Cal's a mediocre in-game coach. That's all there is to it at this point.
The grind-it-out with this team is absolutely absurd.
Cal Postgame
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The grind-it-out with this team is absolutely absurd.
Arkansas took 46 three point shots today against Purdue
Got to take the Unders now on UK games .. "Cal is BACK"
Alabama is the extreme version of this, 46 is too many, but 30 for this team is the right amount
It's wild to me that you guys talk about Cal like he's actually, like Chris Broussard would say, developmentally disabled. There are plenty of actual criticism you could levy against the guy, and yet this board literally thinks he's an absolute idiot who has no clue how to coach the game of basketball.
Yes... Yes we should. Especially after we've done seen what we're capable of doing pushing the pace and playing fast, loose, free and did it very well and did it unselfishly and you could tell those guys liked playing like that and had fun on the court together.
The fans was behind it and loved it and even taking heard were talking about how much fun UK was to watch this year compared to years past but then it just became too much of like damn ppl were loving it so Cal couldn't have that ****. That's what it feels like to me anyways. And I'm happy with the win today and will be happy with any win, but still don't understand why he can't cut this group loose because it was working pretty well.
Everything was running so smoothly at one point but then Coach Run a foul Cal needs to put his stamp on everything and make sure everyone is playing tight and hesitant to shoot the 3 ball and his stamp looks something like
that. And it don't seem like the ink will ever run dry on his stamper.
They lost too. Crazy making 19 3’s and they still lost. Don’t see that very often. It was Alabama not Arkansas btw.
We will have to see if we can mesh the 2 together. That’s our only hope. He better let them continue to play free though. We passed the ball much better today.Yes... Yes we should. Especially after we've done seen what we're capable of doing pushing the pace and playing fast, loose, free and did it very well and did it unselfishly and you could tell those guys liked playing like that and had fun on the court together.
The fans was behind it and loved it and even taking heard were talking about how much fun UK was to watch this year compared to years past but then it just became too much of like damn ppl were loving it so Cal couldn't have that ****. That's what it feels like to me anyways. And I'm happy with the win today and will be happy with any win, but still don't understand why he can't cut this group loose because it was working pretty well.
Everything was running so smoothly at one point but then Coach Run a foul Cal needs to put his stamp on everything and make sure everyone is playing tight and hesitant to shoot the 3 ball and his stamp looks something like
Cal said Jordan Burks is going to play the 3 going forward lol..what!?
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It's like he's in a pecker swing contest with the fans all the time. I mean look at his records up until 2021 til now. He got us used to going 38-2,. 38-2, 38-1 and numbers like that and he at least try to figure things out. I think most ppl recognize this and that's why they are easily frustrated with Cal when he does things like start Sahvir over Cason last year and trying everything he could to hold on to that dream just to show the Bennie fan that he had the right guy while the Bennies was saying it the whole time and what ya know... It turned out the Bennies weren't wrong after all.
When a guy is not giving it all he's got to win games that some ol guy up in upper Arena could win like let's say take ol Toothless Thomas from Tompkinsville out of Sec. 241 and even though TT didn't recruit the player himself he knows which guy should play to give us the best chance to win for UK then it leads me to believe that Cal don't care or Cal does some **** to be an ***.
It's not that I don't believe Cal can't coach or don't know how. I just don't think he cares that much anymore and he rather play head games with fans and just coast at the expense of a program that loves it basketball and takes it serious. I also think he has lost some of his touch but most of what he does his head scratching stuff.
Well I feel like Cal can coach the game and knows the game but I feel like he does dumb petty **** that he didn't used to do at UMass or Memphis or when he first arrived here.
It's like he's in a pecker swing contest with the fans all the time. I mean look at his records up until 2021 til now. He got us used to going 38-2,. 38-2, 38-1 and numbers like that and he at least try to figure things out. I think most ppl recognize this and that's why they are easily frustrated with Cal when he does things like start Sahvir over Cason last year and trying everything he could to hold on to that dream just to show the Bennie fan that he had the right guy while the Bennies was saying it the whole time and what ya know... It turned out the Bennies weren't wrong after all.
When a guy is not giving it all he's got to win games that some ol guy up in upper Arena could win like let's say take ol Toothless Thomas from Tompkinsville out of Sec. 241 and even though TT didn't recruit the player himself he knows which guy should play to give us the best chance to win for UK then it leads me to believe that Cal don't care or Cal does some **** to be an ***.
It's not that I don't believe Cal can't coach or don't know how. I just don't think he cares that much anymore and he rather play head games with fans and just coast at the expense of a program that loves it basketball and takes it serious. I also think he has lost some of his touch but most of what he does his head scratching stuff.
