Great article that was on the front page of espn.com earlier this morning. Others have mentioned but with us losing in the title game last year, it probably is the reason why Cal is still here. If they win it last year, a lot of the players that came back probably would have left.

 

The articles touches on this a little bit:

 

The Cleveland Cavaliers made a hard run at Calipari last summer, while LeBron was on the verge of becoming a free agent. LeBron is one of Calipari's many celebrity friends, and the Cavs apparently thought he could seal a deal to bring LeBron back to Cleveland. ESPN's Marc Stein reported that the Cavs offered Calipari a 10-year deal worth almost $80 million to be coach and team president. LeBron came back anyway. But by then, Calipari had decided to stay in Lexington.

 

 

Elias says Calipari called him for advice about the Cavs' offer. "The untold story of Cal," Elias says, "is that he came back because of all those kids that wanted to come back." By "all those kids" Elias means five Kentucky player

s who had solid shots at the NBA: twin guards Aaron and Andrew Harrison, forwards Willie Cauley-Stein and Alex Poythress, and center Dakari Johnson. Kentucky lost forward Julius Randle and guard James Young to the draft, and Calipari had expected most or all of the other five to leave, too.

 

 

University of Kentucky coach John Calipari is changing college basketball

Great article. Reading too many of these long articles lately, but can't get enough of Coach Cal and our Cats.