Let me start by saying....it has been EIGHT YEARS people, move on!
I was born and raised a Kentucky fan since my Dad grew up there. So no, I am not a bandwagon fan and yes, I have been to plenty of games and even met two of the head coaches and several players. My whole family bleeds blue but living in Memphis I came under attack when I was in 8th grade. When Calipari took the head coaching job and left Memphis fans were shocked and felt betrayed. I get it, he's been there for nine years and left for a better opportunity and more money. Let's stop and think that if you were a coach would you leave to go work with the most winning college basketball program in the country and get a large salary?? Yes, you would and if you say no, you're lying.
Memphis fans were beyond outraged and it got to the point where we had to take our flag down, the stickers off our car, and would not wear t-shirts because we were scared of how fans would react. I would get nasty comments thrown my way and all because the team I like now had Calipari as the head coach.
As the years went by it died down but I would still get people who said "I hope they lose" or "how could you ever like them?" I totally get sports are competitive and fans get insanely into it. However, to pick on a child for the team she likes because her family lives there is wrong. I know you would not want someone yelling at your child because of a basketball team.
I have always had massive amounts of respect for U of M and their program so let's let this be water under the bridge and move on. Your head coach now is actually one of our old head coaches. We are not even in the same conference so I would truly like the comments to stop. It's hard being a UK girl in this Memphis world so cut us UK fans in Memphis some slack. I promise we are nice people and even cheer on Memphis and hope they succeed. In the end, we all just want the best for each other since we do not play each other. There's nothing wrong with a healthy rivalry, but let's let some of this go.
Sincerely,
A girl who just wants to cheer in peace. Please.
