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The light bulbs are finally turning on.

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St.PatterSoN-54- said:
Fair- although for all his shortcomings, I don't think that Cal ever did anything to intentionally sabotage or hurt the program. I think he was just a terrible in-game coach that made some incredibly bad decisions. That, and his blind loyalty to certain players hamstrung our productivity most games.
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IDK, he knew what he was doing when he decided to go all in on players-first, knowing he didn't have the players to do it.

In addition, he did it for many years and he told UK fans to pipe down even after his player-first crap caused the 9-16 season with some awful losses.

Then, the loss to Saint Peters wasn't enough, he doubled down last year and put 2 players ahead of the team and program. He lost 10 games because he refused to play his best lineup, then he put the exclamation point on it by losing to Oakland.

That's not even bringing up the Shaedon Sharpe BS that never should have happened here.

He allowed KU to catch us in all time wins, he racked up an embarrassing amount of losses to mid-major teams, his record against ranked teams since the 16/17 season ended, is really bad and his records in the champions classic, SECT and NCAAT the last 6 years are awful.

He had so many chances to right the ship, but he stayed the course on his player-first crap and hoped the wins would take care of itself. To me, it's intentional when you refuse to change when given so many chances to do so.
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Mark pope is figuring out how to get the most out of Brandon Garrison

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IL Wildcat said:
Yep, I posted earlier in another thread that Garrison has been much better than I expected. I even mentioned to my son that he was a weak spot as the back-up center. But I've changed my tune on him. He's still learning, of course, but he plays with energy and is a smart offensive player. He's around the ball, he's cutting to the basket, he's making plays for others. And he has a good looking shot, just needs confidence. He's got range out to the 3, which he nearly showed against Duke (just had a toe on the line).
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Yeah, he clearly has range out to the 3pt line as he has shot 2-3 in the paint with the same power to do so... 🤣

Seriously, though, he has a good looking stroke from the FT line and from the 3pt line. His touch in the lane still needs a little work though.
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Arkansas…

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Hogs1988 said:
Ecstatic. The defense is elite. No idea on the offense because we are dealing with an incredible amount of injuries that, IMO, they're holding back on purpose. The next three games are basically who Kentucky has played - sans Duke. My assumption is 1 of 2 things happen: 1) either the inefficiency continues because they're still letting Aidoo/Brazile/Davis get healthy or 2) things really take off because guys are healthy and the quality of the opponent dips tremendously.

Listen, you guys had a great win. No one will argue that. Game of the night, center stage, and you won.

But, Duke was 1/9 on wide open threes in the second half, their best defender got hurt, and a team already dealing with C depth had their C either get hurt or so gassed he had to keep getting subbed out. That backup C for them was God awful. And they had the ball tied with :20 left and shit the bed three times in a row.

I know you guys think what happened to Jaxson is an aberration; but, I can tell you after watching this guy for 4 years now - that's the normal when he plays anyone with athleticism.

I think a team like Arkansas - elite defense in the backcourt - will give you guys fits. Additionally on defense, any time Duke wanted it, all they had to do was post up Jaxson, Brea, Kerr, whomever and go at them defensively. Williams, Butler, and Garrison are elite defenders. But they're awful on offense. Put, Williams/Garrison in a ball screen with your post and secondary ball-handler. The pick and pop will be open 24/7. If Butler hedges on the elbow, kick to the corner three which - because Butler had to run at the pop - should be wide open. Duke didn't have a C who could shoot a ball over 2 feet which was a big plus for Kentucky. If Duke was smart - part of this is on Scheyer; he got schooled by Pope - they should have gone Flagg at the 5 and forced Williams/Garrison onto an island.

One big thing I came away impressed with was Carr. He played very well not only on offense but on defense as well vs Flagg. Yeah, Flagg got his own, but he was never able to really get into a groove and take over.

As always, worst of luck to you all, :)
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It’s been 30 years since Arkansas fans had anything to cheer about, so enjoy this moment before things go south.
But, you’re still rusty at analyzing good basketball. Kentucky’s defensive backcourt is much better than Arkansas’.
Keep on posting on Kentucky’s page, we’ll all get a big laugh out of you when the inevitable flameout happens.
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Arkansas…

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Hogs1988 said:
Not inefficient on purpose. Inefficient because of variables outside of any one person's control: injuries. So instead of rushing players back, you're not playing Aidoo, Davis isn't on ball, and you sit guys like Brazile the second half of games.

My assumption is neither Brazile or Aidoo play tonight. Get them healthy; they're not needed against this team.

Maybe the biggest frustration so far is what appears to be poor understanding of guys health. We've got 13 scholarship guys on the team and 6 are injured: Aidoo, Davis, Brazile, Blake, Sanchez, Chavis. Word was they had to bring on managers to even get a practice in the last few weeks of the summer. Not sure if there was a, "let them fight through it," mentality. But that has not helped things.
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It took you guys a late 14-1 run to pull away from Lipscomb. Troy gave you all they could handle for much of the game. Cal lost to Oakland last season, and St. Peters two seasons prior to that. He lost to UNC-Wilmington last season. I get it, you're an inexperienced Cal supporter, but you will learn "they're not needed against this team" is something you might want to be cautious of saying when it comes to a Cal coached team.
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"Would you like to buy a piece of Alex Jones?"

hmt5000
https://x.com/AJNlive

Just saw this pop up on X. AJ already has almost 270k followers on his new channel. This is why I don't get why you are so gung ho on trying to "shut him down"? With the internet and an Iphone he can do his show from a basement. Without the government forcing censorship you can't stop him from talking and people who want to listen to him will still listen.
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