Toggle sidebar

I just don't see it

C

Cawood86_rivals

Heisman
Feb 20, 2005
36,711
64,715
0
I know it's early and only 4 games in, but I don't see a FF caliber team. Guard play is meh. Defense is just awful.
I am not seeing anything close to an offense being run.
I don't see that the Bahamas trip benefited this team at all.
I know it can change and likely will, but man, there are a lot if issues with this team and don't know if some of these issues are fixable enough to get this team to championship level.
I am prepared for the bashing that may come.
 
  • Like
Reactions: new era cat, sambowieshin_rivals, Bill - Shy Cat and 12 others
K

kevcat

Heisman
Feb 26, 2007
27,686
32,625
0
If I were to be honest, I’m not quite sure either.

We’re not nearly as athletic as I thought we would be.

We have a lot of nice, solid, good players. I’m just not sure we have any explosive, athletic players that we can point to and say get him the ball in crunch time.

A Final Four berth would be a great accomplishment imo.

I’m just going to enjoy watching this team get better and better. If they don’t, there’s always next year.
 
  • Like
Reactions: crpoore, sambowieshin_rivals, Cawood86_rivals and 11 others
G

GonzoCat90

Heisman
Mar 30, 2009
32,377
34,559
0
Some people said we were good enough at guard without Tyrese Maxey and athletic enough without Diallo back.

Our offense is actually pretty great for not having our PG situation sorted out and our best shooter playing poorly.

Defense always takes time. As Hagans gets more comfortable in the spot that will eventually be his and Montgomery learns to maintain his energy and focus with starter minutes, we'll be fine there too.

We aren't the most talented team in the country, but how often does that win it all? We'll have a say in who cuts down the nets if we stay healthy.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Dward13, CatfanMike47, wildcat1515 and 5 others
-BBH-

-BBH-

All-American
Mar 13, 2004
10,644
7,208
73
Guard play is sorting its self out. IQ and Quade are starting to separate themselves. It’s not even Thanksgiving. We really won’t know how much they’ve come along until Dec 22nd.
 
  • Like
Reactions: CatfanMike47
K

kevcat

Heisman
Feb 26, 2007
27,686
32,625
0
GonzoCat90 said:
Some people said we were good enough at guard without Tyrese Maxey and athletic enough without Diallo back.

Our offense is actually pretty great for not having our PG situation sorted out and our best shooter playing poorly.

Defense always takes time. As Hagans gets more comfortable in the spot that will eventually be his and Montgomery learns to maintain his energy and focus with starter minutes, we'll be fine there too.

We aren't the most talented team in the country, but how often does that win it all? We'll have a say in who cuts down the nets if we stay healthy.
Click to expand...
This is a good post.

I believe Herro and Montgomery are going to really have to play like they’re capable if we’re going to be true contenders.
 
  • Like
Reactions: crpoore, CatfanMike47, Cowtown Cat and 1 other person
K

kl40504_rivals

Heisman
Oct 5, 2018
15,258
11,184
0
Cawood86 said:
I know it's early and only 4 games in, but I don't see a FF caliber team. Guard play is meh. Defense is just awful.
I am not seeing anything close to an offense being run.
I don't see that the Bahamas trip benefited this team at all.
I know it can change and likely will, but man, there are a lot if issues with this team and don't know if some of these issues are fixable enough to get this team to championship level.
I am prepared for the bashing that may come.
Click to expand...
Blind people can not see.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Calsthebomb and awf
C

Cardsstink

Heisman
Mar 20, 2017
7,791
11,201
0
the nail at the foul line said:
We are in bottom 10 of 3 pointers taken.
Click to expand...

LOL. You've totally lost it. 9 wasted possessions shooting threes last night. Project it out to your 50 threes per game wanted and we'd have been about 17 for 50, with THIRTY THREE wasted possessions with no chance of a foul or easy points. But hey, all you want is personal enjoyment, seeing 3's jacked over and over. Go watch the NBA.
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: CatfanMike47, BourbonBalz, KFuqua and 4 others
TheDude73

TheDude73

Heisman
Jan 7, 2006
24,307
24,070
113
Cardsstink said:
LOL. You've totally lost it. 9 wasted possessions shooting threes last night. Project it out to your 50 threes per game wanted and we'd have been about 17 for 50, with THIRTY THREE wasted possessions with no channce of a foul or easy points. But hey, all you want is personal enjoyment, seeing 3's jacked over and over. Go watch the NBA.
Click to expand...
Or cheer for VMI - that's pretty much all they did last night was launch (and hit) threes...
 
