Honestly.........no.
But I worry because I'm of the mindset that regardless of whatever system Cal chooses, the playing field is getting more and more level and thus it's going to be even harder to win titles in the future.
I mean the two best teams in basketball right now are Gonzaga and Baylor lol. Where are the other bluebloods at?
I really hate to say that when this is all over we might look back on 10 and 15 and be like damn.........those were the shots are multiple titles.
But it is what it is and I'm going to root for this team regardless of what system or coach we got
This is true and it isn't just recently. In the last 20 years, only 5 teams have won multiple titles, UNC, Duke, Florida, Uconn and Villinova. In the last 30 years, only 2 teams have gone back to back, Duke in the early 90s, and Florida 14 years ago. It is mainly because the best players on the best teams are either graduating, or leaving early for the NBA, making it hard to even keep a core of guys together for a run. Regardless of the system or coach, there are hit and miss seasons and unexpected departures, making it hard to maintain a top notch program year in and year out.
You may be right about some but not me. I’m not really a “Calipari fan” but I recognize the shit hole we were in before he arrived. That includes the shit hole Smith pulled us down for several years. Talk about mediocrity......I digress.
What I’m hearing is let’s go recruit the one or two marginal 3 stars Kentucky produces annually and then find 10 or 11 other 3 star marginal players around the country, try to coach them up over 4 years with the hope that we might....might get a shot at making it past the sweet 16 every 5-6 years. Honestly, as a fan, I’m not interested in watching a bunch of players that should be playing at WKU or Alabama or Ole Miss develop over 4 years and POSSIBLY give us some excitement in the tournament 1 out of 4 years.
Every coach on the planet knows you go after the best possible talent and athletes you can find to give you the best opportunity to win year in year out, not some feel good story about a Kentucky kid who outshined all others in high school because the others won’t be getting any D1 offers, much less high D1.
I don't think fans are upset with the player talent in the program necessarily, they are upset that most of the players are now viewing this as a short layover til draft day, instilling very little connection to the program. Sure the players connect to Cal, but not really the program. Let's see how many of those stars rep UK if Cal is run off.
Talking about Tubby do you realize his last 5 and Cal's last 5 are almost identical?
The comparison isn't nearly as close as you are making it out to be. First, there is a sidenote that Cal only had 4 postseasons included, yet the postseason comprised of half the data you are using. Don't you think it is entirely possible that the team that won the SEC by like 3 games would have won the tournament?? Wouldn't it also be possible that with a tournament win that gets a 2-3 seed in the NCAA tournament?? Which would likely include at least 2-3 wins in said tournament. And even without those extra wins, Cal had already won 9 more games than Tubby, and Tubby's last 2 years were both 8 seeds in the tournament. Regardless, Cal's worst seed would have been a 5, with at least 2 2 seeds, likely 3.
Name one team that has won a natty with a team full of freshmen. Duke came close in 2015, but they still had upper class men.
Do you NOT see any correlation to the last 5 years of Tubby and Cal’s last 5 years?
The correlation isn't as close as many are making it out to be. And in terms of freshmen, I have said for years that it will never be done, because the only way some of yall will admit it is if there is nothing but freshmen on the team, which highly unlikely to happen even with Cal. 2012 UK and 2015 Duke used a freshmen core to power them to a championship. and 2014 UK started 5 freshmen in the championship game, and had a single sophomore to contribute as a non freshman player. It can be done, but it is hard.
Many are not watching. I know many die hard fans are just not interested anymore. The game we grew up loving is dead and not coming back, at least not under Cal. I'm about at my breaking point and have been for several seasons. It's just not fun anymore. It's more frustrating than fun.
Your last line is at the heart of the problem with the fanbase. The fanbase is just tired of watching terrible basketball, that isn't very exciting for 3 months waiting on players to figure it out, turning it into just a couple of weeks of enjoyment every year. Combine that with the less than stellar results and you have an upset fanbase. In fans are being honest, they just want a connection to the program even if that doesn't necessarily include a ton of Kentucky kids, a team that is fun to watch, and a team that wins at a very high level more often than not. Right now, Cal isn't providing any of that.
