[Cactus Jack]

How does Kentucky get over the hump and compete in Omaha? It feels like we always hang around but never take the next step

Oh boy... this one won't be popular, but a good first step is probably hoping that the Athletic Department isn't breaking the bank on the contracts for any other coaches.

I know that the buyout for Calipari would come from boosters, but I don't know that this would mean that they collectively just donate an additional $33 million. That money will come out of something else eventually.

I think that for all the bad decisions that he's made (e.g., Cal's contract or alcohol sales), Branhart has still been very good at building the profile of sports like baseball, so kicking him to the curb probably stands a good chance of offsetting progress there.


If for no other reason than weather alone, it's going to be tough for a Kentucky to ever have high school baseball on the same level as a Texas, Florida, Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina, or Oklahoma, but we have to compete against all of them.

That and sharing the smaller population of our state with a good Louisville program is always going to be tough.