Don't forget we were totally hosed by the refs in that game. That basket they allowed after the shot clock changed everything and it wasn't even close. We win if that was waived off IMO.
If Cal had won the title in 2015
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Of course. Greatest season in college basketball history. Everything else would have been gravy (although he probably would have left).
Or if the 2017 would have finished it off as well.
Or if the 2017 would have finished it off as well.
I would think he probably wasn’t going to win a third, but with an undefeated season under his belt there’s no leash absent NCAA violations or gross misconduct.
Still infuriating that one certain rooferee was a common denominator in 2 of those games: 2015 vs. Wisconsin & 2005 vs. Michigan State. 😡
They all say YES, but the truth is this fan base wants a head on a stick if they suck for more than 1 year.
If Cal had won in 2015 … as he should have … we would still be talking about that team like we are now … but a lot more enjoyable
If you 2015 won the title uk basketball would have never fallen off the map. Titles sell themselves and duke is still reaping off that 2015 title big time classes.
We buried almost every team that year. It shouldn't have been that close. Cal abandoned the platoon and slowed things down and we became more vulnerable.
No. If everything else other than that remained the same, everyone would still be calling for him to leave.
If only that had shot clock reviews back then like they do now. Kentucky would've won because that was clear as day still in his hands.
UK probably should've won in 2014 too if WCS was healthy.
Fox/Monk team would've won it all had that gotten past UNC. Whoever won that game was going to win it all.
UK probably should've won in 2014 too if WCS was healthy.
Fox/Monk team would've won it all had that gotten past UNC. Whoever won that game was going to win it all.
I'd still want him to leave. It probably would have taken me a couple of extra years to start really thinking of that, so it might have been around 2020 or so vs 2018.
I keep saying, it's not just the wins and losses or the championships, but I'm also equally mad about what he's done to the UK program in other ways. And I'm mad about all the talent he had and squandered by not putting more effort into college basketball instead of the NBA and making dreams come true.
I keep saying, it's not just the wins and losses or the championships, but I'm also equally mad about what he's done to the UK program in other ways. And I'm mad about all the talent he had and squandered by not putting more effort into college basketball instead of the NBA and making dreams come true.
Yes, definitely. Two titles with all of the talent that he has recruited would be an acceptable floor given the slot machine nature of the NCAA tourney.
2015 broke a lot of us, and really tarnished Cal. So, yeah, he'd have a much longer leash with fans and everyone nationally if he won title #2 as he easily should have that year.
2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017 we should have won the title. We were among the best by the end of those years. Cal won one of those years
Agree!Don't forget UConn 2011 either...
The unfortunate, heartbreaking end of the road for us in 2005, 2011, 2015, and 2017. We have never won an Elite Eight or higher with him on the whistle😡
if I am being honest I probably wouldn't be any happier, but I'd be resigned to the idea he is the coach of Kentucky for several more years if he chose to do so.
But this is Kentucky - it basically boils down to the idea that you don't get future credit for past performance in coaching.
Once you hit the lows that Cal has hit, there is more reason to believe that trend will continue as their is to believe UK will return to the 2011-2015 years. Its not like 2012, 2013 NIT, bounce back year in 2014, amazing season in 2015. Its been a steady decline year over year.
Cal knew this going in, he told anyone that would listen that you get 10 years at this job and it burns you out.
For whatever reason ...cough...cough ...$$$$$$...cough...cough, he stayed beyond his expiration date, and what could have been an opportunity to be thought as the greatest coach since Rupp to coach at UK has turned into a legacy of gauging the damage he has done to the program and the most expedient way to stop the bleeding.
I'm not sure a 2015 championship, given that team *almost* achieved it, would change much.
But this is Kentucky - it basically boils down to the idea that you don't get future credit for past performance in coaching.
Once you hit the lows that Cal has hit, there is more reason to believe that trend will continue as their is to believe UK will return to the 2011-2015 years. Its not like 2012, 2013 NIT, bounce back year in 2014, amazing season in 2015. Its been a steady decline year over year.
Cal knew this going in, he told anyone that would listen that you get 10 years at this job and it burns you out.
For whatever reason ...cough...cough ...$$$$$$...cough...cough, he stayed beyond his expiration date, and what could have been an opportunity to be thought as the greatest coach since Rupp to coach at UK has turned into a legacy of gauging the damage he has done to the program and the most expedient way to stop the bleeding.
I'm not sure a 2015 championship, given that team *almost* achieved it, would change much.
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I'll say no difference. He would be remembered differently but most would still be ready for a change and wonder what happened after 2015.
He would probably never have faced pressure again. In the end, that’s part of the reason the fans started turning. That team choked like possibly no other team in history and it all falls on Cal.
2015 was Cal’s last and final chance at a title at UK won’t ever sniff the final four or championship again!
be prepared to hear about the mythical title we were cheated out of thanks to roofereegate
