I'm starting to get frustrated, too.
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He literally made an elite 8 last time there was a ncaa tourney. You are going a bit far and need to step back from that ledge my friend.
How like this year with him screaming feed the post, get the ball to Nick. Or doing the same thing the year before with PJ. Begging the guards to get the ball inside. I'm not sure what you mean?
This. Its the same pattern every year. It's good to always be relevant and in the conversation, but something has to break this cycle because in the conversation is all we're going to be with this. 90% of what we are doing is grear. We need to get back to that 95+%. We are always just a piece short.
There are many terrible diseases, polio, typhoid, and smallpox that medical science has pretty much wiped off the face of the earth. As is well known this is not the flu. It will go the way of those other 3. The question in my mind is when? The year and a half many throw around is optimistic.
Your "promised land" and mine, if I get your drift, are winning the championship. The program's "promised land" is getting players to the next level. If this means by the most expeditious means possible, then so be it, in fact, the sooner the better.
Life really is, in many cases, about numbers. At least numbers give us a visible measuring stick to how well things are going. Many would say that, under Cal's 11 seasons, winning a championship 9% of the time is a pretty darn good percentage; with some luck, that could have been at least better by 2 championships and several percentage points. However, I worry that the no-kidding important statistic is how many we get to the professional level and what the dollar amount of their contracts turns out to be. I worry that this overriding philosophy has taken on such a "life" that it skews kids' and parents' thinking, that a pro contract far exceeds goals of school and winning championships.
This latest team's decisions to leave, many with little chance to be drafted in the top 30, is a clear illustration of how kids and parents currently view the road to the professional ranks. Even with a road that is murky at best for all except Maxey, the perception from many fans is that these kids have used up what value UK has for them and are now more than ready to move on. None seem to have noticed the patience exercised by PJ and what being patient did for him. No player on this team was as good as PJ was last year, yet we have a wholesale exodus. Come hell or high water, ready or not, they were leaving.
It's a complex situation that is controversial now and will remain so as long as Cal is here. I too love the fact that he is our coach, and it would be madness to suggest he be replaced or his "players first" philosophy be altered.
And yet, what did we see? Hagans driving and turning it over. Tubby always said we would run more, never happened.
Not sure what you watched, but I saw PJ and RT have big years inside last year and Nick did pretty dam good inside the paint this year.
Regardless, with an open starting spot at the 5 with the talent, we have coming in we should be able to get someone to step into the role. I don't care if we were never known to throw it in the post which isn't true at all some big should want to play with Boston and Clarke and for UK. We are getting great players and finally 2 Top 10 guys this year coming, but we can't land a big in the 40s or 50s like Cliff. It doesn't make any sense when you look at the success of our bigs. Even after 2015, we have seen bigs do well here for the few we have gotten. Nick took awhile, but he had only been playing BB for 6 years of his life so it took time, but he got there. PJ wasn't even a classic big, but he played big inside with RT. Something is up. Payne is good with bigs and we have a wide-open spot and no one wants it.
Done discussing with you. Not wasting time with someone who shifts my wording in every post.
No clue. You know dem guys dey think alike ya know?
You have to ask some of the resident mind readers that. They know what those guys think before they think it. They know what Cal is gonna do 5 years from now.
Real Answer. Our guys are well prepared. They have options.
Do you have the opportunity? No? Not a valid question for you then.
I understand that, but the imbecilic troll was saying we were going to be "awful" and he wanted the season canceled. Theatre of the absurd
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Our brand is one-and-done. The university would be much better off if the brand is more about the university and program than how fast players can get to the NBA.
That might be an even worse rebuttal than your first attempt.
This had nothing to do with Debbie Downer; this is about realizing early on the danger of attracting players to your program by convincing them that you can get them to the NBA faster than anyone else. We have players leaving the program for the NBA that shouldn't be found anywhere near an NBA court earlier than their senior year. Potentially good future NBA players will never become productive players because of this one (maybe 2)-and-done crap.
Honestly, we may be better off without a center. If our forwards can rebound and play defense, may be a blessing.
Bama and Clemson football lose some players to other schools. Duke doesn't get every kid they want. NOBODY does. Good grief. The irrationality here is astounding.
Ummm.....it will suck? I don’t want them to have a less than stellar season. Great question though.
“We eat first”- John Calipari
No he’s really not he’s never satisfied with anything and He just got a new buddy with big blue 1992 and they were looking for something like this to jump on
So, you suggesting Cal just throws bull shit out there, coach speak= salesmanship=bullshit? Is that what you think he is doing? Is it for the recruits, the fans, or the university?
Sh*t happens about 90% of the time.
It is hard to win a National Title. I would have thought the old timers would have learned this via Texas Western...definitely by Wisconsin, I guess not.
Dude, did I piss in your Cheerios? Why are you on my every post? Ignore me if it’s a problem for you.
Only in Kentucky are you "worried about the program" with a a HOF coach who has won 80% of his games here. Complete sideshow.
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You have no idea how good we’ll be. What is a stellar season? Historically great? Then yeah, we might not be that. We usually aren’t, that’s what makes it special. We’ll be competitive in conference, easily make the tournament, and have enough talent to potentially do something if things fall right. If that’s a reason to be bummed, then I guess I can’t tell you how to feel.
Quickley and Richards aren’t the difference between a bad team, and a great one. If the freshman aren’t great, we would still be mediocre. The floor is lower, sure. If you thought this team had the potential to be special with some returnees, it should have been because this freshman class has the potential to be really good. Not because Quickley and Richards could carry us.
I mean I am annoyed as we haven't been this close to having an truly elite team since 2015 and all we need is a Marcus Lee or Humphries level guy to play along side Jackson to be top 3 team . We are a top 10 team as of now . So it is hard to be too annoyed but I can get how it seems that way when a kid has a chance to play at top 15 programs like gonzaga and Tech and the top program at UK and goes to a sub top 75 one in BYU. It is baffling but literally but we have soooo much talent 1-11 right now and the best class since 2013 that this is just being caught up in the moment which is human nature . We will find someone in the next 2 weeks and laugh at this .
My guess is we find another kid like we did with Toppin who would normally have to sit out but due to the rule change plays right away.
My guess is we find another kid like we did with Toppin who would normally have to sit out but due to the rule change plays right away.
The people suggesting this don’t seem to realize that, as far as success on the court, drastically changing the recruiting message would have minimal impact. Who has had a better decade than us? The only positive is we would have some people stick around longer so that, I will admit, it would be easier to have an emotional attachment.
we lost to evansville............... then lost every player except 1..... .then lost a recruit to byu.
if you cant see the massive red flags that something is badly wrong....... you probably didnt see them with tubby or bcg until it was too late either....
if you cant see the massive red flags that something is badly wrong....... you probably didnt see them with tubby or bcg until it was too late either....
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