how dirty is Calipari?

[blym]

Was watching the game with a dude wearing a KU shirt and after congratulating him on the win he admitted he thinks Calipari is dirty... what is the full story?

 

[l00p]

 

[Sangre Naranjada]

He's dirtier than Kobe is clutch.

 

[FWHORN]

He has two final fours, except officially he doesnt. He left both Umass and Memphis under clouds and there was a heck of a lot of smoke at both schools but no one has ever found a fire that directly connects to him. There are some pretty good investigative articles on yahoo about him if you just search his name. He certainly has a habit of walking right up to the edge. Dont be shocked if he gets UK a national title but five years later he has moved on and it gets voided. That is his modus operendi

 

[general35]

he is the dirtiest coach in college hoops. a few analysts ripped into him last year in college game day.

 

[HatDaddy]

I don't follow that much, but what is it that he does that makes him "dirty"?
Paying street agents/recruits/parents?

 

[Horns11]

I don't think it's so much the money as it is allowing lots of rules violations with no qualms. Just turning a blind eye to anything his assistants or players do, and then abandoning them when the chips are down and penalties look imminent.

 

[HouHorn97]

Enough to pull a dirty sanchez?

 

[Bob in Houston]

My guess is that's the first time that Ted Haggard's name has been dragged into a discussion of potential recruiting violations.

 

[Longhorn01]

John Calipari is so sleazy Tiger Woods won't even sleep with him.

John Calipari is so dirty that Mike Rowe and camera crew are now covering his practices.

John Calipari is so slimy that Ray & Eagon just threw a ghost trap in his direction.

John Calipari is so dirty that he offends Jackie Sherryl.

John Calipari is so dirty that they had to give the South a nickname once he got to Memphis.

 

[franzier]

What FWHorn said. Don't think he's Ron Meyer/Dave Bliss dirty, but he definitely knows and works the grey areas of the rule book and he has loyal henchmen who seem to always be willing to do the dirty work without directly linking him to any impropriety.

 

[Statalyzer]

It's pretty obvious that he hasn't just "gotten away with some questionable stuff", but that he intentionally and purposefully schemes to get away with the maximum amount of undetected illegal crap that he believes he can possibly get away with.

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