John Calipari
John Calipari
John Vincent Calipariis an American college basketball coach. Since 2009, he has been the head coach at the University of Kentucky. Calipari was previously the head coach at the University of Memphisand the University of Massachusetts. He was also the head coach of the National Basketball Association's New Jersey Netsand the Dominican Republic national basketball team in 2011 and 2012...
alongside build develop easy football games identity needs players program says
I don't think he needs the verification. But what he has done there to develop players and to build a program and to do it alongside an unbelievable football program -- which is not easy -- and to have your own identity and to play big in big games says a lot.
based driving easier finishes games good job lane offense reads running training
It's unbelievable how he finishes games off. We're running an offense that's all based on reads, and I've got to do a better job of training him so those reads are easier for him. The offense is a driving offense - we're going to get in the lane at some point. And it's been really good for us.
physical surprised
It surprised me because I thought we'd be more physical than them and we weren't. They were more physical than us.
gets miss
Darius was ridiculous. He didn't miss a shot, folks. He gets 21, and you wouldn't even know it. Was that the softest 21 you've ever seen? Unbelievable. He's legitimate.
coached locker played quite room somber visions winning
That's quite a somber locker room in there. They had visions of winning this whole thing. It's not one guy. We played bad, I coached bad, it's everybody.
bit country feeling great players playing start winning worry
I told them, 'There are other players around the country feeling like you do about their game. Just keep working at it. You'll be fine. We may not be playing great right now. Don't worry about that. We're winning the way we're playing, but they're going to have to start playing a little bit better.
coached fast game played thrown turned
It's not one guy. We played bad, I coached bad, it's everybody. We're all thrown in on this one. We all missed, all turned it over, all didn't play up to snuff. I didn't get the game fast enough, so I didn't coach well enough.
biggest caught energy last missed shooting week
The biggest thing I told (Anderson) is that he can't get caught up in the shooting and scoring. He got tentative last week because he missed some shots. We don't need (him) to make shots. We need (him) to do the energy stuff.
biggest dove game missed
The biggest play for me was when Darius missed the 3, then dove for the ball. We're up (six) and that's the game right there.
best bit teams
The best teams I've had had a little bit of a swagger,
bad themselves
They want it as bad for themselves as I want it for them.
honest players time
These players all know that I'll be the first one to say, 'Hey, you know what? It's time for you to go. I'll be the first guy. If it's time to stay, I'll be honest with them.
seen since stuff tried
It wasn't one of our better performances. I thought we tried to play hard. I thought we competed, but we did stuff that I haven't seen since the first of the season.
half wrong
It's one of those things. We get them down 13, and it's, 'Let's go. Let's go. We go the wrong way. We kind of back up and go half speed.