Sooo....why NOT play Diallo?

[Tampa_cat54_rivals112262]

Everybody, I am SURE that this has been discussed, but I've been out of the country these past couple of weeks, and have missed pretty much everything.

What's the harm in playing Diallo right now? He sounds like just what the doctor ordered for this team!

Thoughts?

 

[NCukcat62]

Good grief. We've been over this

 

[UKWildcats#8]

How about you use the search function OP? Geez.

 

[kybassfan]

I'd recommend you look back into older threads. This has not just been discussed, this has been hashed, bashed, trashed, slammed, bammed and driven into the ground. The CLOD takes over the thread and it's descends into pages of name calling.

Answer: Cal is not going to play Diallo unless it is good for Diallo. Period.

 

[Clive Gollings]

Well, that didn't work out well. Kind of like playing a HS senior during conference play.

 

[kodakkodak]

Cal doesn't want to mess up the incredible chemistry on this team.

 

[GLR5555]

Draft stock>Team success

 

[Clive Gollings]

Cal doesn't want to mess up the incredible chemistry on this team.

I'm not a fan of yours, but that was funny.

STOP BEING LIKEABLE

 

[Bungalow Bill]

Here you go OP.

https://kentucky.forums.rivals.com/...on-diallo-should-sit-out.225629/#post-5615219

 

[Wall2Boogie]

Great idea op it's only been brought up 125 times and cal said he won't play this yr. but willl be ahead of everyone next year and he actually plays. D! Nice bonus!

 

[KDCats11]

Draft stock>Team success

You're right. Cal should force the kid to play against his wishes. That way he'll be sure to never land another 5 star kid with NBA dreams the rest of his time here. Genius!

 

[UK_fan_41102]

 

[GLR5555]

You're right. Cal should force the kid to play against his wishes. That way he'll be sure to never land another 5 star kid with NBA dreams the rest of his time here. Genius!

Actually I never said Cal should force him to play. I just have a hard time recalling a 5 star recruit whose wishes were to not compete on gameday. I would prefer to let Cal evaluate his performance in practice and decide if the player can contribute or not. Its perfectly fine to have a difference of opinion in this situation. Thanks for the genius reference though. We think alike there.

 

[keefsopeng]

i'll give you a short true answer. cal thinks he can win without him and doesn't want to have him show out and leave after 1/2 year which he could do. you ever met 19 year old top 10 prospect #1 at his position who wants to sit out games? yea that's believable, I'll just give up basically having to do nothing at a prep school, garner all kinds of accolades, skip the jordan game, usa vs world nike game, and every other post season honor except McD's, to go to college do real school work(at least comparatively) practice his *** off, and then not play games. likely

 

[anon_9qtxg60vqzy0y]

i'll give you a short true answer. cal thinks he can win without him and doesn't want to have him show out and leave after 1/2 year which he could do. you ever met 19 year old top 10 prospect #1 at his position who wants to sit out games? yea that's believable, I'll just give up basically having to do nothing at a prep school, garner all kinds of accolades, skip the jordan game, usa vs world nike game, and every other post season honor except McD's, to go to college do real school work(at least comparatively) practice his *** off, and then not play games. likely

That sure wasn't a short answer.

 

[keefsopeng]

That sure wasn't a short answer.

for me if it takes less than 10 seconds to read and comprehend it's pretty short

 

[Clive Gollings]

remember when UT took that guy? While we show up , we have some of the most finicky fans . I'm done for tonight. Will try again tomorrow. .

 

[keefsopeng]

remember when UT took that guy? While we show up , we have some of the most finicky fans .

I think everyone remembers Jarnell, he's the reason Cal started keeping a roster spot open during the season. He wanted Stokes and couldn't get him because we had no schollies. Stokes was good for UT, once he learned how to tie his shoes and stretch that is.

 

[Bkocats]

cut the OP some slack -
He said he was out of the country, and sometimes trying to do a search is a PITA

anyway - I'm sure we would all like to see Diallo play; just as I'm sure there are reasons he's not playing - and yes, I believe he can make the decision, as Cal said.
Diallo has an advantage these other freshmen did not: He can watch and see what college basketball is (in practice and from the sidelines) and determine for himself if he's ready. The other guys didn't have that opportunity - they jumped right in and went.

 

[anon_9qtxg60vqzy0y]

for me if it takes less than 10 seconds to read and comprehend it's pretty short

That's 5 seconds too long. :uzi:

 

[kybassfan]

i'll give you a short true answer. cal thinks he can win without him and doesn't want to have him show out and leave after 1/2 year which he could do. you ever met 19 year old top 10 prospect #1 at his position who wants to sit out games? yea that's believable, I'll just give up basically having to do nothing at a prep school, garner all kinds of accolades, skip the jordan game, usa vs world nike game, and every other post season honor except McD's, to go to college do real school work(at least comparatively) practice his *** off, and then not play games. likely

Congratulations. That second sentence is a world class text book example of a run on sentence. Not one person on the planet could understand what you are trying to say. It's got nothing to do with grammar police. It's just pointless to type it if no two people would ever get the same meaning.

Punctuation is your friend.

 

[chattanoogawildcat]

Cal doesn't want to mess up the incredible chemistry on this team.

Right on par.

 

[Bungalow Bill]

cut the OP some slack -
He said he was out of the country, and sometimes trying to do a search is a PITA

anyway - I'm sure we would all like to see Diallo play; just as I'm sure there are reasons he's not playing - and yes, I believe he can make the decision, as Cal said.
Diallo has an advantage these other freshmen did not: He can watch and see what college basketball is (in practice and from the sidelines) and determine for himself if he's ready. The other guys didn't have that opportunity - they jumped right in and went.

That's why I linked the previous thread.

 

[coolioo1]

So UK's defensive struggles call for a kid that has played zero games in the NCAA and has never played in this system....hmmmm.........He is supposed to be a good player, but unless you are a shot blocker specialists he would struggle. If he was a Noel type player or someone like that, then I would be questioning why not try him.

 

[keefsopeng]

Congratulations. That second sentence is a world class text book example of a run on sentence. Not one person on the planet could understand what you are trying to say. It's got nothing to do with grammar police. It's just pointless to type it if no two people would ever get the same meaning.

Punctuation is your friend.

what in god's name are you talking about?

 

[kybassfan]

what in god's name are you talking about?

Nevermind. You wouldn't understand.

 

[Poetax]

Everybody, I am SURE that this has been discussed, but I've been out of the country these past couple of weeks, and have missed pretty much everything.

What's the harm in playing Diallo right now? He sounds like just what the doctor ordered for this team!

Thoughts?

First of all, there's an article online RIGHT NOW, with Diallo saying that CAL said whenever I want to play I can, but right now I want to sit out. So its his decision.

 

[anon_9qtxg60vqzy0y]

First of all, there's an article online RIGHT NOW, with Diallo saying that CAL said whenever I want to play I can, but right now I want to sit out. So its his decision.

And secondly, we have this:

 

[BlueRunner11]

First of all, there's an article online RIGHT NOW, with Diallo saying that CAL said whenever I want to play I can, but right now I want to sit out. So its his decision.

Well, pull his scholarship then!

Seriously though, I think Cal looks at it this way...Cal is playing with house money here, rolling the dice in hopes Diallo is projected low enough that he wants to come back and we get him for a year. If he doesn't, nothing major was really lost. Yeah it won't look that great, but people will get over it as long as this doesn't become the norm.

 

[Goingfor9]

Maybe cal doesn't want diallo infected with whatever this team is going through