Collin Chandler Explains BYU Transfer

ORCAT

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Can't you read? He said he loved UK and the statement was not about UK.
Yes, I can read and there are things in the article that just didn't sound right and I felt didn't need to be said. He would be better to have just not said anything, his statement wasn't necessary. But, thanks for insulting me instead of conversing on a more mature level.
 
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RedwoodHigh

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CC made a wise decision for his family & both schools. He got to play at Ky more than he would have at BYU the last 2 years - mainly because of injuries.
Now he’ll get to play more at BYU than he would have at Ky during the next 2-3 years.
Hope it works out for him & he achieves success in the future.
 
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I disagree and most would. He made serious strides over his time here from where he started (not where he left off from High School, that guy got buried under two years of disuse).

I'm not saying he was transformed into Jordan or even Stockton. He was a better Collin Chandler than we received, by a lot.
Yeah.

Colin went from "can't be trusted to even dribble," to "not a creator but can dribble the ball across midcourt and in the halfcourt without losing it or passing it to the other team." The latter is a mediocre option as a primary or secondary ballhandler, especially with limited floor creators, but it's still vastly better than the former who actively sabotages the team when on the court. Going from terrible to mediocre is a big jump even if he wasn't a standout in those particular skills.
 

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I came out here in 1980, I visit Kentucky, but I got use to the dry climate, and I'm always ready to come back to the mountains, desert, and Utah. My favorite trout lake is 9000 ft. They were working on the dam, and dug up a Wooly Mammoth, so we named it Mammoth Res.

I've been here almost 46 yrs, but I'm still a die hard Kentuckian at heart.
You know what they say, you can take the boy out of Kentucky but you can't take the Kentucky out of the boy.

I love the dry climate especially, particularly the low humidity.
 
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I just think he was a below avg 2g. He should never start on a good team at UK, and wouldn't have had Lowe not gotten hurt. You can't win , when your 2g can't dribble
I disagree and most would. He made serious strides over his time here from where he started (not where he left off from High School, that guy got buried under two years of disuse).

I'm not saying he was transformed into Jordan or even Stockton. He was a better Collin Chandler than we received, by a lot.
 

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He was going to be a backup here next year and he knew it. See ya.
One thing i found interesting about him is the fact he looked down at the ball every time he dribbled into traffic, that part of your game gets corrected in grade school lol.
 

MichaelGray

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Maybe their coach can get him to play defense. He certainly didn't at U.K.
Or maybe he can teach him how to shoot a 3 coming off a curl screen? He damn sure couldn't do it here, he was a stand still 3 point shooter & so easily defended when defenses focused on him. Ritchie Saunders (sp) made a living last season shooting that curl screen 3 at BYU, Kevin Young runs that play quite a bit so CC had better learn soon lol.
 

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He’s just trying to play to the crowd, so I’m not going to take it personally like I’m sure some will. It does make him look kind of stupid though. Is it really that difficult or embarrassing to say something like “My wife and I have deep roots in Utah, and we’re happy to be home.” instead of something patently absurd like “Kentucky doesn’t care about basketball.”?
The problem is, when you play to one crowd, you play against another crowd, and BBN is the w ong crowd to play against.
F that dude and his weird underwear.
 

MegaBlue05

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Some of you are, shall we say, a wee bit too sensitive about anything concerning UK.

CC seemed like a good kid who probably did about all he could here. He’s Mormon. His wife wanted to go back home. He’s getting paid. He didn’t insult UK or the fans. Don’t take it so personally.
Employment and other hobbies could serve some posters well. Lol