🏈 John Calipari's new obsession: Nick Saban and Alabama football

[BAMANEWSBOT]

Calipari: Kentucky-Samford in 2013 will be at BJCC; Samford AD pushes for campus

Read More Here...

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

"I was blown away by their flawless play -- blown away," Calipari said. "And I said to him, 'You may be the best at what we do in any sport. In that environment, all the talking, all the jabbering, all the tickets, all that's going on, you got your team to focus like that and play flawless. And then with two minutes to go there's a penalty and you throw off your headgear!'"

​

:bow:

 

[BamaCore]

I think my favorite part might be this one:

"I'll bring up Alabama in a timeout: 'Are we playing like Alabama?'" Calipari said. "I was so inspired to watch that game. I was like, wow."​

 

[ElephantStomp]

"I was blown away by their flawless play -- blown away," Calipari said. "And I said to him, 'You may be the best at what we do in any sport. In that environment, all the talking, all the jabbering, all the tickets, all that's going on, you got your team to focus like that and play flawless. And then with two minutes to go there's a penalty and you throw off your headgear!'"

​

:bow:

This. I've always like Calipari, his coaching style anyway. I'm not much of a basketball guy, but I've always liked watching his teams back to UMass and now after this article I like him even more.