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"If it's your son..."

Bratkartoffeln

Bratkartoffeln

All-Conference
Jan 1, 2003
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If it's my son, I don't want or need you to coddle him. I want him to earn playing time, be a supremely good teammate, and work hard to improve. Life is full of disappointment. Teach him good habits, get him in shape, challenge him, but don't give him anything because of any reason except the value he might bring to achieving victory. No one kid deserves playing time just because they're a warm body on the bench. They deserve playing time because they're going to give you the best chance to win.
 
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fisherscatfan_rivals101526

Heisman
Dec 21, 2001
5,265
11,768
0
TheBlueMax said:
If it's my son, I don't want or need you to coddle him. I want him to earn playing time, be a supremely good teammate, and work hard to improve. Life is full of disappointment. Teach him good habits, get him in shape, challenge him, but don't give him anything because of any reason except the value he might bring to achieving victory. No one kid deserves playing time just because they're a warm body on the bench. They deserve playing time because they're going to give you the best chance to win.
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If my son is Allen, I must want you to bury him on the bench, look for any reason to criticize him, yank him at the first mistake so BJ can chase his dream.

Cal using that line is absolutely effing pathetic.
 
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CHAPDAV3

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Hey that's not what he said. I hate when people turn **** for their agenda. Reminds me of liberal college kids. He said no matter what he loves this program and wants to win. He mentioned in these times these young men's stability is a concern. He also said multiple times he said it wrong. Cal came out and said what he needed to say. This is confusing times. He is dealing with young men at their mental state at this time. Cal is as confused as most. He has 15 young men and their families looking to him for answers. I couldn't imagine. Cal loves this program. That's all I needed to know. I believe that. Mistakes made ? Ya. Cal knows that. Let's help instead of destroying this program with
 
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CatPhight_rivals65113

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Nov 15, 2008
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TankedCat

Heisman
Nov 8, 2006
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21,500
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that if its your son routine went over like a turd in the punchbowl when he tried it with Diallo in the midst of a 4 game losing streak
 
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BigBlueManSouthCentralKY

Heisman
Jul 26, 2003
21,180
11,162
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fisherscatfan said:
If my son is Allen, I must want you to bury him on the bench, look for any reason to criticize him, yank him at the first mistake so BJ can chase his dream.

Cal using that line is absolutely effing pathetic.
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Very well put. Why would Cal put it that way? Two human beings with a parent and the same aspirations. Why does he think Boston is special over Allen? Boston has 4 years to get better and better. Is it more important to get Boston to the pro's quicker than Allen? Is Boston's parent more important than Allen's parent? How would Cal answer those questions? If he wants to pamper a player at the expense of us losing that is bad enough. But to pamper a player at the expense of a more deserving playing on the court is total prejudice and bias that is not right and he should be ashamed not treating player B fairly. Would think he would have a conscious about it.
 
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Wunky

Heisman
Jan 16, 2021
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18,057
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Cal is making it even harder on Boston by implying that he’s a pansy who wouldn’t be able to handle getting benched.

The fans are already on Boston for his awful play. Why would you then embarrass him further by saying something like that?

The man has completely lost his marbles.
 
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Backer cutter

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Jul 8, 2019
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CHAPDAV3 said:
Hey that's not what he said. I hate when people turn **** for their agenda. Reminds me of liberal college kids. He said no matter what he loves this program and wants to win. He mentioned in these times these young men's stability is a concern. He also said multiple times he said it wrong. Cal came out and said what he needed to say. This is confusing times. He is dealing with young men at their mental state at this time. Cal is as confused as most. He has 15 young men and their families looking to him for answers. I couldn't imagine. Cal loves this program. That's all I needed to know. I believe that. Mistakes made ? Ya. Cal knows that. Let's help instead of destroying this program with
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Cal is confused as most? I don’t know how to respond to this lol. But yeah, true statement and then some. Donkeys are as confused as cows when a coyote waltzes through the herd of newborn calves and chases a possum. Head scratcher.
 
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ArtSmass

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Aug 30, 2014
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CHAPDAV3 said:
Do any of you want to win? Amazing. Some of you are just looking to *****.
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I'll be 100% completely honest with you...I'm fine this year if we DON'T win.

Reason? That might be what it takes to get someone in here to have a balanced roster of mainly players who develop over 3-4 years with ONE OR TWO 'stud recruits' mixed in, an offense not stuck in 1988, and playing time based on MERIT not potential.

It's an ugly thing to admit, but I'll bet there are quite a few with me willing to have one season go down in flames to change the 'prevailing philosoph(ies)' in place with UKMBB right now.
 
