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So are you saying Coach K is a better coach than Coach Cal because Cal let us get down by 34 to Duke? You're logic can be used for any team that gets down. My point was in regards to in game adjustments, if you can't see that then well I'm sorry.
 

KyFaninNC

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Zones are so easy to bust in today’s game. The only time they’re really ever used is by mid majors trying to beat far superior teams and the hope is they have an off night from outside. Look at Syracuse, boheim has had some really good teams that couldn’t win when it mattered due to that zone. Also zone prepares you for absolutely nothing at the next level. Syracuse has had several lottery picks and big time players become immediate bust in the pros due to their inability to simply guard someone. Johnny Flynn, fab melo, Warrick, Wesley Johnson and several more. Zones never been apart of cal and never will and it never should be. We’ve been in the top 10 in total defense probably every year but 1 or 2 since he’s been here.
It seemed to work for Duke Saturday. I agree a total zone team is easy to pick apart, but throwing multiple defense to change the flow of your opponents game is useful, and if Cal has used a zone against Wisky for a little bit, we win #9.
 

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It seemed to work for Duke Saturday. I agree a total zone team is easy to pick apart, but throwing multiple defense to change the flow of your opponents game is useful, and if Cal has used a zone against Wisky for a little bit, we win #9.

This is the whole premise for my post. You just worded it much better than I did.
 

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this thread.... lol. you don't get to coach Kentucky by not being able to coach. people who bash Cals coaching are so jaded. they watch one Duke game, a coach makes an obvious in game change, and all of a sudden K is the greatest and Cal sucks. get your head out of your asses and pay more attention during UK games.
 

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Was that Cal coaching against Robert Morris in the first round of the NIT? Hmmm. Was that Cal coaching again Seton Hall (Presently ranked 52 ) this season? Hmmm.

GBB!!!

Lol, you talk about NIT game a year after we win title and lose best player to ACL and bring up Seton freaking Hall from December? And then you type, GBB?!?

The point of my posts were K isn't perfect, Cal isn't perfect. Cal also has never been upset by a mid major in the tournament, has he? Has he lost a 2/15 game?
 

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this thread.... lol. you don't get to coach Kentucky by not being able to coach. people who bash Cals coaching are so jaded. they watch one Duke game, a coach makes an obvious in game change, and all of a sudden K is the greatest and Cal sucks. get your head out of your asses and pay more attention during UK games.

I can't speak for the others but no where in my OP did I say coach cal sucked. Every coach can improve even if you don't think cal has any flaws he does. Defensive adjustments being one of them. I was just pointing that out. It wasn't a bash on Cal. Get your panties out of a wad.
 
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I can't speak for the others but no where in my OP did I say coach cal sucked. Every coach can improve even if you don't think cal has any flaws he does. Defensive adjustments being one of them. I was just pointing that out. It wasn't a bash on Cal. Get your panties out of a wad.
K made an easy in game adjustment and youre acting like he did something crazy creative to save Duke that game. What in game adjustments would you like Cal to make? Very curious.
 

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K made an easy in game adjustment and youre acting like he did something crazy creative to save Duke that game. What in game adjustments would you like Cal to make? Very curious.

When was the last time Cal made a defensive adjustment like that, that changed the game that drastically? This is Cal's weakness as a coach. That's not saying he's a bad coach, just something he needs to improve on. But take it whatever way you want.
 
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KyFaninNC

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What in game adjustments would you like Cal to make? Very curious.
Any damn thing, he never changes a damn thing. All good coaches will do in game changes to throw off the other teams run,except Cal. Switching man all the time, every time, why you think other teams get so many straight line drives?
 
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A good press can completely rattle a team..Pitino showed that many times while at UK....Why dont coaches throw in a press here and there during a game to see if it works...I dont mean a token press but a full court press...many times is will make the other team fall apart..
And many times it gets them a backdoor cut too!
 
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I not only follow the words, I look at the history. You are what you are.

