Such a breath of fresh air…

[UKFAN4L]

To not always have someone sitting due to (alleged) injuries. It seems like under Pope, if you’re healthy, you play.
Naturally Arkansas has two starters injured in Aidoo and Brazile. I watched them last night and literally nothing has changed. As soon as I flipped it on it was a baseline out of bounds. They did the ol’ lob into Z in the corner and Ark-Little Rock stole it.

 

[runt#69]

To not always have someone sitting due to (alleged) injuries. It seems like under Pope, if you’re healthy, you play.
Naturally Arkansas has two starters injured in Aidoo and Brazile. I watched them last night and literally nothing has changed. As soon as I flipped it on it was a baseline out of bounds. They did the ol’ lob into Z in the corner and Ark-Little Rock stole it.

I was just thinking about all the different ways this season is such a breath of fresh air around here...

Shall we begin to enumerate the ways?

Fresh Air : A new coach with a genuine passion to coach here at Kentucky and a desire to live up to the greatness of the name of the university he coaches for....

Fresh Air : Having an experienced team full of shooters!

Fresh Air : Having a head coach that runs an exciting system with a well constructed roster!

Fresh Air : Seeing great in game adjustments, smart & complimentary player substitutions, and an all out attitude of hustle, not taking any plays off, or taking anything for granted!

Fresh Air : listening to a coach post game and seeing a huge throng of happy fans stay to hear what he says...

Fresh Air: Beating dUKe!

Fresh Air : Seeing rejuvenated fans and a new sense of unity!

Fresh Air : shedding trepidations of the recent past and embracing the bright future of opportunity!

Honestly, there's so many reasons to be happy and to look towards the future with an optimistic view that has been lacking around here.

A huge gust of fresh air, if you ask me!

GO Big Blue!

 

[Fox2monk]

To not always have someone sitting due to (alleged) injuries. It seems like under Pope, if you’re healthy, you play.
Naturally Arkansas has two starters injured in Aidoo and Brazile. I watched them last night and literally nothing has changed. As soon as I flipped it on it was a baseline out of bounds. They did the ol’ lob into Z in the corner and Ark-Little Rock stole it.

I am so glad I don’t have to watch us inbound the ball like that anymore. I watched it too and noticed all the old Cal stuff. It’s like watching a carbon copy of our last 5 or 6 teams. The terrible offense, bad inbounding. Coasting after getting a lead, and turning it over too much. They hang their hat on. Ring more athletic than the teams they play. If they played any team so far that could match them athletically they would lose. Just like Baylor.

 

[St.PatterSoN-54-]

Just not looking at his stupid whaaaaaa face on the sideline is enough for me

 

[IL Wildcat]

To not always have someone sitting due to (alleged) injuries. It seems like under Pope, if you’re healthy, you play.
Naturally Arkansas has two starters injured in Aidoo and Brazile. I watched them last night and literally nothing has changed. As soon as I flipped it on it was a baseline out of bounds. They did the ol’ lob into Z in the corner and Ark-Little Rock stole it.

Yeah, I was talking about this the other day. It doesn't make sense that Calipari's teams always seem to have people out with injuries, and then stay out for longer periods of time, while most other teams remain relatively healthy and return from minor injuries quickly. I have a couple theories...

1. Some of Calipari's more pampered players don't prepare themselves properly. They don't stretch well. They don't work out and lift weights much. They just depend on their athleticism and Cal lets them get away with it because they're favorites. They try to get out there and go 100% in games and they get injured.

2. His players who do get injured and, because of the same permitted laziness I mentioned in #1, they don't return quickly from injury because Calipari's "players first" mantra doesn't require them to work as hard as they can to get back.

#3 Cal is just snake-bit and unlucky and his players just get injured more often than other teams' players.

#4 Cal pushes his players too hard and they end up injured more often because they're pushing themselves to please him. Once they get injured, he feels guilty and doesn't push them to get back quickly.

I think it's #1 and #2.