Anyone else miss Brooks?

Fat-so

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Yes for sure but looking solely at personnel…don’t care much about scores unless I have money on it. We’ll do very, very well to finish at 14-4 as I’ve seen some predicting!
**** now,... You try to behave yourself!! Please please 🙏 remember to wager responsibly and remember it's just a game.


Til the dumb bastards scored that last bucket trying to showboat. We don't need all these Hotdogging ******** blowing wagers for us! 🥺🌭 We just need you to not cover this spread cuz this is like our own little version of our kind of NIL deal. If it ever gets too bad and ya can't cope I'll b your sponsor like AA has sponsors. That don't mean I'll provide you funds to sponsor your wagers tho.😂
 
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UKLone

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Maybe because he was still better than Toppin has been?

Nobody’s saying Brooks was an ideal option, but he was better than what we’ve been getting so far from that 4 spot this season. Toppin’s been disappointing, and Collins has looked hopeless. We need to try something different at the 4 …and I hope that something different is Livingston.
Toppin is a mess I agree. Brooks had a little more to offer I guess but I just felt like he was reckless and lost.
 

SaltyCat22

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**** now,... You try to behave yourself!! Please please 🙏 remember to wager responsibly and remember it's just a game.


Til the dumb bastards scored that last bucket trying to showboat. We don't need all these Hotdogging ******** blowing wagers for us! 🥺🌭 We just need you to not cover this spread cuz this is like our own little version of our kind of NIL deal. If it ever gets too bad and ya can't cope I'll b your sponsor like AA has sponsors. That don't mean I'll provide you funds to sponsor your wagers tho.😂
We admitted we were powerless over sports betting, and that our lives had become unmanageable!

One bet is too many and a thousand never enough!!
 

March 22

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Cal is not responsible for Toppins play, Toppin is. Pure and simple he is too soft to play the 4 at UK
I don’t disagree with that assessment. I checked the box score, though, and Jacob Toppin logged 31 minutes. Anyone have thoughts on whose responsibility it may be to manage PT? Also, roster management and player development? Anyone?
 

CincyUKFan

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Where are all those dudes that told us Toppin was going to hit 35% from deep? He's now at 16.7% while attempting more per game than he's ever attempted in his collegiate career. Fascinating.
 
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anon1751545683

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I wanted Toppin to play over Brooks last year. Even though I could see Toppin wasn't any better as a defender than Brooks.

But Toppin shows us why Cal played Brooks. I still don't want Brooks back though.
 

Rino_Ron

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Do I miss Brooks? No, but I wish him the best of luck and look forward to watching our team make a deep run in March and also, if Pitino happens to get that finger he flipped us caught in a cigar slicer, that would be fine too.
 
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Blue Bigfoot

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Cal is not responsible for Toppins play, Toppin is. Pure and simple he is too soft to play the 4 at UK

And for Brooks "softness?" You can claim he is playing the 4, but he is being allowed to pretend he is a 3 just like Brooks to heighten his NBA allure, not win college games. There is a common denominator here year after year and it isn't the players, because they come and go.
 

Fat-so

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We admitted we were powerless over sports betting, and that our lives had become unmanageable!

One bet is too many and a thousand never enough!!

😂 Why yes! That's it. My life just became unmanageable a few mins ago. And $1 is 1 too many and if ya won 1 grand it ain't never enough! Betting 1 pony is 1 too many and hitting a superfecta ain't never enough. The ponies have done me in this week. Bastards!

BTW, Now I'ma be singing You and Tequila by Kenny Chesney in my head all day. I don't even like that damn song so thank you for that lol. But 1 is 1 too many and 1 more ain't never enough.
 
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Gromcat_rivals

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If Hopkins would have worked and bided him time is what you mean

You’re about the most clueless poster I’ve ever seen on rafters. At least in terms of posters who I believe are trying to be accurate.

It’s astounding how ridiculous your tales are. No wonder you’d keep Calipari around as long as he wants to be here.
 

Gromcat_rivals

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Cal Cult - “Calipari isn’t responsible for the players not performing, they are”

This might be the most ridiculous thing ever said around here, in what world are the players a coach brings in not their responsibility.

I hope the people that say things like this are really young and inexperienced. If you’re older with this mindset, holy ****.
 

Panthur

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I miss Bryce Hopkins. The fact Cal refused to use his best power forward at 4 last year just as he's doing this year is his problem, not mine.
 
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carolinacat

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Meh, Brooks was average at this level. 23% from three last year. More turnovers than assists. Toppin shot 55% last year, but has obviously underperformed this year. He only played 17 min/game last year...and is probably pressing too much with the added expectations. I'm expecting the current 42% FG will be improved when Jacob's final stats are tallied.
 

March 22

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I would miss these if I didn’t have three pairs