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per CBS:
The biggest impact John Calipari hopes to have at this year's Final Four -- aside from winning his second national title -- is to eliminate one-and-done from college basketball.
Not the doctrine, just the maxim. He's tired of the cynical nature behind the three-word mantra that's created a perception problem for the sport and, in part, led the NBA to consider increasing its minimum age requirement from one to two years removed from high school. And so Calipari -- who's been his typical, playfully brambly self with the media amid this unexpected drive to Dallas -- is looking for more positive infusion.
"Succeed and proceed."
That's the phrase, the new Cal crusade. A propitious slogan for his program. The twist on one and done came about after fans made suggestions to local Kentucky radio. Kentucky picked which one it liked best.
"It will be on T-Shirts," Calipari said.
So was "40-0" at one point, but this is more realistic. This is about the hopeful essence of being good and not having ability to attain early wealth be a bad thing. It's positivity for Calipari, for his program, for college basketball. It's also image control. Whether it's Saturday or at some point in the future, Kentucky players will don the shirts and stump for a credo they didn't even come up with, but will certainly and gladly help campaign for. The succeed-and-proceed push is an initiative that Calipari hopes can bring in a more appreciative tone to the empire he's built in Lexington, and across the sport.
"Well, I have the bully pulpit right now so I can talk about it, but my thing is I'm proud of what we have done for these young people," Calipari said. "We have had 17 players drafted. Many of those just changed the whole direction of their family. Every one of them in the league right now. It's not like guys are going and they should have never left. They didn't make it. Look at this. They're all doing well. Not only are they doing well, they're giving back to their communities."
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebas...to-change-one-and-done-to-succeed-and-proceed
Go Gophers!!
The biggest impact John Calipari hopes to have at this year's Final Four -- aside from winning his second national title -- is to eliminate one-and-done from college basketball.
Not the doctrine, just the maxim. He's tired of the cynical nature behind the three-word mantra that's created a perception problem for the sport and, in part, led the NBA to consider increasing its minimum age requirement from one to two years removed from high school. And so Calipari -- who's been his typical, playfully brambly self with the media amid this unexpected drive to Dallas -- is looking for more positive infusion.
"Succeed and proceed."
That's the phrase, the new Cal crusade. A propitious slogan for his program. The twist on one and done came about after fans made suggestions to local Kentucky radio. Kentucky picked which one it liked best.
"It will be on T-Shirts," Calipari said.
So was "40-0" at one point, but this is more realistic. This is about the hopeful essence of being good and not having ability to attain early wealth be a bad thing. It's positivity for Calipari, for his program, for college basketball. It's also image control. Whether it's Saturday or at some point in the future, Kentucky players will don the shirts and stump for a credo they didn't even come up with, but will certainly and gladly help campaign for. The succeed-and-proceed push is an initiative that Calipari hopes can bring in a more appreciative tone to the empire he's built in Lexington, and across the sport.
"Well, I have the bully pulpit right now so I can talk about it, but my thing is I'm proud of what we have done for these young people," Calipari said. "We have had 17 players drafted. Many of those just changed the whole direction of their family. Every one of them in the league right now. It's not like guys are going and they should have never left. They didn't make it. Look at this. They're all doing well. Not only are they doing well, they're giving back to their communities."
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebas...to-change-one-and-done-to-succeed-and-proceed
Go Gophers!!
