Willis now leading UK in 3 pt FG%
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How many more Willis threads are we going to have tonight? I mean this thread couldn't been placed in one of the other 9-10 threads on Willis since last night? We get it fans there are DW fans on the board and likely so since he is from Kentucky! If he wasn't from Kentucky we would see more posts on his Defense and Turnovers. I do believe that Cal can use DW in situations if we need a big 3 when the team isn't shooting well or if another player is having an off night. I just believe that most took what Coach Cal said wrong and alot of times what Coach Cal says he is hoping that it will light a fire with the player to turn it around and do better in what he is talking about for each player. I have heard him talk about Murray, Briscoe, POY, skal, etc. its just not Willis.
Playing against much weaker competition than he was here, much weaker. He's also being hidden in a zone defense.
So much ridiculousness in this post its astounding. I love when people use the word sheep, like they have uncovered some hidden truth that no one else is able to see. You know who loves to use the word sheep? 9/11 truthers and they are batshit insane. Objective? Willis fanbois are the least objective people on here.
Skal is a freshman, Willis a junior. He should know better. Cal gives his freshman more rope because that's the only way they will learn. Skal was also much more important to the teams success than Willis, for March. When it became apparent Skal was not goingto get it his minutes reduced drastically. Yet people are whining when junior Willis gets yanked more making freshman mistakes. Again, he should know better.
But you see the real truth, we're sheep for trusting our HOF coach and his decisions over the incessant ramblings of message board coaches. God how could we be so wrong? Thanks for showing us the truth.
Cal doesn't play people much (if at all) if your defense sucks. Not sure why the Willis fan girls can't figure this out.
Wiltjer is/was the worst defender to lace them up for UK in my lifetime. Nothing about that has changed. He isnt an AA, and the list of potential POY candidates includes Skal...so theres that. Laughable to believe otherwise, again due to his putrid "defense". Id say not many people on here talk about his "defense" because it is no longer our problem. He moves like a 70 year old geriatric ex-miner who has had their knees and lower back fused.
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This. Might literally be THE WORST take EVER on this forum. Congratulations sir.
The fact that the guy is a SF/PF and has only taken 10 free throws in 16 games is absurd. Obviously is not a physical presence which shows in his lack of rebounding and defense.
Here is a thought for everyone in the Willis threads, he should not be playing as much as he is, but everyone else that could get minutes at the position he plays would give us less than he does.
Cal has little choice but to play him some, thus far the front court is weak enough to get Willis minutes. This explains why Skal's minutes have become limited, Humphries and Wynyard don't play and the reason we aren't as good as we should be.
There I have wrapped up 3 threads in one. In case anyone doesn't know this is intended humor spiced with a touch of truth.
Cal has little choice but to play him some, thus far the front court is weak enough to get Willis minutes. This explains why Skal's minutes have become limited, Humphries and Wynyard don't play and the reason we aren't as good as we should be.
There I have wrapped up 3 threads in one. In case anyone doesn't know this is intended humor spiced with a touch of truth.
Lee Skal Mulder Mathews for sure.
Poythress Hawkins and Brisco is a tie based on free throws and having consistent on and off games.
The rest of the bench is behind Willis and should not get minutes from him.
Duh on Ulis and Murray
This is just stupid. So Willis should get the 3rd most minutes on the team in your opinion? UK's gonna lose a ton of games if that happens down the stretch. I think I'll let Cal decide who plays. You Willis lovers should be happy, the chosen one got to play in crunch time down the stretch and despite getting torched and almost single handedly keeping MSU in the game late with bad D and a key TO, he got clock. It wouldn't have mattered if UK had lost the game as Willis fans care more about one player than winning games.
I find it amusing people say "Cal plays all his big name recruits" when he didn't against MSU anad it was to the team's detriment that he left Skal on the bench and gave the "KY boy" the gametime. Cal probably won't make the same mistake again thankfully, and if he does, it will be Mr. Hawkins getting crunch time. All the Willis defenders don't defend Hawkins the way they do Willis though, and the intelligent people on this board 100% know why that is.
Murray is worse at staying in front of his man than Willis. Shoot even coach yelled at Murray to " stay infront of his man or let someone else guard him" last game. You want to talk about a matador it is Murray plays decent D for about 10 seconds and then turns his body and gives the offensive guy his hip and the dude blows right by.
