Calipari: Criticism not aimed at player, program

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Kentucky coach John Calipari said his recent blog post on recruiting, which appeared to slight Duke and Mike Krzyzewski’s pitch to prospects, was not aimed at a particular player or program.

“It wasn’t specific,” Calipari said during his Wednesday news conference, which was streamed on his website, CoachCal.com. “You can obviously … when I speak, you guys [parse] every word. The reality of it is that post was more in a general sense. It wasn’t geared to one person, one program.”

Last month, five-star recruit Hamidou Diallo, who recently received scholarship offers from Calipari and Krzyzewski, told the Louisville Courier-Journal that Duke’s staff promised him he’d be “set for life” if he picked the Blue Devils because the program maintains life-long bonds with its former players, which proves “it’s more than just basketball” at Duke.

Calipari on Monday appeared to respond to that pitch in a blog post on his website.

“I refuse to go in a home and paint a picture saying things like, ‘If you come with us, you’ll be taken …

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