Briscoe played hard every single night, didn't play selfish though he easily could have made it about him and never got in trouble off of the court. People love dirty laundry and talking about others, so I'm sure the chatter will continue - but he held up his end of the bargain for me as a fan.
MJ on Briscoe
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In terms of stretching for a joke, this was like the lovechild of Gumby and Mr. Fantastic. But I can't help but admire the effort.
Yep. He's a National Enquirer scumbag in my opinion, using the fanbase for his own benefit as he knows people love dirty laundry.
Briscoe is just upset that he has very little chance to ever stick around the NBA. He came to UK thinking he'd be OAD. That didn't happen. And despite Cal/staff doing what they could to try and showcase the guy, he's simply not an NBA player. He's a good college player that will make money playing somewhere. I just have a hard time seeing the NBA as that place. Because of that he may or may not hold a grudge going forward against the staff for how he was used when here.
I have no idea how the staff could have used him in a way to improve his NBA stock w/out hurting the team. As someone else noted, I think it's simply the case that UK/fans thought Briscoe was better than he was and Briscoe certainly thought he was better than he is.
I have no idea how the staff could have used him in a way to improve his NBA stock w/out hurting the team. As someone else noted, I think it's simply the case that UK/fans thought Briscoe was better than he was and Briscoe certainly thought he was better than he is.
Since we are talking about attending school..... I went to school one time a long time ago. I think.... No that was University of Phoenix. I graduated with honor, Joey Honor and Martha Honor. I played on the basketball team. Although I am only 4'9" they put me at center. I averaged 27 points a game with 12 rebounds or was that 12 points a game with 27 rebounds. They retired my Jersey. I met my wife at school... one time and she married me we went to Laurel Lake on our honeymoon. We didn't catch any trout so we did not eat all week. We decided to stop by natural bridge on our way back home and decided to go cliff climbing after drinking 2 cases of fall city beer. We ran out of salt and stopped drinking at that point. Well anyway we proceeded to climb a cliff and got about half way up when Marty fell off. Oh, did I forget to mention Marty? He was a homeless guy we picked up on our way to natural bridge. Well any way Marty fell and I had to pee so I told my new bride that I would go check on Marty. Well as soon as I hit the ground I went to pee. After peeing I checked on Marty and you know it he was dead. I yelled up at my new bride and she started screaming and crying. So now I have to go all the way back up the cliff to get my bride down. Well, about half way up I seen her coming. She had fallen now I got 2 people on the ground. Well I had to pee again so I went down to check on my new bride and you guessed I went to pee first because I didn't think they would go anywhere. So I went to check on my bride and you know it she had expired. Well I had to carry both of them down the hill from natural bridge. Since I didn't know the guy I left him beside the road near the lake. So I had to take my new bride back to her parents house wrapped up in at back pack. I dropped her off about noon on a Sunday then I went home, ate and went to bed with Nadine Rumpgrinder.
Briscoe always played hard for us and I haven't heard anything to suggest he did anything terrible off the court.Don't get the hate but whatever.
True, but I guess the flipside is that is exactly the business he's in. Tabloid bs facts optional e-news.
Only thing I have a problem with is the hypocrisy: one, this never came up before. In fact, when it was clear Briscoe was hurting our team last year, and fans were commenting, I'm pretty sure MJ gave us a lecture or two about that. Nobody whines more when anybody says anything negative about a UK player than MJ. We're supposed to be all positive and cheery, that's our job as fans. Then he does crap like this, then he can come back and lecture message board posters who get on his case...the circle of e-tabloid news! It's all so stupid and not important at all.
I can teach you guys a lot about body language of a player or person...how you guys are surprised by these things coming to light about Briscoe is shocking
Agree, with my favorite IB memory was him getting a steal and beating the clock at halftime of the Duke game. He helped us shutting down Allen that game and I appreciate his efforts every time he took the court.
If you listen to what was said (as opposed to what is said here), the KSR guys said he was tough to deal with from time-to-time, not that he did anything terrible. Big difference between the two.
Can we please get some actual quotes instead of a three-person tandem post while in a rush to do other things? What did Matt say?
What does it mean if someone has a closed fist and extends only their middle finger in the air towards you? Asking for a friend
No one thinks more highly of Isaiah Briscoe, than Isaiah Briscoe. Not surprised by any of this.
