Sorry, I'm not going to do it. We do this every year. We build these new recruits up like they're super heros, but they usually end up being unpolished players doing on the job training as we lose 10 games.
Agree. I was a huge Livingston fan and wanted him back very much. So sick of these guys who leave for NBA who obviously aren't anywhere close to being ready. And, you are so right, he was given tons of playing time at his desired position so what would he be so upset about if he chooses to transfer instead of staying in the draft. Makes no sense, unless he just fears the incoming freshmen so much.
I’ve thought this the entire time as well. Not to mention his fit WITH Wagner. You’ve got two totally ball dominant and ball dependent guards trying to coexist. One is the obvious lifelong family friend and favorite of the head coach with lofty draft goals and the other is the less well regarded, well traveled teammate who comes with handlers who may or may not even want him in college and full expectations on being one and done. What could go wrong?
Why can we only add one shooter?
That’s just what jones said, but I agree why just one, they need 2-3
Hopefully, a true stretch 4, whomever that may be. It’s a necessity to have shooting at the 1 & 4 to truly compete in today’s game (especially with a center who is limited, offensively) & it’s been a glaring weakness for a while. Having the right personnel at those positions would’ve done wonders for Oscar & the team as a whole, the past two seasons. But, Calipari has never really prioritized shooting & I don’t expect that to change.
Idk our high ranked guards usually translate pretty well. Wallace was not the problem at all this year. I think the position we generally hype up that doesn’t translate is the 3. Boston, Whitney, Fletcher, and even poythress to an extent. They are normally athletic freaks that don’t have the handles and aren’t polished enough to score in college
He can create his shot at an elite level. Now whether he converts them at a high percentage or gets teammates involved will be the issue.
I think cal gets captivated by athletic freaks. I agree with your above statement. Bad handles and they can't use their athleticism in college to get by. Now Edwards is not that. That is why I'm hoping next year could be a little better freshman class than usual.
Name a year we lost more then 5 games a season with 2 or more top 10 players ranked out of high school in the same class? Yet you like guys like CJ, Mintz, and Grady. Hmmm are you a troll or not know much?
I would have took any freshmen to replace Mintz and Grady in Feb last year even 3 star. Or just the St Peter's game. All Oscar needed was someone else for 2 mins in that game and he'd would have won that one himself.
2013 (Noel, Poythress) 12 losses
They wasn't top 10 recruits there was teens mix in with a top 10
They were, according to Rivals rankings. I edited my previous post & listed each top 10 recruit & the number of losses for each team. This year barely missed qualifying with Wallace at #8 & Livingston at #11.
He’s a guy who can break down a defender so that’s good. I think he’s a great Cal PG honestly. Maybe his frame will be a detriment but we just got roasted by a dude who was 5 feet tall.
Man that guy must be sleeping under a rock
I looked at the recruiting rankings when they came out that year they were released .I may have forgot one year of Fox Monk Bam were all top 10 I think. They were some list on the poster like briscoe Murray out the top 10. One of the twin's was outside of it. Poy was outside 10th.
Pretty sure all those guys were top 10 recruits.
