This sounds about right. Any time news comes out about potential recruiting violations within a John Calipari program — which happens at every school he coaches for — we stand by for the rumors about where he is headed next. Unlike other coaches who stick around and take their lumps after they are found guilty of such activity, Calipari has a tendency to leave a program in peril and accept another high-paying job. This time, that high paying job could be at the next level.
According to the NY Daily News via FootBasket, Calipari may have his sights set on the NBA once again.
John Calipari coming back to the NBA to coach? Perhaps. Calipari recently left the distinct impression that, although he is recruiting and conducting business, as usual, as Kentucky’s basketball coach, he ‘wants back in,’ according to a source. Calipari has never gotten over how he was fired by the Nets 20 games into the 1999 lockout season.”
Naturally, a “source” can be anyone or nobody at all. Given Calipari’s track record, this wouldn’t come as a surprise. He is once again under fire for alleged recruiting violations, this time via a staffer that worked at Memphis and Kentucky. If Kentucky ends up being sanctioned by the NCAA or Calipari senses that punishment is on its way, it would be just his style to take his services elsewhere.
