Mods finally wised up and banned all St Louis Cardinals fans
Cal offered lifetime contract from UK
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Mods finally wised up and banned all St Louis Cardinals fans
Dosen't make any difference whether changes, wins or loses he's getting his! He's going to do what he wants most and that's the OAD, and if the winning comes fine and if it doesn't that's fine as well. The heck with the fans. Players rule !
This is me. While I don’t like kneeling, I don’t think Cal really had a choice. If he doesn’t do it, the guys would’ve quit on him..maybe that would’ve been a good thing lol
But I think you, I, and a lot of fans have realized Cals system will no longer work. I always knew his offense was an eyesore and he wasn’t a great coach but figured we could always out talent the majority of teams and we’d have a chance in March. Well, that’s no longer the case
In an indirect way, ALL of the kings salary is paid for by the entitled brats you speak of you USEFUL IDIOT. The only entitled brats around this program are Cal's OADs and himself!!
I mean, it's worked like 90% of the time. It fell flat last year. If his offense doesn't improve much, but we use our experience and talent to out-muscle teams in March next year, just like we were likely going to do last year before COVID cancelled the season, what will your thoughts be then?
You never know which players will take a big step forward. I remember almost everyone was down on Richards going into his Junior year, you can still find some of the threads here, then BAM.. guy turns into one of our most consistent bigs under Cal who was pretty much fantastic from start to finish that season.
This could be borderline prophetic if Cal doesn’t right the ship ASAP.
All I can say is Cal is lucky he followed Gillespie and not Rupp or Pitino, Hall or Tubby never would’ve gotten a lifetime contract after losing in the elite 8 to a depleted SEC rival.
Cal has had top 25 offenses in efficiency with the exception of this season and 2013.
So I disagree when people say it's not working.
It didn't work THIS SEASON because of the players we had. It's that simple.
So I disagree when people say it's not working.
It didn't work THIS SEASON because of the players we had. It's that simple.
If the offensive scheme doesn’t improve, I dont see us making a serious run next year either. We need an elite point guard that’s going to be able to get to the whole anytime he likes. I don’t see that on next years roster yet, I’m sure we’ll be making contact with a lot of guards in the portal however. Changes in his staff, his roster management, and his offensive scheme all need to be made before I think Cal can really hang another championship banner
Also, I really didn’t watch the 2019-2020 team, maybe 5 games total. I had a conflicting work schedule.
Game has evolved big time in the last 2 years. Gotta evolve or be left behind
Even as last as 2020 we were 24th. In 19 we were 14th.
Pair that up with a top 25 defense and you are a title contender.
At the end of the day, there's no secret formula. Different teams can score in different ways. So long as you are putting the ball through the hoop, no big deal.
I'm not sure what offense Cal could have ran last season that would have improved things TBH. We didn't have one consistent scorer on the entire team.
I think it's evolved, and I think teams are finding new ways to win games.. but I don't think that means you CAN'T win with different styles. I also don't believe the game evolved JUST 2 years ago, this has been in the works for some time.
Virginia won with a slow it down offense, with an emphasis on defense. Wisconsin won back to back final 4's, they never played uptempo offense with 4 guards on the floor.
I don't think we're at the point, not yet at least, where we HAVE to mold our teams into GSW/HOU clones.
That 2019-20 team was pretty solid. I know the metrics aren't spectacular, but they were en route to a 2-3 seed, and they were the odds on favorite to land an Elite 8. And maybe an Elite 8, still makes us a little restless after 4 Final 4's earlier on.. but it would have still been a great season.
they were en route to a 4 seed.
😂😂😂😂
This was a fantastic read. I noticed that I refrained from giving my opinion back then.
“Cals best days are in front of him” - Cardstink
😂😂😂😂
This was a fantastic read. I noticed that I refrained from giving my opinion back then.
“Cals best days are in front of him” - Cardstink
😂😂😂😂
They’ll have to take me out, in a shootout.
The Cal swingers love to thump their chests and it seemingly always blows up in their faces.
@GonzoCat90 and @caneintally totally MIA
Why do people keep saying this?
They were 8th in the AP poll on it's final week, 7th in the coaches poll.. Andy Katz had us as a 2-seed, even Joe Lunardi had us as a 2-seed in his final bracketology. It was only Kenpom that had us back as a 4-seed.
Meanwhile, this was all before Kentucky was about to play the SECT, a conference that they thoroughly dominated.
There's no way Kentucky was going to drop 2 seed lines. They would have had to have lost it's opening round game in the SECT. And even that, I'm not sure is enough to move us down to a 4.
