Anonymous poll - Booing Cal?

[docholiday51]

If we have a decent lead at the under 4 timeout I would like to hear GO BIG BLUE till the final horn

 

[CatDadCoog]

Why are yall so worried about how espn is gonna spin it? The people actually watching on ESPN would be sitting in their easy chairs all like “Dammm look at that place on fire like that… wish my school had that”.

 

[CatDadCoog]

ESPN will shade in the worst way possible(from a UK standpoint) no matter what the crowd does. If it could be pulled off silence would be the best possible outcome. For those who attend regularly what is the reaction when any other opposing coach is introduced?

Typical reaction is “he sucks too”.

 

[docholiday51]

Why are yall so worried about how espn is gonna spin it? The people actually watching on ESPN would be sitting in their easy chairs all like “Dammm look at that place on fire like that… wish my school had that”.

Not worried about it, just pointing out the reality of ESPN

 

[Ripcord65]

Complete silence.

This is what I would have voted for, if this option had been one of the choices.

 

[cat tat2]

I’ll be indifferent and quiet, not wasting energy on him. I’m focused on Kentucky. GO BIG BLUE!

 

[Hopmix]

Booing as loudly as I can. He held this program hostage for a long time for his own agenda. Maybe one day I’ll be slightly open to accepting him, sort of like Pitino, but he has earned my disdain for now.

Kentucky was completely irrelevant. The program was left for dead. No one wanted to play here. Florida was a better destination for recruits than Kentucky. Wtf. Then have a coach come in and immediately turn it into a top 10 program. Bring a stable of talent with him. To the point that espn was airing a scrimmage. Which at that time was unheard of. A coach that brought a title for the first time in over a decade. Crushed our in state rival so hard they had to tear the program to the ground and start over. Beat Indiana in an elite 8 and Louisville on the way to a title. Took the program to multiple final fours, gave us prolly
The best team to ever be assembled on a college court despite losing to the badgers, and even when they sucked… they still had every game televised and always had media coverage. Most programs would give a coach like that a statue outside the arena. And yall are so petty you can’t even muster the gratitude to clap for the dude? It’s embarrassing honestly. Once a cat always a cat imo. Coach deserves his roses. He didn’t need to leave Kentucky. He did what was right for the program and allowed fans to breathe some fresh air. He could have held Kentucky hostage for another 3 years before it would have made sense to fire him. But have fun booing from your living room.

 

[Steeleheart]

Coach Pitino made a good point. Cal saved us a lot of money.

I'll cheer to that.

And I'll cheer to coach Pope.

 

[Mdnerd]

Kentucky was completely irrelevant. The program was left for dead. No one wanted to play here. Florida was a better destination for recruits than Kentucky. Wtf. Then have a coach come in and immediately turn it into a top 10 program. Bring a stable of talent with him. To the point that espn was airing a scrimmage. Which at that time was unheard of. A coach that brought a title for the first time in over a decade. Crushed our in state rival so hard they had to tear the program to the ground and start over. Beat Indiana in an elite 8 and Louisville on the way to a title. Took the program to multiple final fours, gave us prolly
The best team to ever be assembled on a college court despite losing to the badgers, and even when they sucked… they still had every game televised and always had media coverage. Most programs would give a coach like that a statue outside the arena. And yall are so petty you can’t even muster the gratitude to clap for the dude? It’s embarrassing honestly. Once a cat always a cat imo. Coach deserves his roses. He didn’t need to leave Kentucky. He did what was right for the program and allowed fans to breathe some fresh air. He could have held Kentucky hostage for another 3 years before it would have made sense to fire him. But have fun booing from your living room.

3 more years??? Are you kidding me??? That’s the kind of thing you say about a coach trying to win and just not being able to anymore. Cal prioritized player achievement over program achievement. He allowed a player to come and never even play. Last season he almost never played his best 5 due to the fact it would keep his burger boys on the bench.

I won’t argue his first 5 years were amazing in every way, but he stopped caring about winning after that. He used this program as a vessel to carry out his own personal agenda, which had ZERO to do with winning. He also despised the fans the last 7 years.

You say he needed 3 more years to deserve to be fired while I strongly believe we waited 3 years too long to push him out.

