On the way home Lou radio repeated Montez Harrell is no longer a UL Team Captain. Wonder what happened from the start of the season?
Harrell no longer a UL Captain
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Probably told Benedict that he would be skipping his senior for the nba and Benedict told him he was not L1C7 material anymore
Bc_1978/CueCard strikes again! He swore the entire preseason that UK would be known as team turmoil.
Nonetheless, need more info on the situation at UL. It could be an innocent statement taken out of context. I will say that during the Duke game Blackshear was bitching at everyone on the team at different times.
This post was edited on 1/19 4:32 PM by SouisvilleLucks
Nonetheless, need more info on the situation at UL. It could be an innocent statement taken out of context. I will say that during the Duke game Blackshear was bitching at everyone on the team at different times.
This post was edited on 1/19 4:32 PM by SouisvilleLucks
Might have something to do with his showboat flexing after making a shot in a game where they were down big. That's not captain-like behavior.
It might just be Pitino trying to light a fire for his star player. Harrell has been very ordinary when matched up against strong front court players.
I would love for this to be a sign of an impending implosion for the Cards, but I can also see the sports psychology behind it too.
I would love for this to be a sign of an impending implosion for the Cards, but I can also see the sports psychology behind it too.
It is certainly NOT like Pitino to publicly downgrade a players value in order to lower his draft stock and force one more year out of said player.
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I wouldn't get to carries away in criticism of his over zealous celebrations. Towns loves to celebrate too, I have no problem with it. I'm not going to be like Vitale and critique players like he did to Terrence Jones.
What he did was just stupid as Jones didn't celebrate that much. Celebrating helps others get fired up as well.
What he did was just stupid as Jones didn't celebrate that much. Celebrating helps others get fired up as well.
THIS I do not doubt whatsoeverOriginally posted by Patrickwhelan:
It is certainly NOT like Pitino to publicly downgrade a players value in order to lower his draft stock and force one more year out of said player.
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If the team members get a vote on who's captain, I would imagine they didn't vote for him because they get thrown under the bus by Harrell everytime UofL loses.
The difference between Towns and Harrell's celebrating is huge. I've never seen Towns flex or fist pump when we are down big (probably because we haven't really been this season), and he certainly doesn't s do it after every little thing. And I mean every. little. thing. Harrell flexes and yells after getting fouled on his shot without even getting an and 1.
Can you imagine what Harrell would have done if he had made a play like Towns did on that post up one handed dunk against Alabama? That dude would have probably gone into a Hulkamania routine complete with hands to the ears and everything.
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Can you imagine what Harrell would have done if he had made a play like Towns did on that post up one handed dunk against Alabama? That dude would have probably gone into a Hulkamania routine complete with hands to the ears and everything.
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Torn his biceps.
When you're the only one of the team screaming and flexing after you get a drink of water, you're not leading your team to do the same. When you don't lead a team, you're not a captain.
As soon as everybody else starts flexing after key plays/drinking water, order will be restored to the Lulzville basketball team, and he can have his captain's patch back.
Kid gets punished for being as good as he can be. It isn't his fault he isn't the all-star people tried to make him out to be.
My guess would be Harrell not being able to control his emotions at times. Noticed in our game how he was emotionally out of control going to the bench. Definitely not a good attitude for his teammates seeing him hollar at his coach.
Meh... He gets enough love... Our digs go mostly at the retarded UL fanbase that pumps him up to be some kind of all time superstar... He gets punked against taller and more skilled big men... Good college player that takes advantage of smaller, weaker talent... But he'll be nothing special at the next level.
This post was edited on 1/19 9:19 PM by Kramer318
Just an observation, but when Harrell was taken out of the Duke game for a few minutes Pitino went to say something to him down at the end of the bench and he just blew Pitino off like he wasn't even going to listen to him. I don't think Harrell much cares for his coach.
I'll say this. Harrell is no first team AA but he gets the most of his ability and he is easily the best player on that team. I don't think Rick should be disciplining Harrell at all. Without that guy, they'd be sitting at about 7-8 losses right now easily.
The wheels have come off and Pitino has gone into blame-deflection mode, throwing whatever kid under the bus he feels like. This, of course, was his chief management strategy with the Celtics. Celtics fans weren't so stupid as to be convinced, however.
According to Drew Deener, this has something to do with "something that happened around the Long Beach State game" and not because of Harrell's play. Which seems bizarre to me, but whatever.
Pitino has a habit of publicly running up against his best player. Did the same thing with Russ Smith: called him out to the media, questioned his shot selection, spent entire press conferences railing against him. Not sure why he does it but it's another example of the stark differences between Cal and Pitino.
Pitino has a habit of publicly running up against his best player. Did the same thing with Russ Smith: called him out to the media, questioned his shot selection, spent entire press conferences railing against him. Not sure why he does it but it's another example of the stark differences between Cal and Pitino.
Not much for basketball evaluation if you think Harrell is easily the best player on the team. Harrell has no true basketball skill whatsoever. Rozier is easily the best player on the team right now and it is not even close. Harrell is an energy player and does extremely well against smaller players or other players of equal size with little skill. He completely disappears against quality bigs his size. Rozier plays fairly consistent no matter the level of competition. At times his shot may not be falling but that is pretty typical of guards in general.
And my goodness to the poster that said Jones flexed too so much ado about nothing regarding Harrell. Jones ' flexing and posing pales in comparison to Harrell's. Flexes after rebounds and missed putbacks where he draws a foul, alley oops over no one but still finds the nearest opponent on the floor and stares them down even if it is a 5'10 guard. I have never seen a UK player even come close to the antics Harrell puts out. Jones was one of the most ridiculed players by UofL fans for his "antics" yet they love Harrell who is 5 times worse than Jones ever was.
