He said the loss was on him. And that he was selfish and that he was yelling back at cal. Said he wanted to be taken out. WTF?
Toppin's post game comments
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I watched that back and forth unfold. It was brutal from Cal, but Jakob did just get roasted couple of times. He should have sucked it up and played harder.
Do you know around which part of the game it was?
Maybe when the dude missed a wide open layup…Jacob assumed he’d make it and just watched . Another vandy player got the rebound and made the second attempt at it. Jacob could’ve easily corralled it had he not assumed a make
Toppin ended up under the rim. Lack of situational awareness, which isn’t new for him.
Need guys who are either from or can play like they are from the "muck". Sick of these analytical thinkers. Get me some MF'ers who rip your arm off if you think you are getting a ball and want to talk **** after they kick your ***. Not apologize for not giving a crap about the game or being too in their own head to compete.
As far as I’m concerned, he can **** and fall backwards in it. He had a chance to warrior up and instead he bowed down…
More Eric Bledsoe.
Toppin has no instincts combined with a lack of natural competitiveness and here we are.
Not wanting to "offend" anyone, I'll just say you can tell he's the baby of the family. Coddled. Naturally gifted but....something is just missing. It's there for him to get if he committed to it, but hard to get that lock it in focus as you leave college. Especially when Pro Front Offices/Coaches will give him a simple assignment and if he can't do it, they don't give 2 ****s about his "mental state" or "confidence". It's do this or GTFOH.
He does seem to look around during the game for someone to tell him he done good.
Hating on players unheard of on this site. Get back to hating on Cal you pussies, and leave the kids alone. Everyone knows the players aren’t to fault they just play the games, shoot, rebound, shoot free throws, foul, get fouled, make turnovers, etc. Cal is to blame don’t lose the hate, you’re better than that.
He wouldn’t take **** from anyone. I thought Bledsoe was going to kill Tony Delks nephew when he played for Louisville.
Cal even told Delk you got the wrong one. That was like 20 seconds into the game.
Yeah. Not everyone. See the thread I made in March 2022 about how the current roster was going to have more issues than last years. And see the many people who agreed with that take.
Cal pumped this roster. The media bought in. People like you bought in. But I assure you, “everyone” did not think this was a top 5 roster.
I still don’t understand how losing Grady and Ty has equated to this much suck.
I went back to check. Cal literally said, "He'll kick your *** after the game. You got the wrong guy". And it was 8 seconds into the game.
I was at that game and I thought Rupp was going to explode before the game. I remember Cal saying after the game you don’t want to mess with Bledsoe.
Most of us thought Toppin was going to take this big leap, he’s been the biggest disappointment
As it turned out those 2 points were a pretty big deal
Right before halftime. Gave up the 3 in the corner, and then on the fast break he didn’t jump for the rebound. Ran past the rim and they got the put back to go up 1. Cal ripped his *** then Jacob pouted and left the huddle and wouldn’t join it. I was at the game watching it unfold. To add to this one of the walk ons was actively trying to get him back into the huddle and he would not join it. Kind of wild how he pouted but he played good in second half.
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Count me in that group. He’s had his moments but overall it just hasn’t materialized.
Good lord you suck so unbelievably consistently
Toppin is the epitome of what’s been missing. We don’t have a dog. Someone that will just bully their way to the basket in clutch time or to kill a run.
They're not "kids." The infantilization of these adults making a lot of money to play basketball is very weird.
Cal's been unable to put out an elite defensive team since 2019.
Toppin might have a point.
Toppin might have a point.
But see it is on Cal, he recruited and assembled said roster. A roster which everyone thought was top 5. I mean it’s flawed but much of the flaws are caused by our strategy.
I’ll give toppin a break because he’s been terrific for the better part of 2 months now and a LOT of guys played bad against vandy. I think this is an instant when “they’re not machines” would be fair. Not excusing the loss. Just trying to be reasonable.
His defense has not been terrific during that time period. His inability to guard has been a major factor in this team having double-digit losses.
That true. His defense has been unbelievably disappointing this year. No reason a guy that atbeltic shouldn’t be an all conference defender.
But i’d also argue his surge in the offensive side has helped us salvage the season. Until the vandy game he was averaging like 14/7/3 on 50/40 shooting splits in SEC play. And he has at least been rebounding on the defensive side of the ball.
I don’t understand why he’s so bad on defense. His first year here it looked like he was eventually going to be a stud on that end. He was the only guy we had that was able to do anything against Pippen’s kid.
He’s somewhat like Brooks in that he seems to lose focus for stretches.
If you listen to some of toppins interviews he does seem to have his head in the clouds a little. So he may just not have it between the ears to be a great defender because you really do have to focus on that side of the ball.
The dude comes out and takes responsibility, something many on here will say players or Cal should do more often, and most of the comments are how terrible he is. When in fact he's been one of the best players on the team for the last month and we wouldn't have won some of those games without him being that good.
I get being disappointed in a player, especially when they have so much potential. But there's really no reason to just bash and bash. At least he's taking ownership.
I get being disappointed in a player, especially when they have so much potential. But there's really no reason to just bash and bash. At least he's taking ownership.
Yeah, the bashing of players has gotten out of hand. Criticism is legit but bashing never has been. I wish everyone had to put a pic and a real bio on this board to post. That would be interesting, wouldn't it?