December 7th and we're back to 90's ball. Not one guy on the team has a post move but we have 2 bigs in the paint running the offense through the low post.
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Cals just working his way up to 3 bigs and 2 wings that can't shoot.
I’m so tired of watching cram it inside basketball w 1 shooter on the floor at a time.
If he wants to play over sized lineups then he should just go all in and get a couple big body guys for the inside and then let the Skals and Collins if the world play the 2 and 3 with 1 6’5 PG. and the play a long zone on D
Cal is a Size Queen. He might as well go all in on it
He's basically moved Toppin to the 3 which makes us 3 guys with no shooting or ball skills......he can't help himself.
Cal unfortunately is the only person who doesn’t know Hopkins is his next best low post option other than Oscar
Frankly the rest are incapable of a post up game
Frankly the rest are incapable of a post up game
The Shit was hard to watch tonite
4 out 1 in is the biggest scam since the ddmo
I hope more people are waking up to the fact that Cal will never sniff a Final Four again. That his best days are behind him. That he is the used car salesman they thought he was before he was their favorite team's coach.
Love Cal but I ignore any of this stuff this time of year.Its always same thing...a tweak..camp Cal...new offense...new year same ol stuff.
Who doesn't like a good rock fight?
Whats the over/under on how many times the Cats will get 80 points in a game the rest of the year. I say it's 6 and I'm going with the under.
Whats the over/under on how many times the Cats will get 80 points in a game the rest of the year. I say it's 6 and I'm going with the under.
4 out 1 in…Let’s go!
Sure thing buddy
Another maddening thing about our beloved John Calipari .. a few can know it , the staff can know it , the state can know it , BBN can know it , the media can suggest it , etc etc BUT if making a move that everyone on earth knows is best BUT it places Cal in a spot where he can accused of making a mistake/bad choice .. he simply wont do it . His ego wont allow it .
And a roster where Oscar is our best low post option? Damn , just damn. Dude is the best rebounder in college ball but he's no Kevin McHale .
Maybe when Penny fires Larry Brown we can hire him to help Cal coach.
Well, I'll admit, I was wrong. I predicted he would scrap the "4 out/ 1 in offense by halftime of the duke game. He lasted longer than I thought he would. Good job Cal.
Listened to the postgame show last night, Jones was surprisingly critical of Cal last night. I just don’t believe that Cal is gonna suddenly put a team full of guards on the court vs ND. You can see how bad he wants to play Collins at the 4. I think Jones have a stat last night that UK shoots the 3rd fewest threes per possession of any power 5 team, so in other words nothing has changed.
Unlike last year, there is enough talent on this team to win important games. But who is taking the shots? Wheeler and Washington. A small point guard and a freshman. Nothing against either one of them. They are good players. but they are both ball hogs and they turn the basketball over. We aren't seeing enough offensive ball movement because of Wheeler's and Washington's styles.
Who are our best offensive players? Tshiebwe, Grady, and Mintz. If Washington learns to move the basketball around more, then I will include him on this list. Meantime, if we want to beat the SEC's best teams, Grady ought to be taking twice as many shots as he is currently taking. And Cal has to teach Tshiebwe to avoid these ticky tack fouls the zebras keep tagging him with.
Problem is, Cal is married to Collins for 1 year. Collins is a project that most programs park on the bench until he is ready to play. But not Cal, not here. He has to play, because we only have him for a year.
Bringing guys like Collins in only makes sense if you want to pad your draft stats.
Too many of Cal's teams are thrown together and make no sense anyway, so it really doesn't matter I guess.
I agree, it is super clear that Collins is not ready for power 5 competition, but like many before him Cal feels like he has to play him and thus he is playing the 4 for us. I hope im wrong but the 4 spot will be our downfall this year with Brooks and Collins.
Actually, he said Hopkins could play the 5 at a post-game interview fairly recently.
Dont know about the 5 but we have to get him on the floor.His energy should be contagious.I like Hopkins.
Plus, Hopkins can handle the ball pretty well, at least enough to make a move or two with the ball in his hands.
No other big can do this.
Use Collins to spell Big O and Brooks/Toppin to spell Hopkins. Won't happen though.
If he's going to run this kind of offense, no reason to not go all in trying to get Kofi here. Ship has sailed, when Oscar fouls out ot barely plays because of foul truble, UK will go down.
Just wait until that grinder game against High Point.
Cal and Tubby will be at mid court staring each other down, just daring each other to shoot a 3 point shot or run a fast break.
Showdown at Rupp. I mean slowdown at Rupp.
Why does everyone keep talking how great Mintz is???
He made a couple of 3's, had an air ball, shot less than 50% free throws & missed several other open shots
He makes mistakes that a freshman makes & he is a 6 year man. He is constantly beat on defense, yet people decide to give Allen the no defense tag.
Grady is a good shooter, but can't create his own shot & apparently this coach has no idea how to set a pick for him to get an open shot. Brooks is horrible, Toppin has regressed, Collins gets pushed around, Ware couldn't score against the girls team & Wheeler is a turn over machine
That leaves Washington & Oscar as scoring options, but again no plays are run to get them shots.
Did you ever see UK even get close to a scoring play on an inbounds play? They were lucky to just get the ball inbounds.
If Sharpe can create his own shot & is a scoring threat he needs to play & play a lot
After watching this team so far, it seems we have 1 guy who can create his own shot (not counting Wheeler who is out of control a lot) and that is TyTy and we have 1 guy who you can sometimes throw the ball to in the post, Oscar- IMO with the way Cal runs, or fails to run a offense not sure where our half court offense will come from
After watching this team so far, it seems we have 1 guy who can create his own shot (not counting Wheeler who is out of control a lot) and that is TyTy and we have 1 guy who you can sometimes throw the ball to in the post, Oscar- IMO with the way Cal runs, or fails to run a offense not sure where our half court offense will come from
In my mind the one thing that can make this team a contender is Sharpe . The kid has to play this year . Without him ,sweet 16 is our ceiling.
I think at some point we go small ball and put somebody like Hopkins at the four spot. He’s not ready to start yet, but that’s my long term hope. A unit of Oscar, Hopkins, Sharpe, TyTy, Wheeler … I mean, that would be fun to watch. I’m just not sure Cal could ever embrace small ball, even though the rest of the world has for a long time now.
Cal has no idea how to coach a team where he has to play to their strengths and hide their weaknesses. His offense is “go!” If that doesn’t work, he’s got nothing.
If S16 is our ceiling, with our current roster, something has gone terribly wrong. There are no dominant teams out there.
Cal basically misled all of us if he's not willing to go with a pure 4 out offence, which he's clearly not.
I'm sick of him playing guys who can't dribble.
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