2010-2011 CC Least Cool Person Tournament: Digger Phelps vs. John Calipari
by Mike Rutherford on Jun 1, 2011 4:44 PM EDT
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PrintDIGGER PHELPS
Rap Sheet:
--Wore a Notre Dame sweater vest and openly rooted for the Irish while calling their game against Louisville on ESPN.
--Ruined the evening for many.
--Got paid more than just about all of us to be consistently wrong in both his predictions and alleged facts for the rest of the basketball season.
VS.
JOHN CALIPARI
Rap Sheet:
--Consistently took shots at Louisville and Rick Pitino.
--Consistently took shots at the Big East.
--Consistently took shots at those who didn't praise his every move (enough).
--Blamed bad SEC losses on Kentucky being "everyone's Super Bowl."
--Didn't win a national championship.
I'd like to remind you that your voting should be based solely on the person's body of work for this athletic season alone. You have 48 hours to advance one of these loathsome individuals into the quarterfinals.
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Damn
seems kind of early in the tourney for these two to be facing off. Tough call.
by Squidbones on Jun 1, 2011 4:47 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
do i really have to vote on this?
ashton gibbs is laughing at digger phelps chances of winning right now.
by Cambroni Cardinals on Jun 1, 2011 4:51 PM EDT reply actions
Don’t forget about Cal complaining about his charity work being ‘unnoticed’
Yes, that is Kyle Kuric
by TheRealSlimShady on Jun 1, 2011 5:19 PM EDT reply actions
I went with Digger based upon the relativity scale of uncoolness. Patent pending.
Digger hits at about .500 uncool most years, but bumped up to a solid .750 based on the ND game alone. Meanwhile, Calipari has never finished a year below .800 on the uncoolness (at least since returning to college), but this was his lowest recent year in that he didn’t appear to have a team full of ineligible players and he actually did a decent job coaching them down the stretch. So while he still finished over .800, Digger’s jump of .250 points gets him the nod this season.
Did y'all hear about Calipari's charity work?
Seriously- have you no soul?
by johnnyjoejohnson on Jun 1, 2011 5:56 PM EDT reply actions
And then you put Teague and Bender together.
Just keep going Mike, don’t stop now.
"Marquis Teague sucks!"
-Bryce Cotten
GO CATS!!!!!!
When Louisville gets knocked out of the tourney next year by another NOBODY team, we’ll let the Cards fans cheer with us…. We LOVE haters!!!!! That is, if they even MAKE IT THAT FAR…
by Jeff Gibson 1976 on Jun 1, 2011 7:47 PM EDT reply actions
Well
If you love haters so much then why do you whine about everybody(Specifically Pat Forde) hating Kentucky?
by Diehardcard44 on Jun 1, 2011 9:00 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Whatever you say...
"Marquis Teague sucks!"
-Bryce Cotten
by HorsePig55 on Jun 1, 2011 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Ya we're all real worried about making the tournament next year.
Yes, that is Kyle Kuric
by TheRealSlimShady on Jun 1, 2011 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Show of hands
How many people here have such pitiful lives that they’ve nothing better to do than join other teams’ fan blogs just for the purpose of talking shit? One? I thought so.
"...and the present, for us, is something that we really look forward to."
- Rick Pitino
I don't have time for that shit.
However, Jeff can expect a bag full of my boogers in 7-10 business days.
by johnnyjoejohnson on Jun 2, 2011 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions
You love haters?
I love hookers. Don’t want to speak for the whole CC community, but hookers have a lot more to offer than haters. Just saying.
by johnnyjoejohnson on Jun 2, 2011 12:15 AM EDT up reply actions
What a matchup
Calipari is the obvious choice. I mean just look at his picture. He looks like a jerk. Digger just looks like a poor old man who is clinging to the last little bit of life he has left.
This is why we seed tournaments
Digger deserved to go deeper, but there’s no way he gets out of the first round alive.
"...and the present, for us, is something that we really look forward to."
- Rick Pitino
There once was a man from South Bend,
Who had a real shit-eating grin.