Man Cal really does do all he can for these kids, even if to the detriment of the team. He played Briscoe through his bad play and evidently bad attitude. All year long I thought Hawkins deserved his minutes and I feel that way now, but Cal stuck right with IB. Players first, except for 3-star Hawkins I guess
MJ says NOTHING without approval of Cal.
IMHO, when IB said what he did about "not wanting to talk about U.K. anymore", Cal took the reins off of MJ to tell about IB's attitude here.
Cal fights for his players while they are here even when they are a butt. Once they even hint at harming the program, he uses MJ to set the record straight.JMHO
I imagine the biggest problem they had with him was the academics side of it, it is a well known fact how much he disliked the school part of it all. He has that straight to the point abrasive personality like most of the folks who come from where he comes from.
One out of how many posts that were accurate (Or at least explained the cause for his less-than stellar attitude.) concerning Briscoe's situation. Yes at 18 or so it is sure hard to succumb to a situation where you know you will not have the best chance to shine. (I wish I had reacted and also acted as well as he did at that age.)Sorry but I give him a pass because no matter how he may be perceived he did NOT cause any issues outside of hurting himself. He played team ball for the most part. Nope, I will still not rag him. jmuo
You do not know that for a fact. It would be a whole lot better for everyone if you'd state it as an opinion instead of fact like you did. (Yes at the end you stated JMHO) Other than I felt you were very wrong I read it to the end or I would not have.
YEP, No talk of issues until now. Zip, nada, none...strange...but regular...
Good, very good post.
I actually said IMHO 2 times. Of course it's my "opinion", however, do you think MJ would ever admit to this being the case even if it were fact? I don't.
I call ********. Never on the sideline or before game did I see IB act out. Never a prima Donna or talk back to the coaches. He played hard for us, out of position mind you, putting aside his own goals to make the team better.
A lot of folks blame IB for defense, stepping out of bounds. He came in and always was active and engaged in games.
It's not his fault the past 2 yrs we had bigs who played really small. Lee and Skal his first year and bam and hump this yr. Cal's defense relies on big with shot blocking abilities. Both bam and Skal fooled us bout that. With the bigs blocking shots it allows the guards to pressure the ball handler which we didn't do a lot of...
I should stay, but what does he play, pt? Handle not tight enough
Wing? Offensively no range...he could post smaller guards but again, he wasn't primary ball handler.
When Cal got IB, both he and IB probably didn't expect the mastery,tyler ulis attained over that ball club.
I wish I the best, f$_k all the naysayers, he trusted in Cal, and that may have cost him.
A lot of folks blame IB for defense, stepping out of bounds. He came in and always was active and engaged in games.
It's not his fault the past 2 yrs we had bigs who played really small. Lee and Skal his first year and bam and hump this yr. Cal's defense relies on big with shot blocking abilities. Both bam and Skal fooled us bout that. With the bigs blocking shots it allows the guards to pressure the ball handler which we didn't do a lot of...
I should stay, but what does he play, pt? Handle not tight enough
Wing? Offensively no range...he could post smaller guards but again, he wasn't primary ball handler.
When Cal got IB, both he and IB probably didn't expect the mastery,tyler ulis attained over that ball club.
I wish I the best, f$_k all the naysayers, he trusted in Cal, and that may have cost him.
Please excuse the directness but I got hot. Yes, MJ seems to do most anything for viewers. I have seen his posts time and time again. I went to his site a long time ago but when he was in his blatant stealing days I swore off him due to that character flaw he tended to flaunt. I see nothing to change my mind concerning Matt Jones...Good or bad I stay away from him and his. (Just my choice, nothing more, nothing less.)
Doron Lamb Light.
Btw, you'll be very surprised, but people still hate Matt Jones. Ground breaking news.
Cal may let MJ make this public, so that should Briscoe get negative, toward the program, it is public knowledge why, since Cal would never throw a player under the bus.
Thank goodness we don't have to ever see your body language.
Sir,
If Cal sanctioned what Matt did he didn't miss much at getting Briscoe under that buss. I doubt Cal had anything to do with this...jmuo
My friend who goes to UK said he tried to cut line to get food once, and got frustrated when the people working made him get in the back of the line like everyone else.
I thought they'd just been reading your posts.