Is Reeves afraid to commit

*Fox2Monk*

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If he goes back to Illinois State to finish, does he receive a diploma from Illinois State ?? Do all credits from UK apply to his degree there ?? How does that work ??
Apparently all his credits from Illinois state didn’t transfer to UK but all the credits from UK did transfer to Illinois state which allows him to graduate in the summer. So yea he would be an Illinois State graduate.
 

HagginHall1999

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Something is VERY wrong inside the Kentucky basketball program. Mass defections, boosters giving Calipari the cold shoulder, transfer portal failures and on and on.
If Calipari can't get the best offensive threat from last year's team to stick around then, to me that says Reeves wants out of Lexington ASAP. You have to ask WHY that is.

Don't look at this as a issue only with Reeves. Why did Livingston and so many others desperately want out? What caused the drama with Wheeler at the end of the year? Why couldn't Calipari land Dickinson and any other premium talent from the portal? Why can't Calipari fill the open assistant spot?

From the outside it looks like the program is in complete disarray, players are running away from the program like it's on fire and Calipari is using up all his friends. I can't see opposing coaches NOT using all of this against UK in recruiting.
If next season is a disaster...and it very well could be .with the #1 recruiting class and no experience and very questionable shooting...how can something not be done?

It will be interesting to see how it shakes out. Proof will be in the pudding. My guess is the truth lies somewhere in the middle. I highly doubt that it is as bad as Jones said.

JMHO...I think Cal tried going the way of the old guard and it just doesn't work with his style of play which requires a dynamic PG and guys who can play off dribble. We just have not had a roster of those guys in years. I think transfers aren't coming here because they know they won't start and can get money elsewhere. Dickinson....to me that whole thing seemed unlikely from Day #1.
 
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jessieshorts8

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Reeves has nothing to be mad about.So many great guards in the portal early that Cal didn't look at because he believed in Reeves.Got tons of playing time last season.I understand guys like Hopkins leaving but Reeves is just being dumb IMO.
 

dc513

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I don't want a guy who's already left and extremely hessistant to come back to open min. Dude is either scared to compete or doesn't like Cal. Nothing else makes sense. I say good riddance.
Definition of compete? Now definition of compete under Cal?
 

Panthur

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He is confirmed unenrolled from UK so that isn’t good IMO. He would have done the classes here IMO.
Unenrolled doesn’t even mean anything. You can’t unenroll, apart from just not enrolling the next semester and he’s got until deep into August to do that. Some classes you’d have to sign up for long before that to grab a spot. But he doesn’t care about those——all he needs are grad classes and they never fill up.
 
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As pissed as I am with Cal right now Reeves is just being a dick at this point.Made a decision and announce it like a man.
For a kid that’s senior age man up and let everyone know what you have decided to do instead of hiding behind someone. This is the culture that our coach has created though and this in the end is on Cal for letting all these darn inmates run the asylum!
 

LineSkiCat14

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I agree 100% something has went to hell really quick, it seemed like Oscar’s first year he kind of had the program on the right rack and it’s imploded since that St. Peter’s loss.

Just wasn't a mentally strong team all around. CL and Cason were gone from day 1. Wheeler as the PG wasn't the answer, as he needed competent AND healthy wings to be effective. Toppin just not that good. We never had a true leader. All the freshman were a bit off and not really playing to their ranking (aside from a game or two from Cason). Injury woes for 2 years in a row. Oscar showing deficiencies and also nutting heads wjth staff and players. And obviously Cals multitude of issues.

Just a bad team on all fronts. But sometimes you get those and you just have to reset things. While I want Reeves back, his stall-game is really holding us up. I'm starting to think maybe it's best if the slate is wiped totally clean, and we wipe our hands clean of 22 and 23 seasons.
 

hoggwildcat

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Unenrolled doesn’t even mean anything. You can’t unenroll, apart from just not enrolling the next semester and he’s got until deep into August to do that. Some classes you’d have to sign up for long before that to grab a spot. But he doesn’t care about those——all he needs are grad classes and they never fill up.
Exactly, you either sign up for classes next semester or you don't
 

maysvilleky

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He is probably gone, but the waiting makes me think he is waiting to see if cal and the staff get desperate and meet his demands
He can’t go anywhere until he graduates. He can’t even enter the portal yet. So nothing to announce one way or the other.
 