That's a little creepy man. You must be one of those stalkers they make the documentaries about. Please get help. Clearly you need it [banana]
 

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When was the last time Cal made a defensive adjustment like that, that changed the game that drastically? This is Cal's weakness as a coach. That's not saying he's a bad coach, just something he needs to improve on. But take it whatever way you want.
K switched to a press to speed up the game and create chaos when down 20+? What a genius. Howd they get down 20? What changes did K make before that? If hes so good why didnt he prevent that lead? Whens the last time we’ve needed a crazy in game adjustment? Most coaches dont change tons of strategy in game unless something drastic happens. Maybe theyll change defense a few times in game to throw off the teams for a possession or 2... but dont act like what K did was genius, its what any coach down huge would do if they had half a brain. I bet we tried when we played Duke. Its not our fault that Duke didnt melt vs UK like UL did when they played Duke
 

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So are you saying Coach K is a better coach than Coach Cal because Cal let us get down by 34 to Duke? You're logic can be used for any team that gets down. My point was in regards to in game adjustments, if you can't see that then well I'm sorry.
Yes you are, and admitting it is the first step. Now go get that professional help. We'll pray for you.
 

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Post count argument really? You do realize you had a low post count at one point right? Just because some of us don't live on a message board while living in our parents basement doesn't mean we don't post substance. Have fun at 3rd grade little buddy.

People that think they have some type of self importance by post count on a message board are the antithesis of someone actually important in the real world.
Makes it all that much more laughable...
 

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It seemed to work for Duke Saturday. I agree a total zone team is easy to pick apart, but throwing multiple defense to change the flow of your opponents game is useful, and if Cal has used a zone against Wisky for a little bit, we win #9.

Number one reason we need real top 5 talent.
Cal can't or won't when really needed => we need the extra margin to hang banners....
 
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HagginHall1999

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Number one reason we need real top 5 talent.
Cal can't or won't when really needed => we need the extra margin to hang banners....

The press killed UofL, not the zone. Trapping, pressing ,combined with UofL panicking ended that thing real quick.
 

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thanks man. Your opinion of me and my credibility really makes me lose sleep at night. I appreciate you voicing your opinion of my posts as if anyone really cares what you think. They make a mute button if you don't like me or my posts as well. It's pretty simple, you can probably even get help to learn how to do it. :sunglasses: Have a great day little buddy!
It's not so much a matter of if we care what he thinks. It is that we all think the same thing when it comes to you.
 
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I can't speak for the others but no where in my OP did I say coach cal sucked. Every coach can improve even if you don't think cal has any flaws he does. Defensive adjustments being one of them. I was just pointing that out. It wasn't a bash on Cal. Get your panties out of a wad.
It was a bash regardless of your claim otherwise. You are arrogant enough to believe your defensive philosophy is superior to Cal's. There are an immensely greater number of coaches who play multiple defenses and switch up with regularity whose careers are downright pathetic when compared to Cal than the small handful that are on level or superior in comparison. Pretending to know for certainty we win the Wisconsin game if we go zone is ridiculous. In addition Cal has explained numerous times he would be more open to some zone but getting new players up to speed every year stresses teaching time so thin that there is little time to teach a new defense.
 

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Glad to see this pathetic thread popping up again after Cal humiliated the #1 team in the country on a 19 game win streak.

Aging like a stank cheese.
 
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Any damn thing, he never changes a damn thing. All good coaches will do in game changes to throw off the other teams run,except Cal. Switching man all the time, every time, why you think other teams get so many straight line drives?
This is a shocking display of ignorance. You are apparently unable to recognize when Cal makes adjustments. We do not switch on every screen so that argument is catastrophically dumb.
 

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It was a bash regardless of your claim otherwise. You are arrogant enough to believe your defensive philosophy is superior to Cal's. There are an immensely greater number of coaches who play multiple defenses and switch up with regularity whose careers are downright pathetic when compared to Cal than the small handful that are on level or superior in comparison. Pretending to know for certainty we win the Wisconsin game if we go zone is ridiculous. In addition Cal has explained numerous times he would be more open to some zone but getting new players up to speed every year stresses teaching time so thin that there is little time to teach a new defense.

Way to get to the party late there buddy. Typical stupid, uneducated, sunshine pumping reply almost a week after the post was originally posted. I guess mommy and daddy finally let you use the computer this week? Don't like my opinion on the fact that Coach Cal can improve (he's not GOD or perfect, nobody is) Get over yourself. Constructive criticism is healthy and is good for a discussion board.
 

Cal-4-Three

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Glad to see this pathetic thread popping up again after Cal humiliated the #1 team in the country on a 19 game win streak.

Aging like a stank cheese.

Yeah Coach Cal can't improve at all with his decisions in regards to in game adjustments. What a dumbass.