Does Calipari make staff changes? Current assistants bring nothing to the table.
He should make 2 for certain--whether he does will be the big question.
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Does Calipari make staff changes? Current assistants bring nothing to the table.
He’s a freshman. OP said he hopes he moves on, so I was replying to that post. How do you ever build depth when you want a player to move on if he’s disappointing his freshman year? Do you not think he can improve in those area?I will play. You are absolutely correct we want 3-4 year players zero doubt. Tell me one thing Askew does well? Shooting? Passing? Penetration ability? Makes smart decisions? Defend? I will stop and listen. The kid plays hard but i can give you 50 kids that play the point in ky high school ranks that do more than this this young man brings.
I will play. You are absolutely correct we want 3-4 year players zero doubt. Tell me one thing Askew does well? Shooting? Passing? Penetration ability? Makes smart decisions? Defend? I will stop and listen. The kid plays hard but i can give you 50 kids that play the point in ky high school ranks that do more than this this young man brings.
I’m not moving the goal post. OP said he think he needs to move on. I agree 100% that he doesn’t deserve the minutes he’s getting this year. But what does that have to do with him improving over the next 3 years?Now is not the time to move the goal posts. This is one instance where we better recruit over a player or we'll continue to struggle.
Devin seems like a great kid but he is NOT qualified to start and play 25 mpg at UK. If he's willing to stick around work hard and play a back up role then I'm all in. Right now he doesn't have the quickness, shooting, or ability to finish at the rim you need in a PG.
Fair response absolutely but the young man needs a few of the qualities i mentioned, he brings none imo.He’s a freshman. OP said he hopes he moves on, so I was replying to that post. How do you ever build depth when you want a player to move on if he’s disappointing his freshman year? Do you not think he can improve in those area?
I agree that he has to improve drastically. I feel like he probably suffered the most in terms of not being able to come in early, etc. I think he can make a decent leap in his career here (if he stays 4 years). Epps averaged 2ppg as a freshman, which was last on the team. He sat behind Ford on the 94 squad. The issue with Askew is he was thrown to the wolves when he is clearly not ready. But that doesn’t mean that he can’t be ready ahd can’t be a valuable player at UK down the line. These are the kind of guys that we have to have at our program to not have continued turnover. Guys that need to improve.Fair response absolutely but the young man needs a few of the qualities i mentioned, he brings none imo.
Let me give a few examples:
travis ford- slow/small but could flat shoot it, very cerebral/ strong with change of pace dribble
Epps-see above
Rjck Brunson/Colin Gillespie and more examples same as above.
Askew- unreal mixtape/strong AAU rep ZERO attributes outlined above. My opinion
Hickman is another 4* guard. 6' 2" bean pole. He is not a savior. Skyy isn’t either.Don’t know about EKU, but he would not get off the bench at WKU for sure and I don’t think he could beat out Harmon next year. Hopefully Hickman is legit and Askew play 10-15 minutes a game next year, I hope he’s prepared for that.
Jackson is a first round pick.I haven’t followed the team this year but after reading all the comments i didn’t see anyone mention jackson. staying or going?
Yeah, but that must mean the 21 class is not very good. He was the 10th ranked player in the 21 class, but dropped to a 4* kid at #33 in the 20 class and seeing how he's struggling with the speed and size of college players, I believe his 21 ranking is accurate.Askew was top ranked PG in his class, then he reclassified. He was a projected one and done. He has no intention of being a senior at UK
There's a difference between being a continuity type glue guy and being the one that the keys to the Ferrari are handed to. I don't mind askew staying but he needs to be a 5 to 10 minute type player. I doubt he can lead a team to the final four.
How do you know? He’s a freshman, players always improve. He could be an all SEC first team by his junior year.His ceiling is below what Quade Green's was.
I think it's that we want a guy like Askew to not play 30+ minutes a game as a reclass freshman, resulting in a 8-14 record. We want him to train behind experienced upperclassmen, until he can handle it.I have a question about your thoughts on Askew. Aren’t we wanting Cal to recruit guys who stay 3 or 4 years, yet we want to run a guy out of town who hasn’t performed well as a Freshman. Just doesn’t make sense to me.
