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Cal weighs in on the roster…

No I would have been excited to have a good team.Chris was always leaving so no excuse for Cal not to have added to this roster.
Well we won't see it now, but if he came back and went for 16/9 or something, and our replacement went 9/6 or something, people would definitely complain.
 
I'd take Creepy Tom Crean in a one for one swap at this point.

I feel like crying.

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What is the "ultimate goal" they are chasing, though?
I guess money. Cause thats the message thats being preached to them that money is the only way to happiness. Money can never buy back college experiences once thats gone though. But dont think these guys care too much about that . . . at least until the get old like me then maybe they will.
 
There was a time I would read a statement from Cal like this and believe him and start getting excited again for the upcoming season, feeling that he really was on top of things and would get us a great team to get excited about the next season. That ship has sailed and I don't trust a thing he says any more. He is just trying to smooth over the waters and attempt to get fans back on his side. Oh, how I wish I am wrong but I just don't trust what comes out of his mouth any longer. I truly want a new coach!
 
There was a time I would read a statement from Cal like this and believe him and start getting excited again for the upcoming season, feeling that he really was on top of things and would get us a great team to get excited about the next season. That ship has sailed and I don't trust a thing he says any more. He is just trying to smooth over the waters and attempt to get fans back on his side. Oh, how I wish I am wrong but I just don't trust what comes out of his mouth any longer. I truly want a new coach!
Everything from cal fits in two buckets for me- gaslighting or thinly veiled contempt for the fans.
 
Cal will go out and pull in two or 3 players that we've never heard of and expect us to believe that these were the players that his staff was secretly targeting all along.

We're not fooled by your morning tweet, you fat slob!

Please just admit this isn't working for you anymore and just fecking retire already!!!!!

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I guess money. Cause thats the message thats being preached to them that money is the only way to happiness. Money can never buy back college experiences once thats gone though. But dont think these guys care too much about that . . . at least until the get old like me then maybe they will.

Money is important. You don't make any you live with mommy and daddy until they die or you die.
 
When he was hired, he said it would be a Players First program.

Consistency. Dependability. Commitment. Strange to think that people feel those are negative virtues.
Yes imagine dumb fans wants wanting him to put the program first....
 
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At least he finally said something
I don’t get the acting like his information about who they are targetting can’t get out. It’s 2023. With the amount of technology and sources out there, if Kentucky is going after somebody it will probably leak now
 
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But that also makes it hard to move until you really know what your roster is going to be. We’ve prepared for all scenarios and now we can move forward.


It's way too late to make this part of his comment. By waiting on kids to "pursue their dreams"....the portal window has seen a ton of talent already go to other teams. Oscar is a unique situation but the Reeves/Livingston....it was 1000% percent clear they had zero NBA skills and if they wanted to sniff it....then move on to a bevy of other players. Just pure incompetence to be in this situation.
Exactly...Those two should've been told to GTFO and recruit others. Or just recruit others anyway and promote a culture of healthy competitiveness and not promising playing time.
 
It's more BS salesman rhetoric.
Oh, I don’t disagree. But this comes off vastly different (at least to me) from his normal summer “swaggy Cal” persona.

I took it as 1) he had no idea the majority of the team was going leave, when basically everyone else did 2) he missed on his two portal options and really has nothing lined up and is going to scramble to fill up spots.
 
There was a time I would read a statement from Cal like this and believe him and start getting excited again for the upcoming season, feeling that he really was on top of things and would get us a great team to get excited about the next season. That ship has sailed and I don't trust a thing he says any more. He is just trying to smooth over the waters and attempt to get fans back on his side. Oh, how I wish I am wrong but I just don't trust what comes out of his mouth any longer. I truly want a new coach!
Actually, I don't even think he cares about getting the fans back on his side. These statements don't do that. They just alienate more. These kinds of releases are merely about doing the bare minimum so that his bosses - if he has any - have muddied water as to whether they can just fire him for cause.
 
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Exactly...Those two should've been told to GTFO and recruit others. Or just recruit others anyway and promote a culture of healthy competitiveness and not promising playing time.
Well...he has his freshman phenoms who have presumably been guaranteed playing time. So how does he even promote healthy competitiveness or get anyone to come here and sit behind freshmen?
 
