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Cal thinks Reeves should be Frederick's backup. What a mess.
None of them would've survived going 9-16. It wouldn't have even been a debate.
Sunday evening is going to be an absolutely miserable experience.
My training was solid and I’m ready after tonight.
NIL was a lifesaver for Cal to be able to keep his grift going here. It's no coincidence his recruiting turned around when that stuff came along
Wheeler -14
Collins -13 in 18 minutes
Frederick -13
Ware -12 in 13 minutes
Collins -13 in 18 minutes
Frederick -13
Ware -12 in 13 minutes
Just give away too many minutes, especially early in the game. Everyone focuses on last 5 min but most of time, we wouldn’t even be in a close game if it weren’t for questionable sub patterns. Should have been up 8-10 at half but gave away too many minutes.
Surprised to see how bad the +/- was for Wheeler and Fredrick.
But it was obvious to anybody other than the fat wop that the other 2 were clearly the worst players on the floor from either team. Just awful....
Fredrick gonna have a lot of those if he’s not getting shots… just like Grady last year. His role is scoring and shooting 3’s, ideally 7-8 per game. If he ain’t doing that, he doesn’t add much else. 7 shots tonight in 32 min.
Wheeler may be the most maddening player ever for me. You can watch him play 28 min and be spectacular but then will totally self destruct in 3 min. Hell he had 16 & 8 tonight with only 3 turnovers in 40 min but most people would say he played bad bc his bad is really bad, especially down the stretch.
Wheeler may be the most maddening player ever for me. You can watch him play 28 min and be spectacular but then will totally self destruct in 3 min. Hell he had 16 & 8 tonight with only 3 turnovers in 40 min but most people would say he played bad bc his bad is really bad, especially down the stretch.
I'm OVER Wheeler. Have been for awhile. He tears s*** up, until it means something.
If CJ isn't going to to be a volume shooter, then WiTF is he even DOING on this team?
Thiero not playing doesn’t make any sense. Cal must’ve already gotten into his head because he did everything in the Bahamas.
All this talent just wasted. Tired of this annual kick in the nuts.
All this talent just wasted. Tired of this annual kick in the nuts.
There are no words to describe how dumb this is.
Calipari is utterly indefensible at this point. He is f***ing awful. Nothing else needs to be said. And he's BEEN awful for YEARS.
"Calipari got outcoached" is superfluous at this point. He doesn't know what he is doing. It's either that, or he just doesn't give a f***. Either way, I wish he'd f***ing go away.
"Who could we get that would be BETTER?" (that is the usual response)
Well, just about ANYONE (that has decent coaching experience) That is the answer: Just about ANYONE.
Matt Jones repeatedly says, "Cal's offense is brilliant, when he has vastly superior players, that can break people down off the dribble"
To ME, that means: Calipari doesn't know what he's doing on offense. Letting vastly superior players just do what they want, on their own ISN'T an OFFENSE. I mean, it IS, but not in the sense that people mean when they say a coach runs a great offense.
A great offense gets good shots for people that CAN'T just improvise and score, one on one. Which is ALMOST EVERY ******* COLLEGE BASKETBALL PLAYER.
And to compound matters, that explains why we get torched by teams that DO run an efficient offense, because we NEVER see that in practice. BECAUSE Cal doesn't know how to f***ing COACH it.
"Calipari got outcoached" is superfluous at this point. He doesn't know what he is doing. It's either that, or he just doesn't give a f***. Either way, I wish he'd f***ing go away.
"Who could we get that would be BETTER?" (that is the usual response)
Well, just about ANYONE (that has decent coaching experience) That is the answer: Just about ANYONE.
Matt Jones repeatedly says, "Cal's offense is brilliant, when he has vastly superior players, that can break people down off the dribble"
To ME, that means: Calipari doesn't know what he's doing on offense. Letting vastly superior players just do what they want, on their own ISN'T an OFFENSE. I mean, it IS, but not in the sense that people mean when they say a coach runs a great offense.
A great offense gets good shots for people that CAN'T just improvise and score, one on one. Which is ALMOST EVERY ******* COLLEGE BASKETBALL PLAYER.
And to compound matters, that explains why we get torched by teams that DO run an efficient offense, because we NEVER see that in practice. BECAUSE Cal doesn't know how to f***ing COACH it.
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Poor Isaac Humphries. Dude comes out and the collective reaction from Billy Joe Wildcat is "Buddy, you ain't nowhere near as gay as Cal's substitution patterns."
* From Kyle Tucker's latest:
When Izzo was asked about the backyard-football inbounds play Tuesday, and why he bucked his traditional late-game practice of having a guy dribble to midcourt and call timeout to set up a half-court play, he said another thing that’ll rile Calipari critics: “I’m trying to figure out ways to reinvent myself.” Make that two things Kentucky fans will frown about: “The full-court thing was something we work on daily.”
Must be nice.
