Letter to the editor in herald leader
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Whoever wrote the letter must never have understood the complaint about Saul's playing time. Saul was a pretty decent guy but he was going to play ahead of better players.
Having been a UK fan all my life, I've learned a thing or two about rivals and haters.
#1 They all will try to paint UK fans as racists. It's a grasping at straws and often happens when they come up on the short end of a scoreboard or a recruiting battle.
#2 Facts never change the opinions of people who make such claims. Many aren't truly interested in a conversation, but just want to throw rocks and make some blanket statements of their own.
#3 We all have to fight against prejudice and racism all the time (It's part of the human condition), and we must listen to every genuine person who feels they've been a victim of racism. But we should be wary of those who play the race card to force an agenda or manipulate people. True racism should be hated but so should manufactured racism.
#1 They all will try to paint UK fans as racists. It's a grasping at straws and often happens when they come up on the short end of a scoreboard or a recruiting battle.
#2 Facts never change the opinions of people who make such claims. Many aren't truly interested in a conversation, but just want to throw rocks and make some blanket statements of their own.
#3 We all have to fight against prejudice and racism all the time (It's part of the human condition), and we must listen to every genuine person who feels they've been a victim of racism. But we should be wary of those who play the race card to force an agenda or manipulate people. True racism should be hated but so should manufactured racism.
A couple things:
1. Don't read the letters to the editor. Newspapers and journalism play a really important role in our society, but the people who read every week and think the world should know their thoughts aren't typically someone you want to hear from.
2. Saul and Brad would both be immeasurably better off if someone had occasionally punched them in the face. That's gotta be an impossible life to live without being insufferable though. Can't hold it against them.
1. Don't read the letters to the editor. Newspapers and journalism play a really important role in our society, but the people who read every week and think the world should know their thoughts aren't typically someone you want to hear from.
2. Saul and Brad would both be immeasurably better off if someone had occasionally punched them in the face. That's gotta be an impossible life to live without being insufferable though. Can't hold it against them.
Gosh I can tell I am behind because I wasn't sure the Herald Loser was still around. I stopped taking it a couple of years ago. I thought Tipton's name badge at the Bahamas said Comedy Central on it. Oh well.
When Brad playes I get pissed. It's clear he only gets time because dad. There are better options that never see the floor. Brad should never play. It's blatant favoritism. Same with Saul but Saul was 20X the player Brad is and was a pick up game legend on campus.
You would be hard pressed to find anyone that could beat him. It just didn't translate as well in games. Brad, is a stumpy trex 4 foot wingspan waste of space on the court.
This is just another example of how PC the news media is in today's world. Fake News. That's why they have a very very low approval rating. They lie, cheat and will do anything for a story. They will print anyone true or false. Then when they make a mistake they apologize on the back page. They don't care if they ruin peoples life it's all about the story.
That's is how I feel. Other walk on's deserve his minutes but he gets put in. And when he does, it makes it 4 vs 5.
How do you REALLY feel?![[laughing]](http://l.yimg.com/j/assets/img/emoticons/classic/laugh.r191677.gif "Laughing [laughing]")
UK fans love creating a toxic environment. What good do you think will come from trashing the coaches son?
I would assume you are not being serious with this. If you are then this is an astonishingly sad commentary about you.
I get it, I get it. It's all our fault. I used to think that was all bs but the HL and some of our posters have cleared that all up for me.
UK fans don't drool over average basketball players and only very good ones get our approval. I get it.
UK fans don't drool over average basketball players and only very good ones get our approval. I get it.
Have to add I wouldnt line my cat;s litter with the herald ... I like my cat . ( sometimes)
Hawkins may have been allergic to Saul, his asthma went away when Saul didDid Saul Smith write that? Donna?
I never did believe the "asthma" story.
There have been multiple threads here about "Earned Not Given" from his tattoos to his adult diapers. He could be purple and no one would care because he rarely sees the court.
Basketball and politics should never mix, imo. My favorite player last year was SKJ and this year it's already Reid Travis.
I think it's way too early to start bashing Cal for playing his son.
Haven’t you heard? These days if you are white and not liberal you just have to be a racist. and quite pssibly a nazi. SMH.
It was a joke. I'm pretty certain you made it crystal clear how you feel about "Earned Not Given." 
