Coach John Calipari goes into defense mode describing his scheduling thoughts after the entire BBN has been on the offensive about getting rid of the Indiana and North Carolina series.
Here is his explanation, plus click below to read the entire article.
[I]Big Blue Nation, it’s time we learn and come to grips with the fact that we are not a traditional program. We haven’t been one for the last three years, and going forward, this will continue to be a nontraditional program.
The 25-year-old model doesn’t work anymore. It is done and blown up. We are going by our own model now: the gold standard. Everyone has to accept that.
We are going through things that no other program in the history of college basketball has gone through. No other program is losing five or six players a year. We are facing issues and having to make decisions with the thought of what’s next and where are we going, which includes our schedule.
When we schedule, there are three factors my staff and our administration must take into consideration: (1) preparing our players for the postseason, (2) our fans and (3) the [U]financial[/U] component[/I][FONT=Trebuchet MS].
[/FONT][URL=”http://www.coachcal.com/14391/2012/05/forming-a-nontraditional-schedule-for-a-nontraditional-program/”]Complete Article[/URL]
