I think that started about 30 minutes ago.
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I think that started about 30 minutes ago.
I don't know either but I'm sure it'll be brought up very soon if it hasn't already.
Yes. Rupp never got close to this.
Rupp may have lost 3 in a row one season out of 42 years. But I can't recall a losing one. The worst I remember is 13-13 in 1967.
That was the year Pat Riley injured his back during the summer water skiing. I believe on Herrington Lake. He never got back to his Junior year conditioning and the Cats struggled. It was the worst year of Coach Rupp's career.
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This UK team sucks.
Sorry, but Cal needs to recruit just a few folks who may come back for the SECOND year.
Sorry, but Cal needs to recruit just a few folks who may come back for the SECOND year.
We're witnessing history in the making, folks. Poorest play any of us have ever seen in our lifetimes.
I wonder how badly the now partially irrelevant Lexington Herald Leader (kentucky.com) will criticize Cal?
Stay tuned.
I wonder how badly the now partially irrelevant Lexington Herald Leader (kentucky.com) will criticize Cal?
Stay tuned.
Yes we are in uncharted waters as they say. Worst since 1926-27 somebody said. Heck that was the year Ruth hit 60.
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That's 2 years before the stock market crash.
Cal's plan for UK greatness just went off the rails. Kids should not come to UK to only go to the NBA. Cal needs to understand that.
This team does not understand the game. I am not saying that they can not learn the game but right now they don't know how to play basketball. They are playing at UK to get a contract. That is bad, in my opinion.
I don't know how Cal's contract is drafted, but Kentucky needs to look at an alternative.
This team sucks. Cal blaming the fans for the schedule is horrible. I basically am pissed at Cal not the team. I have rooted for Cal for a decade. It is time that Cal became the Kentucky coach instead of the NBA talent evaluator. The NBA is not paying his damned salary, it is UK fans.
This team does not understand the game. I am not saying that they can not learn the game but right now they don't know how to play basketball. They are playing at UK to get a contract. That is bad, in my opinion.
I don't know how Cal's contract is drafted, but Kentucky needs to look at an alternative.
This team sucks. Cal blaming the fans for the schedule is horrible. I basically am pissed at Cal not the team. I have rooted for Cal for a decade. It is time that Cal became the Kentucky coach instead of the NBA talent evaluator. The NBA is not paying his damned salary, it is UK fans.
CFM (Coaches Feelings Matter)
Love this post.
Oh, the good old days. Love your reflections. It was a much larger Army back then. Seemed senior leaders really cared about soldiers they liked. Lots of stuff changed after Desert Storm. Drawdown dominated Army culture during the 90s. Everybody worried about their career, myself included.
I got hooked on Vodka/Grapefruit back in the 80s. Stayed with it and German beer until just 8 years ago or so.
Yeah, this team is offensively challenged.
Don’t blame them. This is not the Kentucky basketball we have all come to love. This is squarely on Cal.
Fify Sir...
I read on Rafters his buyout is 60 million. Don’t think he will be fired, but may leave on his own if it doesn’t improve. Sadly, can’t see it improving until he changes his recruiting philosophy. And I really don’t think he will. Going to be an interesting situation.
$60 million. Buyout? Surely that is wrong.
If this is true then UK needs to stop sending letters requesting money from the alumni. Apparently they have money to burn to come up with a contract like that. That is criminal
May not be true I don’t know, but I’ve read it multiple times. I do know he was given a lifetime contract.🥺
This current season is an aberration, a once in a lifetime event, if you will. If Cal goes anywhere, then color me shocked. I believe Mitch realizes as much.
I believe it may be true Backer Cutter and that is a lot of money. $60 million buyout. Do we have a booster that can come up with that kind of money.
Sounds like a bunch of 5* primadonnas.
Wasn't Malzone's at Auburn in the 20M+ range? If so, and he wasn't Top 10ish in coaching (maybe not Top 20) then I can see Cal's being 60M.
This may be the saddest most disgusting tweet I have read following a UK basketball game. Turmoil is a mild word to use with this stuff going on.
If what I'm reading is true then this could be Team Turmoil Part II. The original of course was Tubby's 2001-2002 team. At least that team made it to the Sweet 16.
