ESPN kissin' Calipari's .....

[HeelFan58]

http://thebiglead.com/2016/06/23/dan-le-batard-dismayed-with-john-calipari-spin-in-espn-carwash/

 

[Bur-Heel]

This is a shame!!..on top of K with the Olympic angle..how do you compete with that?..this is why winning the championship this year would have been so important!!

 

[keysersosay#1]

After all that yesterday, I needed a long shower.

Between the a$$kissing that Vader gets all the time and this PR stunt for this slime bag, one needs to get the dirt and stench off.

 

[Archer2]

“This is unseemly,” Le Batard said. “This is ESPN being in on the deal. And there’s no getting around this. I can moralize and gasbag all I want, but this is ESPN in on the deal. A texter writes in, ‘Dan, any thoughts on what ESPN is doing today with Calipari? It comes off like a gross recruiting tool for Kentucky. Calling moms of former players, letting him schmooze live on the air, does ESPN have any obligation to keep clear of this type of thing?'”

“It’s simply not right to give him the entire platform to be out recruiting by himself,” Le Batard said. “It’s not the coaches coming through the carwash. It’s one super famous coach who already has a recruiting advantage using all of our platforms to go into full salesman mode. ESPN is doing something wrong today as part of this transaction, and I’m right in on it.”

It's about time someone addressed the elephant in the room. Adopting the OADU approach has already reaped huge benefits for Cal and K. But the additional benefit of free TV exposure and coaching the USA team give them an even bigger recruiting advantage. And they both know this.

 

[Hark_The_Sound_2010]

If the recruits don't see the fail that was UK prospects in this draft - there's no helping them. Murray did well for himself, but still a team looking for a knockdown shooter was choosing between Murray and Hield. Hield went before him as a Senior. Then the plummet that Skal had, and Ulis being a 2nd rounder, can't look good for Cal. It is annoying that he could so much airtime to sell his used cars - but what can you do I guess.

 

[3skinny]

All that hype he did for Skal and Ullis made him look like a idiot he is. Don't look good when you get a guy that was top 5 pick coming in and he almost falls out of first round. Just like ESPN said Kensucky the biggest underachievers.

 

[Archer2]

And yet, both OADU's(UK and dook) will bring in the top classes next year. Again.

 

[trestyles]

Only mock drafts fallen for that Ullis hype. He went exactly where he should've, a 2nd rounder. He was never going in the first round.

All that hype he did for Skal and Ullis made him look like a idiot he is. Don't look good when you get a guy that was top 5 pick coming in and he almost falls out of first round. Just like ESPN said Kensucky the biggest underachievers.

 

[DSouthr]

If the recruits don't see the fail that was UK prospects in this draft - there's no helping them. Murray did well for himself, but still a team looking for a knockdown shooter was choosing between Murray and Hield. Hield went before him as a Senior. Then the plummet that Skal had, and Ulis being a 2nd rounder, can't look good for Cal. It is annoying that he could so much airtime to sell his used cars - but what can you do I guess.

IMO the fire will be turned up a lil bit of Kal this season because so many are buying the hype of this class as being maybe his best ever. Honestly, I don't think this is anywhere close to his best ever class but the bar of expectations has been set and that class is going to have to produce big time results or the spit shine of his magic will begin to dull.

Matter of fact that shine IMO has already begun to dull, kal is now losing some of those head to head battles for kids and you can see in as much as kal is now trying to stay on TV as much as he is that he is concerned that it isn't as easy for him to get any player he wants as it was.

I don't think there is any way this recruiting class that kal has can live up to its hype and honestly, as a team I do know that they are as good as they were last season and last season to that Ky fan base was off by what they have come to expect. Ky fans started talking about maybe loading up with one & done players every single season may not be the best way. You can expect those voices to take the volume up if this class does not meet or exceed its own hype.