John Calipari began building his coaching reputation at UMass, taking the Minutemen from conference also-rans to the 1996 Final Four.
Those teams were overachievers, making up for a perceived lack of talent with hard-nosed defense and hard work, taking on the personality of the coach leading them. That personality transference began in notoriously tough practices.
Apparently, Coach Cal is making a return to days of yore this season at Kentucky.
Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter's Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.