Knox to UK

morgousky

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I hate to be "that" guy, but I distinctly remember @morgousky posting about how Calipari wasn't getting the big-time recruits as easy as he used to and that Duke was the new recruiting king.

Oddly enough, I haven't seen him post about Knox yet tonight. I know he's a UK fan and not a troll and I read that in one post he said he recently had a baby, so maybe that has been what has taken so long for him to chime in, but I just thought it was nuts he was claiming Duke was out-recruiting Coach Cal.

I didn't see the news until around 6 tonight. The funny part is I was told about it by a Duke fan (friend of mine) while we were on the phone together. I haven't been on much lately due to the baby so, no, it's got nothing to do with anything else.

my post about our recruiting taking a "slight dip" was accurate. Cal has lost way more recruits in his last 4 years than his first 4. I mean, it's not a stretch to think that. The class with Zimmerman we got hammered for example.

My main point behind saying what I did was really about top 5 kids. I feel because our teams are so young we have to have one of two things happen. Either A - we need to land two top 5 studs in each class (like '12 for example) or B - we need a 10-20 guy be severely underrated. I felt Cal has had trouble landing multiple top 5 guys of late, whereas early on he was hitting that clip moreso than now.

So no, I don't think I was wrong just because Knox committed, but I will say this - if Cal had lost some mojo, it's creeping back up. I don't believe I said K had overtaken his recruiting belt, just that K had as good of a chance as Cal at landing them now, and arguably had been landing them a bit easier of late.

Duke has hit a small wall becasue of Allen and their issues last season / lies from coach K catching up. Everyone has been wondering how Duke is still landing OAD's after their issues, and I think this shows K is losing some mojo from the '15 title. If we get Bamba and Duval goes elsewhere that would pretty much verify it.

Hope this helps. If not throw it out.
 

SDcatfan13

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Sep 26, 2003
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2 things:

-Jarren Williams to UK on Thursday.

-Vanderbilt is hurt and might not play a single minute for UK.
 

dckala2_rivals16641

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Wall2Boogie

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I didn't see the news until around 6 tonight. The funny part is I was told about it by a Duke fan (friend of mine) while we were on the phone together. I haven't been on much lately due to the baby so, no, it's got nothing to do with anything else.

my post about our recruiting taking a "slight dip" was accurate. Cal has lost way more recruits in his last 4 years than his first 4. I mean, it's not a stretch to think that. The class with Zimmerman we got hammered for example.

My main point behind saying what I did was really about top 5 kids. I feel because our teams are so young we have to have one of two things happen. Either A - we need to land two top 5 studs in each class (like '12 for example) or B - we need a 10-20 guy be severely underrated. I felt Cal has had trouble landing multiple top 5 guys of late, whereas early on he was hitting that clip moreso than now.

So no, I don't think I was wrong just because Knox committed, but I will say this - if Cal had lost some mojo, it's creeping back up. I don't believe I said K had overtaken his recruiting belt, just that K had as good of a chance as Cal at landing them now, and arguably had been landing them a bit easier of late.

Duke has hit a small wall becasue of Allen and their issues last season / lies from coach K catching up. Everyone has been wondering how Duke is still landing OAD's after their issues, and I think this shows K is losing some mojo from the '15 title. If we get Bamba and Duval goes elsewhere that would pretty much verify it.

Hope this helps. If not throw it out.
I meant to tell you congrats on you and your husband being able to adopt. If you're a homosexual couple and could give a child a good life while keeping the gay part out of it then that's a great thing! Just kidding buddy I'm happy for ya just breaking balls.
 

OHIO COLONEL

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Feb 11, 2009
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Had totally forgotten about Knox announcing. Was busy yesterday and didn't even check out this board till this morning. Nice way to start the day!
 

Wall2Boogie

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Great news!!! Knox played football in highschool just like stein so you know he will be a stud!!!!
 

BBUK_anon

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You

You lucky bastards! I really thought he'd go to Duke. I don't think he's a OAD. He'll probably be around for a couple anyways.

Like another stated...Knox will be around a couple years but lesser rated UK players are considered one and done... Go figure...
 

Cowtown Cat

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I already posted on the official crow eating thread. I'll also post here. Really didn't think he was coming here the past couple of months. Four or five months ago I thought he would. Also said that Vanderbilt was the better player and still believe that. Don't get me wrong, I'm ecstatic we landed him. Especially since it kept him from Fluke and UNCheat. Knox does fill a big need for us as a scoring threat.