And Virginia lost to a 16 seed and then lost in the first round this year. Slower pace is going to lead to more likelihood of upsets.
I want a system where we’ve got upperclassmen and then you sprinkle in a one and done or 2. Let them come in and fill a role on the team. Take the pressure off those guys and don’t make it such an NBA factory type culture.. An offense with high ball screens and much more movement is what I’d like to see.
I feel like Boston should’ve came in and known exactly where his shots were going to come from. Instead you’ve got 2 other freshman guards out there with him at times and it’s a total mess. Sure he or Clarke didn’t live up to the hype but we should’ve been able to right the ship and not solely relying on those type of guys.
Is a No. 4 seed the best Kentucky can do for the NCAA Tournament?
The SEC is not seen as not helping any league team’s rise in the postseason seedings.
amp.kentucky.com
I mean, I think he's getting there, either by design or because he's forced. But I never get why people are like "He's only changing cause he was forced by not having top talent!".. ok, what does that matter? Almost every coach makes changes because they HAVE to, not because they're like "I think I'll just give this method a shot..".
I saw a 19/20 team that had a top5 class coming in, along with EJ, Richards, Hagans and IQ. This coming year, similar, a top10 class, to go along with 3 guys already returning, likely more, 1 transfer already.
I do think his offense needs to adjust. I've been thinking that for a while. That's the area he needs to address. That and roster management. More shooters, stop forcing 6* talent if it isn't there.
Is a No. 4 seed the best Kentucky can do for the NCAA Tournament?
The SEC is not seen as not helping any league team’s rise in the postseason seedings.
Don't be coming at me with articles from Feb 1st 2020, RICHHIIIIIIIIEEEEEE
His offense works and works well when he has a point guard capable of taking someone off the dribble. Even with Hagans last year Cal still won the league by 3 Games. Tyler Ulis, Brandon knight, fox, etc all ran the offense great.
Yes it wouldn’t hurt for Cal to adapt and adjust his offense but all in all I think it’s a negative recruiting angles other coaches use.
Figured ole @RunninRichie bumped this. I always check for his sand baggin’ ass when an older thread is bumped. It’s hilarious.
That’s what I mentioned later on. He either needs a guard who can get to the rim at will who can set up everyone else while doing that or he needs to adjust and get shooters and run a high ball screen offense with more movement. I don’t see an elite pg on the roster as of now so he needs to adjust. Trying to run his offense with Askew doesn’t work
Hopefully Askew isn''t the starting PG next season.
If he is, I think we struggle no matter what we run.
If he is, I think we struggle no matter what we run.
Don't forget we lost to Evansville at home as the #1 ranked team. That loss alone probably cost us at least 1 seed. We also had the loss to Utah that didn't help. That's probably a couple of seeds lost right there.
Well, we weren't gonna be a 1 seed. We can whine all we want about Evansville or Utah (like Duke or Kansas havent dropped worse games in the tournament)..
The fact remains we were a 2-3 seed... we had a great season in 2020, with a ton of returning players. We were a favorite to win an elite 8.
We were a top10 team going into the tournament. Just stop.
Team was peaking at the right time last year, we got screwed.
Still, I want some returning players and some offense that runs a play every now and then. Cal can do it but he needs to adapt. He is super stubborn so I think the only person to get him to change are his wife or God certainly not a peer or fans. If he does not change and we run off all our player next year and show no offense except dribbling into a crowded paint area he needs to go, 52mil can be raised.
Still, I want some returning players and some offense that runs a play every now and then. Cal can do it but he needs to adapt. He is super stubborn so I think the only person to get him to change are his wife or God certainly not a peer or fans. If he does not change and we run off all our player next year and show no offense except dribbling into a crowded paint area he needs to go, 52mil can be raised.
This is how Cal feels about those who drinked the kool-aid and the one who gave him the contract.
What Cal needs to do is play the games to win. Play the ones that give you the best chance to win today. The prima donnas are going to be drafted, we have too many drafted now, we even manage to get bench riders drafted.
Shove the here generationally poverty crap and make winning games the objective.
Shove the here generationally poverty crap and make winning games the objective.
It was just stated that UK limited Johnny when he was here at UK. But hey, our genius coach who knows everything couldn't see it. This is what Cal does to all of his players because he doesn't know what the hell he is doing. If something requires more than talking, the mouth of Kentucky is in trouble.
I think it's half way between here and there. The season was better than mediocre for sure but it wasn't near a great season either. We were a top 10 team but that was probably inflated since the SEC wasn't very good. We were legitimately a 10th to 15th place team.
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