The weather is playing games with John Calipari’s schedule and it looks like it has already messed with today’s practice schedule.
Cautious Cats: Afternoon practice delayed, if not postponed. Deemed too icy/slippery on Knoxville streets. 1/4 of ice. Sleet continues.
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Coach Cal spoke about his team’s daily routine on the SEC Teleconference today and he sounded a little concerned about shaking things up.
“Well, you must know me well. I’m a creature of habit. For however many years I’ve been a head coach, we’ve done it the same way. Offense is different, defense is different, players are different, but what we do as a family – how we travel, how our meals are – are very consistent. This was a change that we had no choice. And so today you’re right. My concern is how do we do this and not get off point. So we’re gonna go over this afternoon and do shooting and individual work. We have the main arena from 12 to 2. But we’re only gonna be there probably an hour, and it’s not gonna be knocking each other out.”
He also spoke about this evening’s dinner plans.
“But if I let them go all day, then they’re gonna sleep. And we get up to eat and they go back to sleep and then they sleep all night and they get up for breakfast and go back to sleep. And then we go to a shootaround and go back to sleep. We will be sleepwalking in that game Tuesday. So we’re gonna come back and practice later today — probably 4 o’clock, 5 o’clock – have a great meal, let them lay around, have a meeting and try to get back to the rhythm of what we do. But yes I’m a creature of habit. I’m meatloaf and potatoes. Unless they don’t have it. Then I may try a steak.”
Hopefully all of this won’t play a part in tomorrow night’s game.
Read John Calipari’s SEC Teleconference transcript by clicking here.