Yep. I responded to a Rafters post last week regarding Tubby. That team lost the first game of the SEC tourney when Gerald Fitch was suspended for the USCjr tourney game. The next season, they ran the table (SEC regular season and SEC tourney) with an NBA second round draft pick (Keith Bogans). What a beautiful team to watch. They really woke up during halftime at Vandy that season.
This team is far too selfish.
China dough Sir... they seem to have loads of it coming from Nike and other China infested concerns... of course China got all that dough from...........the United States...
Sir,
It started when, for whatever reason the "coaches" decided to placate the players. I stated it at that time. The coaches will never be coaches again, they will be cheerleaders or busts. You cannot do the wrong things in the normal world (Outside of politics) and expect good things to happen. You cannot win when you do not lead.
Cal lost nearly ALL of his leadership capabilities when he made that horrible decision to placate a farce to his "players" and "recruits"....
I will stop today, I am not in the frame of mind where I should be posting....
Team Turmoil was probably Tubby's most talented team but he just couldn't manage the 5-star egos. The following season, after the house cleaning was magical. Too bad Dwayne Wade spoiled their run.
Helluva team. My favorite during the Tubby era with players he recruited. Unstoppable in SEC play.
I'm trying to catch up, but add possum to my "no go" list from the other day......
I was sitting in a restaurant in Dallas, TX watching that game. A buddy of mine and I went to Texas Speedway to watch a NASCAR race that weekend and took in the game. I was really disappointed and had no idea how good Dwayne Wade was but I found out. I think that UK team could have or maybe should have won it all.
I looked it up and the last time UK lost five games in a row was Pitino's first season, 1989-1990. Probation year. God forbid we lose #6. No telling how far back that would go.
Yeah, haha, I've been referring back to Jon Scott's amazing site lately. Wow, just wow, is all I can say.
More dedicated one-on-one mentoring may get us an NIT bid, if that. This team is seriously dysfunctional.
What a meltdown in RR!!
This is what a meltdown is like in the D, What the heck, why ain't Gunsmoke on?!!!!!
This is what a meltdown is like in the D, What the heck, why ain't Gunsmoke on?!!!!!
I don't blame Calipari for this mess that he's paid very well to deal with. The fans deserve/need a pro team and coach to boo and critique. There's nothing wrong with that. They're paid to perform. Kentucky also needs to have a collegiate team to represent them and prepare young men for the same fans. And in today's turmoil, Cal continues his focus doing what's he believes is best for the kids. I don't expect they'll be around long enough to finish the journey. That's not Cal's fault.
I had a problem managing/training a sufficient team in a fast paced high stressed atmosphere where it took three years to train an officer and the average burn out about 19 months. Without team leaders, confusion resulted in chaos, then corruption. Without evidence, I suspect Cal is not making all these decisions. Only given the responsibility with an illusion he has the authority to fix it. The boat looks familiar.
This team is going thru hell. 5★ prima donnas always have to learn to lose before they learn to win. Life is not fair and they will learn the rules can allow incompetent or corrupt officials to determine the winners. Opposition coaches teach their inferior players to cheat without accountability.
Boston is fouled every time he drives to the basket. Duh. Sometimes they're called sometimes they're not. Cal didn't miss the free throws or jump shots. Players learn to perform as a team to achieve dominance over time or they don't. Not saying Cal's doing a great job but he's not been Rick Pitino slimy either. He's dealing with the ever shortening periods of time to address the challenges of coaching young men not familiar with the truth and we should not expect boys to grow into men in a couple of months.
I had a problem managing/training a sufficient team in a fast paced high stressed atmosphere where it took three years to train an officer and the average burn out about 19 months. Without team leaders, confusion resulted in chaos, then corruption. Without evidence, I suspect Cal is not making all these decisions. Only given the responsibility with an illusion he has the authority to fix it. The boat looks familiar.
This team is going thru hell. 5★ prima donnas always have to learn to lose before they learn to win. Life is not fair and they will learn the rules can allow incompetent or corrupt officials to determine the winners. Opposition coaches teach their inferior players to cheat without accountability.
Boston is fouled every time he drives to the basket. Duh. Sometimes they're called sometimes they're not. Cal didn't miss the free throws or jump shots. Players learn to perform as a team to achieve dominance over time or they don't. Not saying Cal's doing a great job but he's not been Rick Pitino slimy either. He's dealing with the ever shortening periods of time to address the challenges of coaching young men not familiar with the truth and we should not expect boys to grow into men in a couple of months.
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Totally deserved in my opinion.
