I’ve been over here for 25ish years. Formerly as JYH. There are a lot of good posters over here and good people. But there are a ton that read what they want to read and create a false narrative.
Yeah, Cal always had two older guys here also for the last several years. As far as draft boards I could see Davis and Fland stirring some interest. If a pro team is seriously interested in any of the others, at this point, I would be surprised. Big Z is about as skilled for a guy that size you will see. But the problem with him last season was the crappy coaching he got. A good coach could really get a lot out of a guy like that. We have had numerous players like Knox and Richmond and the type of players they are, under Cal, it will be slow going for them IMO. They may surprise, but generally speaking, would not expect a whole lot from them from the consistent standpoint. They will have good games here and there is my prediction.
That’s fair.
Typical passive aggressive troll. You come here acting like a jerk and then when called out try to play the victim. Go away nobody likes you or wants you here.
If this is the worst Roster Cal would have had at Kentucky what would your current roster rank ? LOL
And what's on paper looks a lot better than what Kentucky has on paper
Make it a pay board and that will solve most of the influx of Hog fans . RR owners probably likes the extra traffic
I mean St Peters and Oakland didn't look as good as we did on paper. We know a thing or 2 about those pre season paper titles. 😂😂
You have already learned the first rule of Cal coaching. It’s what’s on paper that counts, the ranking of the players on your team.
Bro, it looks better than what the Pistons have on paper
Davis was not an NBA draft pick this year and I can’t see how another season at Arkansas under Cal is going to change that. Cal recruits NBA players, he doesn’t make them.
If Cal was still coach here I would 100% want Pope's roster for him. The number of older, experienced and tougher players is what you have to have now. I like every single player that Pope has brought in. They are all very talented and also they are all individual parts that will make a good TEAM. Everything is covered well and is a nice blend of experience and youth. And I doubt Cal has had a team that has the amount of shooters and really good offensive players like this one has. I doubt Cal has had the number of top defenders this team has on one team.
And Kevin Young just blew away Pope's recruiting at BYU after the big selling point was that BYU was at a disadvantage in recruiting . Maybe that wasn't so true after all .
Maybe you haven't heard but Cal only signed 3 Freshman and filled out the roster with the #1 Portal class .
Well, Young did get the first round foreign player and another good player. Not sure that is 'blowing away.' But it looks like he could do a real good job there.
23 class showed unranked for some reason . His 2022 class was Overall Ranked 167 , 2021 class 151 . Youngs class is ranked 54 .
I haven't witnessed anyone glossing over Duquesne. Serious question though did you hate Calipari before April?
When I have I been a jerk? I have minimally reacted to several posts like yours where you’ve been a jerk to me, but even of those Inlet the vast majority go. I haven’t gone out of my way to a jerk to anybody.
How many #1 ranked classes did he have here that he couldn't win with? His shortcomings occur between the lines and cant be quantified or ranked but makes them no less glaring and obvious. We didn't hang banners for recruiting class ranking, maybe yall will.
I have hated ,been jealous of and respected Cal and his teams all the way back to his days at Memphis . I would say UMASS but at that stretch of the late 80's through mid 90's Arkansas was the winningest program in the country and even though they kicked our tails in 1995 we still went on to play for a championship .
I know you aren't that stupid but good job on the part 2 of trollism of playing the victim.
and so are we. 😂
Cal WON every year except 2020/2021 season . Fortunately enough for Arkansas that wasn't good enough for Kentucky . Strange things can happen in the tournament . The last 5 years Kansas has only made it out of the first weekend once but that one time they won it all .
Pretty sure he doesnt really believe that but just pointing out that its loaded
When we talk about "wins," we mean in the tournaments, bringing home hardware, and hanging banners, those are the expectations here, again, yours are understandably lower.
Oh i know what you meant . That's also why i pointed out Bill Self couldn't get out of the first weekend 4 out of the last 5 years but the one time he did he won a championship .
I expect Cal to continue getting his 5 stars and #1 or #2 recruiting rankings most years. Almost all those guys want to go pro after one year. Pope so far seems to put a high emphasis on shooting/scoring ability. Cal never did that here. Our three freshmen are guys that Cal would not really want but all three are high level shooters/scorers. Even though they are 4 stars I would much rather have them as a 5 star that is not fundamentally sound in terms of shooting/scoring or IQ level.
He has said that model doesn't work anymore but we will have to wait and see if this year was an anomaly or he truly plans on filling out the roster every year like this . He has said recently that 5-7 frosh isn't going to work in todays college basketball and only plans on bringing in 3 every year . Like you said we will have to find out for ourselves . I appreciate you having a strong opinion without being so condescending .
It's not just a lack of tournament success. He struggles to beat good teams with a pulse as well. His record over the last few years against top 25 teams has been abysmal. We've also lost quite frequently to teams who had no business beating us, and at HOME. He's been terrible on every metric except for recruiting classes. That's all he's good at these days. But hey, at least you all might be number 1 in something for once. That's a big deal for you guys, congrats!