* From Kyle Tucker's latest:
When Izzo was asked about the backyard-football inbounds play Tuesday, and why he bucked his traditional late-game practice of having a guy dribble to midcourt and call timeout to set up a half-court play, he said another thing that’ll rile Calipari critics: “I’m trying to figure out ways to reinvent myself.” Make that two things Kentucky fans will frown about: “The full-court thing was something we work on daily.”
Must be nice.
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Tucker didn’t hold back in that article and good on him. I just don’t understand how 2 HOF coaches can be so far apart on their lines of thinking.
Izzo: “we work on those scenarios every day in practice”
Cal: “we haven’t worked on those plays yet”
That’s like 2 people getting off a flight and one saying it was the bumpiest flight they ever had and the other saying it was the smoothest.
You just can’t be that far apart.
Izzo: “we work on those scenarios every day in practice”
Cal: “we haven’t worked on those plays yet”
That’s like 2 people getting off a flight and one saying it was the bumpiest flight they ever had and the other saying it was the smoothest.
You just can’t be that far apart.
I enjoyed this part:
Calipari’s late-game coaching has been called into question a number of times since his 38-0 team squandered a four-point lead in the last 4 1/2 minutes of its Final Four loss to Wisconsin — coincidentally, also in Indianapolis, a cursed city for Kentucky, where the Wildcats also took a Champions Classic shellacking against Duke in 2018 and set off the Peacock parade in March. Calipari’s team also melted down against Kansas State in the 2018 Sweet 16, scoring three points in the final four minutes to waste one of the easiest (on paper) paths in history to the Final Four. The next year brought an Elite Eight collapse against Auburn.
“When you talk about late-game situations, that’s on me as a coach,” Calipari said Tuesday night. “Let’s figure this out. Let’s go.”
Calipari’s late-game coaching has been called into question a number of times since his 38-0 team squandered a four-point lead in the last 4 1/2 minutes of its Final Four loss to Wisconsin — coincidentally, also in Indianapolis, a cursed city for Kentucky, where the Wildcats also took a Champions Classic shellacking against Duke in 2018 and set off the Peacock parade in March. Calipari’s team also melted down against Kansas State in the 2018 Sweet 16, scoring three points in the final four minutes to waste one of the easiest (on paper) paths in history to the Final Four. The next year brought an Elite Eight collapse against Auburn.
“When you talk about late-game situations, that’s on me as a coach,” Calipari said Tuesday night. “Let’s figure this out. Let’s go.”
I read that as one HOF coach wants to evolve, is willing to grind and doesn’t want to rest on his accomplishments. Understands his players committed to him and his program to get better as players, regardless of their professional potential with a unified goal to win a national championship for themselves and the school they represent.
The other is well past his prime because he doesn’t want to grind (lazy) or evolve (would take effort to learn something new) only cares about himself and the success of his players at the next level, not this one (regular & postseason always deemphasized) as a way to keep the gravy train running.
Thing with the lazy coach is he knows he’s got the program by the short-hairs fiscally and the majority of the fan base are suckers that keep coming back thinking this will be the year! despite half a decades evidence to the contrary.
Quite a ruse the latter is running.
The MO is out:
Sprint back and guard the wing free throw extended to shut down transition.
Setup defense, watch non-sensical weave for 15 seconds, catch your breath.
Sag on the wing, deny entry to post.
Don’t leave the 1 shooter on the floor if Cal remembered to put him in.
Overplay the top of key ball screen with 5 left on shot clock, don’t switch, neither ball handler or screener can shoot.
Rebound wild shot.
Profit.
Sprint back and guard the wing free throw extended to shut down transition.
Setup defense, watch non-sensical weave for 15 seconds, catch your breath.
Sag on the wing, deny entry to post.
Don’t leave the 1 shooter on the floor if Cal remembered to put him in.
Overplay the top of key ball screen with 5 left on shot clock, don’t switch, neither ball handler or screener can shoot.
Rebound wild shot.
Profit.
I tweeted “fireable Offense” to Corey price to this stat and he liked the response.CJ, Reeves and Wallace less than two minutes together.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Wheeler, Livingston, Collins, and Ware played just as much as a foursome, if not more.CJ, Reeves and Wallace less than two minutes together.
2005: Kentucky v Cincinnati
We were met with a crowd that was unexpectedly 95% cheering against us. Easily the most randomly hostile crowd ever.
F Indy.
We were met with a crowd that was unexpectedly 95% cheering against us. Easily the most randomly hostile crowd ever.
F Indy.
Cal deserves all the ****.
Big O didn't close out on the last Hauser shot at the end of regulation. He stopped halfway then turned to rebound before whitey even had the ball up.
On the inbounds play he was scrambling back to position because he was pointing at his wrist after that huge block.
Love the kid, but we needed those plays (which we shouldn't have we should've killed that punk *** team).
Big O didn't close out on the last Hauser shot at the end of regulation. He stopped halfway then turned to rebound before whitey even had the ball up.
On the inbounds play he was scrambling back to position because he was pointing at his wrist after that huge block.
