Passed on dozens of great transfer prospects and he’s going to lose out on all three players he held out for, I don’t expect Reeves to return either.
Cal - Got Played!
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We should ask Wildcat-Lane if he expects Reeves to return.
Just like he got played last year with Sharpe? Cal sucks anymore he knows these players just like Sharpe last year was gone. He just doesn’t care enough anymore to try and do anything about it! Just wants to collect that check!
Yep, old school Cal would have never let this happen, went soft!
No way our great coach would basically be held hostage by some of our great players.
Don't ever let Barnhart escape blame either. Both need to be fired.
He didn’t get played, he just couldn’t get any one to come. He’s played out himself.
I'll never be held hos....... ta............... forget it .
He should of had the Florida International kid that went to Auburn committed the week after Reeves declared and made Reeves fight him for minutes next year
And I DISTINCTLY remember after the 2013 season Cal's proclamation that he would NEVER "be held hostage by a player again". Well coach, you've been getting NOTHING BUT "Held Hostage" for the past 3 seasons!!!!
From Swaggy Cal to FLACCID Cal in under 5 years
This. This speaks volumes. The draw to UK isn't there, at least for transfers and the program needs to figure out why. Is it the student athlete experience? Program culture? Location? NIL?
Cal has become a proverbial shit stain at UK!
Don't be fooled. Cal is ecstatic. He's ending generational poverty.
The college landscape has changed, but Calipari has not. He used to be on the leading edge.. he's not anymore.
We can complain about transfers, NIL, poaching, etc.. but those are the rules for everyone.. Gotta play the game and be a leader. No more excuses.
We can complain about transfers, NIL, poaching, etc.. but those are the rules for everyone.. Gotta play the game and be a leader. No more excuses.
“Players first” says cal. yet some still don’t take him at his word. what else does he have to do to convince some of you? it’s true. believe it.
Flaccid cal. Maybe some viagra would help him. Lol
@Wildcat-Lane appears to have disappeared! Where are you Nostradumbass?
It’s bc he cares too much about his NBA player legacy and b it enough about his college legacy.
You build a college team now by getting the occasional top 10 recruit mixed with transfers that are transferring after their freshman or sophomore season so they have burnt their free transfer and you’ll get 2-3 years from them to build a roster….then fill in any gaps w grad transfers. Basically high school recruiting has been replaced with underclassman poaching. But those guys aren’t guaranteed NBA picks (regardless of what Cal does) so Cal can’t tout it as his own personal success.
He no doubt knows what to do to be success in college…but college isn’t where he cares about success or what his primary focus is. It’s a nice side project when it works out but he cares about having rosters full of NBA talent bc that’s more about him. Winning at UK is more about Kentucky and he just joins a line of coaches that have won 2 titles…where as he’s on his own mountain top w NBA AllStars/players/money earned stats
Oh, he's still here. Just posting under another of his sock accounts, right HH?
Cal has two titles?
I try to stay away from negative post line calling someone out; everyone is entitled to their opinion.
But you need to step back.
This Fab 5 crap is just that. Crap
What have they won? Hell, from all reports they, well, one in particular has already set demands on where he will play
Coach Cal has turned into a shell of himself and in doing so has set UK backwards
All we have now is BS and drama
Exactly. Recruits should supplement the existing roster. They shouldn’t be the foundation & make up the majority of the rotation. It’s just not conducive to winning & it’s not sustainable to build a team around several FR, every season. This has been true ever since FR gained eligibility to play varsity.
But, we have a coach who doesn’t care bc winning isn’t priority 1. This is a coach who fought tooth & nail against playing his most efficient lineup last season. Think about that. Personally, I’ve never seen anything like it in 45 years of watching sports.
The coach who once boasted after a first round NIT loss that he “wouldn’t be held hostage” is now holding the entire BBN hostage.
I was saying if his goal was to win another one….giving him 2….he’d be just another coach with 2. He knows he could never catch Wooden or even Rupp. But his primary focus is the NBA bc that’s where it can be all about him and and he’s unrivaled.
When he initially said we were going to catch UCLA he had thoughts that he could go down as the greatest ever in UK history and arguably NCAA history. Once he realized that wasn’t happening it came all about his NBA player statistics even more so.
You can say he "got played" by Sharpe.
But I think Oscar was open with his intent, wanting to go to the league IF it looks like he can.
Same for CL (I just find it hard to believe he found a team telling him he can make it).
Reeves, maybe he did get played IF Reeves was not being up-front and saying he might transfer, in which case Cal would have been stupid to not try to replace him immediately when there were more options. This differs from Oscar, where there has been only 1 comparable transfer option to him (& we did go for that guy), there's been a half-dozen or so comparable transfer options to Reeves, which it appears we've not really "gone hard after" any of them.
But I think Oscar was open with his intent, wanting to go to the league IF it looks like he can.
Same for CL (I just find it hard to believe he found a team telling him he can make it).
Reeves, maybe he did get played IF Reeves was not being up-front and saying he might transfer, in which case Cal would have been stupid to not try to replace him immediately when there were more options. This differs from Oscar, where there has been only 1 comparable transfer option to him (& we did go for that guy), there's been a half-dozen or so comparable transfer options to Reeves, which it appears we've not really "gone hard after" any of them.
come on, these kids haven't played a minute of college ball and they are going to have to play
ccc has destroyed the UK tradition & program with all of his negative 1st's.
His disregard for the fans and program, continue to grow, especially since 2015, when he started being questioned about his coaching. He can't stand criticism.
To answer HH's quip, apparently he was played by Bradshaw, who threatened to leave if additional competition was added or if he didn't get to play the forward position. Ugo and his camp also played him by entering the portal only to come back after the lack of interest and the promise to start at the center position.
So as a result of these 2 players, UK doesn't have enough players to scrimmage, as ccc sat with his thumbs stuck up his but while all the other teams added players to help their team, WITHOUT asking for permission from players.
disagree with you
there were several players in the portal that could have replaced Oscar. The Ware kid from Oregon and the big kid from Utah Valley. Ware is at IU & the other is at Ciny. NO way UK should not have been able to compete with those teams for those players, as well as the 2 guys that went to UT. The problem is and has been since 2015, ccc.
no secret......that has been apparent since his 1st year when WVU played a zone in the NCAA tournament and UK had no idea how to counter it. The more visible showing was the 2015 loss to Wi. Thing's have been down hill since then
What did you really expect from Cal?? Remember it is the "Players First" and Program/Fans Last" philosophy that got us in this position. Well actually I think it is Coach First philosophy considering all of the $$$$ we are paying for pathetic performance.
What "dozens of great transfer prospects" did Calipari lose out on?
He pursued Dickinson and Johnson but missed out on both. What other great ones did he lose out on?
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