GYERO ARCHIVE

[wildcat1973]

Yes the offensive philosophy sucks, but let’s be honest, Cal isn’t recruiting at the same level he did 2010-15. Maybe that’s related to the offensive philosophy…who knows. But until we get better players here, we aren’t going to be top tier. Anthony Davis and MKG would win a lot of games not shooting 3s.

 

[Hank Camacho]

Next year's class does look the Cal hauls of yore. Just need forwards.

 

[legalbeagle123]

Turns out, unless you're emergency/medical personnel, they don't want people heading west to help. Guess it would just slow down the workers that know what they're doing.

Appreciate your (and others) willingness to help out but this is correct. I've got a damn broken foot and have all but begged my sheriff to let me come do something and he has repeatedly said that they are good on supplies and manpower. The rebuild will take years and there will be plenty of opportunities to chip in.

 

[Body_Parts]

@ksta - got a list, or just a handful, of the teams that shoot more midrange jumpers? Curious to see if they are good or not.

 

[HymanKaplan]

So this all just boils down to: Calipari is sh^tty basketball coach.

I haven't had any confidence in him for years, and thought we'd be better off moving on.

What makes it even worse though, is that he's become an insufferable prick.

On second thought, what makes it worse, is that we're powerless to get rid of him, and the POS isn't going to leave on his own. I wanted Tubby gone for years, but at least he was an outstanding ambassador, and sterling human being. Now we have an even worse coach, and he's a stubbor, grumpy, poor dressing, @sshole.

 

[Hank Camacho]

Appreciate your (and others) willingness to help out but this is correct. I've got a damn broken foot and have all but begged my sheriff to let me come do something and he has repeatedly said that they are good on supplies and manpower. The rebuild will take years and there will be plenty of opportunities to chip in.

Is there anything besides donations of money and blood people down there need right now?

 

[legalbeagle123]

Is there anything besides donations of money and blood people down there need right now?

Nonperishable food items, bottled water.

 

[TheShowKiller]

Appreciate your (and others) willingness to help out but this is correct. I've got a damn broken foot and have all but begged my sheriff to let me come do something and he has repeatedly said that they are good on supplies and manpower. The rebuild will take years and there will be plenty of opportunities to chip in.

Yup, I drove to Dawson Springs yesterday thinking I was going to help and the line of cars was out to the parkway, troopers were stopping vehicles one by one and I thought “I’m just in the way” so I headed back home. Went by a area that was collecting supplies and they basically said they have more than they can handle and give it a few days. There will come a time to help down the road for sure.

Game…

I’ve said this for years now but we have to be the easiest scout in the country. As Richie and others have pointed out it’s the same stuff over and over. Defenders beat our shooters to their spots, dodge screens they know are coming…Grady just wastes energy to meet his defender at the elbow 10 seconds into every shot clock.

And gawd forbid we ever run any other D than man and the occasional token press.

The point differential on inbounds plays we give up versus not even trying to score off ours has to be -6 against decent teams. That can win or lose a lot of games.

We never counterpunch. It’s lazy and stubborn

 

[PTI (pti)]

Flashing back to Hurricane Ida 3.5 months ago:

- gas
- electricity (generators)
- food
- water
- housing/rvs

The smartest thing people in those areas can do is leave. It’s tempting to stay behind and help, but a well rested professional who’s organized and prepared for all the adversity is infinitely more capable and ready to help than someone who stayed behind.

 

[krazykats]

Our defense is an even bigger problem.

This is accurate, and Cals fix is to just out size the opponent because he has to. He has to have length across the front court knowing damn well if he doesn’t the opponent will draw Oscar up top and get him in switch and then we have no rebounding or length to contest shots.

It seems fairly obvious.

But yes, our defense is the issue.

You know when Maxey/Quickley/Richards took off? When the guards accepted feeding the post helped them offensively. Until then we struggled then we play UL and it hit, and then we ran the SEC and were #6 in the country blowing out UF(maybe we got down big and came back big time, can’t remember) in the final game of the season headed to a 2 seed.

But let’s keep shitting on UK because of last season, a fluke of bad talent, like we aren’t prepared to get better for tomorrow.

