No college team has ever, nor will ever produce 5 lottery picks
Still Think Cal Is A Great Coach?
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No college team has ever, nor will ever produce 5 lottery picks
Yes, they did. Brand, Langdon, Maggette, Avery, and Battier. 1, 11, 13, 14, and 6 (later season)
Yeah, getting to the FF is awful. Much better with Tubby and BCG. Didn't have that problem then.
Cal took freaking UMASS to the FF. UMASS. Yet imbeciles like you think he can't coach.
Why didn't Rick win with Mash in '93? Why didn't he win in '97 with Mercer?
To be fair though, UMASS already had a history of making it to the tournament before Cal got there. They did it that one time in 1962.
Couldn't agree more. The irrational jibberish is totally embarrassing.
Yes, the team had 4 lottery picks. Thanks for being more thorough with the same point????
They had five. Four that year, and then two years later Battier was a lottery pick. Just because he wasn't a lottery pick that year doesn't mean he wasn't an eventual lottery pick that was on the team. He was a sophomore that year and played 20+ minutes a game, so it's not like he was sitting the bench not contributing to the team.
So, again, that '99 team had a total of five lottery picks, including a #1 overall pick, all of which played meaningful minutes. And like I said, those guys weren't a bunch of freshman like most of Cal's guys. Four of the Five had been in the system at least two years.
Once again great job smacking these idiots down. You sir are one of the best to ever post on this site. Your posts deserve a freaking standing ovation. I truly mean that.
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Totally agree with this post!!!! However I don't see how anyone can argue that we shouldn't at least TRY a zone when we are getting killed man to man. Just because the posters bringing it up are hateful trolls and I wish they go away, Cal is stubborn.
FTR there's nobody I'd rather have as a coach and love Cal to death. I hope he retires here! I just wish we'd try a zone when we're getting killed man to man.
STOP IT..........He himself said at the beginning of the year that they would have several losses with this team. I'm not happy with the losses to Auburn,Tenn,or Ohio St but look at how this season has gone not only for us but all of CBB. It's not just us folks. I hate the New Team every year thing as much as everybody else does but BLAME THE NBA, NOT CAL...... This Team and Coach still has and will always have my support........GO CATS!!
And you were probably in depression, for 6 months, after the last title.
What sucks is that if Cal doesn't win a 2nd title with all of the talent he's had, that's exactly what the narrative and national perception will be about his career at UK. Lots of recruiting success, all kinds of NBA first rounders, lots of won games, multiple trips to the final four................but only one title.
That's going to be what the media says about UK. And while you might say "who cares"? The answer is that UK fans care. There is no fan base in the world that cares more about their national perception than UK fans. So you can say whatever you want, Cal will need another title in his time at UK to not be seen as underachieving. Im sorry but that's the truth. Spin all you want, talk about final fours all you want, but at the end of the day what Finebaum said will only be the beginning if he doesn't get another championship.
You people are too much. So, who do you think is a better hall of fame coach? Give me a frigging break. When this teams gets turned around, I'm sure you'll be at the front saying I told you so. You ought to be a UL fan. They're supposed to be the fans who are flakes.
It's too easy for trolls to say Cal isn't a great coach. I would just like those who say that to post the name of the coach they would rather have on our sideline. I'm sure they won't because they like to hide behind the cloak of secrecy and throw darts at Cal every chance they get. Just name ONE damn coach with a better track record than Cal has at UK. If his record means he's a lousy coach, I can live with those results.
What is hilarious is the fact that you people call him stubborn because he doesn't coach like you think he should....I call that pompous and I am not talking about Cal.
Sorry, don't have time to look back at this...
Is anyone actually trying to say that Cal isn't a good coach?
I swear, it is like nobody has played basketball before. People ARE aware that sometimes a good basketball player can miss a shot, right? And that a coach cannot change that? And that there are a MILLION variables out of ANYONES hands that impact how a team does?
I swear... fans are nuts.
Is anyone actually trying to say that Cal isn't a good coach?
