Calipari's Twitter Account Hacked? Possessed? Any Ideas? Beuller?

That would be my choice of terms rather than the less-pointed “the triumvirate”, and the inclusive “compadres” would be interpreted all those on the wrong side of the Stygian line delineating the BBN. As to the hacker theory, providing one takes it seriously, it would appear to be a non-starter since Calipari began hyping the “radio silence” around mid-day Friday, thus there would have been ample time to counter any technical tomfoolery. To me it is the case of Calipari finally tiring of embracing the hate and responding with a none-too-subtle rejoinder. BTW, who exactly is the Satan, Anti-Christ and False Prophet of the basketball realm? Thamel, Forde and O’Neill? And who and how many compadres exist?

the triumvirate = Forde, Thamel, O’Neill I think that title was coordinated by KSR.

And I think btcoop is right concerning the compadres = Parrish, Wolken, Calkins

I think Calipari hit the nail on the head that these writers (saying that makes me want to throw up) are always posting articles that villify Calipari and the UK program but they are strangely “silent” when anything good comes out from other media sources. Just shows how biased certain sources of media have become.

Glenn,
It is confusing. One wonders why Cal would want to stoop to their low level.
As much as I like your hijack theory, I am gravitating toward UK1972’s insight that Cal, ever the media manager, might well be trying to be proactive on the Tony Wood’s announcement.
Of course, I might just be with him since I graduated from UK in 1972 myself, LOL.

I think it is an act by Cal, calculated or not, of marginalizing the relevance of Forde, Thamel, and O’Neill and their “compadres” attempting to strip away the veneer of public perception that these individuals are ‘unbiased media professionals’ when they comment negatively on Cal.

We as Kentucky fans see both sides (the canonizing and the vilifying) of Calipari’s media treatment because we are ‘in the game.’ However, the rest of the sporting world tends to be slathered with defamatory media opinion about Calipari by a tsunami of retweeting by the “triumvirate & [their media] compadres” directing attention to not only their own slandering articles but to any accusatory web content aimed at Calipari by members of the cabal as well as any others thereby conveying a perception of legitimacy on the media piece along with attendant snarky comments, innuendo, and outright labeling.

By shooting back in this fashion, Cal personalizes the exchange between them by pinning the “Hater” honorific on Forde et al so that when they comment unfavorably in the future Cal’s million-plus twitter followers will dismiss that message as “Haters Be Hating” rather than members of the ‘4th Estate’ serving the public’s interest.

Bear in mind, Cal’s tweet doesn’t have to be an accurate portrayal of the triumvirate any more than their original characterization of Cal as a “Cheater” to be effective. In the past, public figures like Cal had very little option but to take it when the media took their shot at them. Today, though, the pervasive availability of the various social mediums provides targets of media scrutiny the opportunity to hit back.

why is it so confusing? We all link and discuss each and every innuendo put forth by the national media, and then get up in arms about it. How many times have we gotten mad because Coach Cal gets name dropped in a negative story that has nothing to do with him? Did any of us take it personally when a certain arrogant ass and hardly exemplary ex-coach took a low blow at our players under a blatantly false pretense? I was reading about the whole OSU thing today, and what’s in the comments, “Cal’s next.” We have the luxury of coming online and ranting about each one. Coach never does, and he’s been reading this crap for years.
       Have some perspective, for goodness sake. He took this job because its the best possible basketball coaching job, period. His whole career he’s had to convince the best point guards to come play for him, even though he’s at a mid-major. Now he’s at Kentucky. He gets the best. It’s like a bragging rights thing. (You’re getting looked at by D1 schools, eh? Get an offer from Kentucky?) Add to that the fact that, possibly by reputation alone, he’s under the microscope 100% of the time. Not just nationally, but locally… we don’t want that crap here. Then, consider the fact that this same “triumverate” smugly walked in the room with a story on Eric Bledsoe, which led to absolutely nothing. They pointed to center field and struck out. He kept Kanter home from Canada, then watches Gene Chizik win a national championship on the back of a player he was advised to sit (Cam Newton). Do you think he misses all this? He’ll tell his players to do what’s best for themselves and their futures when their return would all but guarantee him that ever-elusive title, then leave from that conversation to hear ESPN giving voice to Bob Knight, who’s players were merely the vehicle he rode to HIS victories, so he can call him everything that is wrong with college basketball today. He got the media’s best shots for his first year here, and there was nothing to see.
         UCONN just hung a banner, and their APR flat sucked. I expect RMK to tell a thousand IU fans that’s the reason he’s glad he doesn’t coach anymore. Wait, no I don’t. None of us do. That pisses us off. That’s why that magnificent douchebag can’t call a game anymore. You don’t think Cal notices that? You don’t think he was sitting smug with this year’s APR? His “one and done academics be dammed point guard” this year dominated in the classroom, and the rest of the team wasn’t too shabby either. You all realize we tied the Vanderbilt “We can’t compete athletically because our academic standards are so high” Commodores, right? In my mind, Cal was sitting around with his family and friends and a glass or 2 of Kentucky Bourbon wondering why he’s still the bad guy and why the good stories don’t go viral.
            He lashed out and it made him look whiney. Big deal. To say you don’t understand it smacks of an attempt to save face in front of fans of other teams and/or media members who pretend to be unbiased. Nobody cares, here, man. Call this one as you see it. Also, look at it this way: at least his avenue of release won’t have us defending him in an extortion trial a year from now.

Even though he is a master in public relations, he is still human afterall. Isn’t he the same coach that called Jones a “selfish mother(bleep)er”? I bet he went to the confessional the next morning after that comment got blasted on everybody’s TV screen.

Didn’t Cal openly admit that he wanted to kick Harrelson off the team for “the Twitter incident”? He calmed down after some reflection (like a normal parent would) and decided a different punishment was in order.

Cal is human and should be forgiven his occasional mis-steps.