Oh, I don’t disagree. But this comes off vastly different (at least to me) from his normal summer “swaggy Cal” persona.

I took it as 1) he had no idea the majority of the team was going leave, when basically everyone else did 2) he missed on his two portal options and really has nothing lined up and is going to scramble to fill up spots.
Oh, my bad. I totally missed that in your post. But yes, I'd totally agree with that. Basically got caught with little Cal in his hands.

You know what totally baffles me about all of this? Cal used to have a shady rep and lean on his relationship with WWW. Was he cheating? Was he turning a blind eye? Was he bending as much as he could? I think you could honestly answer yes to any of those and have a valid argument. Now that you can actually pay, in a way, players...he's decided that's not how he wants to do it? GTFO, you lazy fat POS. Nothing but an excuse for why he's now getting his a$$ kicked.
 
It's make or break with these freshmen. Could be a long season.
And let's hope the rumor about Bradshaw's foot injury are just that...rumors. Or we may be down yet another player. We know what happens when a UK gets injured...they usually sit on the bench for an entire season.
 
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Well...he has his freshman phenoms who have presumably been guaranteed playing time. So how does he even promote healthy competitiveness or get anyone to come here and sit behind freshmen?
Tell them they're going to compete once they're here. Don't promise ish to get them here. But then, he'd actually have to coach and recruit a bit. That's my point, I think at the very least he was turning a blind eye to the things that needed to be done to get the players he was getting. Now that most of that stuff is legal and the portal makes it the wild west, he's getting kicked. And he ain't good enough or hungry enough anymore to do anything about it.
 
Really shows how out of touch he is with players now. They keep him completely in the dark up until the last deadline day.

People were worried if he left he would take this freshman class with him. He stayed and we have only half a damn roster. Too funny!
 
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Oh, my bad. I totally missed that in your post. But yes, I'd totally agree with that. Basically got caught with little Cal in his hands.

You know what totally baffles me about all of this? Cal used to have a shady rep and lean on his relationship with WWW. Was he cheating? Was he turning a blind eye? Was he bending as much as he could? I think you could honestly answer yes to any of those and have a valid argument. Now that you can actually pay, in a way, players...he's decided that's not how he wants to do it? GTFO, you lazy fat POS. Nothing but an excuse for why he's now getting his a$$ kicked.
I’ve said it on here before, but I feel Cal was the bad guy and outsider of college bball for the majority of his career. The media and other coaches didn’t like him. After the 12 title and HOF induction, he got the recognition he craved, and wanted to create this good guy image to end his career. So he went the opposite direction of what made him successful to try and be liked by everyone. It hasn’t worked out, and it is costing him his on court legacy.

The Cal from 10-17 would absolutely laugh and kick the sh*t out of this current version of Cal.
 
This is refreshing. I read into this that Cal is confident he can still land a transfer from Southwest Missouri State

We’ll be fine!
 
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When these freshman kids start getting beat up playing against men and they don't have any back-ups, the losses will start to pile up. And when those things happen, I see several of them checking out at that point so they don't jeopardize their "ultimate goal". We may have to forfeit games by late January.
 
When you read what I type,I don't give a shit how u take it...................................period
Is English your first language? Your use of spaces, or lack there of with commas and periods is strange. Makes it difficult to read the post even though I liked what you were saying.
 
Is English your first language? Your use of spaces, or lack there of with commas and periods is strange. Makes it difficult to read the post even though I liked what you were saying.
Well bless your heart,I appreciate you liking what I said and I hope you liked what I said in that I don't give a shit what you think.Hope this satisfied your grammar class for today.
 
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1. Keep Reeves
2. Promote Thiero to Livingston role
3. Add another shooter who can contribute
4. Add another big who has a hybrid game
it sounds like you want 7 guys to play the 1, 2 and 3 spots and 3 guys to play the 4 and 5 spots
that is very unbalanced
 
Well bless your heart,I appreciate you liking what I said and I hope you liked what I said in that I don't give a shit what you think.Hope this satisfied your grammar class for today.
Pretty sad that even with technology showing your the errors you still can't fix them. Enjoy physical labor!
 
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