End of IU/KU

[Golden Avalanche]

Too funny. Lanche's "proof" that everybody, even UK fans, think Cal's at fault turns out to be a cartoon by an IU grad. Starting with a narrative and trying (too hard) to get the facts to fit. Priceless.

I apologize.

Edit: Google is fun. Well worth the lack of a life it takes to be a star in this forum. You're right, top guy, a Pulitzer-Prize winner would definitely ignore all integrity just to prove an ego-boosting collegiate back slap.

I'll let you and the cool guys get back to that hard hitting MU basketball discussion such as how your stool looks in a toilet, what level of smugness is too high, and decoding the cryptic passive aggressive messages of our straight-shooting coach from a third rate sports radio show.

[Lennys Tap]

I apologize.

Accepted.

[Hoopaloop]

Only Chicos did this multiple quoting so he could launch multi-directional attacks. Please be honest as to who you really are!

Looking at threads just from the last two days might make you want to reconsider your comments.

http://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=32417.msg391429#msg391429

http://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=32459.msg391632#msg391632

http://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=32451.msg391498#msg391498

http://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=32451.msg391570#msg391570

http://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=32451.msg391617#msg391617

http://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=32431.msg390971#msg390971

Nothing gets by you Commander.  So glad we have you on that wall.  Kill the bad guys, not the good guys.  

[Hoopaloop]

I apologize.

Edit: Google is fun. Well worth the lack of a life it takes to be a star in this forum. You're right, top guy, a Pulitzer-Prize winner would definitely ignore all integrity just to prove an ego-boosting collegiate back slap.

I'll let you and the cool guys get back to that hard hitting MU basketball discussion such as how your stool looks in a toilet, what level of smugness is too high, and decoding the cryptic passive aggressive messages of our straight-shooting coach from a third rate sports radio show.

Why are you apologizing?  He should apologize to you. 

You said "And that's Cal's hometown paper, not the Bloomington Bee or some crap.

Most everyone knows where this series broke down."


He turned "most everyone" into " everybody, even UK fans, think Cal's at fault turns out to be a cartoon by an IU grad. Starting with a narrative and trying (too hard) to get the facts to fit. Priceless."


What is really priceless is earlier today he went off on another poster for embellishing and he turns around and does the same thing.  He should apologize to you, not the other way around.


The key to this whole thing is what the Kentucky AD said.  That was the honest statement in this entire thing and I'm sure he wishes he wasn't caught on record saying it.

"I don't think he [Kentucky coach John Calipari] was really thrilled about going back to Bloomington, to be honest with you," Barnhart said.

[warthog-driver]

Why are you apologizing?  He should apologize to you. 

You said "And that's Cal's hometown paper, not the Bloomington Bee or some crap.

Most everyone knows where this series broke down."


He turned "most everyone" into " everybody, even UK fans, think Cal's at fault turns out to be a cartoon by an IU grad. Starting with a narrative and trying (too hard) to get the facts to fit. Priceless."


What is really priceless is earlier today he went off on another poster for embellishing and he turns around and does the same thing.  He should apologize to you, not the other way around.


The key to this whole thing is what the Kentucky AD said.  That was the honest statement in this entire thing and I'm sure he wishes he wasn't caught on record saying it.

"I don't think he [Kentucky coach John Calipari] was really thrilled about going back to Bloomington, to be honest with you," Barnhart said.

This post is nothing but The Bail Bondsman. Any suggestion that you are someone other than Chicos is a lie. DNA is what it is.

[pbiflyer]

This post is nothing but The Bail Bondsman. Any suggestion that you are someone other than Chicos is a lie. DNA is what it is.

And for those of us who have him on ignore, it would be helpful not to quote him.

[Hoopaloop]

This post is nothing but The Bail Bondsman. Any suggestion that you are someone other than Chicos is a lie. DNA is what it is.

This past week you insist Chico and I are the only ones that use multiple quotes.  You are then shown that your claim not only is not true, it isn't close to true in examining the last two days alone of posts here.

The last few weeks you have made several other ridiculous claims that were also proven incorrect.

Tonight, you decide to make another.  At what point do you stop swinging the bat, missing again and decide to take a seat on the bench to cool off? 

