John Calipari may have some 'splainin to do.
As Brian has said before: Basketball recruiting is dirty like dirt in a dirt sandwich.
Check out this story, in which someone -- posing as Calipari -- sent a completely FAKE Facebook message to highly touted Kentucky recruit Marquis Teague.
Dirrrty.
April 28th, 2010 at 10:53 AM ^
"TEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAGUE"
April 28th, 2010 at 10:58 AM ^
1 fake out of 5?
April 28th, 2010 at 11:09 AM ^
????
According to the link, it is completely fake. Well, Calipari is an impersonator, but the response from Teague is, from what I can tell, genuine.
Obviously, nothing will come from this, the NCAA has more important things to do, like making sure football players aren't stretching too long, or they're not getting punished for not attending class.
April 28th, 2010 at 11:34 AM ^
I was just making a joke. This Facebook post being fake does not change my opinion about Calipari at all. In other important news, my opinion is very important.
April 28th, 2010 at 12:38 PM ^
Gotcha, I agree.
April 28th, 2010 at 11:07 AM ^
I find this funny
April 28th, 2010 at 11:27 AM ^
So lets just keep this between us and 1,000,000 other people.
Cool?
Yes
April 28th, 2010 at 11:31 AM ^
It'll be fun to see the scripted release that Cal's staff prepares for Teague to read whenever he's asked about it.
April 28th, 2010 at 11:36 AM ^
But that's bullshit.........making a big deal out of this is essentially the same thing as what Rosenberg did with Stokes, Hawthorne etc.....they went fishing for a comment from Teague, and his reply can be twisted in any which way.
Bullshit, judge Calipari on what's real, not some fake facebook post. Having said that, I judge him to be a scumbag in my eyes!
April 28th, 2010 at 11:46 AM ^
Because i'm a curious person. Who's making a big deal out of this?
April 28th, 2010 at 11:48 AM ^
Answer: the author of this late-to-the-game thread.
April 28th, 2010 at 11:51 AM ^
Maybe I just have a really warped sense of the term "big deal."
April 28th, 2010 at 12:30 PM ^
to The Big Deal!
April 28th, 2010 at 12:22 PM ^
I just throw things out there and I thought this was an interesting discussion piece.
You're right though, we should probably just have a few more posts on Big 10 expansion and what everyone thinks of that, yes?
April 28th, 2010 at 11:54 AM ^
I can't say posting this on a the board of a blog is making a big deal of it, but I find this interesting.
Obviously the facebook account is fake, Five Fakes out of Five, but it really seems that the Teague response is both non-fake and genuine. With this being a joke, yet revealing a potentially serious answer, it kind of lends credence to everyone's suspicions. While I realize that nothing can be done from a joke like this, it certainly could/should open people's eyes to what may be going on behind the scenes.