[Hoot Gibson]

^Calipari is a great recruiter. He does not get any player to the NBA. The players that play for him and then make it in the NBA would probably be better off jumping from high school directly to the NBA and then go to the G-League. Calipari is a great example of a coach who takes credit for the athleticism and talent of players whose development he has made minimal contributions. As Jet and others have pointed out, many players who have struggled under Cal's "coaching" have excelled in other programs. 

In fact, many players who have excelled in their rookie NBA seasons were not impact players at UK. Remember, Devon Booker was not good enough to start over either of the Harrison twins when he played for Calipari and UK blew a possible championship because Tyler Ulis and Booker spent too much time on the bench.

UK would have never made the FF without Harrison hitting those last second shots in , I believe , three steraight games.  

Granted, Cal's substitution patterns sometimes appear rather head-scratching. But, I chalk it up to him knowing his team better than internet warriors ,Old School Hound and Hoot Gibson.

Nobody in their right mind would have started either Harrison over Booker. Yet, that is exactly what Calipari did for an entire season. Booker is very probably a future NBA Hall of Famer who started 51 games as a rookie in the NBA a year after not starting a single game for UK. Where are the Harrisons now? Not in the NBA. John Calipari impeded Devin Booker's career. He wasted a year at Kentucky when he could have been playing for a good coach.