He's talking about Skyy Clark, not Terrance Clarke.You think Clark will be back?
the problem even with them under performing most will not return and cal would be disappointed if they did.I have a question about your thoughts on Askew. Aren’t we wanting Cal to recruit guys who stay 3 or 4 years, yet we want to run a guy out of town who hasn’t performed well as a Freshman. Just doesn’t make sense to me.
Yes covid.....that's been the problem all season.Return Mintz, Askew, Brooks, Toppin, Ware and Allen. Plus the three signees and one mid-season transfer, Oscar. Add one or two in the spring and we have a pretty good roster. If we don't have a repeat of 2020 covid restrictions and rules, they could be pretty damn good. Can't wait!
Sarcasm right? Please let this be sarcasm.Why not? Plenty of other schools do it. We heard for several years from people how we wanted better matchups, largely because of the "I paid for these tickets!" folks. And I knew it was a bad idea from the start. Why are we trying to play the hardest schedule, especially if its a detriment to the type of teams Cal has?
I still think this team might have faired a little better, and maybe a lot better, if we had that joke schedule to start with, like many other top teams have.
I'm hoping we go back to that next year. I never want to see a schedule like we had this year again, idc who the coach is or how good we are. There's no trophy for having extra losses and the hardest schedule.
LOL, at some point, we need to learn our lesson right? He's a junior and is the 19th ranked kid in his class. He is another skinny beanpole.
Clark commits to Kentucky over UNC, 2 others
No. 19-ranked Skyy Clark became the third top-20 junior to announce his commitment, choosing Kentucky over North Carolina, UCLA and Memphis.www.espn.com
I'm not as aggravated at him as I am the guy that keeps playing him.I’m glad you can. I try. But continuing to trot Askew out there with it blatantly costing us wins really sours me. Some may say that’s not true. But it is. He’s cost us several games we couldn’t spare to lose.
Only upside I've seen about itIf Askew is our starter next year he will likley get Cal run out of town.
I thought you wanted multi year players. Or was that just yesterday?I know a lot of it depends on who comebacks. I think our front court will be ok. Oscar should be great. Brooks should be back. Collins and Ware should round things out. Hickman will get a long look at PG or SG. Hopefully Mintz comes back. I think Allen leaves. Askew needs to play elsewhere in my opinion. So Guard play will be a problem again if we don’t get Clark or someone else in. Overall If we can get some guards we might be much improved.
Askew should stay and come off the bench.I doubt he will accept that after getting all the playing time while doing nothing this season.Playing time should be earned but he has done nothing to deserve it.I thought you wanted multi year players. Or was that just yesterday?
ProgressionAskew should stay and come off the bench.I doubt he will accept that after getting all the playing time while doing nothing this season.Playing time should be earned but he has done nothing to deserve it.
LolHow do you know? He’s a freshman, players always improve. He could be an all SEC first team by his junior year.
There isn’t exactly a bunch of PG’s just sitting around on the bench. Who you playing?I'm not as aggravated at him as I am the guy that keeps playing him.
Sarcasm right? Please let this be sarcasm.
Who exactly should get the blame for that? The fans?There isn’t exactly a bunch of PG’s just sitting around on the bench. Who you playing?
Askew is not what we thought he would be. But he’s who we got.
Never ever would I think UK fans would want a watered down schedule. UK, the top of the college basketball world, should play cupcakes up until the conference schedule? Well, sure seems Cal has you under his spell.Nope. I dont really care to see some top5 matchup. I dont need Kentucky to give me some sort of "show". Maybe one or two, but thats what the tournament is for.
I want tournament success. And I dont believe that playing the hardest schedule is the best way to get there.
The SEC is still a top 6 or 7 conference which means, that alone, will give Kentucky a top100 schedule.. we sprinkle it with 3 or 4 solid OOC games, and the rest would ideally be games that aren't TOO easy, but ones never really in doubt.