Willis' game is not bulit for inside. Willis' game involves burning down the nets from three point range and guess what? This UK team needs that.
too bad all he does is stand in the corner and jack up threes making getting to the line almost impossible.
There are plenty of reasons why Murray has a much longer leash than Willis. If you don't, cant, or won't realize what those reasons are, then there's no sense in anyone even trying to explain then to you.
I will say that Mathews has sucked lately. There's 6 minutes he could pick up. He terrifies me when he shoots also.
Yeah, being automatic from the free throw line is a very good thing, and something this team could really use, but the fact of the matter is, he doesn't attack the basket and get fouled near enough for his free throws to matter. He only averages 0.6 free throws a game, which in turn tenders his great free throw shooting worthless.
Yep. Matthews seems to be the worst player in the current rotation.
Willis seems locked in the stretch 4 position so I doubt he'd absorb Matthew's minutes at the 2/3. Playing the some minutes at the 3 may actually help Willis some on defense since he can be on the court at the same time as our better defenders, Lee and Poythress.
Poythress gave up 6 pts in the first 5 minutes of the game alone due to bad defense. One not hustling back in transition leading to a foul on him trying to block the shot from behind and the other 3 because he didnt rotate on the 3pt shooter.
Murray also gave up 4 pts in that same span due to matador defense.
But yeah, lets single out Willis. Ulis , Briscoe, and Hawkins are the only three on our team that play really good defense.
Murray also gave up 4 pts in that same span due to matador defense.
But yeah, lets single out Willis. Ulis , Briscoe, and Hawkins are the only three on our team that play really good defense.
Nope, this team needs some sort of identity in the paint. Willis isn't that.
Also, Willis is averaging 0.625 FT's a game so his % from the FT line is close to meaningless.
If we could combine Willis and Matthews, we would have a great option at the stretch 4.
Ouch
Kyle Tucker @KyleTucker_CJ
Calipari says Willis' defensive habits "are so bad ... what's the word below so bad?
Kyle Tucker @KyleTucker_CJ
Calipari says talking defense with Willis is "like we're talking a different language with him.
Kyle Tucker @KyleTucker_CJ
Calipari says Willis' defensive habits "are so bad ... what's the word below so bad?
Kyle Tucker @KyleTucker_CJ
Calipari says talking defense with Willis is "like we're talking a different language with him.
Cal knows more than everyone on this board, so the petty arguments aside clearly Willis is terrible on D. Others may struggle as well, but they all do other things well enough to compensate most of the time. People wanna keep the deflection argument to defend Willis (well so and so lets people score some too)...that is not a good defense IMO.
Yeah, we do not see near the same level of obsession with Hawkins as Willis on here. The fact of the matter is, some people on here would rather have a team full of Willis like players and be an irrelevant program than win big with non-Willis like players as Cal has done.
I did not read ALL of this AGAIN. Same thread as the fifty same ones of last three weeks with just a different title.
I have one thought to add, to say Cal gives more playing time and rope to the 5 Star players projected to play in the NBA...... I would agree that is probably correct.
I would venture that the majority of 5 Star players and players projected to play in the NBA are in fact BETTER players.....
I could be wrong, but I don't think recruit rankings and NBA careers - overall - are not a popularity contest just to keep - good but not great - players from Kentucky from getting their "fair share" of playing time.
Just give everybody a damn participation trophy and lets move the hell on.
I have one thought to add, to say Cal gives more playing time and rope to the 5 Star players projected to play in the NBA...... I would agree that is probably correct.
I would venture that the majority of 5 Star players and players projected to play in the NBA are in fact BETTER players.....
I could be wrong, but I don't think recruit rankings and NBA careers - overall - are not a popularity contest just to keep - good but not great - players from Kentucky from getting their "fair share" of playing time.
Just give everybody a damn participation trophy and lets move the hell on.
I agree with this comment. Many have listened to Cal too much. Cal uses the defense argument to not play him. He's not a shot blocker and does occasionally let his opponent drive around him, but most players on this team not named Ulis or Briscoe have the same issues on defense. Willis gets unfairly singled out by our fan base because they worship Coach Cal and believes every thing he says.
It's obvious you don't like Willis. Your take is completely off base in my opinion. Willis has more BB IQ than most on this team. He doesn't have the physicality he needs to please Cal, but he would be starting and playing major minutes at most colleges. His defense is not as bad as his reputation is, and his offensive stats speak for themselves.
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