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- Kentucky’s coach Cal hosts a weekly live radio show on which he takes questions.
- This week, after losing to Saint Peter’s, he is not and nobody believes his reason why.
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Every single week, Kentucky head coach John Calipari hosts a live radio show. And every single week, on the live radio show, Calipari takes calls from fans.
This week, however, Calipari will not.
The decision comes after the 2-seeded Wildcats were upset by the 15-seeded St. Peter’s Peacocks. When you look at the numbers behind the loss and the salary gap between the two schools, the upset becomes astronomically large.
Kentucky never should have lost that game. But it did.
And now, four days later, Calipari is not taking calls on his podcast like he has every other week. The school claims that the decision not to take calls has nothing to do with the loss.
Instead, Kentucky Sports Network’s official Twitter account says that it is because Coach Cal will be out on the road recruiting. They are asking for fans to tweet in their questions instead.
.@UKCoachCalipari will be on the road recruiting tonight.
That means the @UK_HealthCare John Calipari show will be recorded this afternoon.
Tweet in your questions now for @tomleachKY to ask the @KentuckyMBB Head Coach. pic.twitter.com/BUD4ryO0bP— UK Sports Network (@UKSportsNetwork) March 21, 2022
Regardless of the reason for the decision, the show will be prerecorded which means that the hosts can filter questions. Typically, in every week prior, the usual format sees Calipari answer to whatever the live callers have to say.
Not this week.
Coincidence? Perhaps. Is Calipari really on the recruiting trail? Very possibly. Does it seem like awfully suspicious timing for the one show without live callers? Yup.
Of course, because of how fishy things smell, very few people on Twitter believe that Calipari could not take live questions on the show. They think that he is ducking them after the upset loss.
Here are some of the responses to Coach John Calipari’s decision not to take live callers on his final radio show of the year:
What a cop-out. You make $9 mil per year and can’t be bothered for an hour to face your failures and hold yourself accountable by answering to the ones who make your lifestyle possible. Seems like I remember somebody writing a book about embracing failure to make yourself better.
— CW (@CW_KNTKY) March 21, 2022
All of them.
— Jax Teller (@jaxteller_KY) March 21, 2022
Doesn’t want to face the fan’s wrath…. 😬😖 #notagoodlook https://t.co/d8FHP0nErB
— Julie West (@julierwest) March 21, 2022
https://t.co/e0OAdYVMFl pic.twitter.com/Nf0q6qwZvz
— Gabe (@kyboss360) March 21, 2022
Coward https://t.co/F8nvjzjGzc
— Clint Smalley (@TheClintShow) March 21, 2022
Excuses https://t.co/ExsFgIRxOu
— Ron moore (@Ronmoor05091534) March 21, 2022
UNACCEPTABLE!!!! What a joke https://t.co/xV1uOjf3EM
— KentuckyDude (@JHNNsports) March 21, 2022
Coaches’ shows are lame but big yikes here avoiding the final one https://t.co/i5VQyQ7tRE pic.twitter.com/TMQAMLLksQ
— Greg Burress (@gburress) March 21, 2022
What an unbelievably lame move https://t.co/puKf4qvgto
— Andrew Russell (@ARuss_9) March 21, 2022
I love you Cal, but this is a terrible decision. You gotta sit there and take some heat.
Who is advising who let him make this decision? https://t.co/Lh8avUSzgr
— Cam Dickens (@CoachCam05) March 21, 2022
https://twitter.com/Chad_Jackson/status/1505967501045379078?s=20&t=cMWwaG25fZwmQYKqWhzgSQ
Now you wanna call timeout? 🤦🏻♂️ https://t.co/7C6KIWZaUs
— Cody Murphy (@Cmurph_30) March 21, 2022
We’ve all 🙄, giggled and side-eyed Rick Pitino when he would duck a post game presser after a random regular season loss to Wake Forest. Hard to believe Cal is gonna side step a live call in show tonight. https://t.co/XfYYjT3Gpc
— Vinny Hardy (@VinnyHardy) March 21, 2022
Tonight’s John Calipari Show in gif form: https://t.co/fQ2srXfRKS pic.twitter.com/SorCNN39LG
— Chet Lemond (@ChetLemond) March 21, 2022