Once a Cat Always a Cat?
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Kyle W is a Wildcat. He played on a NC team and left from what I heard at least, when Cal "advised" him to. Hardly the same circumstances as exist today
I'm mixed on this.
To me it sort of matters what the player thinks.
You go to school at UK .....even for 1 year and go to the NBA........you're a Wildcat. Period. John Wall, Anthony Davis.....Wildcats.
Transfers are a bit meh to me. Wiltjer? Yes. He always spoke highly of UK even when going to Gonzaga.
The guys that are just following Cal to Arkansas? No. Not really, They had no loyalty to the school so I have none towards them.
To me it sort of matters what the player thinks.
You go to school at UK .....even for 1 year and go to the NBA........you're a Wildcat. Period. John Wall, Anthony Davis.....Wildcats.
Transfers are a bit meh to me. Wiltjer? Yes. He always spoke highly of UK even when going to Gonzaga.
The guys that are just following Cal to Arkansas? No. Not really, They had no loyalty to the school so I have none towards them.
Horrible description of Adou. Absolutely can hop out of the gym and not timid at all.
I never subscribed to that thinking. Transfer outā¦youāre out .Does this same sentiment apply to last seasonās kids that will now be donning a Razorback uni IYO?
Id say AD was part of an ok team. I know you are thinking of Kat and DBook as well.
Guys who quit mid season, transfer mid season, or suit up and never play are not wildcats imo. Everybody else is. They didnāt leave UK to go to U of L, Duke, KU, or UNC so Iām not really upset they followed the guy they wanted to coach them. I got bigger fish to fry then being bitter towards a bunch young adults following their coach (most of them anyway).
They didnāt transfer out because they hate UK and so I wish them well except when they play us. I also donāt hold any ill will towards Cal. I said if he had the grace to leave without making us pay that buyout then I would be ok with him coming back to Rupp and possibly having a banner hung up for his title. Heās not my favorite UK coach of all time but he really could have screwed us if he wanted.
They didnāt transfer out because they hate UK and so I wish them well except when they play us. I also donāt hold any ill will towards Cal. I said if he had the grace to leave without making us pay that buyout then I would be ok with him coming back to Rupp and possibly having a banner hung up for his title. Heās not my favorite UK coach of all time but he really could have screwed us if he wanted.
The fact he followed cal which clearly doesnāt suit his game either would shoot that reasoning out of the water. Popes system which creates many driving lanes would have fitted Adou extremely well. Popes system also tailor made for Z, and 10 times better for him than cals, yet he goes too. Both lost cat status in my book.
Enough with the Asinine fake fan comments. Just because you feel that players that turned on Kentucky and went elsewhere are still considered wildcats doesn't mean that anyone who doesn't agree is a fake fan. Those players were not here for Kentucky, or to be a Wildcat. If you want to consider them a cat, you do that, but if anyone is a fake fan in this scenario, you should probably look in the mirror. You can be a fan and not agree with you; and you can be a fan and not agree with me.
Other than while a kid, I don't know that I've ever bought into the notion that a person becomes something along the lines of a semi-hero ("always a Cat") due to the mere fact they once were on the basketball roster at UK. Is Marvin Stone always a Cat? Is Dwight Anderson always a Cat? Tom Payne played out of his mind while he was on the roster? Todd May? Chuck Aleksinas was on the 1978 national championship team? Ballenger? Ziegler? Rodrick Rhodes? Is Michael Bradley always a Cat? Legion? Sharpe? Kemp never played a minute for UK but was something else in the NBA? Will DJ Wagner always be a Cat? Big Z?
To each their own, but to me the "always a Cat" mantra is sort of silly.
To each their own, but to me the "always a Cat" mantra is sort of silly.
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