I liked them as well. The Kellan Grady team when healthy was one of the best in the nation and was embarrassing opponents. The end of the thing is not the only thing we should judge a team by.
You know that's just not true. But if you believe your own lies that's up to you. All negative all the time is a choice.
Was just about to post the same.
The end is pretty big factor when looking at teams. They were a fun team, and were probably one of the best teams around this point in the season. But in the end, nothing to show for it. One of those “what if” type of teams.
Agreed. The end is a big factor.
Fair. I’m not a title or bust guy anymore, but I do look at three things when looking back on past UK teams: did they win SEC regular season, win SECT, or make a FF?
Just swap Reeves in for Grady and we probably win it all.
It's not true? We've had some very good UK teams in the last 8 years, but few of them were really good by UK's old standards that seem to be fading away.
That is definitely a more reasonable evaluation system than the national championship or it's a complete failure crowd, of which there seem to be a lot.
Maybe you are being intentionally negative (my bet) or you just don't remember the 21-22 team before injuries derailed them
I think that's true, but I think it can also be misleading and certainly not a death sentence. This team is atypical in a lot of ways.
Crazy thing is that team was ranked 5th in the nation going into the SEC Tournament...but something just felt off.
Along with nagging injuries, I believe the Sharpe fiasco was a distraction and drain on the team .
Of course. But I'm not one who judges whether we had a great team or not by whether they win a championship. I've said over and over it's how the program is being run that I focus on. It hasn't been run like the gold standard that our coach proclaimed for a long time.
I have plenty of positive posts. Maybe you just choose to reply to the negative ones.
The Covid team was one of the hottest teams in the country and was about to get a 2 seed. Don’t over react. They could have made a big run
The 2019 team that lost in elite 8 to Auburn had a shot to win it all as well. That's 3 years of the past 7 we had a team who could have won it all. Even the team that lost to St Peter's was a top 10 team and under the right circumstances could have made a deep run.
The realistic goal should be to have a team that COULD win the national championship. It's extremely hard to win it all, as we know. In the Cal era, we've had a team in the legitimate championship conversation in 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, 22, and now 24. That's 10/15 years. Three of those non-championship caliber teams were a 4 seed, a 5 seed, and a 6 seed. I'd say that's a pretty good run over the past 15 years. Is it time to win another title? Certainly. And we might just have that type of season this year.
Feeling good is all relative. I’ve felt good several times about my sports teams. Some folks have not felt good since 1996.
Teams get seeded on nerd numbers.
I actually agree. We have legit chance of a championship this year. I think our D will improve greatly with Z and Thiero returning.
What the hell was going on with Hagans though? I left for a Caribbean cruise and everything was great, except for a few cases of Covid out west …….when I got back some people were saying Hagans had quit or been kicked off the team and the whole country had gone to shit ! Seemed like I stepped out of a time machine!
Don't let one single stat discourage you. Every team is different. Every season is different. There are no standout dominant teams this year. We are actually Tier Two right now and we don't have all our guys healthy. There's a long season ahead.
And you realize that Cal has VASTLY underachieved considering the amount of talent (that he recruited) he's had here, correct?
