Josh Harrellson banned from Twitter for criticizing John Calipari

Apparently upset that John Calipari didn't give him enough credit for a 26-rebound effort in Kentucky's Blue & White scrimmage on Tuesday night, senior forward Josh Harrellson lashed out at his coach via Twitter afterward.

Calipari has since asked Harrellson to take down his Twitter account, but evidence of his Tweets has been preserved in several places.

"Either we are the worst offensive rebounding team or he had gotten better"!!! Just amazing to me I can't get a good job or way to go

yes he has been working hard this off season... It is just amazing to me but I look past it and keep trucking! You can't stop this train!!!

Harrellson's Tweets came in response to comments Calipari made in a post-scrimmage news conference with reporters. In discussing how he wasn't sure which players would comprise his eight-man rotation, Calipari singled out Harrelson as one of the players who needs to perform more consistently.

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"Can Josh do this for 15, 20 minutes a game?" Calipari said. "If he can go in there and grab rebounds, then do it. Either we're the worst offensive rebounding team in America or he's gotten better, one of the two. I haven't figured it out. We'll watch the tape and figure it out."

Although Calipari's certainly correct that Harrellson has a lot to prove after logging a mere four minutes a game last season as a junior, it's also easy to understand the 6-foot-10 senior's frustration. He's trying to crack Kentucky's rotation in his final year of college, yet his coach didn't have much positive to say publicly about what appeared to be a breakthrough performance.

Calipari went on Twitter on Wednesday morning to explain why he asked Harrellson to take down his Twitter account.

Please don't fault Josh. He's never dealt w/ how to handle success. I promoted him to the 1st team & told the team to applaud his effort.

I'm looking for consistency in practice, scrimmages & games. He won't be tweeting until he's responsible enough to handle success & failure. 

Never dealt with handling success? Ouch. Either Calipari's simply trying to keep Harrellson motivated, or that's one heck of a backhanded compliment. 

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