Let me answer for him. No he didnt...its complete BS.
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Let me answer for him. No he didnt...its complete BS.
Baker is not better on D and we lose a ton on rebounding with Herro out and him in. Damn, if you can’t see Herro is what’s going to be the X factor in all big games from here on out then you’re truly ignorant of the game.
Herro needs to play big minutes. But my 10 year old daughter is a better passer than him. His shot will come. His passing needs to improve dramatically.
Cal comes across as pretty disorganized, so it's not a shock that he doesn't have the team "prepared" like some other coaches do. But yeah, all the screaming is a bad look and hard to imagine it actually helps the players during the game.
Other coaches can coach up 1AD talent w/o screaming at them all game, so it's less a youth issue and more a Cal issue. Imo.
Other coaches can coach up 1AD talent w/o screaming at them all game, so it's less a youth issue and more a Cal issue. Imo.
Crazy. There’s a reason Herro’s numbers shine most in big games like UNC and UL. According to you, UK is better off without him. It’s crazy. But at the game, and listening to fans in hallways and in the lower section I was at, the prevailing sentiment is pretty much as I am posting.
Lol. Tell many how many organized coaches have 4 final fours in the past 9 years. What a lame post.
You completely miss the point. He does that now so that he doesnt have to do it in March. Teams just dont get "that" way on their own. They dont just magically become self sufficient. They get that way because they're taught and coached how to get there. I guess some folks will just never get that concept.
You see the results of his coaching in March. How do some of you fail to see the end? His teams are self sufficient and much more relaxed come March. Due know what being relaxed means??? It means being confident. How do you become confident? Do something so many times that you EXACTLY what you're supposed to do. The military uses the exact same tactics as alot coaches do. It's about the end game guys, geez.
Lol. Tell many how many organized coaches have 4 final fours in the past 9 years. What a lame post.
It's a freaking joke man. Even good posters are starting to lose their minds. It is an epidemic.
I’ve seen Pitino do much worse when at UK. Cal does this yet all the ex players have nothing but love for him once they exit UK.
It's his way... I get it... And I wouldn't want anyone other than Cal as my head coach.... but, its unsightly, ugly, (and possibly counter-productive at times).
Geez, how does someone his age yell so much and be able to talk afterwards? (Am afraid he's gonna stroke-out one day...)
Go CATS!
I agree with this. Cal always lets the other team dictate the pace. I bet he wants the kids to learn how to play in a half court game but you could of ran Vandy out of the gym is they would of just run it up and down the floor
Instead, he was content waking it up and playing right into their zone. I get doing it a few times to get some sets against the zone but it gets frustrating watching it game after game
Wat hinges Herro last night ,it was obvious he wasn't looking for his shot.He passed the ball almost immediately when it touched his hands.Reminds me a lot of when Rashad Carruth refused to shoot the ball because of Tubby.Sure looked that way to me.
I get it, it is really ugly sometimes. Especially when you can hear him above the entire crowd screaming. But I know hes doing it for a reason. He tried to let this team run the show themselves and we got thumped by 34. Young teams need this type of coaching, IMO. He will ease off when February starts
Cause they see the end result. They may not like it at the moment but when they see how they transform, they will be grateful.
Cal is a stubborn coach and his methods, in my opinion, are flawed. He cares way to much about teaching them how to get drafted rather than winning at all costs.
We disagree on opinion and that's fine. Like I said before, Cal needs to back off and let them play with minimal coaching (screaming and shouting).
Finally. During halftime we had hoped that Cal would take off the cuffs. Put we all knew he wouldn’t. Quickly was the showcased player last night. But God forbid anyone sees it by simply watching the game closely. Herro even showed a good attitude about it all.
Agree with all of this. Why we consistently didn't flash a player into the middle of the zone is beyond me. Finally, he put Hagans in that position which makes sense because they gave him wide open 18 footers all night long. Hurt our spacing, although he played well overall.
