Caleb Wilson cancels on Arky again

[yoshukai]

That’s what was said but if that was truly the case we will never know for sure.

Pretty sure Wright said that in an interview. Jay Williams always thought he was going to UK also, but after his dad spoke to Tubby he’s dad told him “you ain’t going there” .

 

[yoshukai]

He did, but he has done alot more flirting with uk. His buddy comitted here, he was at the champions classic and tweets about uk all the time. At the is point it would be a upset for him not to be at Kentucky

He’s been on some unofficial visits to UNC . That’s always concerning to me . But I think we are in pretty good shape with him .

 

[ccukuk]

I was all about Cal and the young guns when he was getting the right ones. After he won his championship, he got soft and recruited soft players. No way I would send my kid to him, he has nothing to offer them anymore. The fishbowl of UK was what prepared the kids best for the NBA..the mental part of the game was the education. His development of players is non-existent..

Disagree about the players after ‘12 being soft. No, it wasn’t just being at UK that prepared all the pros in the nba now from Ky. UK had great players all during cow’s tenure, great men, absolute studs. Cow just was and is a bad coach. And to player development, that’s also not true. It’s easy to be a huge critic of cow now, I am too, buy you’re going too far.

 

[ccukuk]

Around Covid is when shooting and actual tnsigible basketball skills got heightened in teams systems more. Cal didn’t adjust and just wanted to rely on athleticism. Last year he tried to change but he didn’t play his best players together.

You don’t believe dj and je were the best? Good, because no one but cow felt that way.

 

[bnewt]

Pretty sure Wright said that in an interview. Jay Williams always thought he was going to UK also, but after his dad spoke to Tubby he’s dad told him “you ain’t going there” .

Sounds like something stupid tubby would do.

 

[yoshukai]

I get him being excited about being rich, but you can be classy and respectful toward people's time AND be excited about being rich. A lot of these kids have been put on a pedestal for so long that they think the world revolves around them, and couldn't possibly care less how others are affected. I guess I was raised differently.

He said in the interview that he has seen the schools (except for Arkansas) , met and talked to the coaches, and now he wants to watch them in game situations and see how they “coach their players “. That seems very fair and intelligent to me . I would imagine he was pretty impressed with Popes interactions with the players . I’d be curious if he watched the Arkansas- Troy game and saw Cal stomping his foot and screaming like an idiot.

 

[true blue1]

Pretty sure Wright said that in an interview. Jay Williams always thought he was going to UK also, but after his dad spoke to Tubby he’s dad told him “you ain’t going there” .

I had never heard that about Jay Williams.

 

[yoshukai]

I had never heard that about Jay Williams.

Me either, but I heard Williams himself say it . Surprised the hell out of me . Can you imagine him with Bogans and Prince .

Former Duke star Jay Williams says he almost played for Tubby Smith at Kentucky - Nation of Blue

Former Duke star Jay Williams says he almost played for Tubby Smith at Kentucky, but something went wrong on a recruiting call with Smith. Listen as Williams, one of Duke’s all-time great players, tells Matt Jones and Myron Medcalf about a promising call with Tubby that ended on a sour note...

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[Dontworryboutit23]

You don’t believe dj and je were the best? Good, because no one but cow felt that way.

I don’t and nobody did. Edwards had the potential to be but he didn’t have motor to be

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

He’s been on some unofficial visits to UNC . That’s always concerning to me . But I think we are in pretty good shape with him .

Agree, but him doing that interview with KSR the other day and taking the shot at Arkansas makes me think it’s Kentucky

 

[North Carolina Blue Wildcat]

Disagree about the players after ‘12 being soft. No, it wasn’t just being at UK that prepared all the pros in the nba now from Ky. UK had great players all during cow’s tenure, great men, absolute studs. Cow just was and is a bad coach. And to player development, that’s also not true. It’s easy to be a huge critic of cow now, I am too, buy you’re going too far.

Didn’t say anything about not having good players.. but he stopped recruiting pure dawgs like Wall, Boogie, MKG. H

Disagree about the players after ‘12 being soft. No, it wasn’t just being at UK that prepared all the pros in the nba now from Ky. UK had great players all during cow’s tenure, great men, absolute studs. Cow just was and is a bad coach. And to player development, that’s also not true. It’s easy to be a huge critic of cow now, I am too, buy you’re going too far.

Cal stopped recruiting the inner city kids, the ones with a chip on their shoulder. Without them, his system doesn’t work. You have to have a kid or 2 that can go get their own for his system to work.

 

[Ron Mehico]

Agree, but him doing that interview with KSR the other day and taking the shot at Arkansas makes me think it’s Kentucky

What shot at Arkansas?

 

[LmdCat]

Don'tworryaboutit23 still has his mindset tied to Cal pushing kids out the door whenever the G-League winked at them. Those days are done. We'll lose guys to the draft, but it won't be because Pope blesses premature departures the same way Cal did.

I saw a podcast last night with Teague and Lamb talking to Cal, and Cal bragged about how he didn't pressure either of them to reconsider their early exists. Meanwhile, Teague should have definitely come back and ended up hurting his NBA career because of leaving early.

Pope's not going to hold the door open for them the way Cal used to.

Cal's system depended on players leaving ready or not to make room for the next wave of OADs. His OAD system wouldn't work if recruits felt they had to compete for starting roles. For the players who dared to stay more than one season, more often than not they had to take a backseat to the next wave of OADs.

Cal's measure of success was winning the recruiting wars and having the greatest number of players in the Green Room on draft night. He had no real interest in winning the conference tourney and eventually the NC. He seems to have had incredible disdain for Kentucky as a Blue Blood because it overshadowed his brand so he worked hard to destroy it.

 

[LmdCat]

Didn’t say anything about not having good players.. but he stopped recruiting pure dawgs like Wall, Boogie, MKG. H

Cal stopped recruiting the inner city kids, the ones with a chip on their shoulder. Without them, his system doesn’t work. You have to have a kid or 2 that can go get their own for his system to work.

Cal didn't stop recruiting them; he simply lost out to other universities.

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

What shot at Arkansas?

He said he didn’t know anything Arkansas and didn’t really think about them much at all

 

[BBUK]

Sounds like Caleb has been catching TV hoops games the last two nights....

But, but, famalia, Players first, ending generational poverty, Cow's historical record of getting players to the league????

Dang...

 

[LmdCat]

I would love to get Wilson, but if he goes elsewhere, Pope will continue building a good team just as he did with our current team. Like a great chef who can make almost anything taste good, Pope will work magic with whatever he has to work with to build a winning team. I believe his style of play will attract all of the talent we need from either high school or transfer portal players.

 

[yoshukai]

I would love to get Wilson, but if he goes elsewhere, Pope will continue building a good team just as he did with our current team. Like a great chef who can make almost anything taste good, Pope will work magic with whatever he has to work with to produce a winning team.

I’m like that. I want Wilson because CMP wants him . Evidently badly. But if missing out on him frees up 2 million to get a great shooting stretch 4 from the portal then so be it . I mean honestly, it would take one hell of a freshman to do the things and have the season Carr is having thus far.

 

[LmdCat]

I’m like that. I want Wilson because CMP wants him . Evidently badly. But if missing out on him frees up 2 million to get a great shooting stretch 4 from the portal then so be it . I mean honestly, it would take one hell of a freshman to do the things and have the season Carr is having thus far.

For the first time in a very long time, I feel the program is in the hands of a competent coach who has a plan and knows how to execute it. Pope will do what is best for the team and will not make dumb emotional moves that are unhealthy for the team.