John Calipari on recruiting, superstitions and criticisms 

Grateful he is OUR coach. He’s a good man. It will never be as fun as this whenever he does decide to step away from the job. Hell of a squad this year. Hope they can bring home #9. Love you, Cal!

Man I'm glad he's uks coach my favorite of all time

Awesome video!! all Kentucky fans, especially the negative ones, need to watch this. Coach Cal is the only Coach we need at Kentucky until he decides to retire on his own.

Coach Cal is a Hall of Fame Coach, but I what I like best about him is that he is a Hall of Fame human being.

UMass grad here who loves Coach Cal. UMass was the epitome of a doormat program before his arrival. After 3 short years we were a top 10-12 program for 5 straight years.The 30 years since he has left, only 3 NCAA appearances-2 of which were the 2 years after he left when we still had his players and his culture in place. Thank you Coach Cal.

I can't believe this man is OUR coach. Woo Pig Baby!!!!!

ima big coach cal fan man it’s sad 2 c him leave kentucky, he was the main reason I would ever root 4 them

Man revolutionized college b ball w 1 & done players. Really ahead of his time.

WPS so thankful to have a man who genuinely cares about changing the trajectory of these kid's lives. I love how he focuses on "joy" the way to create joy for yourself is to do things for others. Just fascinating how consistent he is.

I always have Kentucky cutting down the nets every year on my bracket. I was raised a Kentucky fan, and I'll die a Kentucky fan. I'm so glad we have Calipari, he knows how to get talent. He's not a coach that's trying to use players for his own gain or ours. Some coaches do, and we all can read the fans that would want that. For what? Bragging rights? If we win another championship, good for the players, good for school. It's not going to change my life in any way. It's not going to change how much of a fan I am either. Fair weather fans can go somewhere else, we're Blue Bloods here and if you don't understand that, well your at the wrong place.

Loved his UMass squad that lost a heartbreaker to Pitino's great UK squad in the F4. Another heartbreak in the chip vs. KU when he was at Memphis. There are a lotta dumbasses in here saying Cal sucks... They don't even conceive how detached from reality they are in that regard.

Great interview. Really enjoyed it.

SO GLAD WE HAVE HIM> GREAT COACH AND PERSON !!!

This was a good video. Coach John Calipari is definitely one of my all time favorite coaches in any sport.

I am a Memphis alumn and still root for Cal...until they play the Tigers which hasn't happened. lol.

Did you try pressing the little apple thing?

BBN Loves Coach Cal, we have had couple bad seasons but he will get back on top and he will win more Natural Titles and I bet my live on it.

It frustrates me so much that UK fans bang on Cal. It's hard to win championships. There haven't been any scandals at UK involving his players. He couldn't keep that run going as he had the 1st 8 years or so. I expect he'll get the program back at the top but for some UK fans it's never enough

3:05, that is fantastic, dream, dream, dream!!!!!!! 15:00, I totally agree with this, even in my middle school and high school they told me that you won't get to the NBA when they spoke to our class, I mean, this was the teachers saying this stuff, not even a presenter or whatever, the teachers told the classes from time to time, like on career day that you and all of my classmates won't and shouldn't have aspirations to be in the NBA. This is kind of why I basically gave up some of that hope I had to get to the NBA. I mean I'm barely 6 feet tall, but still, I think if I had Calipari's attitude, I at least could have played college ball for some university. I play basketball still, mostly by myself, but I can shoot decently, I'll always think about joining the NBA, heh. It's something that is a false hope for so many, but not for everybody, some make it! 17:30, lol, ''No crying on the yacht.'' 21:15, lolol 04/07/2023, 9:15am

All those one and done and 1 championships to show for it

0:14: 💼 The speaker's parents taught him the value of hard work and camaraderie in the workplace. 5:00: 💼 The speaker shares their experience of living in a trailer park during their time at Clarion University and how they ended up buying and leasing out mobile homes. 9:52: 💡 The speaker suggests that to achieve success at the highest level, one should prioritize experience and mentors over money. 14:42: 💪 The speaker discusses the importance of helping individual players reach their full potential and creating a cohesive team. 19:43: 😄 Coach Calipari learned the importance of projecting positivity and enjoying the game from a phone call with someone during a 19-0 winning streak. 24:07: 🏀 Marketing is important for a successful program, but results are key. 28:55: 🏀 Coach Calipari discusses the benefits of college basketball players entering the NBA draft and the importance of education. 33:46: 🏀 The speaker discusses the issue of student athletes leaving college early to enter the NBA draft. 38:27: 😴 The speaker is unfazed by negative media coverage and focuses on doing what they believe is right. 43:38: ! The speaker wants to have 12 of the 24 NBA All-Stars play for his program and believes it would bring success and benefits to the university. 48:48: ! Coach Calipari talks about his most satisfying moment in his career. Recap by Tammy AI

The CBB archetype

Well shit, I'm taking my ass to Wheelers!

