Per MJ on the pregame, Winyard turned down the chance to play
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Nope. Not hard enough evidently. He continuously has stupid thoughts, which is OK. He continuously posts them here, which is not. People are calling him an idiot out of love. They are trying to help him see who he is. Why don't you want people to help UMM? That's just cruel dude.
Because New Zealand school year ends in December. Thus he graduated HS in December. Better to be here and practice than sit at home.
From a competitiveness standpoint it is a little concerning....any time you have a chance to get in and show what you got, you would like to see a kid jump at the chance. Obviously cal thought he was ready. Never heard of a kid turning down the chance to get in game
That makes no sense, because it was never a choice between this year and next year. Whether or not Wynyard plays this year, he will still be back next year either way. If Wynyard played this year, it would only be a couple weeks of mop-up minutes playing behind Poythress, Labissiere, Humphries. To what end? People here have gotten so used to OADs that they think of every Kentucky player that way. But Poythress is a 4 year player. Lee, Willis, Hawkins will soon be 4 year players. Matthews will play here at least 3 years, maybe 4. Wynyard might or might not be a 4 year player, but he is smart to keep his options open instead of backing up Humphries and Labissiere for a couple of weeks. I disagree with you about next year. Wynyard is a strong post player with international playing experience. He is going to play. I am not nearly convinced that Calipari will have a scholarship available for Marques Bolden, so I rate the chances of Bolden coming here under 50-50. Wynyard's competition will be Lee, Humphries, Adebayo. Maybe Labissiere too, but all the tea leaves point to Labissiere's inner circle pushing him to come out for the draft or European ball to make them some money. Competing against Lee, Humphries, Adebayo, after an offseason of work, Wynyard will see the floor for significant minutes next year. He could even start, although that needs to be worked out in practice.
Could be he wants 4 full years in Blue which is fine by me.
If he had played poorly he would have been ripped for not red shirting.
If he had played poorly he would have been ripped for not red shirting.
I think he's a troll who mixes in enough reasonable takes and whines enough to get a bit of sympathy and support.
But I'm cynical like that.
Apparently you miss a lot when you put a few imbeciles on ignore. Nothing worth seeing, but you do miss stuff.
I actually agree with this. We need 3-4 year guys sprinkled in with our one and dones. We need these types at guard and in the post. It's honestly the key to success. It makes a well-rounded team. This is how titles are won. One and done talent leading the way, with 3-4 year players ready to give spot minutes. Happy for TW.
Way to be completely wrong mdlUK then turn to a technicality....yes one poster explicitly said then others are comparing him to a Jorts (starter). Again, it could happen, though it would be a long shot. Back to my original point, it just seems weird that a kid wouldn't be chomping at the bit to get Ina game. And justifying it that he is looking four years down the road is horse Hooy
I don't think I could disagree more. He is learning to play at this level. He is a big body for practice to help our guys who do play. Having a half year jump on his freshman year is extremely valuable. I'm not sure how you could miss all that.
Because his graduation cycle ends differently than here in the US. He finished in December. I guess he could have just hung out on the streets till next August instead.
! I haven't seen anyone say Tai will start next year and you offer ONE example that I can't find.
And I said people said the same crap about Jorts. I never said Tai would develop like him. He could but there's no guarantee.
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At least @ulismyman has come back to defend his statement. Oh wait....
I think we need to petition to make him change his screen name. He isn't worthy of having Ulis.
I think we need to petition to make him change his screen name. He isn't worthy of having Ulis.
Lol! Willis should transfer too. He'll never make it off the bench and will be recruited over. Just ask any Little Brothel fan.
Totally disagree with this statement. Him being here has a ton of purpose. Both for him and the team. He is learning and growing even if we don't see it. We've had plenty of games where we've been in major foul trouble. Come Tourney time if push comes to shove he will at least have practiced against top notch competition. Also next year he will be miles ahead of his normal class so his experience will get him on the floor before them in some cases.
Him pounding away in the paint during practice has served to toughen up our interior bigs. Lee, Skal and Humphries has shown signs of improved toughness. Not a ton but they have improved. He has a purpose whether you see it or not.
Dude, this isn't North Carolina. He gets a jump on his classes. He gets time in practice to prepare for next season. All in all, a very astute move.
And he clearly fooled you, not that it's difficult to do that.
You don't know that! People said the same thing about Willis. Time will tell. Smart thing to red shirt! Kids can improve from year to year . We fans are way to impatient!
Ok, I'm going to try to help. No, you don't defend yourself. You lash out and add nothing to the conversation. You post repetitive threads. Your posts are often contradictory and don't reflect any prior thought. You make posts which have no context and fail completely to make a point. You even start threads like that leaving folks thoroughly perplexed as to what your point was or why the thread was started in the first place. This is an open invitation for people to go off on you. Then you pitch a fit when they do respond though you were the cause of it.
People are going to challenge your comments. If you are unprepared to deal with that, there is a simple solution. Don't comment.
When you publish to the world, the world is free to offer rebuttal and commentary.
I believe I read somewhere that Cal offered scholarship without actually seeing him in person. Probably evaluated him from film.
He may not be as far along as Cal first thought. He needs to red shirt anyway.
You said "sometimes" and I fixed it for you. The second part was not directed at you. Sorry for the confusion.
So some of our fans say we need three to four year players. Then they gripe they will get recruited over
The same people bitch about poythress Miller Lee Skal for not living up to expectations All players we would have killed for ten years ago and would be focal point of our team ten years ago. But now we are so spoiled with Wall Davis boogie KAT when they don't pan out we wanna send them to the bench and still complain
The same people bitch about poythress Miller Lee Skal for not living up to expectations All players we would have killed for ten years ago and would be focal point of our team ten years ago. But now we are so spoiled with Wall Davis boogie KAT when they don't pan out we wanna send them to the bench and still complain
