He’s “dunking during warmups”, you tell me! The guy NEVER had a back injury preventing him from playing this long! I’d have done the same with Edwards playing before me by default!
“I’m not sure why he isn’t playing.”
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I don't know why you chose to take Cal's statement here as absolute fact, but then say everything he says is a lie. People on this board use language like "Cal basically clarified" that Thiero can play. Then the next poster says, see, Cal confirmed that he can play. Cal said he looks like he could play, but he says he can't. That's it. So many of our fans make it to where Cal has no opportunity to be correct. All three bigs will never play here and we can't win without them....then they do play. Once they do, Cal is overusing the bigs. Let the medical staff deal with injuries, and once he is cleared to play, complain about his playing time then. Until then, it is conspiracy bs. Just like Bradshaw doesn't want to play was conspiracy bs.
If that is what is really happening, to hell with him. If he doesn't want to be a team player, sit.
Has he been practicing? I know he was in the shoot around, but haven't heard that he was practicing before the USCjr. game.
Reports are that he was at practice this week, and according to Cal. Now under what capacity, I don't know.
But in the other thread on this I details a few other NBA players who had acute back spasms, and they only missed a week or so of games. I can't say I've ever seen a player not play for over a month due to back spasms. If a player is out for this long with back problems, they usually will find out its something more severe. Just going on what I know from watching the NBA and more importantly, following players due to fantasy purposes. Silly as that last part sounds, you become REAL invested in players being available or not on a nightly basis.
Again. "It seems that Thiero has actually been able to play for more than a week." Where are you getting this? Everything you say starts with "it seems" or "basically" or "obviously" but you never acknowledge where you are getting information.
why? players are day to day all the time in every sport. Sometimes they play the next day, sometimes they are out longer. It literally means let's see how he is tomorrow.
Again. It's speculation. 99.9% of what's on here is speculation, including from you. Let people voice their opinions. No one here owes you anything.
I don't want to imagine Sutton
too late, now I'll have that perm whitefro burned into my mind all day
He said something similar to that, in a postgame. He said that Edwards needs to learn how to prepare for games better. He did allude to him not putting time in the gym.
If you take Cal at his word regarding Thiero and Edwards(yeah I know that is a giant leap of faith) then as per usual this team has a problem. It stands to reason that other players are taking sides on the Edwards/Thiero issue.
We looked like a different team Tuesday night. We got out played, out hustled, manhandled and out coached. The team got embarrassed. Two questions come to mind. Do they know they got embarrassed? Do they care that they got embarrassed?
The board has beat this Tuesday night horse to death. There isn't much left to say. Tomorrow is a new game, do we see the same old same old or do we see something different?
We looked like a different team Tuesday night. We got out played, out hustled, manhandled and out coached. The team got embarrassed. Two questions come to mind. Do they know they got embarrassed? Do they care that they got embarrassed?
The board has beat this Tuesday night horse to death. There isn't much left to say. Tomorrow is a new game, do we see the same old same old or do we see something different?
Anyone heard a rumor that Thiero is having an academic issue that has caused him not to play. I am NOT stating this as fact,it's just something somebody close to program I know implied
I've only heard it because it's been posted here as nothing but pure speculation.
Hasn't played since the UL game which was last semester. He took a hard fall in that game that looked bad. There is room for speculation either way. Cal and UK's non transparent history on both fronts could cut either way as well. Cal's recent comments only serve to cloud the issue and provide fodder for the board
IF ….that were true , it changes Cals comments from being vague and confusing to just out and out blatant lies . Personally, I don’t think it has anything to do with academics .
Cal is the master of distraction.
His team just played the absolute worst game of the year and he has fans focused on what is going on with Thiero.
He knows what he is doing, and he is very good at getting the spotlight off certain players AND his coaching issues.
If you will pay attention, when these things happen, there are always "rumors" that get started from someone, somewhere, that creates chaos and uncertainty around what is the truth.
Sound familiar? Yeah. He is that guy.
So true, the guy thinks he can walk on water.
How funny he asks about thiero but never about Bradshaw, ugo or many others.
Wouldn't that be something to see?
Teams would once again fear uk
Been following uk for over 55 years, probably longer than you've been around. Always been a fan of uk and the coaches, but this clown of a coach that you drool over has basically ruined the uk tradition. But you keep on with your undying admiration for the double talking used car salesman
Those of us that have seen the real uk tradition and seen uk under real coaches just can't accept the double talk from this wanna be coach, and his cult followers
There have conspiracy theories since the days of Eddie Sutton. Tubby days were loaded with conspiracy theories.
The difference from back then and now? THE INTERNET. Social media. Bunch of blathering and misinformation flying at the speed of light.
I have been a fan for a little longer than you. I have been a fan during every coaching era starting with Rupp. I supported every coach except for 2 and I have always supported the team. You cant out fan me. I don't drool over anyone as you suggested. Also, I do not publicly downgrade players and , for the most part, the coaches. While I have negative opinions about some of the things Cal does or, does not do during a game, I think he is a good coach. I agree that he can come across as a used car salesman. He is also a bit of a fraud but, to be honest, I do not know of a successful coach that isnt a bit of both of those things.
Really? You are suggesting he is faking a back injury because he is not starting? That would be a serious loser mentality and a cancer in need of removal. Furthermore you advocate for such behavior in this hypothetical scenario.
to me the bigger issue in all of this is Cal throwing shade on Thiero in the press.
To do that publicly, Cal is trying to pressure someone - who that is, I don't know.
its not good for Thiero and doesn't seem very "players first" to me.
my bet is now on Thiero being the guy that transfers to play for another team next season
To do that publicly, Cal is trying to pressure someone - who that is, I don't know.
its not good for Thiero and doesn't seem very "players first" to me.
my bet is now on Thiero being the guy that transfers to play for another team next season
why would Cal be making statements to the press about his health if it were grades?
OK so.. what happened here?
Either Cal flat out lied in his presser. Or, used that presser to light a bit of a fire under Adou.
It does seem weird that back spasms kept a player out for almost 6 weeks, while he was jumping around 2 weeks ago, and seemingly had no issues today.
Then again, I don't know what to believe.
Either Cal flat out lied in his presser. Or, used that presser to light a bit of a fire under Adou.
It does seem weird that back spasms kept a player out for almost 6 weeks, while he was jumping around 2 weeks ago, and seemingly had no issues today.
Then again, I don't know what to believe.
