Last week Bruce Pearl made the news as his wife compared him to Jesus (Yes, [URL=”http://johnclay.bloginky.com/2010/11/23/brandy-pearl-compares-her-husband-bruce-to-jesus/”]she did that[/URL]).Nnow he’s being compared to John Calipari in an effort to clean up his image? It seems Matt Hancock, a contributor on the Bleacher Report blog, has written an article that compares Pearl to Calipari. He says the media is being hypocritical and blowing Pearl’s violations out of proportion.
Oh wait..Calipari hasn’t been proven guilty of anything. Ever!
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Hancock seems to forget about that as he writes the following….
[QUOTE=BleacherReport.com]However, some proportionality is in order here when comparing Pearl’s shortcomings to the clear, major violations that Kentucky’s [URL=”http://bleacherreport.com/john-calipari”]John Calipari[/URL] has committed throughout his career as a basketball coach.
Those in the national media that have called for the firing of Pearl seemingly have turned a deaf ear and a blind eye to Calipari and his pals, including bag man “Worldwide Wes,” who publicly said, “I don’t work for free, baby!”
Such media are thus hypocritical in their criticism. At least Pearl wasn’t using race horses to entice recruits, as Kentucky has done for years in both football and basketball, having been one of the most penalized schools in both sports in NCAA history.
The obvious William “Wes” Wesley connection to Calipari as his street agent in procuring players for him is one the mainstream media and NCAA continue to ignore. This onerous character delivered Marcus Camby to Cal at UMass, Derrick Rose and Tyreke Evans to him at Memphis, and now Eric Bledsoe and John Walls to UK for Calipari.
Anyone short of a fool knows that these were payoff deals involving the Nike revolving door and Wes’ connection to them through the LeBron James Skills Academy.
The influence of the likes of Wes begins at the grade school level, and the shoe companies, mostly Nike, turn young kids into prostitutes, with well-paid “mentors” as their role models.
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It just amazes me of the number of haters that are out there. Even though Coach Cal has never been penalized for any violations, everyone is just waiting for UK to be under investigation. If anything, this is going to ensure we stay clean.
[B]One thing is for certain, Coach Calipari has never had to make this speech…[/B]
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