Cowtown you know you're one of my favorite posters by far but everything changed when Poythress got hurt before the UNC game. Where we agree is he went away from platooning almost immediately and started grinding out games. Hell we went to overtime with our first two SEC opponents in Ole Miss at home and at A&M. Nearly lost multiple games the rest of the way. He repeatedly says tournament games are half court games which drives me crazy. We would've prob done the same with a healthy Poythress so you're prob not wrong on anything.That’s EXACTLY what RUINED that 2015 team! First 1/3 of the year, we were blowing everyone out, playing a freelance offensive flow. As the season went on, Cal made us play slower and slower until we were at a crawl and posting the ball every single possession. Remember what he said? If you don’t post the ball every possession, you’re coming out.
Go back and watch the difference from beginning of season until late season. The difference is unreal. He repeatedly stated we wanted to play a halfcourt game with that team. Mostly so he could get KAT drafted #1 IMO.
I’m going to hope this is just a blip…..that the bad loss to UNC Wilmington scared him and he got a double digit lead in the 2nd half and reverted to his comfort place which is stall ball. But surely even Cal realizes his previous team’s with the exception of the Fox/Monk/Bam team were defense first and it showed in the analytics. This team is offense first so it’s REALLY bad strategy to force them to play in a way they aren’t good at. We need Roy Williams….this team is exactly like how those cheater teams played under Roy that won multiple championships.
Cal enjoys being a schmuck
Surely hope that's not why Cal changed things up today
To give the other team a fighting chance.
3 freaking bigs. The man just can NOT help himself.
"Yeah, we scored 55.....but are you ready for this? The other team scored 53!"
Smh. The man adores his rock fights.
Like I have said NUMEROUS times, he just can’t help himself…
Edwards played only 14 minutes today. Of course it's not why things looked different today.
Roy Williams won 3 national championships. Enough said.
Cal's need to control is greater than his need to win. It's close, but control is #1 with him.
Totally agree.Yes... Yes we should. Especially after we've done seen what we're capable of doing pushing the pace and playing fast, loose, free and did it very well and did it unselfishly and you could tell those guys liked playing like that and had fun on the court together.
The fans was behind it and loved it and even taking heard were talking about how much fun UK was to watch this year compared to years past but then it just became too much of like damn ppl were loving it so Cal couldn't have that ****. That's what it feels like to me anyways. And I'm happy with the win today and will be happy with any win, but still don't understand why he can't cut this group loose because it was working pretty well.
Everything was running so smoothly at one point but then Coach Run a foul Cal needs to put his stamp on everything and make sure everyone is playing tight and hesitant to shoot the 3 ball and his stamp looks something like
The fun part of this is over now. It consisted of a total 7 games. Cal ball is back.
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I'm assuming he just means in spots in games where we have a comfortable lead. Burks isn't going to get major minutes moving forward now that Bradshaw has worked his way into the rotation.
That’s what he actually is. He gave us some damn good minutes in the post but that not his game. Prolly be a better small 4 but we will see.
This team should be taking 30-35 3s a game.
He might be able to play the 3. It just depends on who’s in the game with him. Just not sure he has a good enough handle.
He lives inside of his own ********. Once he leaves it is going to be very refreshing to not see the following:
- poking fun at the fans
- slowing the game down so he can showcase his favorites
- certain guys hold the team hostage by not playing
- not developing bench beyond 2 guys
- not playing zone when it warrants it
- letting certain guys shoot the team into a loss so that he can showcase them
- holding grudge against recruits that aren't his favorite
- the smell of Ellen's brownies everytime I turn on a UK game
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Cal loves hitching race horses to a plow!
We cant run if we dont get stops,THAT is the current problem for this team
Correct me uf Im wrong,we won by 15 points today, you guys are insane
What things do you think the Cats did well, and which things do you think need improvement?
That about sums it up. It's malpractice to not have this team running the 4 out motion offense the entire game. Rather, he wants us to spend possessions bogging down the offense by force feeding the post and having our entire offense stand around and watch. It's 1990 New York Knicks style basketball that has been proven over and over to be a thing of the past.
That's just a bull **** excuse so he can continue playing 2 bigs with the occasional 3. Because we know AB and Mitchell will get the bulk of the 4-5 minutes.
The point of these games is to build the best team possible by March. Today was a reversion to what lost UK every game that UK lost in March the past 5 years.
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This may be his reasoning. Which suggest fire him yesterday. Players first. Less Reed is a recipe for less success. Yet Cal wants less Reed.