Thiero appears to get it more than the coach
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Hope Thiero is back next year.
Burkes, Thiero, shep, and Z would be the 4 I tell the boosters to pony up for.
Burkes, Thiero, shep, and Z would be the 4 I tell the boosters to pony up for.
Go watch that video clip of UK getting toasted on defense. Thiero was a big reason why.
It won't matter as long as Cowipari is still the HC. We can have the best of the best in the country and we'd still be sitting here wondering what the hell happened this time...
Cal will tell him to never make those comments again. Cal is thinking you play for the NBA scouts that are watching while UK is paying his salary.
Cals lack of coaching is why. If this was the first UK team to be completely incapable of stopping the high ball screen easy entry pass that would be one thing. This has been a problem for years.
His effort was about the only reason we were in it at all. Lots of blame to go around yesterday. Thiero was one of the only bright spots in my book.
These kids deserve a better coach than Cal
He generally plays with effort, but there was absolutely no effort in that first part of the clip from Gonzaga running ball screens. His lazy defense on 22 gave 22 an easy lane to make the pass to Ike. Defensive intensity has to be 100% not 95 or 90. He's not the only one of course that isn't 100% on that end.
“I coach for the names on the back of the jersey—not the front.”
Calipari quote from 2013
Calipari quote from 2013
The coach doesn't know how to install a zone.
A Zone would have KILLED Gonzaga last night. They couldn't hit threes.
I respect the hell out of the tradition-I'm lucky to be a part of it and I've got the best job in basketball-but I don't do what I do for the commonwealth of Kentucky, for the university, for the legacy of the program, or for the greater glory of Big Blue Nation. There was a time I coached partly for myself-for status, respect, money, wins. But I don't do that anymore, either. Good for those coaches who get to seven hundred, eight hundred, or even a thousand wins, but I'm not staying in it that long. I can promise you my record will not be on my tombstone.
I coach for the names on the back of the jersey-not the front.
You're right, but I would only add that he doesn't care "about the same things that BBN cares about". He will tell you whatever he "thinks" you want to hear but he only does what "he cares about" and that is NOT in keeping with what's best for this PROGRAM. It is ALL sick and twisted ... just like the man.
I have a hard time believing a Calipari taught zone defense is going to stop a Mark Few team. Few would just make an adjustment and eat us alive because our team lacks discipline on defense.
He is a total fraud in every sense of the word!!!! Any win this team gets is in spite of him. He has no plan, no lineup continuity, no idea on how to adjust, no idea on how to effectively manage his roster, no idea on how to draw up a winning play, no idea how to teach multiple defensive sets, no idea how to consistently get his shooters open look, or to shut down what the opposing team is effectively doing. He doesn’t know how to do practically anything when it comes to actual in game coaching which is why I will contend he is the actual worse in game coach in the game today.
Thiero has had several awesome plays recently but I agree with you, he has had many defensive breakdowns, especially against the end line inbounds pass. I think the effort is there but it seems there is a defensive disconnect. He will improve but it needs to be very soon.
As big as this mess is, there are some good potential multi-year players in the program.
Then you're ignorant. Gonzaga shot 4-18 from 3 and killed us in the paint. Your devotion to defending Cal at all costs is astounding. You basically said our players suck. LOL
Im not defending Cal. I literally asked you if you believe Calipari can coach a zone defense that would be able to stop a Mark Few offense. I think it would lead to a worse outcome.
The hype surrounding Bradshaw was world class. The number of stars assigned to him was the best. Cal buys in and recruits the guy but alas ... he can't live up to the billing, but Cal is hell bent on getting him into the draft after one season, regardless of the damage done not only to Bradshaw but the PROGRAM by refusing to be honest with him and encourage additional years to gain experience before entering the draft. Cal can't do that, his "system" isn't designed for his OAD to have a year two. Bradshaw enters his name in draft or transfers. Transferring to another school, with coaching, would be in his best interest. Entering the draft too early is very high-risk. This is Cal's wholesale OAD system. Wash, rinse, and repeat as the PROGRAM CRUMBLES. Does this system really sound like "players first"?
But if they're coached by the same guy would it really matter?
Thiero is our best defender, best finisher, strongest driver, best rebounder, handles the ball much better than any of our other forwards, and is now shooting the three better than Edwards, Bradshaw, and Mitchell. But, most importantly, he’s a great teammate who wants to win and gives his best effort every possession.
Collateral damage is the price paid to feed Cal's ego. The narcissist doesn't care about collateral damage. It's not about ALL the "kids", but only the ones who are good enough, after one year, to be drafted in the lottery. That is what feeds his ego, and he cares about nothing else.
Few kicked Cal’s a** last season in a blowout. Just another coach to give cal a yearly beating.
How would we know? couldn’t have ended up worse than a loss.
I will say, as sincerely as I can, any UK player that demonstrates that they truly care about this PROGRAM, will always have my support and admiration. ALWAYS. This is at the root of why I cannot stand John Calipari as coach of the Program. Apart from his SICK and TWISTED priorities, the man CANNOT COACH and makes BREATH-TAKINGLY stupid decisions. He apparently also steals his neighbors weed-wacker.
Agree. He may not be perfect but love his fight.
It’s not a player issue, it’s a scheme issue. Cal plays one way, and that’s it. He has no answer when that one way doesn’t work.
It is so painfully obvious. Once Wisconsin displayed the patience to continue to screen UK until they got the switch they wanted, Cal’s defenses have been exposed.
It’s like Cal has wanted to prove that game a fluke since then no matter the cost. No matter how many times he loses because of it.
In a nutshell. He can’t leave soon enough.
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