OT: Calpari is a "tweaking" GENIUS (/sarcasm)

Submitted by EastCoast Esq. on

I know this guy is a nobody, but I thought this article was too hilarious not to post.

http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/04/14/john-calipari-reveals-what-the-tweak-actually-was/

Basically the argument is that Calipari's "tweak" wasn't actually a tweak, but by calling it a tweak, he's a genius. That's what got the fans and team going. It wasn't about uber-talented freshmen finally gelling or a player making an insanely difficult, NBA three-point shot two games in a row. No, it was because he sold "The Tweak."

If only we had a coach who was known for his adjustments...

Danwillhor

April 14th, 2014 at 5:53 PM ^

I'm always polite on this board but you're a dick hole, man. Only half joking and it will only last a day but I hate you so much right now. I watch the show in chunks and avoid spoilers of my favorite show at all costs. I was going to wait to watch 1-5 and then 6-10 as one episode is never enough for me. So, in a Calpari thread I get a mega tv show spoiler tossed at me? That's like if someone have me every detail of a certain wedding last season as I said that was a top 5 all-time tv moment and I'd have murdered someone if they spoiled it for me, ha. Seeing that shit did will still feel good but I'd like to have had one of the bigger moments of a season come as a surprise. Who doesn't know the basic internet spoiler rules at this point? That was blatant, IMO. For that, for a day you're a dick hole of the highest order. As for Cal, F him, too. So salty right now......thanks for the spoiler ha.

AeonBlue

April 15th, 2014 at 1:13 PM ^

I'm getting real tired of not being able to have a conversation regarding the books with anyone anymore. I watch the show, come to work and talk to my friend that has read them all, and am like "Hmmm, that's weird. Rob's wife is totally still alive in the books" and people flip the fuck out like I just told them John Snow murders Daenerys Targaryen (Not a real spoiler, calm down). I'm sorry, you've had 14 years to get to this point in the TV show by reading (book 3 game out in 2000). If you don't want to read the books that's fine, but don't freak out when my friend and I who HAVE read the books are having a conversation about how the show is diverging from the books or some theories we have on what's going to happen in book 6/7. Walk away. Stay off the internet until you've caught up.

tl;dr SNAPE KILLS DUMBLEDORE

Benoit Balls

April 14th, 2014 at 3:39 PM ^

but probably not thread worthy on its own...if you have a minute, go to Twitter and search for US Airways (warning, this all started with something extremely NSFW so, tread lightly)

LSAClassOf2000

April 14th, 2014 at 3:47 PM ^

To be fair, the previous thread on this was before the revealing of what the "Tweak" actually was, and the speculation was actually precisely what it turned out not to be, as I recall. USA Today had talked to several players and deduced that this was in fact an overall mechanical change to their offense, if you will, and as it turns out, it was an adjustment to the behavior of one person. Interesting indeed. 

EastCoast Esq.

April 14th, 2014 at 3:56 PM ^

Yeah, I know it isn't news. And honestly I posted it, not because it shows what the "tweak" was, but because it's another example of the media giving way too much credit where it simply isn't deserved. You made a tweak? You're a genius! It turns out it wasn't a tweak? You're a genius for calling it a tweak.

There are a lot of successful NCAA basketball coaches who deserve a ton of credit. Calipari is not one of them, and yet there are certain media types (again, I know this guy is a nobody) who WILL find a way to give him credit regardless.

Mmmm Hmmm

April 14th, 2014 at 3:58 PM ^

A coach coaching one of his players to do probably what he should have done all along, the coach calling himself out in the mildest way possible after the fact and taking heaps of credit for all improvement. Like that idiot Rosenberg said about coach Cal: "always selling"...

Danwillhor

April 14th, 2014 at 6:19 PM ^

were "beating a dead horse" and words of a "crybaby" & "whiner". So I was told when clearly mocking it after it was said and after saying I don't really invest too much into CBB. Hmm.....oh, yeah, we had just lost to them after a heck of a year and many on here can be hate trolls.