so long ago, it was literally unimaginable that a Kentucky football coach would openly applaud a Kentucky basketball coach and have Kentucky fans on his side. Having just boosted Britain’s worst season in modern history by losing to the second-placed team in the Metro-Atlantic Athletic Conference in the first round, British fans no longer adore him the way they used to.
It must feel weird.
Either way, my guess is that Calipari will have a big season, make it to the 2023 NCAA Tournament, and possibly fight for the national championship. But the British football coach was said to be offended on Thursday when Calipari appeared to win a nasty #TwitterWar after calling Kentucky a basketball school and tweeting about it. The fact is a reminder of how much Calipari needs a big season this season.
UK Basketball has not made the Final Four since 2015.
If that’s the case next April, then the Mark Stoops hashtag could be interesting.
