Memphis and Recruiting Violations? I am Shocked.

If you cant tell that is complete and utter sarcasm from me because I am not shocked to see a team coached by John Calipari has recruiting violations. This could take down the Final Four banner and thirty-eight wins from the 2007-2008 season. The other big thing is all signs point to Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose.

Here is what happened according to Yahoo! "The NCAA says an unknown person took the SAT for the player, who then used that test to get into Memphis. The NCAA Clearinghouse vets players’ test scores and academic standing." Supposedly this was Rose because he was the only player to only play in the 07-08 season. Not good for Memphis but does it really bother Calipari?

This makes perfect sense why Rose got the hell out of Memphis after his first season despite being the first pick in the draft and why Calipari decided the time was right to leave the Tigers because wouldnt you know it, the coach wasnt listed in anything in the recruiting violation. Since Calipari was a scumbag, the university has to take the hit for his wrongdoings which is absolutely absurd and saddening. I think the worst part about this is Marcus Camby-Calipari had the same sort of issues at UMass which led to the Minutemen getting all sorts of violations themselves but nothing against Calipari. Also why would Kentucky take the risk with all the money when they were aware of these pending allegations and the ones before at UMass? If I were a big blue fan, I would be scared of what could happen when Calipari leaves although he may never leave if he is successful.

I hope to never hear the words "John Calipari and good guy" in the same sentence. Yet you will hear guys like Dick Vitale and others in the college basketball world talk about how great of a coach he is with his players. No one has the balls to say how crooked Calipari really is. He is a loser and sleazy coach who does everything he needs to do to get his players. The damning thing of it all is he is the richest coach in college basketball and will keep on cheating until Calipari himself is caught by the NCAA.

-Charlie.