Even though John Calipari never mentioned the Indiana Hoosiers by name, an IU blog sure thinks he was in an article published about the recent summer press conference.
Seeing this article made me think of a Calipari quote that took me forever to find but I finally did.
Today's life lesson: When you throw a rock into a pack of dogs, the one it hits starts yelping.
— John Calipari (@UKCoachCalipari) July 18, 2011
Here is an excerpt from the article and below that is the transcript from the press conference:
John Calipari may have made references to Indiana Basketball during a summer media availability in 2019. Covering a number of topics in a press conference that lasted nearly the whole hour, the Kentucky Wildcat lifetime head coach made some interesting comments about arenas and venues that he would no longer play in.
Transcript:
“Cause I have been in arenas that have been obnoxious. There are teams that we will not play because it was so obnoxious… I am not putting my team, or myself, or my staff, or my family through that.”
“We are not going back there and playing.”
“So I hope that if we do go this route, it doesn’t lead to that.”
“Because we have the classiest fans. We’ve given standing ovations to other players on opposing teams because they have played so well. I am not sure if you totally whacked if you would do that. I just hope it doesn’t change if we go that route. It does not change what we’re about.
“We beat the number one team in our building. Do our fans rush the court? No. No, we are supposed to win. That’s what we’re about.”
I was at the Kentucky/Indiana game that day and I will have to say Cal was describing Assembly Hall to a T.
But i think that Cal quote sure does fit this situation.