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BigBlueManSouthCentralKY

Heisman
Jul 26, 2003
21,180
11,162
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Shame the fans have to worry about a coach at Kentucky playing the best players the most. Cal keeps talking about that he will be sure and have the five players he trusts the most on the floor the last 5 or 6 minutes. Why would wait till five or six minutes to go to get the most serious about the game?
 
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ArtSmass

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Aug 30, 2014
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BigBlueManSouthCentralKY said:
Shame the fans have to worry about a coach at Kentucky playing the best players the most. Cal keeps talking about that he will be sure and have the five players he trusts the most on the floor the last 5 or 6 minutes. Why would wait till five or six minutes to go to get the most serious about the game?
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Here's why it DOES matter who starts games...

The guys who start have the largest chance of any player to play the MOST during the game. You should want the players who give you the best chance to win playing the most minutes overall.

Further, if you START the players that give you the best chance to win, your team has a better chance to start off doing well from the beginning so you can dictate the pace, make the other team play from behind, etc. (The team with the lead at any given time in a game is statistically most likely to win something like 74% of the time).

To say, "what matters most is who is playing at the end" is coming from the false premise that the two options are mutually exclusive. It is VERY doable to have the players who start ALSO be the ones playing at the end!!!
 
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ManitouDan_anon

Heisman
Dec 7, 2006
20,073
32,433
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stoneycat_20 said:
I'm with Cal on this..players cant cuss the coach out in public and all is fine in 2 weeks..he needs to sit longer or leave
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Hey Stone — give me some more info on that , I thought it was because he got emotional and cried ? Did he cuss Cal out ? Link ?
 
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BigBlueManSouthCentralKY

Heisman
Jul 26, 2003
21,180
11,162
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The five best productive and most intense players I see are Ware, Toppin, Allen, Mintz and Askew. Those five seem to go the hardest all the time and is the reason they make little things happen that is not in the box score. Maybe a couple of the other guys would be more motivated to play that hard all the time if they didn't start because if they did see they had to play that hard to start their production on the little things would be better.
 
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Kentuckiddy

All-Conference
Feb 10, 2011
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CHAPDAV3 said:
Hey that's not what he said. I hate when people turn **** for their agenda. Reminds me of liberal college kids. He said no matter what he loves this program and wants to win. He mentioned in these times these young men's stability is a concern. He also said multiple times he said it wrong. Cal came out and said what he needed to say. This is confusing times. He is dealing with young men at their mental state at this time. Cal is as confused as most. He has 15 young men and their families looking to him for answers. I couldn't imagine. Cal loves this program. That's all I needed to know. I believe that. Mistakes made ? Ya. Cal knows that. Let's help instead of destroying this program with
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Cry me a freaking river!! He gets paid and paid ALOT to figure this **** out and whats amazing is there are people like you STILL out there defending this crap! He's overpaid, can't coach for ****, doesn't care what anyone thinks, and only cares for the NBA and its been that way for over FIVE YEARS NOW.

Man up and stop defending this garbage. This university and US....THE FANS...deserve better than what he's giving.
 
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Wildcatfan66

Heisman
Mar 27, 2007
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12,183
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Bad seasons happen. Coaches make mistakes. Calipari frustrates many of us, because we know he is not being open and honest with us.... you can tell he hates these weekly call in shows (for which he gets paid as part of his $9m)... He says the same things about these players he said about last years team and the team before that. and the team before that......
 
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3236

All-Conference
Dec 12, 2003
7,136
4,045
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the nail at the foul line said:
So, I decided to listen to Cal tonight, and I haven't listened to Cal in over a year, I didn't realize Dontae Allen was created in a lab. BJ is someone's son but Dontae isn't.
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Yeah I think over the years when he references this type of stuff I've always wondered why someone's experience during their time in college or working toward their dreams would be any different just because of the projected draft status. The experience generally means the same to those kids regardless of what their future holds.
 
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STL_Cat

Heisman
Dec 4, 2011
64,883
57,629
98
Honestly if BJ Boston were my son I’d say to him, hey man this level of basketball is a little tougher than we expected and there’s nothing wrong with that. Stay in school and keep getting your education, work hard and hopefully you can achieve your NBA dreams when your ready.

I’m pretty sure that conversation wouldn’t make me a bad father.
 
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IFerg1969

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Oct 3, 2009
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sam_o said:
I would tell him to treat my son like a man and make him earn his way. But I’m just a basketball Bennie
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The sad thing is, BJ is learning that he doesn't have to live up to the same standard that Cal has for other players. Conversely, Allen is learning that busting your *** and being a better player doesn't matter, only how many stars you had by your name coming out of high school matters. Since when did earning what you get become such a hated philosophy?
 
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