Cats_2010

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I don't want a guy who's already left and extremely hessistant to come back to open min. Dude is either scared to compete or doesn't like Cal. Nothing else makes sense. I say good riddance.
If he doesn’t like cal then why good riddance? That is Cals fault and I certainly would not want to play for that raving lunatic.
 

AllBall

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Actions speak louder than words. From the looks of it, we either had more attitude problems than Wheeler or the guys didn't like Cal or the upcoming roster situation.
I'm just glad we are starting fresh. Hopefully guys will buy in and commit to playing hard-nosed winning basketball.
 

NociHTTP

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Unenrolled doesn’t even mean anything. You can’t unenroll, apart from just not enrolling the next semester and he’s got until deep into August to do that. Some classes you’d have to sign up for long before that to grab a spot. But he doesn’t care about those——all he needs are grad classes and they never fill up.
Yes, you can unenroll from classes / school. It's called withdrawing. Done through writing, usually.
 

NociHTTP

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Actions speak louder than words. From the looks of it, we either had more attitude problems than Wheeler or the guys didn't like Cal or the upcoming roster situation.
I'm just glad we are starting fresh. Hopefully guys will buy in and commit to playing hard-nosed winning basketball.
It's both. The attitudes are now gone, but the one thing remains that is preventing getting other players.
 

*Fox2Monk*

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Exactly, you either sign up for classes next semester or you don't
It does mean something though, if he wanted to stay he would enroll in those classes. No reason to go back and graduate at all somewhere else unless you wanted to leave.
 
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*Fox2Monk*

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Reeves has nothing to be mad about.So many great guards in the portal early that Cal didn't look at because he believed in Reeves.Got tons of playing time last season.I understand guys like Hopkins leaving but Reeves is just being dumb IMO.
That in itself shows the problems in the program IMO. No way a guy like him should ever be tempted to leave after the year he had and what he made.
 

hoggwildcat

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Yes, you can unenroll from classes / school. It's called withdrawing. Done through writing, usually.
Yes, if he had already signed up or was taking classes. You could drop or withdraw those. So, Reeves would have had to have registered early for Summer classes and then drop or withdraw.
 
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seccats04

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If you remember Reeves pulled the same crap last year and wouldn’t commit when the staff thought he would. They basically gave him an ultimatum and said either commit or we’re moving on. He finally committed but everyone was wondering what took him so long. Dude has a hard time committing it looks like.
 

Tf2217

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Either reeves wants to be here or he doesn't.
You can't let a player regardless of talent hold you back.
Either he tells you he's coming or you replace. Tired of these bunch of whiney *** kids who think they're worth millions.
 

dc513

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If it was only Reeves he might have been the problem. But it was not only he. The fact that so many left and Cal can't seem to land transfers truly indicates Reeves is not the problem. I can't fault him.
 

NociHTTP

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If you remember Reeves pulled the same crap last year and wouldn’t commit when the staff thought he would. They basically gave him an ultimatum and said either commit or we’re moving on. He finally committed but everyone was wondering what took him so long. Dude has a hard time committing it looks like.
It shows that he's very self-centered, most players know that their decisions affect roster building. I'd say no thanks and move onto someone who wants to be here. It isn't like we're expecting him to repeat any level of success.
 

jack8291

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Reeve’s isn’t interested in being a ‘team leader’ , rah-rah type on a young team . He’ll take a bit less NIL to start on a team , shoot 18 times and try and play his way into some sort of pro contract .
 

DaDirtyLeb69

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The Illinois state “thing” is true.
I’m gonna need more than a random Illinois fan message board to convince me of that. If it comes out later and it was true I will own up and give you credit but for right now I’m going with the other side and the student directory is wrong
 

jack8291

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I’m gonna need more than a random Illinois fan message board to convince me of that. If it comes out later and it was true I will own up and give you credit but for right now I’m going with the other side and the student directory is wrong
They never deleted him from the directory when he was a student before . Kids from years ago are still in it . That said , that’s likely where he’d ‘graduate ‘ from if possible , as 85% of his credits are from there
 
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