oh you greasy motherfucker

the university of kentucky has their new head coach. and who couldn't be happy about it? dude's making 30+ million over the next eight years of his life, and now he can keep a bit of it held back for a candy bar or something because he doesn't even have to buy any new ties! tiger blue, wildcat blue, it's all the same at macy's. so what's the problem? who could possibly be upset about this? oh, maybe the 152 top recruits in the nation who signed their letter of intent or verbally committed to memphis last year. don't get me wrong, coach cal is just enough of an asshole for me to respect him, but not too much of one to the point where i fear he's getting into my atmosphere of assholishness. everyone's worried about the "baggage" he brings with him, namely the vacated final four appearance due to a recruit's receiving gifts. but i'm in the camp that thinks college athletes should be paid for what they do anyway, seeing as they make millions for the schools they work for. it's not like they're there for an education, so who really cares?

honestly though, this is a huge signing for UK, and as a warm weather supporter of the team, i couldn't be happier about the hire. give this guy three years, and he will have ashley judd about to piss her $300 pants on the sideline jumping up and down at the final four. there are good recruiters, there are great recruiters, there are amazing recruiters, and then there's john calipari. plus, his hair is always immaculate, and that speaks volumes to me. i think it was confucius who once said, "a man who cares about his hair as much as his coaching, indeed is friggin' awesome." that might be a little paraphrased, but work with me.

speaking of the final four, detroit may need this final four more than any city in this nation. i always trash the town, mostly because i bear scars from everything the pistons have done to my ego and fandom (p.s. pistons suck), but i can't help but just feel bad. i mean, how down can you get? name one team to root for in that city other than the red wings. the newspapers have been cut to three-day delivery instead of every day. the leader of the free world pretty much fired the head of one of the largest auto manufacturers in the nation. there's not much to being from the land of the hand these days, is there?