I swear, it is like nobody has played basketball before. People ARE aware that sometimes a good basketball player can miss a shot, right? And that a coach cannot change that? And that there are a MILLION variables out of ANYONES hands that impact how a team does?
I swear... fans are nuts.
What are your qualifications to rate anyone, let alone a HOF and NC winning coach?
Then why whine and cry if you personally love the fact that the other team scores. Trying to build up your number of post?
Which you seem to want to prove single . You do nothing but criticize.
Cal's results speak for themselves. I've always considered him a very good coach, though not necessarily in the great category. But when you look at the numbers it's hard to argue that he isn't.
Where I differ is with all those who paint such a doomsday scenario when/if he ever decides to leave.
We were the Roman Empire of College Basketball prior to his arrival and I expect we will be the Roman Empire of College Basketball long after he leaves.
Where I differ is with all those who paint such a doomsday scenario when/if he ever decides to leave.
We were the Roman Empire of College Basketball prior to his arrival and I expect we will be the Roman Empire of College Basketball long after he leaves.
Ok, I'm not interested in this, Cut. If Cal stays at UK half as long as K is at Duke and keeps his current pace, he'll be top 5 all time in accomplishments in D1 coaching history. He'll be okay, no matter how much fake hand-wringing you do.
What I am interested in is why you went and liked all the stuff about Duke only having 4 lottery picks, when we already demonstrated that it's not true. K failed to win the title with 5 major contributors that were lottery picks, and we listed them. Look, we all know that you think Cal sucks. But at the very least, could you not be party to spreading misinformation on the board?
I will say this one thing in defense of Cut, though. Everybody trashes him constantly. And rightly so, I believe, because thinking that Cal is an average or below average coach is really, really ignorant.
But you rarely see Cut get personal with people. I think that's laudable. If he's going to constantly throw fire bombs at the board and spout all kinds of crazy malarkey, at least he's not being rude about it.
But you rarely see Cut get personal with people. I think that's laudable. If he's going to constantly throw fire bombs at the board and spout all kinds of crazy malarkey, at least he's not being rude about it.
Agree completely, but sometimes hiring immediately after a legend is tough. I wouldn't be surprised to have a little bit of a "letdown hire" after Cal, but I hope I'm wrong.
found it!
when i get home from work today, i get to get rid of morons.
i'm so excited.
You will always have problems with the head coach whom ever it is. You want a title..... You sad little boy......maybe you should sit down and write a letter to Santa?? Anyone who is dissatisfied with the results of Cal's time here will never be happy......
If anyone questions Cal's abilities or practices, it just confirms their lack of intelligence or confirms they are just here to troll. It's completely ridiculous. People like that will never be happy and I feel sorry for them.
Yea it could certainly happen, but I sorta look at it this way.
People will say "do you want to go back to Tubby or BCG?" As much as I didn't like Tubbys style of play and how his tenure wound down, and as much as I was thrilled when he left... he did win a NC as well as a lot of games.
As for BCG, what I take encouraging is that our administration didn't try to ride it out & see if it would get better. They made the move & let him go after 2 years. And we moved on.
I have trust that all the powers at be in Lexington, like the fans, have too much love for UK basketball to let it slide into mediocrity simply because we lose our coach. For every Billy Clyde, we have a Rupp, a Joe B, a Pitino, and a Cal.
I like our chances.
The only thing that Cal needs to change is, he needs to wear blue high top Chuck Taylor Cons when he coaches. Coach Rupp always wore them.
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I pretty much agree with you but this is a public message board and people are going to speak their mind regardless of whether it's a valid point or not. They actually have every right to do so unless they break a board rule. I'm all in with UK but we've had some pathetic losses this year so you're going to get some threads where people are pissed off making their comments.
barbarians seemed a hell of a lot closer to the gate in the decade before cal took the job than they do now
i'd much rather struggle like this, have nba talent, and end up in the final four than watch a bunch of guys like daniels & fitch (both of whom i love) hit their head on their collective ceiling
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