LEXINGTON — John Calipari seems to be getting his wish.
“Please steer your disappointment and anger toward me,” Calipari posted to his social media accounts Saturday, two days after his team’s shocking NCAA Tournament first-round loss to No. 15 seed Saint Peter’s. “These kids did this all for the BBN and I wish I could have dragged them over the finish line.”
Even before Calipari’s posts to Facebook and Twitter, the vast majority of fan complaints online had been lobbed in the Hall of Fame coach’s direction.
The complaints were not new, but a dominant two-month stretch in the middle of the season had marked the full return of the uber-confident version of Calipari fans have dubbed “Swaggy Cal.