anybody on this board remember Cal Umass team 96?
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And you totally lack substance so you have to resort to personal crap to make a reply. Fact is the MONEY is not there. We’re bleeding players because the MONEY is not there. You can be a millionaire and starve if you can’t spend the assets for food. The assets you mentioned do not translate to NIL cash. OBVIOUSLY!
There is plenty of NIL money there to fill the roster with players that would give us a competitive chance. Bottom line is everyone knows that Cal loves his freshman future leaguers and they will get the lions share of minutes, results be damned. Hell even Reeves is not sold on coming back and he would be the only established shooting guard on the team. I’m still hoping all transfers snub cal and he has to roll with what he’s got. Ready to get this fraud away from here even if it takes 1 more shit show season.
You’re supposed spell out numbers under 10, so that would be great.
‘96 UMass was essentially ‘12 UK Light. Camby was Davis-esque. Padilla/Travieso were solid like Teague/Lamb. Bright and Dingle were talented, interchangeable. Kind of like Jones/MKG. UK was more talented obviously, but the upperclassmen versions of those 4 weren’t far off.
The ‘24 UK team as of 6-3-23 pales in comparison in any way to ‘96 UMass or ‘12 UK. There is not a generational talent. There is no senior leadership. Is this recruiting class even Top 5 for Cal in terms of overall talent? I fear another up-and-down season/first weekend exit is upon us unless he strikes gold in the portal over the next several weeks.
The ‘24 UK team as of 6-3-23 pales in comparison in any way to ‘96 UMass or ‘12 UK. There is not a generational talent. There is no senior leadership. Is this recruiting class even Top 5 for Cal in terms of overall talent? I fear another up-and-down season/first weekend exit is upon us unless he strikes gold in the portal over the next several weeks.
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same old deal now, iirc Memphis lost to Kansas b/c of missed free throws late in the game. Sound familiar? We lost a couple of important games b/c of missed ft's.
You actually had me fooled into thinking you were a legit poster for a couple months. Lol @ this ridiculous post.
The good news is we never have any injuries and all 7 of these guys have tons of experience.
Good post OP, perfect comparison imo
Good post OP, perfect comparison imo
I would love that coach back, that team was a tough WELL COACHED team that was the 2nd best team in the country.
Would love to hear you expand on this (not holding my breath though as I’m sure you are a troll with zero basketball knowledge). How do you put together a roster as he did at an unknown school, get a victory over arguably the greatest college basketball team ever, lead them to a final four and say what we have witnessed the last several years from cal is a greater version of that cal? How is cal a better coach now? 3 bullet points will do.
Stupid to the irrational obsessed fan, i suppose. Facts dont care about your feelings. Before Cal, this board was going nuts when we got a top 10 guy.
The John Calipari of yesteryear ain't walkin' through that door either.
Show me an article that says the money isn’t there Bass. Why is it that Kentucky is the most valuable basketball program? I know you’re slow and got a weird obsession with Calipari but it’s not hard to figure out. You only bring two things to this site, dumb arguments for your man crush Cal and bashing fans.
Bass has said the fans need to look in the mirror because of the schools NIL issues. Why is our program so valuable if our fans supposedly don’t spend enough???
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Which has what to do with having 7 roster players in June, and we play in 4 or 5 weeks?
Excellent reply. First thing that came to my mind when I read that post was different era and different Coach Cal. You beat me to it, lol. Plus, you are right, he had more than just a 7 player roster. Hopefully we will too but pickens are getting slim now. And, we have zero experience on this current roster.
That’s true. We were also usually adding a top 10 guy to an already existing roster of more than 7 scholarship players. Not just a handful if freshman with one injury away from having to play walk ons.
You are right. We got Dickinson and Oscar both. Dickinson said KYs offer was insane. Oscar said Cal had money spraying out every oriface. Wait….. we didn’t get either. Because of MONEY!!!!!!!
Having just 7 quality players is probably a good thing for Cal. Substitution decisions get much simpler and we are much less likely to be stuck with a befuddling lineup combination.
Obviously, more players mean more dice rolls for good players and can provide a buffer against bad luck.
In big games, we want to stick with our best 6-7 players.
Obviously, more players mean more dice rolls for good players and can provide a buffer against bad luck.
In big games, we want to stick with our best 6-7 players.
Except you need more than just 7 scholarship players. Our “quality” players need other quality players to practice against. Not even mentioning the fact that depth is vital in case of injuries (which we ALWAYS have) and foul trouble. Tightening a deep team down to a 7 man rotation is not the same thing as having literally 7 players.
The value of our basketball program has nothing to do with NIL money, two totally different things. The money the university makes off our basketball team is the school's money. The schools money isn't and can't be used for NIL. NIL has to come from other businesses or money un the community. So we can be the most valuable college basketball team in America and still struggle with NIL......and by all accounts our basketball team is still way behind with NIL compared to other schools
I know that. Bass says that fans need to look in the mirror on why NIL isn’t as good as other schools. That’s why I said that. He blames our fans for everything.
I’m glad you pointed that out, I had to edit my post so people would understand what I meant
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Right on man. Sorry, just wasn't sure....yeah I'm convinced he isn't a UK fan. No real fan can still be 100% behind our coach. Even if by some insane chance they are, they've still gotta understand people's frustration I would think.....idk man, don't sweat him. He is harmless, but no way he can even believe all he writes.
I tease bass on here all the time. I know he knew what I was talking about. I just done a bad job of explaining what I meant. I wish it were legal for our program to use money on NIL. We would be in good shape if it were legal. If NIL stays the same I think we should adjust our recruiting to be more traditional. Take some lower ranked guys that have potential to be really good In 2-3 years.
History strongly suggests unless we get Reeves back we’ll be lucky to even make the tournament.
Issues? You're talking about someone, other than you, having ISSUES? Rich. Come on bAss ... how many nickels in a quarter. Did you ever solve that riddle? Just askin'. How are your VOLS doin'? I hope everyone here knows that kybAssfan is no UK fan but a Tennessee fan.
A typo.......Irrelevant. He had a full roster, and played 8 dudes...Not 6 or 7. His teams at Memphis were deep. His 2007 team had 7 guys play 20+ minutes.
Laugh. Says the U6 drive by.
I know. That was before I knew about your challenges. Dickinson as much as said Kansas paid more. Oscar asked for 8 mill supposedly. We lost both. Both aspects of this have been posted by the most vile KY hater posters on the board, ones that you greatly respect. We do not have the NIL resources to compete. I do not expect you to comprehend that. Nor do I expect you to understand just how bad this is going get. I do expect you to whine and not understand the terrible effect that has on sponsorship. Further I expect the whiners to wail and absolve themselves of any blame while throwing crap at the cats.
Lol A post like this is funny coming from you. Hearsay is alright for you to tell but it’s not when people tell it to you. You have no idea what the NIL situation is currently, you’re guessing at it. What was the NIL situation at Kansas state, creighton, San Diego state, and Florida Atlantic last season???
Any man that loves a coach over the program like you isn’t worth debating with. You even had a man crush on Billy Gilliespie. That’s gross.
