John Calipari is “a complicated guy.”
That’s the conclusion drawn by Jonathan Hock, the director of an ESPN “30 for 30” documentary on the Kentucky coach. The film, titled “One and Not Done,” airs on ESPN at 9 p.m. Thursday. Hock said it details several intriguing contradictions in Calipari’s life:
u25aa Working-class underdog who now heads the bluest of college basketball’s blue-blood programs
u25aa Uber competitor driven by a conquer-or-be-conquered ethos, yet thoughtful enough to spare a rival’s feelings
u25aa Morning Mass regular who promised to burn down the village of anyone who crossed him
“I think one of the reasons he goes to Mass so much is because he knows he’s given to …,” Hock stopped in mid-sentence and restarted the thought.