I worry that the potential exposure of DU is affecting your conclusions.  Stay strong, stay sharp.  I don't find you very funny nor agree with some of your commentary, but respect your right to give it and appreciate your contributions to this nation.  Stay safe.

[Lennys Tap]

Why are you apologizing?  He should apologize to you. 

You said "And that's Cal's hometown paper, not the Bloomington Bee or some crap.

Most everyone knows where this series broke down."


He turned "most everyone" into " everybody, even UK fans, think Cal's at fault turns out to be a cartoon by an IU grad. Starting with a narrative and trying (too hard) to get the facts to fit. Priceless."


What is really priceless is earlier today he went off on another poster for embellishing and he turns around and does the same thing.  He should apologize to you, not the other way around.


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God are you thick. Lanche's "apology" was dripping with sarcasm (some of it pretty funny).

Your right (broken clock theory strikes again) that "most everybody" is slightly different from "everybody". For the omission of the word (al)most I apologize. The fact that "most everybody" is blaming Calapari/Kentucky for this is nevertheless still untrue and an IU grad writing a cartoon lampooning Calipari (what a shock!) doesn't change that.

[leever]

I worry that the potential exposure of DU is affecting your conclusions.  Stay strong, stay sharp.  I don't find you very funny nor agree with some of your commentary, but respect your right to give it and appreciate your contributions to this nation.  Stay safe.

This is over the line!  If you want to continue to argue with Warthog (and MANY others) over your identity, feel free.

But to bring up Warthogs exposure to DU is really uncalled for.  How the hell can you thank him for his service and make wise cracks about DU exposure?

Just stop.  Please.

[brewcity77]

http://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=32451.msg391617#msg391617

That's not a multi-quote, that is a single quote in the post, and another quote in his signature.

http://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=32431.msg390971#msg390971

That's not a multi-quote, those are all quotes from the same post (check the timestamp).

Nothing gets by you Commander.  So glad we have you on that wall.  Kill the bad guys, not the good guys.  

The other four examples from three posters were, however, all multi-quotes. Hards_Alumni, chapman, and lab_warrior are clearly all Chicos.

[mugrad99]

UK has basically told IU that their business model is to avoid playing in hostile environments whenever possible. UK's goal is to win the NCAA tournament, and you do not play an NCAA tournament game in a hostile environment. UK will be continuing the 1 and done  model, and freshman psyche can get bruised easily playing in such an environment in December. IU offered 1 game in Indy, 1 in Lousiville, 1 at Rupp, and 1 at Assembly Hall. Calipari shut it down, and told IU, UK is "above" that kind of deal.

Whether or not you like Crean, this falls on Calipari.  And by the way, they are not "friends" any more. Kind of like Pitino and Cal, Crean and Cal are the same now.

[tower912]

And for those of us who have him on ignore, it would be helpful not to quote him.

And if more people put him on ignore, he would just go away. 

[jmayer1]

UK has basically told IU that their business model is to avoid playing in hostile environments whenever possible. UK's goal is to win the NCAA tournament, and you do not play an NCAA tournament game in a hostile environment. UK will be continuing the 1 and done  model, and freshman psyche can get bruised easily playing in such an environment in December. IU offered 1 game in Indy, 1 in Lousiville, 1 at Rupp, and 1 at Assembly Hall. Calipari shut it down, and told IU, UK is "above" that kind of deal.

Whether or not you like Crean, this falls on Calipari.  And by the way, they are not "friends" any more. Kind of like Pitino and Cal, Crean and Cal are the same now.

I think Crean is a d-bag, but I have to agree that Cal looks to be much more at fault for the end of this series than the tanned one.

[Lennys Tap]

 And by the way, they are not "friends" any more. Kind of like Pitino and Cal, Crean and Cal are the same now.

The same as in competing on the same level or the same as in equally slimy? Or both?

[warthog-driver]

I worry that the potential exposure of DU is affecting your conclusions.  Stay strong, stay sharp.  I don't find you very funny nor agree with some of your commentary, but respect your right to give it and appreciate your contributions to this nation.  Stay safe.

