There are productive ways to handle a loss, and then there’s what John Calipari opted for on Tuesday.
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Two days after a stunning 74-67 loss to Ohio State in the CBS Sports Classic, the Kentucky basketball head coach had an epiphany. Several in fact. He just decided to limit each one to 140 characters and tweet them to his 1.4 million followers.
A sign of the times.
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Getting away from my team the last two days gave me a chance to really think.
— John Calipari (@UKCoachCalipari) December 22, 2015
I asked myself, if we would have closed out that game and won, would I have felt differently? No, because our challenges haven't changed.
— John Calipari (@UKCoachCalipari) December 22, 2015
Now the question becomes, how do we start moving forward? This is a good basketball team that will have a chance in every game we play.
— John Calipari (@UKCoachCalipari) December 22, 2015
We've got to teach them winning time/situational basketball and the role that grit plays in this. It's a process, and you can't skip steps.
— John Calipari (@UKCoachCalipari) December 22, 2015
Time to get back to basics, and all that in the face of playing a really good Louisville team. These are challenges that excite me.
— John Calipari (@UKCoachCalipari) December 22, 2015
John Calipari was able to recruit the best class in 2015, per 247Sports. His understanding of social media and today’s youth -- as displayed on Tuesday -- is the reason why.
You didn’t see Bo Ryan tweeting away his emotions at Wisconsin before he retired in 2015. You also didn’t see him win a national championship with them, either.
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"We're not near what we need to be." Coach John Calipari isn't concerned about @KentuckyMBB being No.1 right now: https://t.co/1jwQ1ITi8M
— ESPN (@espn) December 19, 2015
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