Leave these St. John's fans alone. They just do not realize what a wonderful city Memphis is, and how much we celebrate our basketball. John Calipari is here for the same reason Jerry West is here, so you are just going to have to accept itdeal. Memphis may have been a minor league town years ago, but now we are big time, and can definitely do whatever it takes to keep Coach Cal.

Don't you realize that Coach Cal is just using you to get some free air time in the New York press so he can steal some more of your local stars, like Sean Banks.

Keep in mind, Red Storm people, that it has taken Cal four years here to win his first tournament game. So if you want him, it definitely wouldn't be an overnight fix. And Cal also realizes that he doesn't want to start rebuilding again, when he is just about to get the fruits of his labor.

So, go vote for Hillary and have a gay marriage and leave us alone.

MCNPA Wrote:The St. Johns fans that have come on this board have posted some very intelligent and thought out posts. Then retorts by crazystudent and others prove that this is a no brains and all BS operation. Tune in Memphis...any intelligent fans please come forward.

Intelligent and thought out posts? :laugh: I have not read the other threads on this subject but it does not matter. Your post here certainly does not fit the profile you reference. You know, whineybooger and what and jack have something in common. You all make noise just like an empty wagon bouncing down a rough road.

Derby Wrote:

eltigre Wrote:Horses? You've got no horses. You've got two halves of a coconut and you're bangin' 'em together.

How did you know he was the king? Because he didn't have $hit all over him.

Help, help... I'm being repressed!

King of the who?

-- King of the Britains.

Who are the Britains?

-- You are. You are all Britains and I am your king.

Well I didn't vote for you.

TIGERBANDIT Wrote:Leave these St. John's fans alone. They just do not realize what a wonderful city Memphis is, and how much we celebrate our basketball. John Calipari is here for the same reason Jerry West is here, so you are just going to have to accept itdeal. Memphis may have been a minor league town years ago, but now we are big time, and can definitely do whatever it takes to keep Coach Cal.

Don't you realize that Coach Cal is just using you to get some free air time in the New York press so he can steal some more of your local stars, like Sean Banks.

Keep in mind, Red Storm people, that it has taken Cal four years here to win his first tournament game. So if you want him, it definitely wouldn't be an overnight fix. And Cal also realizes that he doesn't want to start rebuilding again, when he is just about to get the fruits of his labor.

So, go vote for Hillary and have a gay marriage and leave us alone.

Also Theo Davis, a big man fromNY they wish they could get, is strongly being recruited by Cal and Memphis. Bets are...he'll be a Tiger too. Just like Wagner. Just like Barclay. Just like Banks. :D

tigers1985 Wrote:

Derby Wrote:

eltigre Wrote:Horses? You've got no horses. You've got two halves of a coconut and you're bangin' 'em together.

How did you know he was the king? Because he didn't have $hit all over him.

Help, help... I'm being repressed!

King of the who?

-- King of the Britains.

Who are the Britains?

-- You are. You are all Britains and I am your king.

Well I didn't vote for you.

And then you shall spank me! Yes, you shall spank us all.

Here's an article from a NY newspaper...notice Cal doesn't deny interest

<a href='http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/story/175492p-152805c.html' target='_blank'>http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/story/17...2p-152805c.html</a>

Rag newspaper -- I know we've been back and forth on this, but I don't think SJU is a bigger job. Just different.

Bottom line is that if he wants to leave then let him -- the last thing any team needs is a coach that doesn't want to be the coach.........

I still will stand behind that he won't go....he likes the attention plus RC's policy has always been not to comment every time one of his coaches becomes targeted. The buyout is huge, as was already discussed, but from Cal's viewpoint, IMO, he isn't going to walk away from the upcoming class and a chance to see that through. If that class arrives and with the returning talent, then expect someone to step way up for Cal because he will have rebuilt this program and we will not have any problem attracting a top coach.....we've proven the money and committment is there.

It will cost St. Johns $2 million a year for Cal plus $2 million maybe to buy out his recently signed Memphis contract and they only get about 8,000 fans to their games. The numbers just don't add up. None of this St. John's talk makes any sense. They just don't have the fans nor are they big news in New York City. They are way down the food chain of sports teams in that area. Yankees, Mets, Nets, Jets, Knicks, Rangers, etc, etc. It just is not a logical next move choice for Cal. If I was Cal, I would either build a dominant program at Memphis like Denny Crum did at Louisville during his prime years or wait and sit it out in luxury in Memphis and keep an eye on a possible future vacancy at a school like Kansas or Kentucky. Frankly, knowing how he has done here, he can have the best of everything he could ever hope for in Memphis and there is no reason to consider a move. All this talk about St. John's is just great publicity for the Memphis basketball and football program and what it is achieving, exposed in the number one market in the country. You give me free exposure in New York, and I will take it every time. It is the media center for the country and all that is important is that the media get this name right.....MEMPHIS TIGERS, that is spelled M-E-M-P-H-I-S T-I-G-E-R-S. Also, get the names of our players right, thats B-U-R-K-S, B-A-N-K-S, C-A-R-N-E-Y, etc. Let's make MEMPHIS more respected in New York than St. John's. And, thank you St. John's fans for the opportunity for us to do so. YOU ALL COME SEE US NOW, YOU HEAR!!! (It is interesting that you St. John's fans are being manipulated and don't realize it, and it is fun watching it from the southern point of view.)

Exactly Dallas, if this was something that Cal and St. Johns really wanted to make happen it would have been accomplished before Cal signed his new contract...remember it was a hot topic months before his new contract. Cal knows he has a chance with talent available next few years to actually contend for a championship. It can be done here and he knows it.

