Vanderbilt to Draft
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I explained my opinion really clearly. If you don’t comprehend it that’s on you. No real shocker. If he’s just testing the waters in a strategic manner for the future that’s great. I’ll admit that if it turns out to be true. My point is that he’s a HUGE risk and in no way ready to go. Like 50% of this board I’m a UK fan first and hope the players kick *** when their time comes. His time has in NO WAY come. We’ll have to wait and see if he’s being smart or taking the slow boat to China. He may be doing the right thing but he’s not a proven commodity by any means and I’d like to see him help UK in the future..... not some bottom dweller NBA team. Just my opinion and I’m entitled to it.
If next years tournament run ends like this season or worse cal will be out. No way do our fan base put up with the turnover and no championships. It’s lose lose for us the fan and honestly we are the only thing that matters. We fill rupp, we are responsible for Tv revenues, BBN is the program. UK makes coaches great not vice versa and our fanbase is what makes our program great our history of expectations. It won’t matter what cal did 5 years ago his system is broke and if he is as stubborn as he looks right now he will have 2 years left tops.
With that said maybe all those guys return. In that case the situation changes but I’ll tell you right now there are some important people to the program who are very skeptic right now.
With that said maybe all those guys return. In that case the situation changes but I’ll tell you right now there are some important people to the program who are very skeptic right now.
If that's the case then we are not the top program like we say we are. All it takes is the right coach being the right fit. We made two bad hires after Pitino that set us back but we were doing quite well under Prick. Even Joe B and Eddie Sutton did pretty well for the most part besides when the bottom fell out on Sutton. You all act like we were bottom feeders before Cal.
How many of you would forego the last 3 yrs of college, if there was this job fair with all the top companies in your field, CEO, vice president, heads of human resources. If invited you get to show your ability within said industry, how well you fit in their culture, and don't need a mastery of the info but show a grasp of the knowledge but also show that you have the potential for mastery. After attending, you get an honest review where you stand, what are your strengths, what weaknesses that you need to work on. Ect. ,If you don't like what you here you can return no problems...actually your mentor thinks it's a great idea to go to show you how ' measure up' to industry Norms...would you attend or not?
Apply this to any field hypothetically, if med schools did this, law schools, business schools etc, I know that it doesn't exist, use imagination
Apply this to any field hypothetically, if med schools did this, law schools, business schools etc, I know that it doesn't exist, use imagination
Guys, get a life! If you get upset because some basketball player is not going to come back to UK, after his Freshmen year, you've got a problem, much bigger then anyone on this site can cure. I guarantee you that UK will put a team on the floor next year, and they will probably do as well, or better then the team did last year.
I think it's hilarious how some of you get so upset over basketball.
OLD STOLL FIELD GUY!
I think it's hilarious how some of you get so upset over basketball.
OLD STOLL FIELD GUY!
My hypothetical could pretain to our team now. It could be a reality as PJ and Vandy are hurt. This is a fine line we cannot win with if we end on the wrong side of decisions.
I don’t base my identity on a game either but it’s equally pitiful how upset some get at anyone criticizing something. There’s far more people upset about someone not being a sunshine pumper 24/7 as opposed to people upset with the system.
Life doesn’t change one iota except increase or decrease interest and time.
Sometimes we get a liiiiiiiiiittle to riled up about what a teenager most of us will never meet does.
As far as the fan base not tolerating this....lmao. running off a HOF coach for finishing sweet 16 with no JUNIORS, much less seniors is a stretch even for us as a fan base.
As far as the fan base not tolerating this....lmao. running off a HOF coach for finishing sweet 16 with no JUNIORS, much less seniors is a stretch even for us as a fan base.
It has been so ridiculous that Cal has won 4 consecutive SEC tournaments. How dare he do that with a bunch of one and dones.
How dare Cal win 4 consecutive SEC tournaments with a new roster every year.
I bet you $100 that if we only make it to the S16 next year Cal will NOT be fired.
Venmo or Paypal
SEC tournaments? Really? That's what you're hanging your hat on? Wow. You've convinced me we're worse off than I thought.
How dare Cal win 4 SEC tournament championships in a row with all these one and dones. Let's see there are 13 other SEC teams and some of them with no one and dones. Our fans will never put up with winning SEC championships with a new roster every year or beating Louisville 90% of the time. This must stop.
Joe B:
13 Years
1 Title, 1 Runner Up, 3 Final Fours
Cal:
9 Years
1 Title, 1 Runner Up, 4 Final Fours
Dean Smith was at North Carolina 36 years and won 2 championships. How did North Carolina fans put up with that incompetence.
It’s always been about money. No out of state kid ever fantasized about being a great Kentucky player. Even then it was “what can the University do for me?”
Yeah but I doubt Cal never wins another title while at UK with the way things are going and UK fans are all about national championships not sec champs. I don’t think Cal will be fired, but he will see the writing on the wall and eventually step down if he’s no longer successful.
No longer successful. He has done more at UK than any other coach in the last 40 years.
How about arguably the most successful run in school history with multiple FF’s, a title and a runner up along with more tournament wins than any other program?
Hey, remember before Cal got here and we had 3 titles in over half a century ?
Remember when Cal has more / as many FF’s in 9 years here than we had the previous several decades combined?
Is that enough to hang our hats on?
Look, I’m frustrated too but let’s not diminish the AMAZING run and success we’ve had the last 9 years
Most of these idiots are not real fans.. and the ones that are just aren't very smart. Every player in the world should apply for the draft to see where they stand. It's free and they risk nothing. I'm sure our "fans" wouldn't want their kid to apply though.. They're Kentucky boys right? They'd only play for the glory of the casual fans not for their families futures,...
The NBA will eventually change the the rule, he'll adapt like the other coaches and the OAD debate will be over.
It’s already been 3 years since a final four. If he fails to reach another one in four to five years, fans are going to want him gone, and he will eventually step down like tubby did. Not saying that will happen or that I want it to happen, but a 7 year drought with no final fours would not sit well with fans.
Name ONE important person to the program skeptical of Cal.
Just one.
As I have stated before, assuming you are a fan, you may be one of the least informed posters here.
And now you want us to believe that you have contacts with “some very important people to the program”?
Again provide names, if they are so important im sure that have no idea who you are.
Give us the names and I can promise you that I can confirm or deny with them what you have stated.
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Before Cal got here we hadn’t been to a FF in almost 15 years ... 3 titles in half a century ...
Now 3 years removed from a 38-0/ FF team is “to long?”
@Wildcats1st is channeling UL fans when they promised to “go to the right people in the NCAA about Cals cheating”
Damn Rondo, 5 Years?
We are also one year from a last second buzzer beater from going to our 5th FF.
If we haven’t been to a FF in the next 5 years I agree we need to change things up.
I’m saying if he goes another 4 or 5 years without a final four, fans will get pissed. That would be 7 to 8 years without a final four. His seat would be boiling hot.
That’s what I’m saying. 4 or 5 more years without a final four would be time to change things up. It’s really hard to win big with an all freshman team, so somethings gotta change here in the next couple of years.
All in the first half of his tenure came cals success. You will always down play the value to the community the team plays. Fans are willing to sacrifice turnover for titles but when it’s turnover and mediocre teams it’s not going to last I’m sorry but you know it.