John Calipari wrote a piece on CoachCal.com earlier today about platooning and much more.
Calipari bluntly said in the article that he will likely never platoon again.
Here is an excerpt:
Let’s not forget, just because you don’t shoot the most doesn’t mean it will hurt your draft stock. Anthony and Michael were fourth and fifth in shot attempts and went one-two in the draft. Karl and Willie were fourth and sixth in shot attempts and they’ll be top-10 picks this year.Never in my life did I think that I would platoon, but most people didn’t think we would ever win 38 straight to start the year, set a record for wins in a season and have seven players drafted. It’s amazing people could try to use that against us, but I guess you have to come up with something.
If you ask me if I’m ever going to platoon again, my answer is NO. Last season was an absolute outlier. It’s just not the way I like to coach. I would rather play seven or eight guys because I believe that gives us the best chance to win. I think we wrote the book on platooning this year, but I hope we stick it on the shelf and never have to use it again.
Several members of the media, including our own Scott Anderson, wondered out loud if this article would have been better served prior to the signing period:
Wonder if this would have been more useful pre-signing period… https://t.co/UlKdKukbko
— Jeff Borzello (@jeffborzello) May 5, 2015
I asked the question about Platoons hurting recruiting and it looks like Cal is in damage control after the fact. http://t.co/VRxpCCeUOo
— Scott Anderson (@SAndersonNOB) May 5, 2015
