Erin Calipari Unloads on ESPN and Pat Forde

[Wireman]

John Calipari's daughter, Erin, has went on the offensive against ESPN's Pat Forde via the social networking tool Facebook. An article on Deadspin.com discusses Erin's Forde assault:

 

 

Her father's former program is under NCAA investigation, but Erin Calipari knows who to blame and how to do it: call out ESPN's Pat Forde on Facebook.

 

Just like the rest of Kentucky's fan base and her father — who called out "this Pat Ford guy" in a tweet last month — Erin Calipari has taken umbrage with Forde's reporting on Kentucky's basketball program. The Kentucky resident has rained on the Calipari-to-Kentucky parade since the opening press conference, presciently warning of past transgressions and shady alliances, but his criticisms have been consistently dismissed by the Wildcat commentariat because he co-wrote a book with Rick Pitino and, consequently, must just hate the Widcats.

 

So in the last two days, Erin Calipari has been on the offensive, dissing Forde through Facebook for more than 3,000 of her closest friends. A collection of status updates (Photoshopped for consolidation), sent in from astute readers (see image).

Perhaps she should heed the advice her father gave her other sister after she scooped the news that Josh Pastner would be Memphis' new head coach: "I told them that they have to get off Facebook. This stuff is crazy."

 

Source: Deadspin.com

 

UPDATE: Coach Calipari just posted these messages on everyone's other favorite social network tool, Twitter:

 

"I love my children dearly as u all know. But my daughter Erin has gotten a little over-zealous in defending her daddy's honor."

 

"We both want to apologize. We all have our jobs to do and none of them are easy and none are black and white."

 

"My family has the same passion and commitment I do and sometimes it overflows a bit. We're all learning together as we strive for our goals."

[Wireman]

The messages:

[4chs]

Forde seems to be obsessed with Coach Cal, not sure what his agenda is, but I believe that if I were a journalist that I would want to get all the facts and both sides of a story before blasting someone.

[MJAlltheWay24]

I am not a fan of Pat Forde, but I am a fan of Erin Calipari lol. However, she probably shouldn't do this and her dad apologized for her on Twitter lol.

[LCPATS]

This social networking stuff is out of control with Coach and his family.

[bugatti]

I am not a fan of Pat Forde, but I am a fan of Erin Calipari lol. However, she probably shouldn't do this and her dad apologized for her on Twitter lol.

 

This social networking stuff is out of control with Coach and his family.

:thumb:

[gchs_uk9]

This social networking stuff is out of control with Coach and his family.

 

Social networking stuff is out of control for everyone. Trust this school teacher - I know!

[nkysportslegend]

A few things she said did give me a good laugh, but she definitely shouldn't be saying this stuff.

[Farva]

Erin Calipari has forever endeared herself to Big Blue Nation! I can't say that I blame her though, if someone was going after my father on what appeared to be some sort of personal vendetta, I would want to strike back too.

[TubbyCAT]

No dishonor in defending your dad! Kudos to the young lady even though it probably could have been handled differently!

[5wide]

Social networking stuff is out of control for everyone. Trust this school teacher - I know!

 

That's what I was thinking.

[spe690]

No dishonor in defending your dad! Kudos to the young lady even though it probably could have been handled differently!

 

She sure does seem fiesty!

[Sharp]

No dishonor in defending your dad!

:thumb:

[Sharp]

"Stop Pat Forde's Hair From Destroying the Earth" :clap:

 

She is calling on the Big Blue Nation for help. Im there.:walk:

[Jim Schue]

I'll give her this much: She'll fit right in with UK fans. Takes everything personally.