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Can't stand early recruiting news

Ferguson decommits. OK, good luck to the young man. But, he tweeted something positive just 2 days ago! What happened? Frankly, I don't care. So tired of prima donna HS (and portal) kids not living up to their commitment and acting like wherever they choose to play is slated for CFP playoffs from Day 1. Get over yourself. Every single player relies on the other 10 to do their job on every play. Otherwise, the play will be wholly unsuccessful and, with enough unsuccessful plays, the whole team will lose. Absolutely no guarantees that the highest rated 5* HS kid will be anything at the next level. Could be injury, lack of discipline, quit developing, bad scheme for the skillset and any number of other factors that might arise. All this 'will he, won't he' stuff is exhausting. And, it doesn't stop at recruiting HS players as we all know. It's also at the end of the season for current players and their decision to transfer or not. Just tired of the whole mess. Getting pretty fed up with the CFB scene and how it's barely different from the NFL except the level of play is much worse.

Sorry for the rant. If UK were 7-2, I'd almost assuredly feel differently. But, the constant flux of who's in/who's out distracts from the beauty of the sport and its traditions.

Don't look now, but Arkansas is averaging 69 ppg through their first three games.

And two of those opponents have included Lipscomb and Troy.

In all seriousness, I think they've got some real issues. Thiero, Knox, and Richmond are redundant players. Fland, Wagner, and Davis are ball-dominant redundant players. Most of these guys can't shoot to save their lives.

I really wish Big Z had stayed with Pope. He looked good last night and would have been perfect for Pope's system.
They look terrible, if Davis gives them 8 a game they will lose 10 games. Z made a huge mistake. He would have thrived here. He could shoot 10 a game if he wanted too. Imagine having him to pull centers out with Carr in the post. We would have 5 out when we wanted.

Don't look now, but Arkansas is averaging 69 ppg through their first three games.

I actually like Arkansas fans and always respected their basketball program

I thought / assumed Cal would rediscover passion and a drive once he had new surroundings but --- he may actually be regressing?

I genuinely feel bad for what's unfolding before them
Having drive doesn’t make up for his stubbornness and lack of coaching talent.

Don't look now, but Arkansas is averaging 69 ppg through their first three games.

I thought / assumed Cal would rediscover passion and a drive once he had new surroundings but --- he may actually be regressing?

Never understood or agreed with this line of thinking. If the man wasn’t driven to coach at Kentucky, with all the resources, support, tradition, and passion for basketball that we have, why the hell would going to a second rate program out in BFE motivate him?

Cal’s in it for the $ and the draft picks. He has admitted it himself, very plainly, several times… as have some of his former players. The man has no desire to actually work anymore. I found it absolutely hilarious the other day when they got a commitment from the latest 5-star kid (can’t remember his name) and the kid said something like “coach Cal holds himself accountable and his players accountable.” I got a great big belly laugh out of that. These kids and their parents or handlers will convince themselves of anything when they see those dollar signs.

Pope pays attention to every detail

I just hope coaching at Kentucky is his ultimate ambition. We could be on the cusp of another Rupp type era. Never know how things could shake out but love the foundation he’s building.
Well Mark is 52, so I don't think we will be getting 41 years of coaching out of him, but if he wants to coach into his 70's and give us 20 years or so, as long has he can maintain the success, who am I to complain?

Don't look now, but Arkansas is averaging 69 ppg through their first three games.

I think they need to go with Big Z as the central piece of their offense. He's way too talented to relegate to a supplemental role. Run the offense through him.

It was a mistake for Cal to take DJ with him. Now he's going to feel obligated to play him 30 minutes/game. Plus, DJ cost them positionally when they could have added a legit shooter.

Fland and Davis need to be out there together for 30 to 32 minutes/game.
It’s great that cow took DJ as then he can’t be playing here.

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Love fried turkey. I've got about the biggest fryer you can get. Bad thing is....price of oil (especially peanut) is thru the roof, and if you like turkey for a Winter holiday, etc it's a real pain cleaning it up outside while it's 30 degrees or less.
So I basically use the fryer now for boiled corn at a big Summer cookout of for Low Country Boils.
I agree that while delicious it's very expensive to deep fry a turkey with the prices of a jug of peanut oil being $50 or so at Wal Mart.

Don't look now, but Arkansas is averaging 69 ppg through their first three games.

Thiero, Knox, and Richmond are redundant players

Cal will recruit every position redundantly. Recruit size and athleticism, put a positionless basketball postage stamp on it, and then mark it guaranteed to suck at having any actual basketball skills. Athleticism is not a basketball skill.
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