A hell of a guy,
Though the color of his tie
Matched the highlighter up his rear-end.
by Peter McSheisty on Jun 2, 2011 2:14 AM EDT reply actions 5 recs
Tough call
Cal sucks, no doubt. And witnessing his bullshit year after year makes him a shoe-in to win this. But, Digger really pissed me off this passed year. I wanted to reach through the TV during the Louisville/ND game, grab him up by his flabby neck, and slap the taste right out of his mouth. Horrible, biased, and complete delusional commentary.
I give it to Digger, fully knowing Cal would be ahead by a landslide.
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Agreed. I don’t mind some degree of homerism from commentators, but he’s over the top with it; his and Knight’s call of the game this year still puts a bad taste in my mouth. I voted for Cal b/c he’s Cal, but I wish Digger had been up against Gibbs or Harper so I could’ve voted for his geriatric ass at least once.
Digger may be the least cool person in the galaxy
But I really don’t give a rat’s ass about him. He is about as irrelevant as a person in his position could possibly be.
I mean…who really gives a fuck what he says or does. For real.
Here you guys go again.
I had a good conversation with someone on here the other day, telling him that the reason UK fans do come on here from time to time is because there are stories about UK, Cal, or the players on here on a consistant basis. He said I was wrong. Well I come on here today and find one with Cal, Jorts, and Teague. So I guess I was right. Again, UL fans are not that much different than UK fans.
Getting beat by a Big East team 2 years in a row does sort of sting a little. But how does getting beat in the first round by a team from the OVC feel? Maybe you guys can help me out on that one, because I wouldn’t know.
2 years in a row?
How about 4 in a row and 5 out of the last 6 seasons being ended by a BIg East team. Last year was your year, but WVU shut down the middle. This year was an open road after knocking off OSU, but UCONN (9th place in the BIg East) was too much…for a second time in the season. Again, of all fanbases, UK should NOT be the ones talking smack about the BIg East.
You are somewhat correct in that this ‘blog’ contains comments or posts related to UK. I would bet my annual income that there are far more UL-related discussions, comments, or remarks on UK sites. I’ve been to them. It’s comical. Just to support my bet, I went to KSR and found (just on the front page) a joking reference to the Damarcus Smith story, a Rick Pitino sex reference, a Rex Champman dunk on UL video clip, and an inaccurate reference to the Kevin Ware commitment. I won’t begin to list the comments made regarding each of these references. Too many.
I also think it’s comical hypocritcal that UK fans come on CC at all. After all, aren’t WE supposed to be the ones obsessed with YOU?
I do applaud you for coming on here and attempting discussion. I question whether you’re a glutton (haha), but applaud you nonetheless.
Stout Out!
I know what KSR does, and I think they are wrong.
But that wasn’t the point. The point was that there is no reason to ask why UK fans participate in the conversations on Card Chronicle if alot of the topics are going to be UK related, especially if they are negative in nature.
I expected UK to lose some of those games against the Big East. I did not expect them to lose to WVU. That one stings alot. Biggest choke job I have ever seen. Losing to UConn wasn’t a bad loss. I didn’t think either team played all that good, UConn played better. They deserved to win. Still stings a little, mostly because UK was so close to winning it all. But that happens. The last two years UK has lost to the Big East champs. If the Big East is supposed to be the best conference in basketball, than getting beat by the Big East champs shouldn’t give UL fans any reason to talk smack about UK losing to a Big East team. Especially when UL got beat in the first round by an OVC team. And I am not talking smack about UL, I am just saying. UL’s success isn’t based off of UConn beating UK, is it?
Another thing, the UK vs UL game doesn’t mean more to UK than it does to UL. It means the same to both. Both end up playing a good schedule, and both are top 10 teams. It is a good win for either team and bragging rights for the winning fan base.
The bottom line is that both coaches have some shady things associated with their names. No reason to consistantly bash on either. We could debate if vacated Final Fours are worse than Pitino’s extorsion case, but I think that would be rediculous. Neither should have happened.
Cheating to win?
Pitino hires Tim Fuller, gets a bunch of good recruits, Fuller leaves, and so does some of the recruits. Even some of you guys thought that was shady. So if Tim Fuller was cheating, and Pitino hired him, wouldn’t that make it Pitino’s fault? You know since you all blame Cal for every violation his players may or may not have committed. Better hope the NCAA doesn’t investigate Mr. Fuller.
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