Jerry Tipton has done his due diligence and has given a voice to a longtime Kentucky fan who felt the need to call the Herald-Leader and complain about the way John Calipari behaved in the South Carolina game.
The 89 year old fan, Carolyn Brown, had this to say about Cal getting ejected Saturday.
Referee Doug Sirmons’ ejection of UK Coach John Calipari with 17:34 left in the first half put Brown in a bad mood. She felt the need to scold . . . Calipari.
Brown recoiled at seeing several players forced to restrain a UK coach seemingly wanting to go after Sirmons. With shirt tail out and let-me-at-him fury, Calipari looked almost cartoonish. Think Yosemite Sam, minus the six-shooters.
“Even though they won, it’s not right,” Brown said in her message. As if to emphasize the point, she stated her name and number three times in a 48-second voice mail.
When contacted Monday morning, Brown, 89, had not cooled off nor rationalized Calipari’s actions.
“To me, it’s humiliating to act like that,” she said. Calipari’s behavior reflected poorly on UK and residents of Kentucky, she said.
Read more by clicking here.
Tipton went on to talk to everyone about the incident including everyone at the SEC, ACC, and even throw in the Mid-South Conference commissioner.
If you ask me, I am more interested in why Sirmons isn’t getting some type of reprimand.
But that is just me.