 

[blackcat714]

Kentucky was completely irrelevant. The program was left for dead. No one wanted to play here. Florida was a better destination for recruits than Kentucky. Wtf. Then have a coach come in and immediately turn it into a top 10 program. Bring a stable of talent with him. To the point that espn was airing a scrimmage. Which at that time was unheard of. A coach that brought a title for the first time in over a decade. Crushed our in state rival so hard they had to tear the program to the ground and start over. Beat Indiana in an elite 8 and Louisville on the way to a title. Took the program to multiple final fours, gave us prolly
The best team to ever be assembled on a college court despite losing to the badgers, and even when they sucked… they still had every game televised and always had media coverage. Most programs would give a coach like that a statue outside the arena. And yall are so petty you can’t even muster the gratitude to clap for the dude? It’s embarrassing honestly. Once a cat always a cat imo. Coach deserves his roses. He didn’t need to leave Kentucky. He did what was right for the program and allowed fans to breathe some fresh air. He could have held Kentucky hostage for another 3 years before it would have made sense to fire him. But have fun booing from your living room.

Clapping for Cal is too much like rooting against KY for me.

 

[Wildcats1st]

They should bring in billy G to do the Y tomorrow night

 

[UKAlum84]

I know rick says we should respect Cal and not boo....... Im wondering if this is a dream but did Rick do something gesture wise that was negative against UK fans?

Im of the opinion that booing looks bad if we end up losing the game to Arkansas.

Just try to stay calm as a fan base and be happy we got Mark Pope coaching now.

 

[fastpaste101]

Maybe cal's reception should mirror his performance here: 6 second of wild excitement followed by a sputter then a crash into apathy.

 

[UKAlum84]

The apathy became something I experienced before the beginning of the seasons...... It's like we knew something was wrong with the program but could not do anything about it. till now.

 

[Soupbean]

How about we avoid the subject of booing all together and throw the media off with something a completely different reaction like this . . .

 

[JPFisher]

I think it's probably too much to ask for Kentucky fans to cheer for Cal after the way he acted towards the fanbase and the nosedive he sent the program into.

I also don't think that outweighs the amazing success Cal had at the beginning of his tenure, so I personally wouldn't boo him either. I'd probably just stand and jokingly "rah rah" to myself when he came out onto the floor. Nothing more, nothing less.

 

[kywildcat41035]

So, we've read the threads, so sorry to add another. But, I wanted an actual poll to see where people stand. Personally, I think this is much to do about nothing, and BBN wouldn't have booed Cal anyway. So what say you, BBN?...

I hate the guy glad he's gone I put boo on your poll my option wasn't there I actually wouldn't even acknowledge him when they introduce him. I'm going to boo for Arkansas just like I do any other team we play!

 

[kywildcat41035]

They should bring in billy G to do the Y tomorrow night

It would be even better if we could get Pitino to do it!

 

[WallMashKyBall]

This is real interesting poll. I would have thought the boo faction was well over 50% based on how butt hurt they still are and how many posts they make on here, which seems to drown out everyone else. But they are only a 21% minority.

 

[storm1507]

I'll be watching from home. If I can find an old newspaper around here I may open it up and read a few lines while he's being introduced on TV (you know they're going to show it).

 

[Skyguyb27]

This is real interesting poll. I would have thought the boo faction was well over 50% based on how butt hurt they still are and how many posts they make on here, which seems to drown out everyone else. But they are only a 21% minority.

I’m not surprised there are still a lot of you Cal nut huggers around secretly.

 

[Skyguyb27]

I'll be watching from home. If I can find an old newspaper around here I may open it up and read a few lines while he's being introduced on TV (you know they're going to show it).

In a few years the younger generation is gonna be asking what a newspaper is. Can’t replace the feel in your hands.

 

[83Cat]

So, we've read the threads, so sorry to add another. But, I wanted an actual poll to see where people stand. Personally, I think this is much to do about nothing, and BBN wouldn't have booed Cal anyway. So what say you, BBN?...

I won't boo. I'l cheer ( whatever that is for a 64 year old man), and think about how excited I was in New Orleans for the 2012 Championship and when we spent days watching THE DOOR, waiting for his arrival. Fun times. I don't dwell on negative things. I look to better days, like that last game at UT!!!! I am loving what Pope is doing and will cheer 5 times as loud for him. Go Big Blue!!!!

 

[Skyguyb27]

For those thinking Boo is such an improper thing to do at a sporting event, how do you decide it’s ok to be the player shooting free throw, yelling vulgar things to refs and not boo a coach? Where’s the line? Seems like a lot of BS standards of good manners in here for a sporting event. One is paid millions and the other is 18 (who some now are paid millions to).

I’d like to take a step deeper in the poll if we could and see the age brackets as well.

 

[storm1507]

In a few years the younger generation is gonna be asking what a newspaper is. Can’t replace the feel in your hands.

I know there was more than one team's fans that did this when the opponents were introduced but there was at least one that did it all the time. I can't remember which one. When I typed that comment I was thinking younger people would think I'm crazy and not have a clue what I was referencing.