You think a Hof coach taught them to throw it around the perimeter? There young and struggle with the smallest of details. That's why he coaches so hard. We had Reid and PJ with dudes on there back all night and cal instructing the guards to feed it in the post. Cal knows how to coach obviously you never have are you wouldn't make such uneducated basketball posts. These kids are young if Cal stops pushing they wouldn't win games. We did outscore Vandy by like 21 points after being down 12. That's pretty impressive when you only score 50+ points in a game.
I prefer using BPM if I am going to judge a players ability as a whole. Much more comprehensive stat. Your are cherry picking. His bpm is 3rd among starters when combining offense and defense. He is also third in each individual category. We have bigger problems on both sides of the court.
The SOB yelled at them. I have never heard of a coach yelling at his players before. Faaar Cal
Might be part of the reason more of the elite guys (NBA ready right now) are going there instead. They probably have grown up being better than everyone else and didn't get screamed at all the time. They are still only 18 year olds and not all of them respond well to being screamed at.
You have absolutely no basis for that wild guess, none. You dont know who the coach would be but yet, he wont succeed. I hope your arguments in court are fully developed. That one sure wasn't.
The recruiting and winning is already dropping...and what makes you think he'll definitely win another NC if he stays here 10 more years?
Lol. It’s called an opinion. Just like most of the takes in this thread. History says this is the best run UK has had since the 1950s except for 92-98. That’s a fact.
Winning dropped for 8 years after K won the title in 1992. What made anyone think K would win another one? He proceeded to win 3 more.
Playing by different rules in recruiting today...Cals only shot going forward is to hope K hangs it up after this year .
75-85 was probably as good of a run as well. But I agree with most of what you're saying. However I don't believe the next UK coach will fail or not be able to be as successful as Cal.
Will another coach be able to match Cal's first 6 years probably not. Could another coach come here and make 4 final 4's and win a title in 10 years. I think that's not out of the question. I don't want Cal to go anywhere but I know he won't change at the same time. He's a control freak for better or worse. He surrounds himself with assistants and staff that won't challenge him or be innovative. He's never had a protege have any real success because his success isn't based on strategy or methods you can teach. Cal is all bravado and panache and win that's clicking it's clicking big time but when it's not he doesn't have a set system he can just fall back on.
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Tell me, how many coaches has UK had that coached for a decade without a title. I'll wait.
No NBA team would ever hire Cal. Cal is a marketing machine he puts his own name out there. It's smart, you're always a hotter commodity if you seem to be wanted elsewhere. Besides the only real juice he had was when WWW and Leon Rose were running the NBA and they don't have the juice to get him a NBA job anymore and that's why you haven't heard it mentioned since 2014. Tony Bennett and Jay Wright are the 2 college guys right now that NBA gm's like. Especially Bennett. GM's think he could have a Stevens like impact for a team.
As far as the press asking questions. The only one who does ask tough real questions lost a chance to do a big behind the scenes article because Cal and Eric Lindsey got mad at him for asking non softball questions. So if anyone were to ask Cal that question I'm sure he wouldn't answer it and he'd probably pull strings behind the curtain to make the media members life not pleasant.
Some of you are looking for any negativity you can find. Cal is jumping up and down screaming just like he has from day one at Umass to last game. He literally has always coached like this.
And you people who think all Cal cares about is getting players to the NBA, how do you square that with his constant sideline animation trying desperately to win the game? You can't. He cares more about winning than the NBA. It's quite obvious, no matter what he says.
And you people who think all Cal cares about is getting players to the NBA, how do you square that with his constant sideline animation trying desperately to win the game? You can't. He cares more about winning than the NBA. It's quite obvious, no matter what he says.
Off the top of my head, we've won 5 NCAA tournament games at or near the buzzer without calling a timeout. Brandon Knight vs Princeton and Ohio state. Aaron Harrison vs Louisville, Michigan, although I think they called a timeout, and Wisconsin. Fox scoring with under a minute left against Wichita state when we were down one. Sometimes it works not calling one, sometimes it doesn't.
I literally just posted the same thing scout Cal coaching the same as he always has.
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