“Midtucky” per Ant Wright

[CarolinaCatsFan]

Guess Pope will have to prove a lot of the national doubters wrong.

I’ll be honest — I have NO idea how UK will be next year — but it was 100% time for a change
… and something like what Pope is building is where we had to go.

No excuses — because it’s KENTUCKY — but, to build this staff and roster in 2.5 weeks (with hopefully still a surprise commit to come) is still pretty damn impressive.

 

[UK-chulo]

Who?

 

[University-6]

I told Kerr about this tweet. His response was...

 

[MidseasonTweak]

Sounds like a moron. Can't even properly project the starting line up.

 

[BassProCat]

Sounds like a moron. Can even properly project the starting line up.

exactly

 

[wildcatcorner]

Who?

Seriously. Is this someone we should know?

 

[J-Ryan]

That will not be the starting lineup and also doesn’t include whoever else we add…meaningless…but..even still…I’ll take my chances after getting punked by St. Peter’s and Oakland with a squad full of studs

 

[CarolinaCatsFan]

That will not be the starting lineup and also doesn’t include whoever else we add…meaningless…but..even still…I’ll take my chances after getting punked by St. Peter’s and Oakland with a squad full of studs

Same

 

[Cole World]

 

[LXWildcat]

This guy played at Michigan and averaged 4.2pts lmao 🤣

 

[MbergCat]

Who?

 

[BGCATFAN2012]

I'm just glad he's filled the roster so quick. He went right to work and knows the assignment. I have no idea how good the players are but Mark will form a solid team and chemistry hopefully develops fast.

 

[kybloo92]

If I have to google who you are and still don't know. Your opinion is irrelevant.

 

[dave5164]

We are at 9 players right now and I am sure Pope would want to get to 11 or 12 players for next season. We know he wants Jaxson Robinson and probably another strong point guard. We have some good shooters with Brea shooting almost 50% from 3, Kriisa shot 42% from 3 last season at WVU, Oweh shot 38% from 3 at OU last season, Andrew Carr shot 38% from 3 last season at Wake Forest and 2 years ago shot 40% from 3, and Chandler and Perry both are outstanding shooters. If we can get Robinson and another point guard and be at 11 or 12 players this team will surprise alot of fans next season!

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

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Guess Pope will have to prove a lot of the national doubters wrong.

I’ll be honest — I have NO idea how UK will be next year — but it was 100% time for a change
… and something like what Pope is building is where we had to go.

No excuses — because it’s KENTUCKY — but, to build this staff and roster in 2.5 weeks (with hopefully still a surprise commit to come) is still pretty damn impressive.

He also last year he though Kentucky wasn’t going to be good and would be a 8-10 seed in the tourney

 

[UKWildcats1987]

Ant man's opinion is about ad valid is anyone's on here.

 

[crawfords corner]

🤣 🤣 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/anthony-wright-1.html 💩🤡 Mid-Wright

 

[kybloo92]

We are at 9 players right now and I am sure Pope would want to get to 11 or 12 players for next season. We know he wants Jaxson Robinson and probably another strong point guard. We have some good shooters with Brea shooting almost 50% from 3, Kriisa shot 42% from 3 last season at WVU, Oweh shot 38% from 3 at OU last season, Andrew Carr shot 38% from 3 last season at Wake Forest and 2 years ago shot 40% from 3, and Chandler and Perry both are outstanding shooters. If we can get Robinson and another point guard and be at 11 or 12 players this team will surprise alot of fans next season!

Peterson and Robinson would solidify it for me. Doubt both happens but feel great about the odds on landing Robinson if he withdraws from the NBA Draft.

 

[CatFanInIlliniLand]

Ant wright? Aunt wright? Ain’t right?

 

[ftp000]

The underlying cynicism of the entire original post annoys me.

 

[KentuckyMildCats]

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Guess Pope will have to prove a lot of the national doubters wrong.

I’ll be honest — I have NO idea how UK will be next year — but it was 100% time for a change
… and something like what Pope is building is where we had to go.

No excuses — because it’s KENTUCKY — but, to build this staff and roster in 2.5 weeks (with hopefully still a surprise commit to come) is still pretty damn impressive.

Should I know who that guy is?

 

[HeartofUlis]

That's what I was thinking with Cals 2013 roster construction, but I was wrong. It couldn't have been any worse when Nerlens went down. Teams win with development, chemistry and experience.

The poster doesn't know anything about them. They expect a bunch of self entitled 5 star freshman big names who don't care about winning anything besides their NBA contracts and now it's worse because we have to foot the bill for them to achieve their dreams while we get a pathetic, uninspired product on the floor. Won't be long with all this nil going out that I start to wonder where the promotions are to garner such deals so enjoy your high prospect millionaire dribblers, I guess.

 

[CarolinaCatsFan]

The underlying cynicism of the entire original post annoys me.

Ok

Wasn’t being cynical. I sat there and said we HAD to go this direction (the last one wasn’t working!) AND it’s super impressive to have this roster construction after 2 weeks!

What’s cynical about merely questioning how good we’ll be?

 

[The_Answer1313]

Wait this dude's name is ........Ant? lol

 

[Fox2monk]

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Guess Pope will have to prove a lot of the national doubters wrong.