I feel like my stance is never quite understood... I just want tournament success.. I really don't give a shit about anything else. And looking strictly at schedules, leaving everything aside, playing a top10 schedule is more of a detriment to the team than anything.
Cal. Now answer the question. Who you gonna play?Who exactly should get the blame for that? The fans?
Never ever would I think UK fans would want a watered down schedule. UK, the top of the college basketball world, should play cupcakes up until the conference schedule? Well, sure seems Cal has you under his spell.
What's next, cancel playing UofL? Get out of the Champions classic and schedule a bunch of Transy like teams?
Bad mentality and a scared mentality if you ask me. UK should never be afraid to play anyone anywhere. They didn't used to be until a man from the north arrived.
I would try Mintz or Boston. Is the current PG working? How long do you keep trying the same thing that isn't working? At 8-14, not much is working, so just doing the same thng over and over seems like a coach that doesn't have an answer or even trying to find one.Cal. Now answer the question. Who you gonna play?
The problem is not the schedule hard or easy, it's the constant turn over of the roster that causes these problems. Cal wasn't afraid to play anyone When he had players like Wall, Cousins, AD, Towns, etc. The kicker to that is, he had had returning players and returning talented players to go with those elite freshman.I could care less about the schedule. Again, I want tournament success. That's it. I'll agree with you on one thing, maybe Cal's young teams, and their propensity to lose early, makes me not want to play harder schedules in the early going.. sure.
But that's who we have at the moment. And as long as he's the coach? Yeah, I want gimme games while our team figures it out. I think it's bullshit that middling teams get to thump us while our players barely know their teammates.
..but even then.. Chris Beard, Jay Wright? I STILL don't want a top10 hardest SOS. IMO, I believe it does more harm than good. I think the sweet spot is in the 40's to 60's.
Mintz plays point at times.....askew is still in the game because we don’t have any more guards. You seriously want to play Boston at PG? He would have 15 turnovers by halftime man.I would try Mintz or Boston. Is the current PG working? How long do you keep trying the same thing that isn't working? At 8-14, not much is working, so just doing the same thng over and over seems like a coach that doesn't have an answer or even trying to find one.
Right on. Too much crying over spilled milk. What’s done is done. I cleared all the stages of grief shortly after New Years.Cal whiffed on Cade
Cal in desperation talked a HS jr into reclassifying
Askew is clearly not ready
Mintz is not a pg
Boston is not a pg
Allen is not a pg
Fletcher is not a pg
#6 SOS
#347 in Luck
8 Ls by 7 pts or less
Injuries to 2 key players
Covid
The Mass Exodus from last yr
All this equals 8-14
Infact its nothing short of a miracle that we have won 8 games and are around #50 in KP and top #25 in D despite all that.
Give it a damn rest people and pull for your team!
Let the Madness Begin!!!
Unless Cal changes some things on offense etc, maybe win 20 + games and lose in the second round.I know a lot of it depends on who comebacks. I think our front court will be ok. Oscar should be great. Brooks should be back. Collins and Ware should round things out. Hickman will get a long look at PG or SG. Hopefully Mintz comes back. I think Allen leaves. Askew needs to play elsewhere in my opinion. So Guard play will be a problem again if we don’t get Clark or someone else in. Overall If we can get some guards we might be much improved.
All of bbn is rife with madness along with the rest of our country. 🙄Cal whiffed on Cade
Cal in desperation talked a HS jr into reclassifying
Askew is clearly not ready
Mintz is not a pg
Boston is not a pg
Allen is not a pg
Fletcher is not a pg
#6 SOS
#347 in Luck
8 Ls by 7 pts or less
Injuries to 2 key players
Covid
The Mass Exodus from last yr
All this equals 8-14
Infact its nothing short of a miracle that we have won 8 games and are around #50 in KP and top #25 in D despite all that.
Give it a damn rest people and pull for your team!
Let the Madness Begin!!!