Bad Takes You Have Had

[mcnicKY91]

Thought it would be interesting for fans to post the worst take they have had regarding UK basketball.

And I am talking about a take that you thought for sure was right, and you were embarrassingly wrong. Never hurts to have a little self deprecating humor.

 

[TortElvisII]

Eddie Sutton

I thought he would build a dynasty

I supported Tubby up to 2005. The USC, Marquette, UAB games broke me.

 

[mcnicKY91]

For me, I was convinced that a senior CJ Fredrick was going to be more impactful then a freshmen Tyler Herro after watching CJ's first two UK games.

Yikes, could not have been more off.

 

[DraftCat]

Bad takes... never heard of her.

 

[chroix]

That last year’s team was talented enough to overcome Cal’s coaching.

 

[billoliver40]

Gillespie was a good hire.

 

[know1]

I can't think of any....at least of my own.

 

[CGblue]

Gillespie was a good hire.

I confess as well.

 

[stuway]

@HerrosHeroes get in here brah

 

[CGblue]

Mark Pope wasn't the best candidate for the UK job.

 

[Bluesnky]

I said “the blowout is on” when we ran out to an early lead against Wisconsin in 2015. Right after a WCS transition dunk.

 

[LineSkiCat14]

I remember being convinced that BJ Boston was going to be the "protypical SF that we've been missing".

 

[cathouse_rivals216755]

@HerrosHeroes get in here brah

That would be a novel.

 

[storm1507]

Gillespie was a good hire.

Raises hand.

 

[ScrewDuke1]

None. Been correct about literally everything. It's hard to be humble some days...

 

[UK CAT in FL]

Gillespie was a good hire.

That was also the first one that came to mind. Seemed to have it under control in that one game beating UL.

 

[WeWant9]

I thought Skal was going be an AD level talent.

 

[anonymous_2024]

I thought that Emery Worldwide was a secure way to send money. Sorry about that fellers.

 

[The_Answer1313_rivals]

I'm sure I've had some like most here.

But I can't think of any lol.

I tend to take a "wait and see" approach a lot of years. I don't try to make wild predictions after a few games into a season about the team or players. So it's hard to remember a time where I was just wildly wrong.

Even with Cal. When Cal came here in 2010, I thought to myself..........hmm ok one championship. I thought that was realistic. I guess some would say I was late to the boat about wanting him gone.

 

[Greatestalltime]

Yep. Billie G for me as well. In my defense I’d had it with Tubby.

 

[CGblue]

I thought Skal was going be an AD level talent.

You may take top prize with that one! Just kidding' ya of course.

 

[flacat22]

4 star Shai Gilgeous who???

 

[Bleedin Blue in Ohio]

I thought Roderick Rhodes was going to be the next great one after Jamal Mashburn.

 

[Bkocats]

I’m sure I have several. Or even a lot lol
But can’t think of them off the top of my head
Like @The_Answer1313 I tend to be cautious

Most I could think of right now was thinking that Reed would be back so he could play for CMP.

 

[jc2010]

I thought Rodrick Rhodes would be one of the all time greats.

 

[Myotis]

Yep. Billie G for me as well. In my defense I’d had it with Tubby.

I was still all in with Tubby, but I thought Billy would be a good replacement. Wow, did I get that wrong, but I had a lot of company. Turned out the job was just to big for Billy Clyde. You can’t be just the coach at UK

 

[Greatestalltime]

I also thought the Harrison’s were stars. I think I predicted Aaaron would be an NBA all star type.

They were pretty good though. And we all know what Aaron did. Damn, had we won it all that year it’s likely the best year ever as a fan imo.

 

[Boyd94]

I believed Cal when he said we would catch UCLA in championships.

 

[Ryan Lemonds Hair]

That Cal would leave here with multiple titles.

 

[DaDirtyLeb69]

I could write a best selling book series on bad takes I’ve had on here

 

[yoshukai]

I remember being convinced that BJ Boston was going to be the "protypical SF that we've been missing".

I saw several of his HS games . I thought he was going to be another Jason Tatum.

 

[yoshukai]

I thought that Emery Worldwide was a secure way to send money. Sorry about that fellers.

Cudos for naming the right company. It’s amazing how many people think it was Fedx.

 

[anonymous_2024]

Cudos for naming the right company. It’s amazing how many people think it was Fedx.

If it were Fedex we would have never got in trouble because it would have never arrived or been delivered to the wrong person.

 

[TFCat11]

I said Big Z would be a NBA All-Star within 5 years There’s still time, but I won’t be holding my breathe!

 

[Usmcincy]

Mark Pope wasn't the best candidate for the UK job.

There’s not a single person here that had him in their top 3 when Cal left

 

[Ryan Lemonds Hair]

I said Big Z would be a NBA All-Star within 5 years There’s still time, but I won’t be holding my breathe!

His brother looked to be the better of the 2 when Arkansas played Illinois.

 

[Usmcincy]

I was more convinced that the 2016 team would win the title than the 2015 team.

They had everything except a competent big man. Turns out Skal was competent, just used incorrectly.

 

[Aike]

Worst take lately has been that Chandler would be a meaningful contributor this season. Still holding out hope, but the game doesn’t seem to be slowing down for him yet.

 

[MegaBlue05]

Gillispie just needed more time to implement his “culture” and get “his guys” in here.

I abandoned that stance after the senior night loss to UGA.

 

[richbrookstomato]

I'm embarrassed to say again but at the time I thought the Calipari contract extension in 2019 was going to bring UK at least 2 more championships and make him the next Coach K. Instead it caused him to become complacent and lay down on the job.