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[B]Coach Cal’s Mailbag: Week of January 24[/B]
LIVE Chat with Cal Takes Place Next Monday, January 31 at noon ET
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FOX Sports South, in conjunction with the University of Kentucky Men’s Basketball Coach John Calipari, presents “Coach Cal’s Mailbag,” an interactive webpage found exclusively on FOXSportsSouth.com.
“Coach Cal’s Mailbag” features Calipari in video responses to reader-submitted questions every week throughout the 2010-11 college basketball season. Readers can submit questions by visiting FOXSportsSouth.com.
In addition to the latest Wildcats basketball news and videos, “Coach Cal’s Mailbag” will also feature live chats with Calipari, the next of which will take place next Monday, January 31, at noon ET on FOXSportsSouth.com.
This week in Coach Cal’s Mailbag:
Is this year’s team a bit slower to get than last or is the SEC that much stronger in 2010-11? – Justin, Detroit, MI
Coach Cal – “We’re well ahead of last year’s team. Last year’s team was deep… [this year] we’re not playing as many and we’re not as tough, but we do have the advantage of being a better execution team, a better free-throw-shooting team, a lower turnover team. I love this team… and I think this team has the biggest opportunity to improve.”
You’ve flirted with undefeated seasons before. Is it ever beneficial to lose a game before the NCAA tournament? – Patrick, Providence, RI
Coach Cal – “My goal before I retire – and don’t tell anybody this – is to coach an undefeated team that goes 40-0. Why? Because everybody says it can’t be done… People say it’s better to lose one before the NCAA tournament – it’s too much pressure. My thing is look, we’ve had three teams that I’ve coached that had a chance to be undefeated, and I think that [my] approach gets them to reach beyond what maybe they’re even capable of doing.”
Where do you realistically see your team in two months heading into the tourney? – Phillip, Boulder, CO
Coach Cal – “I see our team being one of the best teams in the country. But it’s not what I see; it’s what I can get my players to see.”
Finish this sentence: People would be most surprised that I’m afraid of… — Francis, Arlington, VA
Coach Cal – “The dark. Never liked the dark. When you have an imagination and you’re a little bit of a dreamer, there are a lot of things going through your mind [in the dark].”
How about Big Ben and company! Any message for my Steelers heading into the Super Bowl? – Marco, Pittsburgh, PA
Coach Cal – “Let me tell you my message for those Steelers – my Steelers. Let’s go Steelers! You see the Terrible Towel? Oh yeah. I’ve got a real helmet signed by Bradshaw, by Ben, by Mike Tomlin. All I’m going to say is: Go Steelers!”