7 very good friends are now in the ground from the war. I know many others who have made the ultimate sacrifice. You make garbage statements like "DU exposure." This really says everything about you. You have risked nothing for anyone. You lack character, integrity, and have no idea what sacrifice means. The day you learn about honor is when you will stop the charade of bogus identity and cruel commentary. Until then you are nothing.   

[Goose]

Hoop you really did cross the line. How can you make stupid comment and follow up with backhanded compliment? You may not agree with warthog but show the man some respect.

[mugrad99]

The same as in competing on the same level or the same as in equally slimy? Or both?

Meaning they used to be friends, now, not so much.

Crean may be a d-bag to some, but I wouldn't describe him as slimy.

Oh, and IU is in negitations with a few schools to replace UK....Kansas and UCLA. I asked my contact about why not Marquette. He said Marquette, Syracuse, Georgetown and  came up in the process, and Crean said he has way too many good memories from MU to play them (kind of like he hates playing Izzo).

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Speaking of Coach Cal.  He apparently was in my neighborhood yesterday with  Seth Davis of CBS at a high school awards banquet.

http://www.newhavenregister.com/articles/2012/05/10/sports/doc4fab3b8b0754f906982832.txt?viewmode=fullstory

(The web address has a video and some photos.)


National champ John Calipari of Kentucky Wildcats visits state champ St. Joseph CadetsPublished: Thursday, May 10, 2012

By Joe Morelli, Schools Sports Editor
jmorelli@nhregister.com / Twitter: @nhrJoeMorelli

STRATFORD — The relationship between the men's basketball coach of the reigning NCAA Division I national champions and Connecticut's all-time winningest boys' basketball coach dates back a quarter-century.

John Calipari recruited a player from St. Joseph High by the name of Chris Watts in the late 1980s when he was the head coach at UMass.

Watts ended up going to Providence.

Watts helped St. Joseph coach Vito Montelli win back-to-back CIAC state championships in 1986-87 and was an assistant the last two seasons for another pair of back-to-back state titles.

Montelli still keeps in contact with Calipari. Now the Kentucky Wildcats' coach, Calipari was the guest speaker at the St. Joseph boys' basketball banquet Wednesday at Vazzano's Four Seasons.

In fact, less than a week after Montelli, 79, completed his 50th season with the Cadets in March, he placed a call to Calipari to ask him to come speak.

This was just days before Kentucky's Final Four matchup against Louisville.

"He asked me if I believe in free speech," Calipari said. "I said, 'Yeah I really do.' He said, 'Good you are going to give one for me for our banquet.' I've now gone a couple of times. I've recruited some of his kids, I never really coached any of his kids, but I always respected him as a man.

"I always knew he was a good basketball coach and a man of faith, but he is someone I have tons of respect for." Continued...

The Cadets finished unanimously in the top spot in the final Register Top 10 poll.

Montelli now has 878 career wins and 11 state titles.

"When I figured it out they won back-to-back championships, I said, 'I got to get up there and rub up against him.' Then we can do something back to back," Calipari said.

The master or ceremonies Wednesday was Seth Davis, who works for both CBS Sports and Sports Illustrated.

Davis met Montelli while covering boys' basketball for the New Haven Register in the early 1990s.

"After I left the Register and was at Sports Illustrated, every few months he would call when he read something of mine," said Davis, a Ridgefield resident. "I've met a lot of cool coaches who I sort of kept in touch with, but he's the only guy I have regularly kept in contact with."

It's been over a month since Kentucky cut down the nets in New Orleans on April 2.

Calipari has made plenty of public appearances, most recently at the White House on Friday and at the Kentucky Derby on Saturday.

"And he saved the best for last," Montelli said while hugging Calipari. Continued...

Said Calipari: "After this, I'm going to the Shore in Jersey and then we start thinking about next season. Someone said to me, 'You are taking that (national championship) trophy everywhere. What, do you sleep with it at night?' No, it sits beside my bed, but I don't sleep with it. It's been a fun time. It's been good."

It's time to get back into shaping the 2012-13 roster and beyond for Calipari, who had one daughter graduate from UMass and another one still attends the school.

Kentucky's entire starting lineup of underclassmen, freshmen Anthony Davis, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Marquis Teague, and sophomores Terrence Jones and Doron Lamb, have all declared for the NBA Draft in June.

