Least Cool Person Tournament Championship: John Calipari vs. Brandon Bender
by Mike Rutherford on Jun 28, 2011 1:53 PM EDT
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PrintThe ultimate battle of uncool kicks off right now, and ends in 48 hours. Who joins Larry Taylor, Mitch Barnhart, and Steve Kragthorpe is entirely in your hands.
JOHN CALIPARI
How They Got Here:
Defeated Digger Phelps (67-32%)
Defeated David Baker (65-34%)
Defeated Tim Fuller (57-42%)
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.
VS.
BRANDON BENDER
How He Got Here:
Defeated Marquis Teague (70-29%)
Defeated J-Bone (87-12%)
Defeated Pat Driscoll (81-18%)
Rap Sheet:
--Former standout at Ballard High School who once boasted about going to the NBA Draft after his junior year of high school.
--Was suspended twice at Louisville and left the program not even halfway through his freshman season.
--No one's actually sure what he does now, no one really thinks he's that important, but everyone knows he isn't cool.
--Has reportedly been telling recruits to steer clear of Louisville and hear to Central Florida. Also ripped Cardinal fans and the program in a recent interview.
--Has tried to align himself with DePaul and Kentucky, neither of which seem particularly interested in his "services."
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Didn't win a national championship?
Doesn’t that make Cal cool in our eyes?
by Chris Redman is my hero on Jun 28, 2011 1:57 PM EDT reply actions
toughest vote ive ever cast
wellllll…. Bush Sr. vs Perot was pretty tough too
I refuse to let Cal win anything
Besides we would probably just have to vacate it.
by gary west on Jun 28, 2011 1:57 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Bender has this locked up.
The booger on his shirt is in agreement too.
by tnowka on Jun 28, 2011 2:01 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 4 recs
Booger? I thought it was something else entirely
by Chick-Stratino'sUrDaddy on Jun 28, 2011 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Ha..what do u think it is? I could be off.
by tnowka on Jun 28, 2011 3:49 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Gotta be Bender.
John Calipari is cool at least one time per year, when I watch him lose to a better coached BE team. Brandon Bender was, for at least one year, not cool in any way.
I am going to go ahead an nominate Bender's sunglasses
for the 2011 Least Cool Person of the Year Tournament
by I WantReeceBack! on Jun 28, 2011 2:49 PM EDT reply actions
Wait, this is that tournament
I think you’re a little late for nominations.
by Kevin Spradlin on Jun 29, 2011 12:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Calipari
simply cannot win the big game. Ever. I think Bender wins in the final minutes when the game comes down to free throws.
Bender
Calipari isn’t 100% focused on this tourney. He got his payday and is just happy to be here. Bender NEEDS this W and is dialed in to make it happen.
by JBKY on Jun 28, 2011 3:02 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Calipari comments on SEC prowess in Least Cool Person Tournament
“Now some of these guys, because of the media hype, might get nine votes in, but the reality of it is that this [SEC] is a strong league, and every round is a war. Every vote I’m in will be a war.”
Please vote!
There’s an old saying… no matter who you vote for, please exercise your right to vote. Having said that, I dunno how John “vacate” Calipari can be beaten by anyone, anywhere, anytime for the Least Cool Person Ever Period.
"There is no OFF position to the genius switch" - D. Letterman
Bender.
If Cal wins we’ll probaly see some t-shirts floating around, cause you know how that fanbase celebrates.
by ville 606 on Jun 28, 2011 4:59 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Well I was wondering...
If he somehow manages to win… does this count towards his 500 wins?
by AllHailUofL on Jun 28, 2011 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I hate Calipari, Rick hates Calipari, UK fans love Calipari.... do the math
I honestly don’t understand why people are so infatuated with Brandon Bender. Yes, he’s about as cool as Lebron’s "decision", but he’s also completely irrelevant. He wasn’t good enough to represent the University of Louisville, and he certainly isn’t good enough to deserve any of my attention. He’s more pathetic than he is uncool. Why should we give Brandon Bender the satisfaction of knowing he’s gotten under our skin? I don’t care about Bender. I don’t care about any recruit that’s supposedly influenced by Bender. In fact, I think it was our frustrations with Fuller that completely exacerbated this whole issue with Brandon Bender in the first place. That’s right…. FFFFUUUULLLLEEEERRRR….. If we still had Purvis or any of those other prospects that bolted as soon as Fuller left, would you honestly care about some moron advocating UCF over Louisville? Would you honestly care about Bender trash talking the Cards if we still had those studs coming to town? We ultimately got Ware anyways, and I’ll take Bridgewater over Smith. I’ve just convinced myself to cast a rogue vote for Fuller.
Well for me, going to Ballard and being around Bender at a younger age, it isn't
that he is under my skin, he really isn’t even a thought in my brain, but he is probably the biggest D bag I know and I think he deserves an accolade such as this. One could argue your same arguement for Calipari. Why give him the satisfaction of knowing he is under our skin? They both suck ass I just think for this year only Bender takes the cake.
So, Bender, what will you do now that you've won LCPT11?
“I’M GOING TO DISNEY WORLD!!! You coming DaMarcus?”
You totally stole Mike's thunder for the summary of the tournament write up...
that’s like messing with One Shining Moment. You are like Jennifer Hudson man…not cool. How come she wasn’t a nominee last year?!?
by Remote Cardinal on Jun 29, 2011 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Seriously?
I think Bender is on here voting for himself. He is irrelevant and Calipari should not only win this for Louisville fans, but college basketball fans in general.
Why is everyone saying Bender is irrelevant?
He was relevant enough to get Damarcus Smith, and possibly others, to sign with or consider UCF over Louisville. Who knows what other damage he’s done that we don’t know about. That earns my vote.
Cal is Cal…of course we don’t like him…HES UK’S COACH. This is the least cool person not the captain obvious award.
Cal was uncool before he was UK's coach
Not sure how any of these nominees could be a Capt Obvious, so I don’t get your witty comeback.
Cal
Is the captain obvious vote. Not anyone else. The point is you don’t even have to be a UL fan to not like him. I mean, it’s just a given. This tournament should give someone else a chance to shine.
by Jason G on Jun 29, 2011 9:30 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Cal is definitely the obvious vote, which is why I was shocked that Fuller didn’t advance over him in the semis. This tournament should have been the “Least Cool Person Championship (Besides John Calipari)”. At least Fuller’s actions legitimately affected the state of our basketball program in a detrimental fashion, and I was always taught to judge actions louder than words. He hurt the program from within, not as an outsider.
Cal is irrelevant
HE shouldn’t be in this tournament as he was already in the Biggest slime ball of America Professional League.
He had someone write his entrance letter for him.
And lastly he was paid to be in the CC Least Coolest Person tournament of 2010 to which he still feel short of a championship victory
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