Cal is slacking
- Thread starter DelkBowl
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I'm always amazed at the least bit of criticism of one of our coaches and people freak out. I'm confident Cal wants to get these guys better also. smh If Cal is finished learning his craft then he's in trouble. I guarantee he's not. Cal's a lifelong learner.
Criticism is fine. I just find it interesting particularly with regard to UCLA you cut it off to the previous 3 games. In the previous 4, Cal is 2-2 including a 30 point beatdown and a win against UCLA in the sweet 16 last year. With regard Kansas, Self has had the upper hand the past few years. But if I remember correctly, Cal had won the previous 3 games before that including a 30 point beatdown.
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We played within 4 points of a veteran-led Kansas team in the 3rd game of the year for a team that starts 5 freshmen. We definitely don't look like a 2013 or 2016 squad with huge, glaring weaknesses that we can't address as the year goes on. We have talent, we just have a lot of guys who need to improve on aspects of their game and a team that needs to learn to play together. In 2014, a similarly young but deep and talented year, we lost NINE regular season games and the SEC championship and were national runners up. I was saying before the season started that the people "predicting" a 4 or 5 loss season were setting themselves up for disappointment and melt downs. Enjoy the ride, watch the team grow, and expect to be a contender in March.
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simply because we were talking 3 in a row from ku. nothing more. Cal's record against rivals overall is fantastic compared to other coaches.
Deli owl..this is a fight/argument/debate you or I can't win. Nobody can. They are a very much always "right" crowd when it comes to Coach Cal. I like Coach Cal, he's definitely the man for the job..this team will get better..but there are even more Coach Cal nut huggers than Stoops nut huggers. No matter what, our Coaches are considered untouchable by most. If they coached for anyone else though, they'd be ripped apart by the same ones that are riding their jocks right now.
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I think a lot of this comes down to the luck/chance of tournament finishes. If you swap the 2014 and 2017 seasons - we lose to Michigan in the 2014 elite 8 but beat UNC and end up national runner up last year - we're having very different conversations right now.
Lots of good conversation . I'll say this . In my ( feeble) eyes we stand zero chance to win a title this year . Zero. In looking forward ( yes I see the humor in looking forward in game 3 of thee season ) how many of 5 star studs come back ? Knox looks legit , the rest look like average Joe's that could be playing about anywhere . But we all know too well if you come back for round 2 at UK you are considered something of a failure .. Thinking back to last year the discussion of Diallo and Gabriel going pro ... Cmon ! nice players but years away IF ever ready for the league . We return nearly everyone and add shooting we have a legit shot
How many coaches have done what Cal has done in the years he has been here? Not Joe B Hall, not Eddie Sutton, not Billy G, not Tubby, not Pitino. Pitino was at Louisville 16 years with 0 titles. So you think other programs like Indiana would rip Cal apart for 4 final fours and 1 title in 8 years. You evidently don't know basketball.
I know basketball, bud. You EVIDENTLY didn't read what I said correctly though. I said/meant that most of the same UK fans here that fight tooth and nail to defend Coach Cal would trash him if he coached for any other team. Just like they did when he was at Memphis and UMass. FACT. Yes, Coach Cal is a great coach and has accomplished a ton here..but he is not perfect or above criticism. Some people here act as if he is simply because he is UK's coach.
This right here has become the oldest, most tired argument on this board, yet it's the go-to anytime someone is critical of Cal's methods. Newsflash; no one is saying he hasn't had success.
I don't praise coach Cal for being coach Cal. I praise him for the fantastic job he had done at Kentucky.
So what do you want him to do different? What would satisfy someone like you? Does he need to win a title every year? Dean Smith won two titles in 36 years at UNC and he is a hero to UNC fans.
I wasn't meaning to direct what I said toward you in particular. I was referring to some others on this board. I've been around on here for years..well before the Coach Cal era..a lot longer than my profile page indicates.
Did you know the exact plays Cal was going to run. I bet you missed some defensive calls