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    (potential) returning players

    I was very interested in this part of your post. I take it that you thought that Reed and Rob evidenced a particular respect for each-other's game and a particular enjoyment of playing together. I certainly felt that that was the case. And the possibility that they might "run it back...
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    From Pilgrim on KSR board

    Respectfully ... I don't think the Sunshine Pumpers make up half of the fan base. The Sunshine Pumpers will swallow it all for sure, though - hook, line, and sinker.
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    Unpopular Opinion

    This is a GREAT post ! ! !
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    Reeves tweet

    Ditto this, Antonio ! I'm already looking forward to following your career as a pro, and I wish you all the best !
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    Guys it’s time to move on from this and come together

    Yes, Aike. So much so that late last week I went back to the dictionary just to make sure I was correctly recalling the definition of "a polllyana". My recollection was correct and, of course, that metaphor fits the Legion of Sunshine Pumpers to a "T".
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    Looks like Cal is back, so I’m out.

    I doubt that there's anyone who's been on this board for 3 years or more who doesn't know how I feel about CCC. Unfortunately, CCC has robbed me - and I suspect some of you - of the excitement that I used to feel anticipating Big Blue b'ball on TV. I'll continue to watch the games, until they...
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    Kentucky fans DESERVE at least an Elite Eight on average every other year and a Final Four every three or four years...

    Respectfully, WV W ... In 2009-10, CCC couldn't make the Final Four with John Wall, Boogie Cousins, and Eric Bledsoe. In 2012-13, we already had six losses before Nerlens Noel tore his ACL on February 12, 2013 at Florida. We went on to lose that game to Florida and five more games that season...
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    I never thought I would see the day when being mediocre in BB at Kentucky would be tolerated...

    I fully agree, both with the title of this thread and with your post, Uncle Adolph. The present state of the formerly preeminent U.K. basketball program is nothing short of unbelievable ! ! ! CCC is the personification of contentment among the mediocre ! As you said ... sad, indeed !
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    Reed offered $1 million NIL deal for next season…..

    I don't think that's the only part of the whole thing that Reed will be thinking about. I don't know what happened during halftime of the Texas A&M game in the SEC Tournament, but some have suggested that something happened that adversely affected Calipari's relationship with Reed. He...
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    I blame many of you for this situation.

    Thanks for this great thread, Dr. H ... but, while we're at it ... let's not forget that the checkerboards won TWO Kentucky Derbys. You will recall, I'm sure, that Riva Ridge, the 1972 winner of the Derby (and the Belmont) also carried the blue-and-white checkerboard colors of the Chenerys'...
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    One thing holding Mitch back says Pilgrim

    That's absolutely the right list ! ! !
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    1st Four Calls If Cal Leaves/Fired

    I don't disagree about Donovan, Wright, and Hurley. But I totally agree with your suggestion about Shaka. Texas basketball doesn't have the same vibe that Shaka brings to the game. I think he'd be great for U.K., and he's only 46 years old. Give Shaka 20 years at U.K. and we'll have 5 to 8...
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    Update on Cal from MJ

    THIS ! If we have to have a Drew, I'd rather have Scott's younger brother, Bryce - now the coach at Grand Canyon.
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    Where does Cal rank among UK coaches now?

    If we're leaving out personal stuff, and just considering their respective capabilities as a college basketball coach, then the list is: 1 - Pitino 2 - Sutton 3 - Rupp T4 - Hall T4 - Tubby T6 - CCC T6 - BCG
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    Cooler heads need to prevail.

    This poster just signed up under this handle today. Probably one of the "Yea, Cal" Sunshine Pumpers that we've all seen on this board for a few years now ... just lost the nerve to sign in with the old handle.
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    James Madison has no chance

    Touche', OP ! :cool:
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    James Madison has no chance

    That's what everybody said about George Mason U. in 2006 !
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    I have a very bad feeling we’re about to enter a BBN civil war.

    No, not nearly the same ! And the reason is, I'm sure, that Tubby was not a delusional egomaniac. He didn't throw the players under the bus, and for the most part didn't try to make excuses when the program had unquestionably eroded. Tubby simply found another job at Minnesota, and left...
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    Mark Few has to go into the top 3 candidates to replace cal

    I'm not sure that Few wouldn't be interested. The unusual thing about the UK job at this point is that the fan base hates the incumbent. The successor will, IMHO, get a long honeymoon period ... and it seems to me an rational aspirant to the position would see that as an added attraction to an...
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    Cowherd goes straight RUPPS RAFTERS on Cal

    Thanks for this post, SF. There is no better literary comparison to John Calipari than the Hans Christian Andersen folk-tale to which you refer. The emperor indeed has no clothes ! ! ! He stands naked before the world, yet he can't - or won't - acknowledge it. So, BBN has played the role of...
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