Calipari Didn’t Like UK’s Soft Play In Opener

November 5th, 2010 11:04 AM║ Posted By: John Pennington ║ Permalink ║ Schools: Kentucky
Tags: Freshman Jarrod Polson, NAIA, Pikeville College Monday, Think Enes Kanter

John Calipari won’t tolerate a soft team. But that’s just what the coach saw from his Wildcats in their exhibition opener against Pikeville College Monday.

Freshman Jarrod Polson told The Louisville Courier-Journal that Calipari asked his team: “If an NAIA school’s pushing us around, how are we going to survive in the SEC?”

Calipari also compared this year’s squad to last year’s on the toughness front. “The only difference is, when we were able to practice, I didn’t have to do what I have to now, which is manufacture the environment of toughness. We had it. We just threw the ball up and we beat the crap out of each other, and we had 15 guys. Here, I’m going to have to manufacture it a little bit, and I’ve done it before.”

Think Enes Kanter in the middle would help toughen up the Cats?

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