While Saul was a starter and Brad is not: it's not a like for like comparison, BUT Brad did pull a ton of minutes in the Bahamas, playing in the first half in every game, etc - which did take away minutes from our talented freshman guards who need to groove their games. I'm not a huge fan of seeing a pudgy short kid who is only playing because of his last name take major minutes from the more talented.
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I remember when Brad announced he would attend UK. Most of our posters were excited thinking that would mean Coach Cal would be around another four years to coach his son. Excitement was everywhere.
Now many are critical. The truth is Brad deserve a few minutes every game or two as do other walkons. They bust their butt in practice and most help the team GPA. I don't have a problem with the way Coach Cal has handled the situation.
I guess unless you are a Pete Maravich it is best a player find another school if his dad is head coach of a Div program.
Now many are critical. The truth is Brad deserve a few minutes every game or two as do other walkons. They bust their butt in practice and most help the team GPA. I don't have a problem with the way Coach Cal has handled the situation.
I guess unless you are a Pete Maravich it is best a player find another school if his dad is head coach of a Div program.
Jon Hood.
The whole thing is so damn silly. BBN has largely ignored its mediocre white players and celebrated its black superstars. But somehow it’s threatening when a white player turns out to actually be good and also gets celebrated.
Anyone crying “racism” because BBN is excited about a white player.
Saul cost us some key recruits. Last I checked Brad hasn't cost us anything... So absurd.
Actually it seemed to me that Willis had more "haters" on this board than most players.
Who are the people crying about racism because BBN is excited about a white player? This seems like a lot of outrage for a letter to the editor in the paper.
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EXACTLY! It's one reason I pretended to be Larry Bird as a kid . Tiger Woods had the biggest effect on the Golf industy in its history for the same reason.
Herro is my fav player , as long as that jumper goes in .
Michael Bradley:
Transferred to Villanova. I think the rumor was that neither he or his family liked Tubby and the guy was kind of a jerk.
Cory Sears: (Yes, I know he was a walk-on)
Sophomore guards reportedly got into a fight on the team plane after loss to Georgia
Kentucky's Gerald Fitch averages 9.5 points per game.
Feb 17, 2002
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky sophomore guards Gerald Fitch and Cory Sears were suspended and will not play in Tuesday's game against Tennessee for "behavior detrimental to the team," Coach Tubby Smith said in a statement Sunday.
Ryan Hogan:
http://toptenchicagosports.blogspot.com/2009/03/top-ten-most-disappointing-high-school.html
Top Ten most disappointing high school basketball players from Chicago
6. Ryan Hogan- Deerfield
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Michael Bradley:
Transferred to Villanova. I think the rumor was that neither he or his family liked Tubby and the guy was kind of a jerk.
Cory Sears: (Yes, I know he was a walk-on)
Sophomore guards reportedly got into a fight on the team plane after loss to Georgia
Kentucky's Gerald Fitch averages 9.5 points per game.
Feb 17, 2002
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky sophomore guards Gerald Fitch and Cory Sears were suspended and will not play in Tuesday's game against Tennessee for "behavior detrimental to the team," Coach Tubby Smith said in a statement Sunday.
Ryan Hogan:
http://toptenchicagosports.blogspot.com/2009/03/top-ten-most-disappointing-high-school.html
Top Ten most disappointing high school basketball players from Chicago
6. Ryan Hogan- DeerfieldThe sharpshooter scored over 2400 points during his career at Deerfield, and averaged 28 points per game as a senior. Hogan played sparingly as a freshman on the 1998 Kentucky championship team, and then transferred to Iowa one year later. He never averaged more than seven points a game in either of his two seasons with the Hawkeyes.
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So true. I'd add Nate Knight, Bernard Cote, Adam Williams, Oliver Simmons, Todd Tackett, Mark Coury, J.P. Blevins and Jared Carter to the "what the hell are they doing on the court" All-Star team, joining Hogan, Sears, Porter and Hood.
UK fans like guys who can make threes. Monk, Delk, Meeks, Booker, now Herro. We still have a bit of the Pitino Stain left over from the three point days of the 90s.
Saul's better analogue is Sean Sutton, who was also hated by the fan base. Brad's analogue is Herky Rupp.
If we missed on guys like Hagans, Quickley, and Maxey because Brad was getting serious playing time, then it would be a different discussion.
If we missed on guys like Hagans, Quickley, and Maxey because Brad was getting serious playing time, then it would be a different discussion.