Most college programs would at least take a little bit of a hit.

Kentucky's may not skip a beat.

That's because Calipari has another heralded recruiting class coming in.

He has benefited from the rule that high school seniors must play at least one year of college ball before declaring for the draft.

But it's a rule Calipari has constantly said he is not in favor of.

"I don't like the one and done but I am coaching someone's child and I have to do the best for that person's child," Calipari said. "I need to have all the information for him and his family (to determine whether the players should turn pro)."

Calipari casually mentioned that Anthony Davis, expected to be the No. 1 pick next month, finished the semester with a 3.7 GPA. Continued...

"All this stuff bitter old men say that they don't go to class, it's not true," Calipari said. "The hard thing for me is I have to start all over each year.

"We have to encourage these kids to (stay) for two, three years. ... You have to negotiate and figure out what's best for these kids first, then what's best for the sport."

And despite being the coach for the top program in college basketball, Calipari still made time for the current No. 1 basketball team in the state and a coach who also remains at the pinnacle of the sport.

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[TribalRage]

Meaning they used to be friends, now, not so much.Crean may be a d-bag to some, but I wouldn't describe him as slimy.Oh, and IU is in negitations with a few schools to replace UK....Kansas and UCLA. I asked my contact about why not Marquette. He said Marquette, Syracuse, Georgetown and  came up in the process, and Crean said he has way too many good memories from MU to play them (kind of like he hates playing Izzo).

I believe Crean feels good about Marquette but how many at Marquette feel good about him?

[Hoopaloop]

7 very good friends are now in the ground from the war. I know many others who have made the ultimate sacrifice. You make garbage statements like "DU exposure." This really says everything about you. You have risked nothing for anyone. You lack character, integrity, and have no idea what sacrifice means. The day you learn about honor is when you will stop the charade of bogus identity and cruel commentary. Until then you are nothing.  

I'm sorry for your friends.  A good number of us have lost friends or relatives to conflicts going back through the years.   Don't tell me what I have or haven't risked for anyone.  You know nothing about me or who I am, despite your constant accusations to the contrary.   You've effectively just called everyone on this board worthless and without sacrifice.  What if someone here was a kidney donor?  Do you consider someone who donates a kidney to be someone who risks something for others?  Do you consider someone who gives half their life savings to bail someone else out as someone who hasn't risked for others?  You don't have to serve in the military to be a person of sacrifice.

My DU crack was out of line but meant to be a silly joke much like the others here attempting humor and poorly executing it. Your continued accusations is what started it and I attempted to ask what the heck your problem is.  You were wrong again (just the latest) about some stupid double posting and I proved as such so you then digress into more accusations (or is it humor, I forget with you and Lenny). Humor, humor, humor, a guy can barely rest with the comedic relief from you.

The rest of my comment was sincere.  I wish you health and safety.  

I will say, however, you are also the only military person I know that name drops on your military exploits as much as you do.  No one in my circle in the military does that around civilians.  None of the people at work (a couple are former Air Force and Navy aviators) ever discuss their missions, training, service to the level you do.  Family members do not either and certainly not on basketball message board.  I don't know why you do.  You mission drop more than Chicos name dropped.  Take it down a notch. My mistake was taking you off ignore and it is obvious I need to put you back on.  

[warthog-driver]

My mistake was taking you off ignore and it is obvious I need to put you back on.  

AMF, Chicos

[JakeBarnes]

No one would be having these arguments if we all just took some time to slow down, take a Diet Coke out of the icebox, and step into a tanning bed for a little zen time.

[warthog-driver]

No one would be having these arguments if we all just took some time to slow down, take a Diet Coke out of the icebox, and step into a tanning bed for a little zen time.

Isn't Diet Pepsi the drink of choice before strapping a tanning bed to your arse? Perhaps that's just in Bloomington.

[Silkk the Shaka]

Isn't Diet Pepsi the drink of choice before strapping a tanning bed to your arse? Perhaps that's just in Bloomington.

DP at the BC, DC at AH

[warthog-driver]

DP at the BC, DC at AH

Roger that. What about incessant hand clapping?