Are We Going To End Up Like the Cincinnati Reds?

[Kuhldaddy]

We are the Cincinnati Reds, the 1975 Cincinnati Reds!

Hopefully the 76 Reds, even better 😊

 

[BlueSince92]

Are we losing out on the best players because of being outspent by the bigger money teams? Or is Mark Pope looking for players that fit his system?

I’m supporting Pope regardless and I’m happy to see how this plays out. But good luck anybody convincing me Mark Pope thought Donovan Dent wouldn’t fit his system.

 

[jwphelps]

Are we losing out on the best players because of being outspent by the bigger money teams? Or is Mark Pope looking for players that fit his system? You gotta have some slashers who can score to break down defenses, and Oweh isn’t enough.

Good lord some of you are nuts, do you realize some of the best talent has not even hit the portal yet.

 

[warrior-cat]

I'll tell yah, knowing thousands of Yankee fans, it's a one-way comparison lol. Again, leave the state once in a while. No one in NY is comparing the Yankees to Kentucky basketball, at least not anytime recently.

If memory serves, I think Flagship of college basketball was also a name we had/have.

 

[bbncal02]

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I’ll be the first to admit I’ve cried over a few Kentucky losses (especially as a kid…I mean if you didn’t cry or explode with anger after the Laettner shot are you really BBN?). But I will NEVER and HAVE never cried over a pro team loss unlesss something horrific happens.

I mean that’s just weird to me.

 

[CastleRubric]

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[cordmaker]

Are we losing out on the best players because of being outspent by the bigger money teams? Or is Mark Pope looking for players that fit his system? You gotta have some slashers who can score to break down defenses, and Oweh isn’t enough.

Nah, won't have as many shutout against us!!!!

 

[twwilliams9]

 

[The_Answer1313]

As a Met fan I hate the Yankees.

So I'm not for that comparison here.

The Yankees haven't won anything in a long long time. I wouldn't want UK to be them anyways at this point.

Let UCLA be them. Another team that hasn't won anything in a long long time lol.

 

[ala_kat2]

Good lord some of you are nuts, do you realize some of the best talent has not even hit the portal yet.

Maybe we get Walter Clayton from Florida? Or Haugh? Just kidding . . . . .

 

[ala_kat2]

He was talking about character.

I love players with character and even more players with high character who are superstars.

 

[BBNinSC]

Hopefully the 76 Reds, even better 😊

What do I know? I’m from the West part of the state and firm baseball Cardinals fan.

 

[DraftCat]

I don't think we could ever be as bad as the Reds... it's been about 25 straight innings since they scored a run.

 

[BBNinSC]

Kentucky is the only college basketball program that could be the “Yankees of CBB”.
Duke is the Dodgers, but only going back to the LA days.
UConn is the Astros
Indiana is the Reds
UNC is the Cardinals
Kansas is the Red Sox

 

[Fox2monk]

I'm a Yankees fan but they haven't really been relevant since about 2009. Let's go with we need to be the new age Dodgers!

They literally just won the pennant and played for the WS.

 

[Fox2monk]

The money rumors being an issue with Uk so far do look accurate. Hope not tho

I don’t who is saying these rumors because at the end of the year was the rumor was we’re had plenty of cash and even some left over from this year. We supposedly had around 8-10 million ready for the portal. That’s pretty well funded.

 

[Fox2monk]

We are a middle market team with middle market money. The honest answer is yes, or no. Because we do have more legitimate history then the Reds, but it won’t be surprising if we are a consistent top 20 team that has to win with strategy, coaching, and teamwork if we want to make Final Fours.

That isn’t what anyone wants to hear, but this is Kentucky. We are small, poor, and our president is actively trying to destroy the state’s primary export. So ya know.

I’m confident we will consistently be one of the better teams in the country. We will be better than most, but if the college landscape shifts to one where money is the key factor in success we will never be able to compete every year by outspending 99% of our competition. It just isn’t happening.

