Bad Takes You Have Had

[kywildcat41035]

I believed Cal when he said we would catch UCLA in championships.

That Cal would leave here with multiple titles.

I agree right here with these 2!

 

[ChicagoCat1990]

Shaedon Sharpe would dominate college ball because he was able to start practicing a year early.

 

[bnewt]

Gillespie was a good hire.

Excited when it was announced

 

[gojvc]

Rajon Rondo won’t do much in the pros. Doesn’t shoot well enough.

 

[Roe07]

Right before the 2023 NCAAT I told my brother that UConn would never win another title. Maybe I should say the same about Kentucky?

 

[aikenite4uk]

I seriously overestimated the upside in Dontae Allen’s game.

 

[LineSkiCat14]

Lakercat: Steph Curry is the GOAT

 

[megablue]

I was very young (8th grade), so forgive me, but I thought there was no way that Wes Unseld wasn't coming to Kentucky.
I was really disappointed by it. Can you imagine what the program would've been like had he paved the way for others ??

Also, like others here, I thought Eddie Sutton would kill it here and was very excited to hear him say he would "crawl to Lexington for the Kentucky job."

GO CATS !!

 

[Myth Buster51]

That slim Arvydas Sabonis was going to make people forget about Kareem.

 

[Zissou87]

-Dwayne Wade wasn't going to be a very good pro.

-LaMelo Ball would be a bust

-Kenny Payne would do well at UL.

-Scott Drew was a guaranteed hire

-Mark Pope would be an awful hire. (So far so good)

 

[KAB Cats]

I didn't think Lamont Butler or Otega Oweh would or could start at Kentucky this season.

 

[KAB Cats]

Also, I remember when I first saw the iPod and I remember telling people it was too expensive and it'd never take off.

 

[KYFOSSIL]

Until it didn’t actually happen thought Shaedon and Sharp would play

 

[bthaunert]

I remember when Dakotah Euton announced for UK....I called my dad and we were talking about how BCG was going to win big by signing guys like Euton

 

[BlueTick2]

Billy Clyde and Eddie Sutton are the reasons I was iffy about Pope succeeding.
He's looking very promising so far. Everyone can't coach at UK.

Same with UK FB. Stoops has struggled a couple of seasons, but there is a long list of horrible coaches at UK FB.

 

[sambowieshin]

I thought we would go 40-0 in 2015.

 

[The_Answer1313]

I thought we would go 40-0 in 2015.

not awful. We were pretty close lol.

 

[sambowieshin]

not awful. We were pretty close lol.

Difference between horseshoes and hand grenades.

 

[NorthernKYCatfan1]

I wanted Quincy Miller over Anthony Davis. I came around before the season started, but I just couldn’t wrap my head around AD’s meteoric rise.

 

[blue cincy]

Worst take. Georgetown game in NCAA tourney. I was in a house with about 50/50 UK to GTOWN fans. Was loving the first half. I stayed, I ate crow, that was not on here but that is my worst take on UK Basketball. 2nd would be 1975 Championship game. Halftime- thought we would run away with it. Did not realize the wizard told his team at half he was retiring. Wow.

 

[Dncmaxwell]

None. Been correct about literally everything. It's hard to be humble some days...

Wrong. I never have a hard time being humble. I must be better than you!!

😛

 

[Dncmaxwell]

Being excited about KC Miller and Dakota Euton…

 

[Dncmaxwell]

Until it didn’t actually happen thought Shaedon and Sharp would play

Awesome fossils in the pic! Found some really good ones at Tybee last year!!

 

[flacat22]

Also, I remember when I first saw the iPod and I remember telling people it was too expensive and it'd never take off.

My mom bought me a Microsoft Zune for Christmas and she said the same thing about the Ipod being a flop.

 

[runt#69]

Giving my ticket up so my brother Bob could go to the NCAA tournament game against MTSU, thinking if get to see UK vs Louisville. Which WOULD HAVE BEEN ...

yeah...
Woulda couldsa shoulda.

 

[the nail at the foul line]

I'm embarrassed to say again but at the time I thought the Calipari contract extension in 2019 was going to bring UK at least 2 more championships and make him the next Coach K. Instead it caused him to become complacent and lay down on the job.

I didn't.

I did think in 2012 that he would have four titles by 2020.

 

[the nail at the foul line]

Giving my ticket up so my brother Bob could go to the NCAA tournament game against MTSU, thinking if get to see UK vs Louisville. Which WOULD HAVE BEEN ...

yeah...
Woulda couldsa shoulda.

I wouldn't have wanted to be there. 1981 and 1982 endings were sad.

 

[yabbadabbadoo]

Shaedon Sharp (sp?). Who cares how it’s spelled

Not sure what to say, but just wow.
What a shit show that was.

 

[Wildcat1962]

Has to be Gillispie for me.

 

[BC_Wader]

That last year’s team was talented enough to overcome Cal’s coaching.

After the Miami game I was sure we were going to the Final 4.

 

[ukcatz12]

My mom bought me a Microsoft Zune for Christmas and she said the same thing about the Ipod being a flop.

The Zune was the superior product though. I loved my white first generation Zune and wish I still had it.

 

[BC_Wader]

I remember when Dakotah Euton announced for UK....I called my dad and we were talking about how BCG was going to win big by signing guys like Euton

GJ Villarino
KC Ross Miller
Vinny Zollo
Conner Tucker
Hunter McClintock

I was excited for these guys as well. What the heck were we drinking back then?

 

[CRZ4UK]

Cudos for naming the right company. It’s amazing how many people think it was Fedx.

Fun fact. It was the lawsuit after that put Emory out of business I believe. The courts didn’t believe there was any evidence to believe it ever happened. , but the NCAA did.

 

[Jamal Mercer]

Demarcus Cousins was overrated was my worst one by far.

I also thought Justin Edwards was going to be a star. In college and pro.

 

[Diggers_Matching_Highlighter]

iPhones would never supplant the Blackberry
Text Messaging would nver be popular
Mark Pope was a terrible hire.

 

[storm1507]

Has to be Gillispie for me.

I blame it on the Lexington Herald. I was working out of town with no access to TV or the internet. But the Herald had a tremendous section about him. Had me hook, line, & sinker. Can't believe anything you read.

 

[jedwar]

That my first marriage would last. That my second marriage was a good idea.

 

[KY Long Rifle]

In 1999 I said cell phones were worthless and they’d never catch on…

25 years later I am posting this from my cell phone.

 

[Imafan4evr_]

I recall purchasing and actually wearing a “Billy Clyde is here and the Bluegrass State is ready to rock!” shirt (or some ridiculous quote like that).

I still get waves of embarrassment 17 years later.

 

[Mike-D]

I thought Cal would win at least 2, and probably 3 titles here. He was the best coach in college basketball for at least 11 or 12 years. Just look at the end of his Memphis run, and his first 6 years at Kentucky. 3 title games, 5 final-4's, elite-8's like they were candy. Dude got old, became a victim of low T, and didn't adapt to the game when it modernized.