Hope you are right, but I am tempering my expectations. It sounds like we are not that far off from each other. I doubt we will be 9-16 bad, but we probably won’t be Final Four/championship good either. 20 wins is a realistic expectation with the turnover we have from a 9 win season and all the new pieces that have to mesh together. It could take time for them to gel.
Simply put, Cal has been playing a system that relies on NBA talent to make plays by out athleting everyone, whether he had the horses or not. It’s a canned system that no longer works and it certainly won't work with this roster.
Exactly, this coach has been here 12 years now, he is the highest paid coach, has the best facilities and the best fanbase, there should be no rebuilding, especially with the transfer portal.
The way I look at it, Cal will be starting from a much better position than he has in almost every season he has been here. He doesn't have to teach a bunch of freshmen how to walk and chew gum at the same time.
A+ post, very well said. He has been here 12 years and with the exception of 1 team, he has had to start from scratch every year, the only difference this time is he has very talented and experienced players. Last year has nothing do do with 21/22
If you suggest it, it’s absolutely the worst option imaginable. No basketball knowledge in the least.
Great post. I’d like it 10 times if I could. I don’t expect to go from 9-16 to a contender in one season. As long as there are signs we’re building towards more long term stability I’m happy. If we lose 6-9 players at the end of the season again...well...then I’ll just be patiently waiting for Calipari to move on.
Going off any season from our past, what evidence do you have that supports us only getting 22 wins? 1.. We have a completely dif team with completely dif coaches from this past season. 2.... We have the most experience on a roster we've ever had. 3... We have 2 of the best pg we could have brought in. 4.... It's not going to be a pandemic riddled season in which a brand new team can't learn each other. We were already at a disadvantage from every other team in the ncaa because no other team was completely new.
Under Calipari, in 12 seasons we’ve had seasons where we’ve lost 11, 11, 12, and 16 games.
Everyone that knows more basketball than you is not named Ellen little Jeffy. I hoped you could tell men from women at this point.
This
I’m an attempt to be fair to Cal:
Most programs aren't uk and cal
2011 we lost 9 and went to the final 4. Lost 11 and went to the title game. Reg season losses meant nothing then and still don't. That being said, if our fans can't look at our incoming roster and know the difference from last year, that's on them. By mid December nobody in the country will want to face UK.
Yeah, Harrow quit, Askew at least gave 100% every time he stepped on the court.
I wish you did post some sort of basketball knowledge Bass, but the truth is, you never do, all you do is attack people that are critical of Cal.
Very good points. And I agree
Like I said. Can’t tell the difference between men and women. Doesn’t know basketball. That’s Jeffy. Spews tripe. Whines if he’s not coddled.
We are definitely on the same page. There is so much that has to change. His offensive philosophy is #1, but he also needs to play the players that give UK the best chance to win the game, not the guys who need to develop for the next level right now. That problem was glaringly obvious last season and was such a bad look for Cal.
If you have the mentality that regular season losses don’t mean anything you’re stacking the deck against yourself. 2011 and 2014 are the exception not the rule. They’re falling further and further into the rear view as well. And even back then they were still the exception. Nearly 70% of title winners since the field expanded to 64 teams have been 1 seeds.
the sad part is that Harrow was far more talented, he was just not right between the ears
You are also referring to a game that doesn't resemble today's game when you refer to "since the field expanded".
Top talent doesn't stick around
Talented and top talent are two different things. Top talent doesn’t stick around. I agree. But plenty of kids that are talented enough to become great college basketball players do.
The problem with our current culture is that if they’re NOT an immediate success, then they are a failure. Nevermind that, most of the time, even the most talented need development and time to grow
I understand that I'm just not sure it could change at uk. It's not uk or the coaches that view them as a failure. It's their peers, and to a degree the fans. All I've heard is how bad askew was, Boston was. We don't want them returning.... Automatically assuming their 2nd season will be exactly like the first. A finished product after one bad season. The very next thread you talk about how you want it to be like the old days and kids stay lol. Some will laugh at that, but that's because they don't want to take responsibility, and they're spoiled from our one and done success
Maybe I'm telling my age but I enjoy it more when the Cats hold a team to 40 points than when we score 100.
You may be right.
Definitely nice to watch the team suck the air out of the gym. The basketball skill needed to run down the floor and jack threes is minimal. Watching a good team defense is a thing of beauty.
