This is an interesting watch. He compares our injury luck to other teams and it's pretty astounding.
Kentucky has played only 17% of its games at full strength since 2020
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I remember some radio guy in Louisville in 2012 (Lachlan something?) saying how lucky UK was because they were immune to injury, like he was trying to jinx us into one. Then 2013 we lost Noel, 2014 we lost WCS, 2015 we lost Poythress, and then the run you just brought up.
Clearly, Lachlan must be sacrificed to end the curse
Clearly, Lachlan must be sacrificed to end the curse
It’s something I was quite certain was true had anyone asked me without looking at the stats.
But to see it broken down it really is absurd how often it’s been an issue.
Maybe we do need a blessing? lol. Did the rooferee put a hex on us?
But to see it broken down it really is absurd how often it’s been an issue.
Maybe we do need a blessing? lol. Did the rooferee put a hex on us?
At some point it’s got to go the other way, right.
Someone please tell me that… please
Someone please tell me that… please
Without a doubt we’ve had more than our fair share of bad luck but these numbers are not completely true. This year, yes, when our guys are out they’re hurt too bad to play. Even had all three of Carr, JR and Butler playing when they probably shouldn’t have.
The previous 4 years however is a completely different story. Most everyone knows Cal let guys sit out constantly when they absolutely could’ve played. Draft stock was the #1 priority over winning games. Sharpe and Vanderbilt were the most notable although I think Vanderbilt is farther back than this guys list goes. CJ Frederick racked up a ton of missed games on this list in his two years here and he came here hurt with a long history of several injuries.
Even a simple light sprained ankle that you see most guys come back and play the second half would turn into 3-4-5 games out under Cal. I would agree we’ve been very unlucky this year with the number and quality of guys that have went down, but the previous years it’s just frankly impossible to know who could’ve played more and how much.
Remember “I haven’t seen him”! was Cal’s go to comment about every single question about a players injury.
The previous 4 years however is a completely different story. Most everyone knows Cal let guys sit out constantly when they absolutely could’ve played. Draft stock was the #1 priority over winning games. Sharpe and Vanderbilt were the most notable although I think Vanderbilt is farther back than this guys list goes. CJ Frederick racked up a ton of missed games on this list in his two years here and he came here hurt with a long history of several injuries.
Even a simple light sprained ankle that you see most guys come back and play the second half would turn into 3-4-5 games out under Cal. I would agree we’ve been very unlucky this year with the number and quality of guys that have went down, but the previous years it’s just frankly impossible to know who could’ve played more and how much.
Remember “I haven’t seen him”! was Cal’s go to comment about every single question about a players injury.
Lachlan is such a dbag, I wouldn’t be surprised. I used to listen to him on the way home from work. He was a world class hater. Dumb Virginia fan.
Our fans are incredibly unfair to Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt missed the first half of his rookie season in the NBA. The kid was legitimately badly injured. Don't project your legitimate anger with how Cal handled injuries, protected draft stock, and kept us in the dark onto a kid who has had foot problems throughout his career - he had surgery on BOTH feet this past off-season.
Wheeler on senior night when Cal’s wife came out in place of him. What a total disgrace. A night that is held in such high regard and the douche bag couldn’t even show up for that because he was “ injured”. Then transferred after the season was over . It’s not just him and Sharpe there have been numerous over the years I wouldn’t classify Vanderbilt though because he’s been injury prone since.
As injury prone as Davis has been in the NBA, it's amazing he made it through the 2011-12 season to lead UK to the NCAAT title.
18 year old bodies are resilient…. Then double the length of the season to near 90 games in the NBA combined with nonstop cross country travel and normal aging…and big guys often start falling apart between 20-28
Sharpe didn't even count towards the # of games, he played 0 minutes. It's only guys that averaged 10 minutes or more.
This got me to wondering, about pre-2020. I happen to have the data in a spreadsheet for UK over the past 25 years. Here is what I found (just looking at total games missed for any reason, except transfer or quit (Wheeler), by key contributors (>10mpg)):
01- 3 gm by 2 players
02- 24 gm by 4 players
03- 16 gm by 3 players
04- 4 gm by 2 players
05- 3 gm by 1 player
06- 30 gm by 6 players (14 was Morris)
07- 1 gm
08- 48 gm by 7 players (20 was Meeks, & 11 Jasper, & 6 Patterson)
09- 10 gm by 3 players
10- 16 gm by 5 players
11- 0 gm
12- 2 gm by 1 player
13- 17 gm by 3 players (9 was Noel)
14- 4 gm by 2 players
15- 38 gm by 4 players (31 was Poythress)
16- 12 gm by 4 players
17- 5 gm by 3 players
18- 28 gm by 3 players (23 was Vanderbilt)
19- 7 gm by 2 players
20- 11 gm by 5 players
21- 25 gm by 2 players (17 was Clarke, 9 Brooks)
22- 11 gm by 5 players
23- 12 gm by 4 players
24- 53 gm by 8 players (Ivisic was 17 but not injury, 9 Onyenso, 8 Theiro, 7 Bradshaw)
25- 32 gm by 5 players & counting (18+ Kriisa, 8 Butler, 4 Robinson)
01- 3 gm by 2 players
02- 24 gm by 4 players
03- 16 gm by 3 players
04- 4 gm by 2 players
05- 3 gm by 1 player
06- 30 gm by 6 players (14 was Morris)
07- 1 gm
08- 48 gm by 7 players (20 was Meeks, & 11 Jasper, & 6 Patterson)
09- 10 gm by 3 players
10- 16 gm by 5 players
11- 0 gm
12- 2 gm by 1 player
13- 17 gm by 3 players (9 was Noel)
14- 4 gm by 2 players
15- 38 gm by 4 players (31 was Poythress)
16- 12 gm by 4 players
17- 5 gm by 3 players
18- 28 gm by 3 players (23 was Vanderbilt)
19- 7 gm by 2 players
20- 11 gm by 5 players
21- 25 gm by 2 players (17 was Clarke, 9 Brooks)
22- 11 gm by 5 players
23- 12 gm by 4 players
24- 53 gm by 8 players (Ivisic was 17 but not injury, 9 Onyenso, 8 Theiro, 7 Bradshaw)
25- 32 gm by 5 players & counting (18+ Kriisa, 8 Butler, 4 Robinson)
I want to watch this, but I also don't want to watch it.
But it confirms that many of us already knew.. Kentucky has been one of the most unfortunate teams when it comes to injuries. It's almost baffling.
But it confirms that many of us already knew.. Kentucky has been one of the most unfortunate teams when it comes to injuries. It's almost baffling.
I call BS on anyone trying to slander Vanderbilt. He missed a good chunk of his rookie season because of surgery related to his time at UK. I’m sick of people trying to use him to boost some Calipari conspiracy theory.
2022 is interesting, because if we wanted to, we could count Grady's entire 2nd half the season basically being crippled. If we add that in, whatever it may be say another 6-7 games.. then your data really paints a picture that says "If you have bad injuries, your team can only do so much".
2024, 2022, 2021, 2013, 2008.
And then you look at the years we made runs, all years with very minimal injuries:
2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 (injuries, but the team was loaded), 2017..
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