35. "he's winning the battle so far" In response to In response to 28
Kentucky had 15k people show up for his introductory press conference -- toxic or not, I'm not sure of another basketball program that could do that
evoking the 1996 team is one of the best plays possible, and valid, as a member
plus the needling of Cal's criticisms are really pulling the fanbase on his side: "we're here to win every game" (Cal seemingly focused on NBA development), "we're here to hang banners, even in Nashville" (Cal not caring about the SEC tournament), "who wants to go to Maui" (Cal not wanting to play in Hawaii anymore)