Unhappiness brewing at Kentucky, IU Creaning more players off their roster?, and more..

OK -- just as predicted -- here it comes -- the Kentucky fan base is already fed up with John Calipari -- it didn't take long -- just one short part of one season where UK isn't doing as well and a $4 million coach should do...

They're not exactly saying they want the guy fired, but they're pretty displeased...
"I'm starting to question if he can coach"
"If any team doesn't play hard enough, I always blame the coach."
"But you get paid 4 million plus a year to get players to play as hard as you want."
"DeAndre Liggins is not a great decision maker."
"...I see you yelling all the time, I would try a very quiet conversation with the team."
"This team hasn't improved the way it should have, and that's on you.
... even the best coaches have seasons that didn't work out."
http://www.truebluefan.com/news/open-letter-to-coach-cal/



An insider blog at Indiana says this today...
that he's heard some good inside recruiting info and knows that Tom Crean is set to sign at least one for sure but probably TWO more players this spring....
BUT -- here's the twist....Indiana has no more scholarships for next year and none even for the year beyond...
and they may even be one scholarship oversigned for 2011 if what they claim they are going to do comes true-- and that is to keep Guy Marc Michel on scholarship even tho he has completed eligibility!

Anyway -- here's the report from the insider blog...

"Continue to hear that scholarships will open up early after the season. More people think a couple grants will surface, although the most constant thing you hear is "one for sure." If two schollies do get vacated then the Hoosiers can add a spring 2011 signee and add another 2012 commit ....And even then I wouldn't be surprised to see Indiana pursue a sixth 2012 addition..."

So it'll be interesting to see who gets Creaned from their roster at the end of this season...but numerous people on their premium boards have already concluded on goner is MR...
"IU all ready has to not give Matt Roth his 5th year to make room for current commits"
http://indiana.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fid=731&mid=155618459&sid=942&tid=155612656&style=1

"Roth is graduating from IU this summer after his actual junior year so obviously it's been pretty well speculated by everyone for the last year that he isn't going to be around"
http://indiana.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fid=731&mid=155619154&sid=942&tid=155612656&style=1



Speaking of Indiana - ex-Indiana Hoosier Pat Knight who succeeded his dad as head coach of Texas Tech is probably also gone after the season. Wednesday's loss to Colorado was said to have drawn 8000, their lowest Big 12 home crowd this year BY FAR - with all their other crowds being 9000+...
but that didn't take into account the no-shows which numbered in the thousands...and an accurate count of the crowd put it at really only a couple thousand!
Texas Tech is 12-15 and only 4-9 in the Big 12, leaving ONLY rebuilding Iowa State beneath them in the Big 12 race.
One hot rumor has Pat Knight getting fired ASAP after the season ends and Texas Tech going hard after Billy Gillispie!
One student run group has the backing of several big time Texas Tech boosters that have pooled their money and are pushing for Tech to hire Billy!
But some don't want Billy -- for obvious reasons - and this ought to get interesting...
but there sure isn't much booster and $$ backing to retain Knight.
http://www.dailytoreador.com/sports/article_d7da7192-4095-11e0-b8f8-00127992bc8b.html

BTW -- after that loss -- some of the Texas Tech players ripped into the fans...not a good idea...
http://lubbockonline.com/sports-red-raiders-mens-basketball/2011-02-25/losing-it-roberson-calls-out-awful-fans-says-sparse



Story out of Tennessee is that even though they will get hammered for cheating, lying, and then continuing to support and back a head coach that unabashedly cheats and lies -- even to NCAA investigators....
even so....apparently Tennessee still doesn't want to fire Bruce Pearl since they have never been able to beat Kentucky until he came along.
In other words...JUST LIKE the Kelvin Sampson situation -- they know he's crooked, they know they're likely to get nailed because of his cheating, but he brings in blue chippers, wins games, and even knocks off ranked opponents.....
Geez.......is there anyone who believes in decency and not just winning a few more games???
These guys are sick and as long as they stick with Pearl, they'll be like Indiana in a few years....and I won't feel the least bit sorry for them or their fans.....



University of California basketball just hit with NCAA sanctions -- cheating with the excessive and illegal phone calls.......will it never end??
All they get is probation -- what else -- they're a BCS school...you didn't think they'd actually get a serious penalty??
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=6159315



And if you ever had even one reason more to tune OUT CNN, here it is.....their evening show "Parker/Spitzer" has fired Kathleen Parker after just 4 months (and it's rumored they'll have to pay her another 2-3 years under the contract!!) and will go with Elliott Spitzer by himself!!!
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/02/report-parker-dropped-from-cnns-parker-spitzer-show/1

I mean, this guy Spitzer is a known frequenter of whores, a liar, and even the liberal New Yorkers think he's trash, and yet they fire the conservative, soft spoken Parker!!
Geez...do the jerks at CNN realize how incredibly stupid they look....
they've gone from #1 in cable news to not just #2...but quickly plummeting all the way past #3, #4, and #5 even though there aren't five 24-hour news channels!!