I thought next season would be his last, but now I`m not sure. When Cal first arrived here, he could pick and choose who he wanted, so he would wait until the last minute, offer a kid and most often get him. He had that used car salesman in him, plus it was the University of Kentucky. He still has that recruiting philosophy and it`s starting to hurt us.
The SEC was and still is a football conference and most schools spent their money there, while basketball was secondary. Now, in the last 4-5 years, schools have been hiring coaches who can coach and recruit. Recruits, now, what that attention and if we wait on offering them, they think we weren't really interested in them, especially when other schools have been recruiting them for a year or 2. So they are going elsewhere.
Players in the portal will not come here to sit, they want to play (most likely why most are in the portal). So getting another guard through the portal will be next to impossible when we have 4 that will get most of that playing time. We should be able to get a forward or a 5, since playing time would be available there, but I don't want a body, I want someone who could give us a lift and help get to a 9th title. I don`t think Oscar will be back and Ugo didn`t play much last season for a reason and he`ll have to make a big jump from last season and I`m skeptical on if he can do that or not.
We`ll see how this coming season ends, but with mostly freshmen going against older teams, it will be difficult. Plus, like I said above, we need to add a 4 or a 5 for depth and I`m not seeing that.