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A must read example of megalomania

Posted: 5/7/2012 7:20 AM

A must read example of megalomania 


Go to Coach Cal.com.  May 8.  A fascinating study in megalomania. All CBB fans should read.
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Posted: 5/7/2012 8:13 AM

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Looked around the site....have not idea what exactly you are talking about.  Would like to read...can you link it or give more specific directions as to what I am looking for.

Thanks.

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Posted: 5/7/2012 10:01 AM

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Click on his blog of May 8 concerning non- traditional scheduling for non-traditional programs, as he calls it.
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Posted: 5/7/2012 1:38 PM

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Posted: 5/7/2012 2:20 PM

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To me it sounds as if he knows his team wont be ready for those types of teams early in the year, so therefore they have to get rid of it because he doesnt want to lose.

He said after the championship game that next year he wants to go undefeated, so getting rid of UNC and us will give him the chance to.

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Posted: 5/7/2012 3:46 PM

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Posted: 5/7/2012 3:56 PM

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I am happy to rid this guy  from our regular season schedule.  And I would not be surprised to see some other schools do the same gradually.
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Posted: 5/7/2012 4:29 PM

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i guess cal doesn't care how he gets his undefeated season.

he'd probably schedule st mary's school of the blind if he could in order to guarantee a win.

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Posted: 5/7/2012 6:26 PM

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"

There is certainly a financial component to all of this.

Our program, along with football, funds the other scholarships for all the other student-athletes on this campus. We are doing well throughout our athletics program, but we’ve got to remember that funding is important to every sport.

If we see an opportunity to generate more revenue for our program, we have to take it into consideration. If a neutral site game brings back more dollars for our student-athletes to succeed – whether it’s softball, swimming, tennis or gymnastics – we’ve got to explore that option.

We cannot underestimate that the financial component is a part of it, but it is by no means an overriding part."

Yes, all that money...it's important, you see, because we ...uh...fund other scholarships for all the other student athletes! Yes, that's why we are so interested in all this money, it's the badminton and synchronized swimming teams that we care about! Not money for it's own sake, so that Cal can have a lot of it, that's not even worth mentioning.

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Posted: 5/7/2012 7:46 PM

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The NCAA better change the rules and let these kids go straight to the pros to thwart guys like Cal using guys one semester and done.

A hoosier forever!

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Posted: 5/7/2012 8:38 PM

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Well, the NCAA is hamstrung by Stern and Billy Hunter, because OAD rule is theirs.  But I agree the NCAA could be stronger in its efforts.  However,  Emmert is a classic diplomat with few  strong leadership skills. I suggest making all schollies valid for 3 years even if a kid leaves before 3 years. Think about it!
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Posted: 5/7/2012 8:58 PM

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OK, my earlier remark about  Emmert was probably too harsh. It's just that he frustrates me sometimes.
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Posted: 5/9/2012 5:23 AM

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It does a have a cult like ring to it... we will know if blue nation heads down to South America and builds a compound
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Posted: 5/9/2012 9:22 PM

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Beware of someone who speaks like this, there is a hidden agenda! Cal is got his hands some bad things and influenced by some bad people. It has never been about college basketball to him, its about hidden agendas.  Just food for thought if he thought the IU-KU rivalry was important to college basketball then why end it. Guys this was premeditated way before the end of the season to end it, think had we not met in the Ncaa tourney there would have been a revenge factor. He definetly had the influence over the Ncaa selection comittee, believe what you want. Do you think its a coincidence that he choose to coach KU, out of all the offers before! Think they have the some of the dumbest people in the world residing there,(If not the dumbest) so they would be easy to influence. (See Anthony Bennet's twitter)Just adds to my point about them being some of the dumbest people in the entire world, not all but some! Guys lets quit hoping Cal gets caught by the Ncaa cause it will never happen as long as he continues to be the man behind the mask! If I lost people im sorry, but those that know will understand. The ones that dont well its not important.
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Posted: 5/12/2012 12:31 PM

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The NCAA can't change a rule that isn't theirs.  Its an NBA rule.  Not an NCAA one.
silverjackal wrote: The NCAA better change the rules and let these kids go straight to the pros to thwart guys like Cal using guys one semester and done.
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Posted: 5/13/2012 9:55 PM

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It's a shame that this tradition is coming to an end by a coach that has done about as well as any coach in recruiting players and winning games. It's a bit refreshing that he is pretty much up front about not wanting to lose to Indiana in Bloomington. Most coaches would never come out and say it as clearly as he has, but it's also very strange. I would be really embarrassed if our coach refused to play in Lexington, just to avoid a W. You want to be the best, you take on the best and what is fairer than home and away? I really disliked the Big Ten changing the home and away structure against all B 10 opponents in favor of the tourney.
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