Cal has an old mans mentality, don’t do what I teach then learn the hard way, and they will as they always have under him.

 

[cawoodsct]

This movie 🎥 sucks so far. May walk out of the theater 🎭

 

[Blue63Madison]

No empty seats at this UK/UofL women’s game in Louisville, but we can’t fill half of Rupp for most of our men’s games. That’s effed up.

 

[Dore95]

The offense sucks no doubt but these “modern offense” criticisms seem out of place when by far the best option on this team is to feed the post every time down the floor.


IMO losing at Notre Dame is not the embarrassment that so many think. It’s a road game against a good coach that slows you down and tries to beat you with cutting action. That’s always going to be a difficult matchup for a Cal team.

 

[Blue63Madison]

Notre Dame is slow, soft, and unathletic. If that’s always going to be a difficult matchup for Cal teams, that speaks volumes.

 

[cut_itloosedoubledeuce]

ND lost their last 3 games by a combined 32 pts and one of their 3 wins was against chaminade. It’s a bad loss.

 

[B.B.d.K.]

So was Rutgers for Purdue, Iona for Bama, Dayton for Kansas….

…many other similar games already this season.








Doesn’t make ours any less annoying, but it wasn’t some inexplicable loss, either.

 

[Ron Mehico]

It’s not last night - it’s the aftermath of last season. Getting worked by OSU or losing to UL will absolutely be about this year, but the hyper reaction of last night has more to do with last year imo

 

[PTI (pti)]

Guess we all know why Cal almost refuses to schedule true road games.

 

[B.B.d.K.]

It’s not last night - it’s the aftermath of last season. Getting worked by OSU or losing to UL will absolutely be about this year, but the hyper reaction of last night has more to do with last year imo

Oh, I get that 100%, and generally agree.

I’m just not ready to write this particular team off, After a loss.

I still think we have good pieces.

 

[IsRichieGonnaStart]

Shewee… I feel so much better about that moral victory 5 weeks ago against Duke.

There’s a BIG PICTURE giant issue here and that’s the offensive philosophy Cal employs and refusing to adapt. Hate saying this but how can anyone say they have any faith whatsoever that Cal will change?

 

[BLUEHILLS]

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[80 Proof]

Guess we all know why Cal almost refuses to schedule true road games.

They beat us at home last year. Must be why Cal doesn't like scheduling real schools at Rupp too.

 

[HymanKaplan]

Fvck Cal.

 

[cut_itloosedoubledeuce]

How chatty are the calipari girls these days?

 

[IsRichieGonnaStart]

Losing Richie is like losing Cronkite.

For many apathy set in a few years ago but when it's ensnaring your most rabid fans, those who used to find a silver lining in damn near anything, your program has a problem.

It kills me. I miss the fire and fury but I can’t force it.

The way we lost the 2019 Elite 8 while he blew Baker’s head off followed by how awful UK looked offensively against Utah and Ohio State at the beginning of next year really started me second guessing his coaching ability on offense. Behind the DDM marketing bullshit his identity going back to UMASS has always been built around rebounding and elite half court defense. Now that the modern game has evolved into placing an absolute premium on spacing and shooting his teams continue to look worse offensively.

 

[B Rax]

It’s the losses to Evansville, Utah, seton hall, notre dame twice, UCLA, Kansas state, Georgia tech, Ohio state and Richmond for me. Not even counting the conference losses bc that shit happens. Also not counting losses to duke/unc/Kansas bc that shit happens too. But those losses up there are inexcusable IMO. And all since 2018. I’m done giving him the benefit of the doubt. Sure you can silver lining your way into the notre dame loss but his ship is sinking. Unless he’s got a roster full of top 5 picks he ain’t winning shit. Periodt. We needed that win last night and he didn’t deliver.

 

[Ron Mehico]

15 points for Villanova and 25 points for Baylor at halftime. Woof.

 

[fatguy87]

Oh, I get that 100%, and generally agree.

I’m just not ready to write this particular team off, After a loss.

I still think we have good pieces.

Notre Dame generated 8 more shots at the rim than us.

Does anybody seriously think they are more explosive off the bounce or uniquely capable of getting past their man?

