Coach Cal says he was loyal to the twins

[kentucky_wildcat_#1]

As he should have been. The twins earned that with the hard work and overall success they had here at Kentucky. Maybe if we sub Ulis into the last few minutes of the Wisconsin game we win. Maybe not. We will never know. The twins gave us their all and when kids do that for you, win or lose, you play them until its over. This year, it will be Ulis with the ball in his hands Towards the end of the game. We have 3 pgs pretty much in our starting lineup, but at the end of the game, it will be Ulis leading. If we lose, I'm sure some fans will argue we might have won if Murray or Briscoe was playing the pg spot. It never fails. You live and die with your best 5 on the floor. With Cal, that's what I Love so much about him. He gets that better than any coach we have had, if not ever. That might sound silly and you would think every coach would think this way, but as we have all witnessed in the past, some actually don't play their best 5. Love the twins and all the success they led us to. I'm not about to let one loss taint my view on their UK career. That would be a shame.

 

[Wall2Boogie]

If Karl towns walk, and trey Lyles long neck didn't get in the way we cruise to number 9 it's all their fault.

 

[Myth Buster51]

Confidence is silence. Insecurity is loud.

 

[EvilMD]

Beisner said on twitter that if he was Cal he'd just respond to every "controversy" over things he has said with a picture of Gillispie. LOL

 

[GLR5555]

Guaranteed this will be used in negative recruiting against us. I can just picture opposing coaches saying "But Cal will throw you under the bus if you screw up!"

http://louisville.forums.rivals.com/threads/calipari-throws-the-harrison-twins-under-the-bus.12812/#post-122
It is already being discussed by you know who.

 

[wcc31]

Cal cost himself and us a perfect season and a national title by refusing to watch film of Wisconsin before the semifinal game. Playing Andrew, or not playing Andrew, had nothing to do with the loss. If the 'Cats had watched even a minimum of film on Kaminsky, WCS, KAT, and Trey would have stopped those predictable post moves completely, and it wouldn't have been a close game. Alas, Coach Cal outsmarted himself. No other way to put it. So don't lay it on Andrew.

You're a complete idiot if you think Calipari didn't watch tape on Wisconsin.

 

[kybassfan]

Guaranteed this will be used in negative recruiting against us. I can just picture opposing coaches saying "But Cal will throw you under the bus if you screw up!"

Cal could have said "Kittens are cute". Negative recruiting would have played that as "Cal abuses kittens". Cal could have said nothing and the spin would be "you never know where you stand with that guy". Its the world he lives in. He wears big boy pants so he can deal with it.

 

[.S&C.]

For the ones saying that Cal slowed it down, I really thought he said after the game that he was not slowing it down...almost implied that players didn't listen to him and maybe they slowed it down?!

3 free timeouts to call of the players aren't "listening" to him. I guess this would be the first time Cal allowed complete disrespect for 5 straight minutes and possession after possession.


Not you personally, but for someone to actually believe this is pretty incredible.

 

[.S&C.]

False. Booker shot 29% from 3 from February on and became a complete liability on defense.

I agree on Ulis, but Booker hit the wall.

The myth that is Bookers game got ridiculous on this board. I like Book and think he could have produced more as be grew older, but he was just a streaky shooter with below average defense. By the end of the year he was sort of a liability.

I'll never forget getting on the board last February to be told by many he was better or as good than Lamb, Meeks, and Delk. There's no disrespect to Booker, but that's what I mean when I call him a myth. He never produced quite like some in this fan base believe.

 

[wcc31]

The myth that is Bookers game got ridiculous on this board. I like Book and think he could have produced more as be grew older, but he was just a streaky shooter with below average defense. By the end of the year he was sort of a liability.

I'll never forget getting on the board last February to be told by many he was better or as good than Lamb, Meeks, and Delk. There's no disrespect to Booker, but that's what I mean when I call him a myth. He never produced quite like some in this fan base believe.

Oh, he sure did- in December/January, the kid was just sick. Shot over 50% from 3, was cocky as hell and balled out. Even his D early on was impressive. Problem is- he completely lost it on both ends.

To me, the biggest disappointment in last year's team was the fact we never got Aaron and Booker playing well at the same time. Aaron was in a Bogans-esque season long slump and Booker lost his shot late in the year.

 

[.S&C.]

Oh, he sure did- in December/January, the kid was just sick. Shot over 50% from 3, was cocky as hell and balled out. Even his D early on was impressive. Problem is- he completely lost it on both ends.

To me, the biggest disappointment in last year's team was the fact we never got Aaron and Booker playing well at the same time. Aaron was in a Bogans-esque season long slump and Booker lost his shot late in the year.

Agreed. and he did ball out when he balled out. My issue was people still making the claim in mid February after he took a nose dive. Calling him better than lamb does a complete disservice to Doron, who I believe is the single most under appreciated cat in Cals years here.

 

[Xception]

I don't think anyone in this thread is saying he shouldn't have trusted the Harrisons. A lot of us are just saying he shouldn't be talking about it still six months later. We want him focused on this upcoming season. Not providing fodder for Forde and the other Cal haters.

Well then you haven't read every post in this thread or you failed to see it . You spoke for yourself and many others , which is true in that case .

 

[Mojocat]

We always do well after a TO.

I think you should check your facts. That can't possibly be right. Doing well coming out of a TO is a classic sign of a well coached team. There are a handful of posters here - and many more in rival fan bases - that insist Cal is just a recruiter, can't coach. Ergo, you must be wrong.

heh.

 

[dave5164]

I think we all knew last year that Coach Cal's Loyalty were to the Harrison Twins throughout the whole season not just in one game. There were games that Booker and Ulis were playing awesome but you can see that Coach Cal would still stick with the Twins over Booker/Ulis. I know alot of Experts, broadcasters, Fans all wanted Booker/Ulis out there more but it wasn't going to happen. I also believe that everyone saw in the FF game vs Wisconsin that in the last 4 minutes of the game and we are up 60-56 and I had a chance to go up 6 points is when I screaming at TV to get Ulis in the game. We went 3 possessions with nothing and could have inceased our lead to 6 on a couple of possessions. I think most fans, experts, broadcasters were all wondering in those last 4 minutes if we would see Ulis and Booker to finish. Even though Booker wasn't hitting the outside or 3 point shot that night he is still dangerous enough to hit a big one! Then you have Ulis that had been exceptional on getting the ball inside to the big men for easy layups or buckets and he is also dangerous from outside. I know in that 4 minute stretch I talked more to my TV that night than I did with anyone else that was in our house watching the game. We should have easily pulled that one out in the end and would made for a great matchup with Duke!

 

[KopiKat]

You are not smart if you think I am a kansas fan.

Frankly, you're the one who wasn't being very smart if you think it wasn't reasonable, in an anonymous forum, after only dozen or so posts, using a moniker tagging the Kansas program's most fabled player, to conclude that you weren't (or are) a Kansas fan. At that point it was a completely reasonable conclusion - the only reasonable conclusion, in fact - and was just ridiculous for you to assert that the assumption was "not smart."

The 2014-2015 UK men's basketball season ended just wrong, but to a well prepared Wisconsin Badger team. I've just about put out of my memory the final possessions, other than we held the ball like our first day of practice. You just don't get to work your way to that 9th national title without heavy disappointments along the way. Maybe someday 5 or 6 decades from now you guys will know what I'm talking about.

 

[MOX-MOX]

i saw you agreeing with tubby tabbys post cut nets. your a snake in the grass buddy!