  • Like
Reactions: awf
TortElvisII

TortElvisII

Heisman
May 7, 2010
51,700
96,942
66
Cardsstink said:
LOL. You've totally lost it. 9 wasted possessions shooting threes last night. Project it out to your 50 threes per game wanted and we'd have been about 17 for 50, with THIRTY THREE wasted possessions with no channce of a foul or easy points. But hey, all you want is personal enjoyment, seeing 3's jacked over and over. Go watch the NBA.
Click to expand...

Enjoy your second round loss with swaggy Cal. Hey, he will have a book tour, and the freshmen will be on KSR. We are the gold standard.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Calsthebomb and kywildcat41086
S

STL_Cat

Heisman
Dec 4, 2011
65,280
58,560
98
Big issue with us as fans as I see it, is last year we kept telling ourselves maybe by March this team will be a contender in spite of watching horrible basketball for pretty much the entire year. Had a nice run in the SEC tournament but still turned out to not be a factor in the big dance. 2 of the last 3 years we haven’t been a contender. This year we all kinda thought we weren’t going to have to suffer through terrible basketball early on. But here we are.
 
  • Like
Reactions: new era cat, LadyCaytIL, KFuqua and 3 others
G

gwjenning

All-American
Mar 6, 2017
3,735
7,670
0
We are much more athletic than we are showing. Reid does play below the rim.
But Washington, Montgomery, Johnson, Herro, Hagan's, Richards, Quickley can all explode.

Once this team figures out defense turns into easy running offense we will be fine.
We have size, strength, and athleticism on this team.

We still have 3 freshmen out there at most times and it is Reids first year in this system.

When they all get on the same page they can be a special team.
 
  • Like
Reactions: ashbergh, *Fox2Monk*, CatfanMike47 and 5 others
I

IrishMike409

All-Conference
Nov 27, 2011
902
1,504
0
GonzoCat90 said:
Some people said we were good enough at guard without Tyrese Maxey and athletic enough without Diallo back.

Our offense is actually pretty great for not having our PG situation sorted out and our best shooter playing poorly.

Defense always takes time. As Hagans gets more comfortable in the spot that will eventually be his and Montgomery learns to maintain his energy and focus with starter minutes, we'll be fine there too.

We aren't the most talented team in the country, but how often does that win it all? We'll have a say in who cuts down the nets if we stay healthy.
Click to expand...
Seriously? Maxey? Great player, but not the answer to our problems. He'd be having the same growing pains that the other young guards are having.

You guys gotta give this at least another 6 weeks. We'll know by early-mid January if this team has it or not. I hate waiting too, but that's the nature of the beast given how Cal constructs these teams.
 
  • Like
Reactions: CatfanMike47, Alayyahfuqyaself and kl40504_rivals
TortElvisII

TortElvisII

Heisman
May 7, 2010
51,700
96,942
66
kl40504 said:
You would whine no matter if Ky was taking 50 threes per game. It would be something else. You are what they call a whiner or a cry baby. Your life must suck.
Click to expand...

That is nice.

Do you think we should open up the offense some? Shoot more 3's? Or is 335 good?
 
C

Cardsstink

Heisman
Mar 20, 2017
7,791
11,201
0
BlueBomb said:
Some of ya'll are such pussies. And I'm not talking about the OP and others who have legitimate concerns -- I'm talking about the ones that just can't stand it when anyone has anything other than blind praise for our team.
Click to expand...

We should have shot 50 threes last night. We gotta get that sorted out, PRONTO. Getting Baker back will be paramount to those aspirations.
 
  • Like
Reactions: CatfanMike47
You must log in or register to reply here.
KSR

Latest

  1. 01 KSR Mark Mitchell's temporary restraining order in Kentucky has been GRANTED
  2. 02 KSR Morgan Gaerte looks the part of a star in her Kentucky debut
  3. 03 KSR No. 3 Kentucky VB sweeps No. 6 Wisconsin to open the 2026 season
  4. 04 KSR Kentucky basketball announces Hoops and Heels event for September
  5. 05 KSR JUCO transfer Ahmir Smith has brought some juice and toughness to Kentucky's backfield
Top Bottom