I like good posters from other fan bases, like grumpyolddawg. He is a valued poster on the football board. He also doesn't qualify his posts and make backhanded compliments. Posters like that deserve what they get.
Congrats on the big win yesterday!
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I'm 39 and Vandy has won in Lex twice in my life (06 and 07). Last win before that for Vandy in Lexington was 1974 in Memorial Coliseum.
So anybody wanting to defend this guy for coming here and acting as if it was some special win for the Cats should check themselves. Something tells me though we wont be hearing much more from Freida, I think there's too much actual knowledge being thrown his way.
I'm 39 and Vandy has won in Lex twice in my life (06 and 07). Last win before that for Vandy in Lexington was 1974 in Memorial Coliseum.
So anybody wanting to defend this guy for coming here and acting as if it was some special win for the Cats should check themselves. Something tells me though we wont be hearing much more from Freida, I think there's too much actual knowledge being thrown his way.
Just reread Friedas_Boss's original post (not going to take time to reread all his posts, most in response to attacks by IMHO overly sensitive Rafters posters).
I saw absolutely nothing anti-UK in his original post. That he felt his team played poorly and expressed that on an opponent's' board is simply not objectionable to rational posters.
I suppose the Friedas_Boss haters in this thread thought our team played some of its better basketball in double-digit losses to UCLA and LSU, not to mention the way we couldn't get a key basket or defensive stop in the later minutes against Ohio State or how, after getting a 2-point lead with 1:42 to go, we folded down the stretch against Auburn. Sarcasm intended!!
UK didn't play that great yesterday and still beat Vandy by 19. Vandy had a +19 FT advantage and lost by 19. I am sure the refs will give UK a +19 at Vandy in a few weeks as that would mean another 20-ish point UK win..
I agree with your premise and conclusion. But, IMHO, this is unfortunate, because rational posters like to see the opinions of other teams' fans and are intelligent enough to sort out the garbage.
We don't need the "panties in a wad crowd" to tell us what is good or bad in their "infallible" opinion.
What you fail to understand (or acknowledge) is that your team played poorly because of our defense. Your team performed poorly on defense because they do not have the quickness to check our personnel. Yes, Vandy played poorly, but the primary reason for that was the guys in blue.
I agree. I was going to use grumpydog as an exception but I thought he pretty much stayed on the football board... but you're right about him. He seems like a good guy.
I'm with you. I wish opposing fans could be rational (and that includes some UK fans) but it doesn't happen often. I tried it on the UL board when I first started posting but that got ugly and I stayed decent as long as I could. Didn't work.
Vandy missed threes because of our guards d, it happened to Arkansas too.
Add me to the list of those taking up for the Vandy fan. You guys are crazy
It would have been a good post if he had left out the second paragraph, he just couldn't help himself. Vandy just ran in to a buzz saw, they were defeated in every phase of the game. Kentucky's defense was great and the cats have better players, you got to tell it like it is or don't say nothing.
Fans of their own team typically focus on their own team. It probably wasn't their best showing with and without UK's performance.
He didn't SAY UK forced their poor play, but he didn't say UK didn't. You guys sound like drama queens and fools
He didn't SAY UK forced their poor play, but he didn't say UK didn't. You guys sound like drama queens and fools
Well said.
UK played well, VU played poorly, thus the large margin of victory.
Somehow, there were even people that got offended by my comment that if Ulis and Murray both play well like they did yesterday, the Cats can go a long way in March.
UK's defense was terrific yesterday.
Does UK lack the athletes to keep up with Auburn? Or... Did they play poorly?
I think you know the answer.
I think we should give @Friedas_Boss a little time to come to grips with the loss, it had to be frustrating for passionate fans such as frieda.
I definitely give him credit for coming by after the game and starting this thread. That couldn't have been easy. It's not just about the game, it's about the season. Vandy was supposed to be a possible 2 seed in the NCAAT this year, now it's looking like they'll be a #2 in a different tournament. We know all too well how that feels. It's not fun.
Vandy was starting to hit its stride but yesterdays game was a huge setback for them.
I definitely give him credit for coming by after the game and starting this thread. That couldn't have been easy. It's not just about the game, it's about the season. Vandy was supposed to be a possible 2 seed in the NCAAT this year, now it's looking like they'll be a #2 in a different tournament. We know all too well how that feels. It's not fun.
