Poll: Cal in the Rafters

[BJD]

Just take Tubby’s down and put Cal’s in that place.

[HagginHall1999]

Agree. I think we will have him in 2-3 years after he retires. Based off what he keeps saying about 20-30 families, that would work out to 5-7 years. I do think he retires then. Don't see him coaching deep into 70's.

[Pobilly]

We hung 1 big banner and several final fours. I think that is enough to get him up there for sure. I will never like the guy but he deserves credit for what he did do. Also deserves all the trash talk he receives as well. I just think it takes a while.

[UK Cowboys]

I was ready for Cal to go the last couple of years he was here, but he did a lot of good things here and was a good human being in the community. Give it some time, but he certainly deserves to be up there

[H00SIER-Cat1997]

It will be the greatest night in the history of Kentucky basketball

[TrueblueCATfan]

Just take Tubby’s down and put Cal’s in that place.

That won't happen...Tubby deserves to be up there

[BJD]

That won't happen...Tubby deserves to be up there

I think it was a terrible decision to put Tubby up there. I was just joking about replacing with Cal. Cal deserves to be there at some point. Tubby does not.

[George]

I think it was a terrible decision to put Tubby up there. I was just joking about replacing with Cal. Cal deserves to be there at some point. Tubby does not.

Tubby more than earned his place in the rafters.

[KCKUKFan]

I think it was a terrible decision to put Tubby up there. I was just joking about replacing with Cal. Cal deserves to be there at some point. Tubby does not.

Tubby won a title here. Debate over.

[Spiritof96]

He won a title here, won multiple SEC tourneys and regular seasons, and went to multiple Final Fours.

Anybody who argues against his inclusion in the rafters isn't being logical and going strictly off recency bias and emotion.

It took about 15 years to get Smith up there, so I'm guessing Cal will go up sometime around 2035.

I think 5 years after he retires from coaching. I voted 5-7 but I assume he is gone soon.

[40bill]

I think it was a terrible decision to put Tubby up there. I was just joking about replacing with Cal. Cal deserves to be there at some point. Tubby does not.

Tubby won a title with someone else's players playing a bit different style. He ran a class program. He definitely deserves to be up there.

[George]

Tubby won a title with someone else's players playing a bit different style. He ran a class program. He definitely deserves to be up there.

He’s going to have a lot to say about ten-loss seasons, and how those invalidate all of Tubby’s accomplishments.

[KentuckyWild2020]

Cal has to be up there. Don't like how it went down hill but when it was good, it was damn good!!!

[Pete Hogwallop]

I'm going to abstain from voting. He was very successful for several years, there's no doubt. And then he had several pretty bad years by UK's standard. But he did a lot of intentional harm to the UK brand as well. I'm not just talking about bad losses - it was the whole Players First, NBA draft focus, etc. In my mind, that's one vote for and 2 strikes against. If it were only the one strike, it would probably be a no-brainer.

[EKYCat]

I'm going to abstain from voting. He was very successful for several years, there's no doubt. And then he had several pretty bad years by UK's standard. But he did a lot of intentional harm to the UK brand as well. I'm not just talking about bad losses - it was the whole Players First, NBA draft focus, etc. In my mind, that's one vote for and 2 strikes against. If it were only the one strike, it would probably be a no-brainer.

It's still a no-brainer. Schtick or no schtick, the man took UK to four Final Fours and won a National Title.

I was as ready as anybody for Cal to leave, but he didn't sabotage the program intentionally.