February 07, 2008

Memphis #1 in the land, but also has off court issues

Jon Calipari has a great team on the court put can't seem to keep them out of trouble when they're off of it. Robert Dozier was suspended for a game because his girlfriend claims he hit her outside of a club recently. This is what Calipari has to say. "It just shows you that good kids do stupid things too," said Calipari to open his postgame remarks. "I'm going to figure out where we go from here. I'm disappointed. But when you sit back and look at your own children, you realize, boy, they do dumb things. They think they're bullet-proof, they think they're invisible. Hopefully it's a situation where he learns. "I'll be firm and fair," Calipari continued, "like I am with all of these situations. It's hard for these kids to understand that they're all tied as one. When one of them screws up, it's ugly for everybody. He has a tough row to hoe if he's going to stay on this team. But I will not throw these kids under the bus. I treat them like they're my own sons, or their your sons. These kids are targets in this town. Right now, we've got the microscope on us. We're the number-one team in the country."

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