Issel calls out JQ

Wildcat_in_DC

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on april 5th yaxel committed to michigan. pope panicked and on april 8th JQ commits to kentucky. no one was offering JQ the kind of money pope was so he took it. pope knew full well he was recovering from a bad injury and the risk of not playing was real.

pope gambled and lost. blaming JQ for taking a deal is a bad look by the fanbase.
 

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I see this feller commenting on UK alot and it p*sses me off! We don't care about what some random washed up fomer GM has to say about Kentucky basketball. THIS IS AN A & B CONVERSATION C YO WHY OUTTA OF IT DAN ISSEL!
I hope that's a troll. If you don't know the horse, goose, and several others through the years like mash then you can't call yourself a actual UK fan and it doesn't matter your age. When one of the all time and I mean all time greats has a criticism it's valid.
I take what John Wall, Demarcus cousins say serious... Hell I'd take what Kellan Grady took serious hell even Julius Mayes or a perry stevenson, Jared carter, anyone because they were here, they did it. They know what winning basketball is what we see isn't winning basketball.

A lot of UK fans grew up in peak Cal years and that's all they know and it's sad.
 
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Doc4UK!

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JQ has not shown any offense so not sure how much he would have impacted final record.
 

*Fox2Monk*

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on april 5th yaxel committed to michigan. pope panicked and on april 8th JQ commits to kentucky. no one was offering JQ the kind of money pope was so he took it. pope knew full well he was recovering from a bad injury and the risk of not playing was real.

pope gambled and lost. blaming JQ for taking a deal is a bad look by the fanbase.
Nah, JQ, the coaches, his dad, his camp all said how far along he was. He was gonna come in and be ready way before December. He took forever, came in and played well one game. Then he started to get exposed and his dad panicked and they shut him down. We all have a right to be super pissed. A key guy on this team came in and got paid like a star to pout in the corner and act hurt. IDC what he says. I wouldn’t be surprised if after the year we find out doctors cleared him 2 months ago. Like I have always said, if he goes to the combine and plays summer league. He is FOS.
 

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Nah, JQ, the coaches, his dad, his camp all said how far along he was. He was gonna come in and be ready way before December. He took forever, came in and played well one game. Then he started to get exposed and his dad panicked and they shut him down. We all have a right to be super pissed. A key guy on this team came in and got paid like a star to pout in the corner and act hurt. IDC what he says. I wouldn’t be surprised if after the year we find out doctors cleared him 2 months ago. Like I have always said, if he goes to the combine and plays summer league. He is FOS.
ready before december was something made up by fans. now they want to blame the kid.

if you buy a used car that you know breaks down half the time. are you really going to blame the car/dealer you got it from? accountability is on pope not JQ. but fans want to target him because he got money. good luck pushing that....it will make the next crop of players super eager to come.
 

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ready before december was something made up by fans. now they want to blame the kid.

if you buy a used car that you know breaks down half the time. are you really going to blame the car/dealer you got it from? accountability is on pope not JQ. but fans want to target him because he got money. good luck pushing that....it will make the next crop of players super eager to come.
They both deserve blame, he got cleared. He should have played. I don’t buy that some knee swelling after 2 months rest kept him out.