If you’re implying I’d side with tradition over winning you’re high on your on supply bro. I get your point I just think you framed it in a stupid way. Should we ignore our history? If you answer no then this is a dumb way of framing this thread. The fact that we’re not the “cool school” does not mean that our history and tradition are not an asset.
Dumb? Help me make it better.
I've been to tons of games in the upper deck. And yea I'd take #1 largest arena in the country over a seatback. This isn't an Opera and that reasoning is one of the reasons Kentucky isn't #1 toughest places to play. Being bigger than 99% isn't nearly as big of a sell as being THE biggest, it's exponential. Just the constant watering down of Kentucky basketball and saying "oh it was needed" or "oh well at least we are still top 10 in capacity" Nah, F that. Should always strive to be #1 or we are going to be mediocre. There is a reason it's called a slippery "slope," because it continues to go down. And if you're too fat to fit in a bleacher seat (which tons of arenas and stadiums still have btw) than that is your problem. But sure let's make the Kentucky brand lesser and worse because of some fat asses.
Just need a new coach that can relate to young people. That’s the least we can do if we aren’t gonna fix the real issues.
I don't know if it's so much age as some of the middle aged and older coaches are still recruiting well. We just need someone with the track record.
Has nothing to do with age. You can be 90 and relate to young people if you are cool. Can’t be lame. Pope is the weirdest oddest human being we could have picked to be our head coach. Thanks Mitch
Titles aren’t everything when it comes to what makes a program great. Duke hasn't won a title since 2015 and one could argue UK was the big story that year.
The question is what makes a 17 year old say hey that’s the place I want to go play.
This is a dumb argument but look at the position you insinuated on me and what sort of response do you expect. You cleaned it up at the end. The team sucks. The kids are mercenaries. Our coach is not inspiring in any way other than puppy dog feels. None of that takes away from the tradition.
Both of these posts are asking different things. I already addressed the first one. The second one is simple, we have the wrong coach. He has a cheeseball personality and way too many red flags. He can’t relate to today's players, so aside from money and exposure, we are at a disadvantage when it comes to what we have that can reel in the big fish.
None of that takes away our tradition. I’m not attacking our tradition. That’s what makes me so passionate. That tradition isn’t gonna help us any in today’s game other than being proud of it.
I enjoyed the bleachers too but once you reach a certain age it’s not where you want to be to watch a game when you paid $150 or more for the seats or $2300 a seat for season tickets. We are in a new era where you must produce the revenue and the renovations were a must. It was in rough shape and way out dated.
Do you think 17 year olds remember every team that went to a FF? No, they remember who won the title.
Can I get this right.. are you trying to say that today Duke and Uk are even? We are even in young players eyes?
We're not a laughing stock. We were on a good run and laid an egg on the road. We were just in the sweet 16 last year after beating more top 25 teams than anyone in the history of the game, including duke.
What, right now? Recency bias man, they had Flagg, now they have Cameron Boozer and right this second, they're hot, we're struggling.
When I talk about Kentucky I talk about what we are supposed to be. Like when you say WE ARE KENTUCKY. I’m not bashing you for saying that because I say it the same way you do and I get what it means. So no I don’t think we were on a good run. I don’t think getting blown out by a team that’s never reached a final four is good. I don’t think the five game winning streak was good where we clawed back and barely won with miracle plays. Yea I enjoyed it and glad it happened that way. Wins are better than losses but don’t let the wins take away from where we are really at.
Actually we could have used TRAVIS PERRY this year..The “win now” attitude with portal & nil cash makes NCAA athletes permanent free agents. Ky missed on 20 different impact players this year . The question is -WHY?
I'm not convinced a big arena is that much of a draw,. I can be wrong, of course.
Our arena could easily be there most feared arena in the nation.
College sports is over. It’s a money grab now. Nothing now makes Kentucky special to portal or high school players.
If Moreno Noah or Jasper transfer this year I think it will open a lot of fans mind to Kentucky don’t mean jack these days.
Oh I am. I see what’s happening. Need to tell that to others. It’s about to get bad. Real bad.
it's gonna get so bad even the sunshine pumpers will be scratching their heads. wait until Saturday when Cal literally runs us out of their gym.
That’s irrelevant to the topic.
JMI is a different topic we’ll have to see how that shakes out. But judging from the looks of things, I’m not sure this is about JMI anymore. Pearl didn’t seem to care about it, Cal didn’t care about it when he was giving into Brnharts demands to try and change his mind so he could stay.
Kentucky or any other program has never been a place where they come regardless unless you’re talking before TV deals. This idea was never true.
And we will never know how much they spend because they aren’t a joke right now and wouldn’t brag about anything like they’ve been there before.