I’ll be honest — I have NO idea how UK will be next year — but it was 100% time for a change
… and something like what Pope is building is where we had to go.

No excuses — because it’s KENTUCKY — but, to build this staff and roster in 2.5 weeks (with hopefully still a surprise commit to come) is still pretty damn impressive.

Who is Ant Wright?

 

[kb22stang]

We probably won't be great next year, but Cal's departure gutted the program. Pope is grabbing highly rated transfers and with some coaching we could end up with a competitive team that's fun to watch.

 

[Son_Of_Saul]

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Guess Pope will have to prove a lot of the national doubters wrong.

I’ll be honest — I have NO idea how UK will be next year — but it was 100% time for a change
… and something like what Pope is building is where we had to go.

No excuses — because it’s KENTUCKY — but, to build this staff and roster in 2.5 weeks (with hopefully still a surprise commit to come) is still pretty damn impressive.

Most of us have never heard of you.

And you now show up linking moronic tweets that you don't immediately disregard in your OP.

This is a silly thread, and yes, you look suspect posting it. Between the fact that you thought it a formidable tweet to link, and the fact that you never usually post here.

Those two factors shine a bright light on your intent, and now it's your responsibility to climb out of the hole you've put yourself in.

 

[NociHTTP]

He also last year he though Kentucky wasn’t going to be good and would be a 8-10 seed in the tourney

In the end, we were AWFUL, so he wasn't wrong. We deserved an 8-10 seed (maybe worse) based on how we played when it mattered.

 

[The_Answer1313]

Most of us have never heard of you.

And you now show up linking moronic tweets that you don't immediately disregard in your OP.

This is a silly thread, and yes, you look suspect posting it. Between the fact that you thought it a formidable tweet to link, and the fact that you never usually post here.

Those two factors shine a bright light on your intent, and now it's your responsibility to climb out of the hole you've put yourself in.

OP needs to do better lol

 

[Son_Of_Saul]

Ok

Wasn’t being cynical. I sat there and said we HAD to go this direction (the last one wasn’t working!) AND it’s super impressive to have this roster construction after 2 weeks!

What’s cynical about merely questioning how good we’ll be?

Don't be coy. We've seen plenty of posters like you.

You linked a tweet that dismissed our roster as mediocre. Thereby, you gave it validity.

You won't be getting out of this one so easily. Like I said already, start climbing out of the hole you dug or lose all credibility.

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

In the end, we were AWFUL, so he wasn't wrong. We deserved an 8-10 seed (maybe worse) based on how we played when it mattered.

They weren’t awful, they were poorly coached and couldn’t guard anybody

 

[Cold Stout Beer]

Who?

Some B1G hack.

 

[screwduke1]

I guess we better go ahead and fire Pope and cancel the season. Its over.

 

[Cold Stout Beer]

This is like Bracketology in January.

 

[NociHTTP]

They weren’t awful, they were poorly coached and couldn’t guard anybody

You're missing the point. The result was AWFUL. The players are the ones who made or didn't make shots, or didn't play good defense. This was not 100% on Cal. There were guys on the team who were about to become a cancer if they didn't start. Both bad coaching, poor teammates thinking about the draft instead of the tournament, and certain guys choking under the pressure.

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

You're missing the point. The result was AWFUL. The players are the ones who made or didn't make shots, or didn't play good defense. This was not 100% on Cal. There were guys on the team who were about to become a cancer if they didn't start. Both bad coaching, poor teammates thinking about the draft instead of the tournament, and certain guys choking under the pressure.

Yes but cal also didn’t watch film, didn’t have good game plans, and never adjusted

 

[CarolinaCatsFan]

Most of us have never heard of you.

And you now show up linking moronic tweets that you don't immediately disregard in your OP.

This is a silly thread, and yes, you look suspect posting it. Between the fact that you thought it a formidable tweet to link, and the fact that you never usually post here.

Those two factors shine a bright light on your intent, and now it's your responsibility to climb out of the hole you've put yourself in.

Yes, you’re right — I signed up 10 years ago & have posted 1,200 times for this moment … to just admit I have 0 idea how good we’ll be next season.

I didn’t realize cultish blind optimism of Final 4 expectations with this roster was required to post on this board.

Please, tell me what else is required to deem me “worthy”?

 

[anonymous_2011]

I think Kyle Tucker is pretty close in his assessment from today. On paper if we get Robinson or some other scorer and we're in the upper half of the SEC. 5-11 seed in the tournament, then who knows what happens.

Not bad for a complete roster build in 3 weeks.

 

[BlueBloodKyFan]

🤣 🤣 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/anthony-wright-1.html 💩🤡 Mid-Wright

LMFAO this MF is a CLOWN

 

[HagginHall1999]

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Guess Pope will have to prove a lot of the national doubters wrong.

I’ll be honest — I have NO idea how UK will be next year — but it was 100% time for a change
… and something like what Pope is building is where we had to go.

No excuses — because it’s KENTUCKY — but, to build this staff and roster in 2.5 weeks (with hopefully still a surprise commit to come) is still pretty damn impressive.

Well Aunt Jemima, Ant Man and Aunt May disagree.