Love the kid, but we needed those plays (which we shouldn't have we should've killed that punk *** team).
11-19 in last 30 non conference P5 games
Why can’t we close, Cal?
Because for the past five seasons, you put the ball in the hands of these guys in crunchtime:
Hagans
Askew
Wheeler
These guys aren’t Wall or Knight who can pull something out of their *** in the waning moments of a shotclock.
I just don’t understand- did he not watch St. Peters or Auburn a couple years before?
Because for the past five seasons, you put the ball in the hands of these guys in crunchtime:
Hagans
Askew
Wheeler
These guys aren’t Wall or Knight who can pull something out of their *** in the waning moments of a shotclock.
I just don’t understand- did he not watch St. Peters or Auburn a couple years before?
That Hauser kid sure reminded me of Scott Padgett with his play. That’s about as good as you can ask a 4 to play. Shew!
- In life, it’s easy to say ALL the right things, but eventually when you don’t do the right things people stop listening. Who even cares what Cal says anymore?
- I can defend Cal’s “scheme” for a lack of better terminology, because in theory it’s smart. But he bastardizes it so bad it’s truly comical once the anger wears off.
- I shouldn’t have asked yesterday if MSU ever even wins in the classic.
- In life, it’s easy to say ALL the right things, but eventually when you don’t do the right things people stop listening. Who even cares what Cal says anymore?
- I can defend Cal’s “scheme” for a lack of better terminology, because in theory it’s smart. But he bastardizes it so bad it’s truly comical once the anger wears off.
- I shouldn’t have asked yesterday if MSU ever even wins in the classic.
Are we the only top 5 team loaded with returning talent, future NBA lottery picks, and experienced seniors whose coach warned everyone we were going to suck early on in the season until we learn how to dribble, pass, shoot, etc?
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- As if you need to hear more from me …
- Tshiebwe is just a monster. Have never seen anything like him on the glass. Maybe Rodman. That said, he was really sloppy last night (probably to be expected with the rust) and I could do without the histrionics. Just keeping it
- Maybe like the 9 minute mark, Cats go on a 7-0 run led by Wallace. Cal immediately takes him out and gives us Ware, Collins and I believe Livingston. Just absolute nonsense.
- The personnel is there. Tshiebwe gives you a pretty decent floor. The adjustments are minor. Just got to hope:
* All minutes 1-3 are split between 1/2/12/22
* All minutes at the 4 are split between 0/24
* Ball is placed in the hands of Reeves, Fredrick or Wallace in the crunch
^ Give me those and I like our team. Skeptical.
- Said it yesterday and I am 100% serious- I hope Bradshaw goes pro.
- Between the ridiculous charge calls and the hyperbolically strict moving screen adherence, always amazes me just how much college officials hate offense.
- Lol at Gen Z popping off about how awful Ticketmaster is - go talk to Eddie Vedder, kids.
- As if you need to hear more from me …
- Tshiebwe is just a monster. Have never seen anything like him on the glass. Maybe Rodman. That said, he was really sloppy last night (probably to be expected with the rust) and I could do without the histrionics. Just keeping it
- Maybe like the 9 minute mark, Cats go on a 7-0 run led by Wallace. Cal immediately takes him out and gives us Ware, Collins and I believe Livingston. Just absolute nonsense.
- The personnel is there. Tshiebwe gives you a pretty decent floor. The adjustments are minor. Just got to hope:
* All minutes 1-3 are split between 1/2/12/22
* All minutes at the 4 are split between 0/24
* Ball is placed in the hands of Reeves, Fredrick or Wallace in the crunch
^ Give me those and I like our team. Skeptical.
- Said it yesterday and I am 100% serious- I hope Bradshaw goes pro.
- Between the ridiculous charge calls and the hyperbolically strict moving screen adherence, always amazes me just how much college officials hate offense.
- Lol at Gen Z popping off about how awful Ticketmaster is - go talk to Eddie Vedder, kids.
Lol, after that game you pick Oscar to ***** about? He made some costly mistakes but also gave us 100%. He scored and rebounded more than any other player on our team.
Yet another example of being “The Gold Standard” ******** that I don’t want to ever hear again.
It isn't just late-game situations. It's the whole damn game. We should have never even been that close to Sparty to start with.
Had to watch that UK **** show on a plane. Most amazing part was how calm I forced myself to be.
About to head out and explore Naples. I've never been a d it will be interesting to see what's open after the hurricane. I've been told to avoid getting in the ocean by a few locals.
Flights are a mess now days. 5 hours in the ATL airport due to being delayed in Louisville. Drank beer in each gate to pass the time.
About to head out and explore Naples. I've never been a d it will be interesting to see what's open after the hurricane. I've been told to avoid getting in the ocean by a few locals.
Flights are a mess now days. 5 hours in the ATL airport due to being delayed in Louisville. Drank beer in each gate to pass the time.
We Are Everybody’s Music City Bowl
From our sillyass starting lineup on.
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