Vandy was starting to hit its stride but yesterdays game was a huge setback for them.
That's fine. You're still wrong, look at the list who liked your post.
Still stirring the pot on our board. Maybe your two defenders will continue to back you up.
I appreciate level head and objective fans like yourself.
As you know, basketball is a high variance sport so your performance can up and down from one game to the next. It's not football where the bigger, faster and stronger team wins every time. There are a ton of factors that determine the final outcome. In this case, UK played very well and VU played awful. Plain and simple and I'm not sure how anybody could have a different conclusion.
Again, if it were a 1 point margin, I could understand how some would be offended by anything I've said, but we got worked so the diagnosis should be pretty self explanatory.
The last time Vandy had a good team, on paper, Frieda was haunting this board under the name CrazyVandyFan. He was quite entertaining predicting big things in 2012 before they choked, as always, in the NCAA tournament.
But no reason not to welcome him. He's amusing in his consistently bad reads and goofy comparisons.
But no reason not to welcome him. He's amusing in his consistently bad reads and goofy comparisons.
Call it what you want, but that dude has talked trash about Vandy for a decade or more. That's fine, doesn't bother me a bit, but my point should be clear (if you say Vandy sucks every year, eventually, you will be correct (thus the clock comment)).
Does that make sense?
OP is getting grief more for his past trolling and ignorance than for this thread. Imagine caneintally pumping a mediocre program incessantly on another board.
Only if it's broken. Otherwise if set correctly it is always right
Believe it or not that was not our best game. We are more than capable of playing much better, thought our D was about the same as the Ark game was. The D has been really bad at times for us and allowing our opponents to run amok. That game yesterday could have easily been a 40 point loss but I seriously doubt Cal would even want it to get beyond 20. He's not a punisher like I would be. The refs were a little one sided and its a good thing for you guys and Murray and Briscoe are certainly capable of playing better, not gonna mention our bigs who played terrible. It could have gotten ugly.
So a clock is more accurate than you , I'll buy that .
Frito came over here touting Vandy preseason , good call , you showed us .
Before the season started, all we heard from Vandy fans was how awesome their big frontcourt is going to be this season. If that is what you guys call a good frontcourt, man, it must suck to be a Vandy fan. Our lack of frontcourt players abused the two big 7fters on Vandy. What a joke. According to Vandy fans, that backcourt was suppose to be one of the best in the nation. That is another joke! Good luck, Vandy. You guys are sure going to need it for the rest of the year.
I don't know if it was Vandy's worst game. They certainly missed some open 3's but the free throw differential I think made up for some of their shooting. Shoot a little better and even up the FT shooting the score is about the same. But let's not puff out our chest and dismiss Vandy like this isn't a big win. UK is still trying to find its identity and getting consistent play on both sides of the ball is important here In the next few weeks. Yes, it's 2 bad teams but they are important wins hopefully in getting this team on the right track. A week ago we couldn't beat a bad team on the road.
Arkansas and Vandy certainly looked below average against UK but if you allow those teams to do the things they are attempting to do they both have the ability to win almost any game. UK made both teams look silly. Stallings said it best, he said that UK took them right out of everything they wanted to do. If the Arkansas coaches weren't so disrespectful they would admit the same thing.
UK is starting to get that defensive intensity and execution where it needs to be. I just hope we don't peak too soon. If this team peaks right at tournament time we could be looking at a team that can win it all. The talent is there and I will put our pg up against anyone elses.
Do you think that UK's defense had anything to do with Vandy playing a poor game? Maybe they just happened to miss all those open shots for some other reason. I actually rarely saw an open shot. UK's defense was all over Vandy. However according to you all those shots were open shots with no UK defense.
We missed a lot of lay ups and wide open looks for sure. It's possible to have missed lay ups and open looks AND for UK to have forced some bad shots too.
UK's defense did play well, very impressive performance.
FYI, we beat the brakes off of Auburn, the same team that beat UK.
In basketball, sometimes your shots don't fall and if the other team is playing well and making everything, watch out because it's going to get ugly.
Luckily, yesterday only counts as one loss.
Old Baldy will be at Candy as long as he wants..David Williams would have trouble replacing him..
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