John Calipari claims he’d rather retire than become a ‘transactional’ coach. Fortunately for him, talk is cheap.
During last week’s appearance at the SEC’s basketball media day in Birmingham, Alabama, Calipari claimed he wants “to help 25 to 30 more families” before he hangs up his coaching whistle. However, he made sure to make that proclamation on a hill of moral high ground.
“The only way you do that is to be transformational as a coach,” Calipari said. “If you’re not, you’re transactional. If I become transactional — ‘I’m going to pay you this to do this and that’ — then I won’t do this anymore.