He’s not actively trying to destroy anything. What he’s trying to do is put America on level ground with other nations that have been R@ping us with export taxes for ever while we give them hardly tax any country for any goods imported here. The hope is that since our economy is so beneficial to the world that they end up moving toward an actual free trade type alliance or lower taxes for all our goods being exported and imported. It will suck in the short run but be highly beneficial in the long run. If you don’t believe me check out the taxes on goods other countries have levied on us. From Canada, Mexico, China, Cambodia, Vietnam, Taiwan, and even the European Union. We can’t even export American made cars to a lot of nations because they won’t even allow it. Regardless of how you feel I probably shouldn’t have responded because this thread is not the place for it. Go Cats.

 

[bookerfan66]

Just because my Reds haven't scored in 28 innings doesn't make them bad.

 

[TheBlueMist]

Just because my Reds haven't scored in 28 innings doesn't make them bad.

Our Reds are going to try and tie the record of 4 consecutive 0-1 losses tomorrow.

 

[ImTheVillageIdiot]

Just because my Reds haven't scored in 28 innings doesn't make them bad.

Feel you man. As a Reds fan, there is no hope. Hope is just a player we develop into an everyday starter and lose to free agency or trade off as they prepare to ascend into greatness.

 

[catben]

Just because my Reds haven't scored in 28 innings doesn't make them bad.

How many times has a team lost 3 games in a row by a 1-0 score?????!!!

Crazy considering they scored 14 the game before this 3 game losing streak.

 

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OH FFS...We are the Oakland A's in Moneyball. We can't compete with the bigger market teams. Our NIL budget is...what? $10-12 million? The AVERAGE in the SEC is $14M. We can't even compete in our own conference.

The Yankees were the silent VILLAIN in Moneyball and you think we are them? LOL

 

[kybloo92]

Cincinnati Reds, a franchise who can no-hit a team and still find a way to lose the game.

 

[JagCat93]

I don’t who is saying these rumors because at the end of the year was the rumor was we’re had plenty of cash and even some left over from this year. We supposedly had around 8-10 million ready for the portal. That’s pretty well funded.

We definitely seem well funded at the moment don’t we? Missing on targets left and right in the NIL age sure indicates that huh?

 

[jeffky]

Are we losing out on the best players because of being outspent by the bigger money teams? Or is Mark Pope looking for players that fit his system? You gotta have some slashers who can score to break down defenses, and Oweh isn’t enough.

 

[kywildcat41035]

I’m supporting Pope regardless and I’m happy to see how this plays out. But good luck anybody convincing me Mark Pope thought Donovan Dent wouldn’t fit his system.

This is where I'm at too.

 

[Whoppercat]

It’s not about the money……

You lost all credibility after those 5 words.

 

[TankedCat]

OP

SMH

people need to get a grip

 

[9timeChampion]

You lost all credibility after those 5 words.

Some people have preference money and something, playing style, being close to home etc. The biggest offer sometimes doesn’t always win. Don’t know if true or not I’ve heard of kids getting being offered more money but take less to go to a school with a better offense for their game or coach or etc.

 

[MegaBlue05]

Feel you man. As a Reds fan, there is no hope. Hope is just a player we develop into an everyday starter and lose to free agency or trade off as they prepare to ascend into greatness.

I’m also a longtime Reds fan.

Reds: Best MLB farm team in history.

The strike of 1994 killed my passion for MLB. I went from a diehard fan to a casual who checks scores on his phone occasionally. The Reds have been hot garbage since 1996 save for about 3 decent seasons in the 2010s.

 

[screwduke1]

No.

 

[Edgarman]

I hope not , I spent 3 decades following g them , now couldn’t name a player( ok elly ) . Don’t watch a single game ,

Damn guys, don't be badmouthing my Reds. My teams since 1958, listening on transistor radio. "This is the old left-hander rounding third and heading for home." RIP. Joe Nuxhall

 

[Whoppercat]

The biggest offer sometimes doesn’t always win.

But it sometimes does usually win.