Quote:All this talk about St. John's is just great publicity for the Memphis basketball and football program and what it is achieving, exposed in the number one market in the country. You give me free exposure in New York, and I will take it every time. It is the media center for the country and all that is important is that the media get this name right.....MEMPHIS TIGERS, that is spelled M-E-M-P-H-I-S T-I-G-E-R-S. Also, get the names of our players right, thats B-U-R-K-S, B-A-N-K-S, C-A-R-N-E-Y, etc.

It really could be another master stroke for Coach Cal. I would love to have Theo Davis come play for us for a season and I guarentee he knows very well who Memphis is and what Calipari and the team are accomplishing here.

After sleeping on this dead issue, I came up with a conclusion.

1.If Cal really wanted the STJ job (wich is a step down from the UM by far) then he would have NEVER re-signed his deal in mid-season when everyone was already feeding his name to the media at that same time. He would have told RC (our AD) to hold on and that it would be done at the end of the year. But it wouldn't be and would have been his way of leaving without financial dificulty between him and UM. That did not happen.

2.I cannot see Cal trying to explain to his players who he CLAIMS to love like his own children, why he is turning his back on them for a lower tier job and only for the money and fame of NYC. It would not only break their heart, but would hold hatred in them as well. I don't think he wants that from us or his players. I can't see him letting Darius Washington (MDAA and next AI) be left in the dark with all of this. I can't see him walking away from those talented kids when he has a National title resting in his back pocket at UM and doesn't realize it.

FACE IT STJ LOSERS...YOU HAVE NOTHING TO OFFER CAL THAT HE DOES NOT ALREADY HAVE!! LIKE I SAID BEFORE. IF YOU WANT HIM, THEN YOU WILL HAVE TO PAY MEGA MEGA BUCKS TO GET HIM AND ...CONVINCE HIS LOVELEY MEMPHIS FAMILY OT WANT TO MOVE TO THE SLUMS OF THE WORST TERRORIST PLOTTED CITY IN AMERICA. NOTHING BEAUTIFUL ABOUT THAT. :rolleyes:

HE'S OUR COACH AND UNTIL DUKE OR NORTH CAROLINA FIRES THEIR COACH AND BEGGS CAL TO COME THERE(which will never happen).....HE'S HERE!! SO GET THE **** USED TO IT AND GO COACH HUNTING SOMEWHERE ELSE YOU LOSERS!! :mad:

Just to educate you fellas on Calipari's contract. The buyout is only 200K. Not millions.

MCNPA Wrote:Just to educate you fellas on Calipari's contract. The buyout is only 200K. Not millions.

YOU dumb***...IT'S WORTH 1.5M PER YEAR FOR 6 YEARS. THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE HIS BUYOUT WHICH YOU CAN NOT AFFORD SO WHY TRY? HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE TO TELL YOU JACKA$$ES THAT HE ALREADY SIGNED THE DAMN THING? :mad: :mad: :mad:

IF YOU THINK THAT YOU ONLY HAVE TO PAY 200K FOR HIS BUYOUT...THEN YOU KEEP THINKIN THAT. :laugh:

TigerJay Wrote:

MCNPA Wrote:Just to educate you fellas on Calipari's contract.&nbsp; The buyout is only 200K.&nbsp; Not millions.

YOU dumb***...IT'S WORTH 1.5M PER YEAR FOR 6 YEARS. THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE HIS BUYOUT WHICH YOU CAN NOT AFFORD SO WHY TRY? HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE TO TELL YOU JACKA$$ES THAT HE ALREADY SIGNED THE DAMN THING? :mad: :mad: :mad:

IF YOU THINK THAT YOU ONLY HAVE TO PAY 200K FOR HIS BUYOUT...THEN YOU KEEP THINKIN THAT. :laugh:

TigerJay, are you are nuts?

His contract is worth $1.5m for 6 years. However, the buyout clause is for $200,000 (approx). Buying out his contract does not mean buying out the remaining total dollar amount, only exercising the buyout clause.

Get a grip. Your passion is praise-worthy, your immaturity and constant whining are embarrassing.

I agree with Derby here...


on a totally side note, has anyone else noticed we havent seen CIK in a while???

agree-calm down senor

MCNPA Wrote:Just to educate you fellas on Calipari's contract.&nbsp; The buyout is only 200K.&nbsp; Not millions.

It should be more. But if you say that is what it is, then that is the number. I thought these contracts had a very high first year buy out and then it decended each year and the starting point was much higher than $200K on these deals. That is really a pretty insignificant number when you think about it. Usually these contracts also have clauses in them that if a certain university (where the coach would like to work) offers the coach a deal and he takes it, the buy out provision is null and void.

Yes 200K is a low number for a buyout clause. I think that Calipari wants the freedom to be able to choose out of his contract or else the University would have tried to increase the buyout significantly like other schools have ie. Paul Hewitt at G-tech, whos buyout is over 1 million.

Memphis on the other hand, instead of limiting the coaches freedom with the buyout clause has tried to make it VERY rewarding to stay at Memphis financially. It is a class move by the Memphis people, but also may have been insisted on by Calipari and his agent. In any case, any school that courts Calipari has very little to worry about in reference to the buyout. They just have to make a juicy deal to tempt Cal to option out, OR Cal just needs to want something different for himself. I wish you guys good luck against OK state.

First off, money will not be a problem, as St. John's many boosters who work in the financial district who have no problem putting up money, to buyout calipari's 250,000 memphis contract. Then the deal is believed sju will pay him 250,000 and boosters 750,000 where he'll get 1million a year. Secondaly, the conference USA is falling apart as losing 5 major teams to the big east. Thirdly, bringing back st. johns to what it use to be in, he will be on the top of the world, Selling out Madison Square Garden the mecca of basketball is much bigger then selling out the pyramid. Not to be rude but new york city is a big step up from memphis