I've got Kentucky in the Final 4.

Love the Calipari hate comments 🤣 y’all would give your right leg to be him. Top 5 greatest college coach of all time

Anyone here after he left to Arkansas?

Why did the man set his head on fire?

You really got to give Cal credit. He is a master class bull shipper. The way he just blew off the importance of winning national championships. How it wasnt important to him and how it shouldnt be important to the school. That the important thing was the players making it to the NBA and making money. Really? Not important to the school and not important to the fans? You gotta say hes really good. Almost believable.

A true rags to riches story

Original gangster

THE GOAT BBN LETS GOOOO!!!!!!!!!

It is sad that corporations of today are so hard to work for because they strip everything that what it is to be a human and have relationships with co-workers. I miss those days. I worked hard and was a supervisor and always gave time to employees and in return they gave me a great effort continually and always met my goals which was my bosses goals. We actually have people who's job is to how to get more work done while employees being watched or IA coming up with new management to work more with less. I think people completely understand what they need to do and there's enough stress and with technology changing at a increasing rate. Let's get back to enjoying a hard life and let's show companies who do well at achieving at work issues vs the Amazon's of the world. Greed can be a terrible thing if you can't help someone but yourself.

I think the sport is out of basketball . not as fun as it used to be. way to much stress on players and coaches !!!!

What a puff piece on The Used Car Salesman BS Artist of college basketball. I can see the sleaze coming off him.

Razorback , Baby .

I really REALLY miss the old days when players would stay with us for 3-4 years and become Kentucky Wildcat LEGENDS because of what they did as a WILDCAT. Also, by far THE most important factor in NCAA Tournament success is EXPERIENCE and MATURITY that you can (mostly) only get from juniors and seniors (with free throws in the "end game" being a VERY close second). WHO CARES how many one year wonders Cal gets into the NBA...they won't do us, UK, the least bit of good after they're gone! Not to mention a lot of those one and dones are only marginally qualified for the NBA at best (like the ones who in their one year couldn't even manage double figures per night). Honestly I hope whoever comes next after Cal, the first thing he does is take down all those damn "look at all these guys that got into the NBA!" displays/posters/etc and be KENTUCKY FIRST. See all those retired numbers at Rupp Arena? They are there because of what they did as a WILDCAT, not for what they did as an NBA/ABA player. Am I just wishful thinking for wanting Cal to recruit guys (I'll bite my tongue and grit my teeth and with great reluctance concede that yes we do need a few of those one year wonders as well) who will stay with us the full 3-4 years? Who from the first time as a boy shooting hoops dreamed of being a WILDCAT? How about some good ol' fashioned homegrown KENTUCKY talent? How about ones like Tim Duncan who chose to stay the full four years even though he could've easily went to the NBA at least two, maybe three years early? I'm speaking all of this as a UK graduate (class of '03) with two BAs (history/political science); as Bill O'Reilly would say, please tell me where I'm wrong. As Steven Crower would say, please change my mind.

Wildcats

I miss layaway. I thought it taught a good lesson

It explains why Kentucky won't win another championship, it's not about UK its about getting players into the NBA !! Already new that though !!!

All that talent he gets at Kentucky....Only 1 national Championship....Over Rated as a coach....Him and Lou Holtz....Over Rated...

Kentucky fans that want this guy gone are out of their minds!!

Coach Cal ain’t a good coach. He’s a good recruiting coach. Coach Self’s is good coach. He sent a lot of not highly recruited to NBA.

There is only 1 reason why Coach made this interview.......

Calipari made the Bleacher Report list as one of the sleaziest basketball coaches in America. Calipari is in some sleazy company. Bliss, Harrick, Pearl, Sampson, Calhoun, Jarvis, Haskins, and others. Calipari coached two schools that were put on probation. Kentucky even has an assistant coach who was South Florida head coach. The university was put on probation, and the coach was fired. How many red flags do you need?

listen to his nonsense goals at 43:00 how about being good dads and husbands, contributing to society? he will never win another title either.

He’s a great man but he’s the most overrated coach in the history of basketball.

Most overrated coach of all time

Ya dont take all 3 teams you have been HC for to final fours as a bad coach, people who believe that narrative are terrible coach scouts lol. Utterly ridiculous and mad cause he has had success.

John caliparie quit making us lose on purpose u know what ur doin cut it out or move on

The most overrated coach in the country. All that talent that comes into Kentucky and the guys he lands are crazy talented. 1 championship terrible!