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Cal Has Lost It


By now you have probably heard the news about John Calipari calling into a radio show as: "John in Kentucky" and calling himself the magician. (I'm not making this stuff up). It seems like Calipari has lost it over the past couple of months. First, he starts working cameras while his team is playing in the Bahamas. Then, he tweets about footsteps in the sand. Lastly, he calls into a radio show like a troll.

What is going on with this guy? Here are my top 10 reasons why Calipari is losing it.

1. UConn - A team UK should have beat, they were ready to play and out maneuvered the Cats. That game has to be stuck in Calipari's mind.

2. Rick Pitino - He won't go away and he won the last championship in the state. Now Pitino is saying that he might be around for a very long time. Add in the fact that Rick has been moving in on Cal's recruiting territory and you see some paranoia. He just can't seem to shake this guy despite everything that has happened.

3. Bahamas - He said the Cats shouldn't have won any of those games. Then moments after KSR Jones tweeting about the UK beating the two best players for UofL in ten years...they drop their last game with only one UofL player suiting up; Edgar Sosa. Sosa for threeeeeeeeee!!!!!!

4. Orlando Antigua - Who out coached Cal in that last game in the Bahamas? Orlando Antiqua. If you've watched Cal coach, you know that Orlando is very active in the bench. Was Orlando Antiqua the brains of the operation on the sidelines? I don't know. But, he took a team with only one UofL player not currently in the NBA and beat a team with 10 NBA ready cats...

5. He lives in Lexington - God help the man, I'd be crazy after one year.

6. ACC buzz - Calipari likes to be in the spot light. What is getting the most attention in Kentucky right now? Talk of UofL playing Miami, FSU and Notre Dame in Football and talk of UofL playing Duke, UNC and Syracuse in basketball. The SEC is a terrible basketball league, and it is hiding in the shadow of the mighty ACC.

7. Richard Pitino - Even after Rick retires, there will still be a successful Pitino out there coaching and winning. You just can't stop the family

8. UK football - Guess who has a guy that can recruit, but can't coach worth a lick? UK football! Throw in the fact that the guy loves corny slogans...Yathzee! and you see why Cal must feel like he is looking in a mirror.

9. What's my motivation - What's Cal's motivation right now? Respect? Money? Championship? I think Cal is the type of guy that does better when everyone is against him. What is his motivation now?

10. Failure is not an option - Anything less then a championship will be a failure in the eyes of the UK fan base. People are saying that he has two top 20 teams in one with the talent he has this year. He can not lose like he did last year, and at Memphis. People will definitely call into question his coaching. And yet, he may not have the best starting five. In fact, many analysts are saying that Arizona has the best starting five in the nation. What if he loses? Will he be able to take it? Throw in the statement from Pitino that his team will take a back seat to no one and you've got some pressure building.