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Earlier on Wednesday, there was a report that Coach Cal was strongly considering taking the vacant UCLA Bruins job, and that the Bruins had offered a supposed $10 million up front to Calipari.
Cal went all night without addressing the rumors, maybe because he did not know about them, or maybe he just did not want to entertain such foolishness. On Wednesday night, the man himself spoke:
Before I go to bed, let me just say this: I’m coaching at the Univ. of Kentucky. In my opinion, there is no better job in the world to coach basketball. My plan and my desire is to retire at Kentucky. I think the university feels the same as I do and we’ve talked openly about it.
— John Calipari (@UKCoachCalipari) March 21, 2019
Now let’s focus on this game tomorrow!
— John Calipari (@UKCoachCalipari) March 21, 2019
Even better than locking down Cal for one more year? He plans to spend his entire career here, and retire as the head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats, thus shutting down the silly, and yearly, rumor of Calipari leaving Kentucky. If he didn’t leave to coach LeBron James, he wont leave for UCLA.
It also helps that Brad has two years of school left, which we all thought would lock Cal down for at least two years. But, retiring here sounds a lot better.
I like my coach. Now let’s go win this damn thing.