Another Hoops player leaving
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I'm honestly tired of MM's act. Maybe it's time for a new direction. I also think the name UK Hoops sounds dumb.
Time for a new coach. This is 100% unacceptable. I don't care what the reasons are for the defections, Mitchell is the one that brought them all here and needs to be held responsible when they start leaving en masse
I was willing to grudgingly accept the issues last fall even though something seemed amiss. Now, this program is in crisis mode and Mitchell has to answer for it. Publicly. No more all is well bullshit.
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Disagree. We would all totally care if that happened. A ninja zombie team would be so cool.
Seems like we're all a little sexist here, but oh well, I'll plunge in even more. The reason to watch UK basketball next season is because that home grown mountain girl morris who can hit the 3's is damn, damn cute and by the time she leaves the program she will be a kentucky legend.
LMAO. I literally laughed out loud and scared my dog and daughter when I read this
I'm sorry but my knowledge of MM and the UK women's team comes from Big Blue Madness. MM is a good dancer. That is about it. Hopefully if we get a new coach he can come up with a cool skit or dance routine at BBMadness. Beyond their keeping me entertained at BBMadness I just care about them if they beat LilBrothel.
Oh come ON.
I'm just assuming Taylor Murray and Maci Morris will leave any day now. Why not?
Team is down to just 7 players. Going to need open tryouts to field a team!
And Maci Morris is my basketball crush. Hot, plays for Kentucky, wears my favorite number. She is not allowed to leave.
Are you kidding me, Jennings is going to leave too!!!!!! Unlike some on here, I have been a supporter of the women's program and have had season tickets for the past 4 seasons. But, this has now got me thinking that I won't renew tickets until Mitchell is gone and things get straightened out. Waste of my time to go to games where there are no real players on the team any longer and no explanation to the fans as to what is going on. I've never seen so many players deserting a team like this before. Something very weird is going on in this program and UK needs to make something known and Mitchell needs to be held accountable for all this mess. Get rid of him now!!!
There has to be something crazy going on for this many to leave. Surely the administration is doing exit interviews or following up somehow. Way too much time has passed for them not to have discovered the problem and corrected it.
Mitchell might not make it until BBM. And if he does, he won't be dancing, he'll be double-time clogging. All that aside, it's something serious, being kept secret. For now.
Thinking the same thing. Have we ever seen any program, men's or women's, where so many players, recruits and assistant coaches have deserted in this manner? Nothing I can think of that relates to what's happening in this program. It is very weird and yet nothing is being said at all. The top guy's head should be rolling by now.
Can Tipton get to the bottom of this? This seems right up his alley...or does he only go after the men's team? ![[eyeroll]](http://l.yimg.com/j/assets/img/emoticons/rolleye/rolleye0011.r191677.gif "Eye roll [eyeroll]")
Is this something you know or suspect? I have to think this too but it's hard to imagine something so bad that the player's leave but the coach isn't gone.
With 7 players the Women's team will have a hard time practicing and may end up with as many walkons as scholarship players before this is over. I would suggest they skip BBM and let the men have the whole show this year. I would rather not watch MM dance and play his comedy act while his team is in flames.
I posted this in the other thread:
Here's an article that was in the Maysville Ledger Independent today from Larry Vaught. The last part of the article has an interview with Kyvin Goodin-Rogers.
http://www.maysville-online.com/spo...cle_72fbb24b-1ad2-530b-baf1-d95862a2f97a.html
Here some of the most telling comments:
"But what people don't know is Linnae was our lock that held us together. Once she left, yes it was sad but I know you have to do what you have to do. Every day things continued on and times kept getting harder and I just couldn't understand. I still continued to have knee pain after coming back from knee surgery (the previous season) which also didn't help what else was going on.
"I honestly asked God to give me a sign after the last game I played and right after playing my last game at UK, I walked up to my mother and said, 'It's time to go.' She asked me why and I just told her I'm not happy here. We had just won and I had a decent game and I still felt like we lost.
"Everyone has their own reasons for leaving. I'm actually happy with my decision. I love my teammates and coaches. I'm actually coming back right now from having knee surgery again back in January."
She remains friends with Harper, who is now at Ohio State, and Epps, who originally committed to Louisville along with Goodin-Rogers before both signed with UK.
"I wish I could play with them one more time," Goodin-Rogers said. "But overall, I just wasn't happy there. I felt like I didn't have the connection with some people that I needed in order to continue my journey at UK."
Obviously, other players and assistant coaches felt the same way.
Here's an article that was in the Maysville Ledger Independent today from Larry Vaught. The last part of the article has an interview with Kyvin Goodin-Rogers.
http://www.maysville-online.com/spo...cle_72fbb24b-1ad2-530b-baf1-d95862a2f97a.html
Here some of the most telling comments:
"But what people don't know is Linnae was our lock that held us together. Once she left, yes it was sad but I know you have to do what you have to do. Every day things continued on and times kept getting harder and I just couldn't understand. I still continued to have knee pain after coming back from knee surgery (the previous season) which also didn't help what else was going on.
"I honestly asked God to give me a sign after the last game I played and right after playing my last game at UK, I walked up to my mother and said, 'It's time to go.' She asked me why and I just told her I'm not happy here. We had just won and I had a decent game and I still felt like we lost.
"Everyone has their own reasons for leaving. I'm actually happy with my decision. I love my teammates and coaches. I'm actually coming back right now from having knee surgery again back in January."
She remains friends with Harper, who is now at Ohio State, and Epps, who originally committed to Louisville along with Goodin-Rogers before both signed with UK.
"I wish I could play with them one more time," Goodin-Rogers said. "But overall, I just wasn't happy there. I felt like I didn't have the connection with some people that I needed in order to continue my journey at UK."
Obviously, other players and assistant coaches felt the same way.
I too find it very odd at what has happened. I have my own opinions but I will keep them to myself. I am so disappointed to see all of the negativity directed towards the Women's program. It is crazy how a lot of you are speaking out about a team that you have said you cared absolutely nothing about. Just like Matt Jones on the radio dogging MM. I have never seen him at any of the women's games. You need to get fully informed before you start dogging anyone.
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