The system as it's currently construed does not produce high quality shots. Rather than reimagining approach or principles to playing, Cal doubled down on old fixes. Can't get past a guy, get a faster ball handler. Prioritize "defending" in lineup choices and when the team isn't playing well. Cal's locked in active inertia. The only solutions he can imagine are ones that worked in the past for him. Recruiting better players isn't going to fix taking 37% of our shots from midrange. That's baked in to how Calipari coaches the team to play.

We can cobble together a good team. There are some pieces there which gives us a higher floor, but if Cal proceeds as he always has, there's going to be low ceiling on our offensive potential.

 

[ThroughBlue]

You know when Maxey/Quickley/Richards took off? When the guards accepted feeding the post helped them offensively. Until then we struggled then we play UL and it hit, and then we ran the SEC and were #6 in the country blowing out UF(maybe we got down big and came back big time, can’t remember) in the final game of the season headed to a 2 seed.

We looked like crap the whole game and made a late second half comeback with EJ Montgomery getting the game winning tip in.

do you know why we played like ass for 3/4 of the game? Our point guard was trashton and he didn’t even make the trip and was likely done for the year.

 

[ksta]

@ksta - got a list, or just a handful, of the teams that shoot more midrange jumpers? Curious to see if they are good or not.

Sure, in descending order:
Florida A&M, Cal State Northridge, Cal State Bakersfield, Alabama A&M, UT-Arlington, UC-Irvine, Cal, Jackson St., Southern Miss., SDSU, Rutgers, LBSU, Texas Southern, Texas St., Wright St., San Diego, and then Kentucky.

So in short, nobody very good. Rutgers did beat Purdue, so there is that. San Diego State is a decent team.

 

[krazykats]

We looked like crap the whole game and made a late second half comeback with EJ Montgomery getting the game winning tip in.

do you know why we played like ass for 3/4 of the game? Our point guard was trashton and he didn’t even make the trip and was likely done for the year.

bet you’d have taken that last night though, huh?

 

[RibsAndWhiteBread]

Maybe we will win the next one, but probably not because of how goddam terrible we are

 

[klambert6]

No swagger in the program any more. Not the players, not the fans, nothing. Everything John Wall brought in is gonzo.

Maybe getting everybody's best for 12 years just wears you down. I don't know.

This is a team full of nice guys, who don't look like they're fully up for this shit.

Need Sharpe to be the one to bring it back. Get that MFer in the lineup.

 

[WayneDougan]

The Bam team was the last team with swagger in my opinion.

 

[cole854]

What I am saying is that it absolutely was not an easy fix for Saban - he had to completely change his fundamental approach to football. An approach that won him multiple national titles. It wasn’t just a question of hiring a new guy - he basically gave up on what got him where he is. That’s incredibly radical imo. And something 99% of coaches seem incapable of doing.

Saban won 3 rings in his first 6 years at Bama. Any changes he made going forward weren't out of necessity or to "keep up with the Jones", and he most certainly didn't change his fundamental approach to football. What he did do was adapt to the type of players that were coming into the game....much like CBB over the years. You can't keep the same style of play if the best recruits do not fit your scheme.

 

[anthonys735]

Who dey!!!

 

[BLUEHILLS]

Cal is going to leave when he wishes.

Speaking of, kinda wish he would heed his own advice made a few years ago when he mentioned the UK job being a 10 year gig due to the expectations and pressure.

When he does decide to leave, who TF wants this gig and all that goes with it?

Not many.

Grady hits that 3 and Kentucky survives. We then are talking about being impressed with these guys going into a hostile environment and toughing out a win.

Instead....

You would have to be crazy to take this job.

Cal is.

 

[cawoodsct]

Saban won 3 rings in his first 6 years at Bama. Any changes he made going forward weren't out of necessity or to "keep up with the Jones", and he most certainly didn't change his fundamental approach to football. What he did do was adapt to the type of players that were coming into the game....much like CBB over the years. You can't keep the same style of play if the best recruits do not fit your scheme.

You try to come off like you know sports but we all read it as you fail miserably in doing so.

 

[sinker16]

I agree UK is a terrible job, who would ever want to come here?

 

[BLUEHILLS]

UK is the best job. Kind of....

Signed,

Eddie and Billy