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Dana O'Neil: surprise surprise, has her facts wrong

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I got an alert on my iPhone 10 minutes ago stating Dana O'Neil writes UK fans will again have unreasonable expectations in spite of sending 8 players to the draft. The article doesn't exactly say that, but certainly hints at it. And just baffling how she can write an article and have it posted to ESPN.com with such a glaring mistake. Lmao, 8 players? For someone who who consider herself a professional, just embarrassing.... Do they not have fact checkers/editors?

"Kentucky is always trying to win a national championship -- that means the basketball program, the school, the state, its resident senior citizens, mothers, fathers, small children and those still in the womb.

It is what the Wildcats do, and revisionist history doesn't change that.

The question is: Can Kentucky do it this year? Whether it was the goal or not, Calipari will indeed send eight players to their NBA fortunes later this month, a stunning turnover of talent even at a program that turns over talent like no other.

It should, in theory, afford the Wildcats a mulligan this year. Replacing eight guys from a team that lost but one game in 39 tries is a rather tall order, but this is Kentucky. What's more, this is Kentucky under Calipari, and an unreasonably high bar is expected to be met annually."

There was more to the article, but nothing worth reading. I removed the link based on good advise below. No reason to support here with extra hits.

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I think its clear she based the statement off of Cal saying the goal was to get eight players drafted. Only problem is that didn't happen and Dana didn't get the memo
 
O'Neil is a hack but of course UK fans are going to have unrealistic expectations because they do every year. This is nothing new. Some UK fans actually thought UK was going to be good during BCGs seasons, or some of the Tubby years.
 
Please don't link people like Dana O'Neal.

When you do that, she wins. One day our fanbase will understand this.
 
That's interesting that she thinks UK fans will have unrealistic expectations. Things have leveled off a bit recently, but during May the collective expectations were unrealistically negative.
 
Silly story. It is the media that has next year's team ranked in the top 5 (some as high as #1) in the early rankings after losing 8 players. So, is it the fans that have the unrealistic expectations or the media? I would think the fans of any team with a pre-season top 5 ranking expects their team to have a very, very legitimate shot at winning it all.
 
I don't like any of the media outlets because every year they drive the Calipari to NBA into the ground, constantly rake on our program about any minuscule thing they can dig up, so they get no support from me in the form of clicking on a link, how long is it until BBM;)
 
Total facepalm for the TMZ of sports. I am a fantastic writer, but ESPN would never have me...I know way too much about sports.
 
If she's saying that expectations shouldn't be that high, then maybe if we have a good year she'll vote Calipari Coach of the Year. Since he wasn't worthy last year.
 
Didn't she marry Forde ? That makes her a ha ha right there , dismissed .

Even if it's not true I can just say I did a media . [thumb2]
 
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Didn't she marry Forde ? That makes her a ha ha right there , dismissed .
Didn't know this (if it's true), but dang that explains a lot. It's like the Devil marrying the Wicked Witch of the West.
 
Of course we expect a championship every year that's why we are fans. Will we win next probably not but that will not stop me from cheering my ass off for my team.
 
It would be great if sports "journalists" would do an iota of fact checking. And she is the president of the USBWA. Pathetic
 
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