John Calipari is the Sporting News Coach of the year. Coach Calipari definitely deserves this award.
Calipari's accidental plan for perfection earns him Sporting News Coach of the Year http://t.co/2dDb9T7dEO
— Michael DeCourcy (@tsnmike) March 10, 2015
Mike DeCourcy has a great article about Cal, here is an excerpt.
The most dominant team John Calipari has fielded in 23 seasons as a college head coach – plus three more if you want to count the New Jersey Nets – was more or less an accident. It has been a happy accident, of course, but none of this was in the plans.
He did not plan to run out nine McDonald’s All-Americans on a single team, did not plan to run a platoon system and limit his best players’ minutes and shot attempts and, theoretically at least, their potential for individual glory. Until he had to, and then he planned every detail.
When forwards Willie Cauley-Stein and Alex Poythress chose to return to Kentucky for their junior seasons, when the Harrison twins decided to play for the Wildcats as sophomores, all because they felt they were not developed enough to succeed in the NBA, Calipari’s roster suddenly was overcrowded with talented players. There was no way everyone could start, could play 30 minutes, could attempt double-figure shots. Calipari had to come up with a way for this to work for everyone, including Kentucky fans.
The result: perfection.
Read Calipari’s accidental plan for perfection earns him Sporting News Coach of the Year
