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Calipari addresses heated timeout exchange with Tyler Herro

After lighting up Arkansas with 29 points Tuesday night, Herro didn’t just fall back down to Earth against Tennessee – he crashed. And thanks to a camera angle during one timeout and the beauty of instant replay via Twitter, we all got to witness John Calipari’s frustration with Herro. Why was Cal being so hard on him? It’s simple:

Because I’m telling him what to do, and he’s choosing not to do it,” Calipari said after the loss. “Here’s what I asked you to do – why would you not do it?”

According to Coach Cal, he gave Herro four chances before he had to say what needed to be said “aggressively.