The Kentucky/John Calipari situation continues to unfold and Thursday it got much worse after an article published in The Athletic.
The article, by Kyle Tucker, makes some startling assertions.
- Secondary staff members Andrew Ortelli (assistant video director) and Riley Welch (graduate assistant) are doing the scouting. Seriously?
- Very surprisingly given the prominence of the program, Calipari supposedly has a small staff, which is probably why those guys are doing the scouting: not choice, necessity.
- There is tremendous tension between Calipari and AD Mitch Barnhart. Calipari has raised $30 million for a new practice facility, but Barnhart will not allow it to be built, apparently because other sports are ahead of basketball for new facilities.