Thanks for posting that.
Eh, I'm not going to attack him for saying what he said. Essentially all it means is he's blocking the outside noise, which is what he should do. He can't get into what we have to say, I get that.
But, how long is he going to pound his head against the wall to pad his NBA draft numbers? This looks exhausting.
Just keep in mind, it will take years for him to stop this train and move in a different direction. He can't change the state of this program on a dime, you pumpers need to understand that. It will take years to change it and that’s if he decides to change it, which I doubt he'll do.
Well stated- it’s not even his comments today really. It’s the entire culture shift of the program and lackluster play the last few seasons along with a revolving door of players. Apathy basically.
Not to mention shaming damn near the entire fan base while making more $ in 1 single game than many in life making in an entire lifetime. Preaching and pandering cringe blm (violent Marxist organization- nice sentiment- evil organization) and talking down to average folks (white and black) while making a gazillion $ a year. Talking about how much pRiVlAgE folks in KY have? One of the poorer states in the nation lol? Gotcha...
He comes across as a phony. He doesn’t “help generational poverty” with each and every one of these kids. In fact how is that not racist? Just because most of these kids we recruit are black doesn’t mean they’re dirt *** poor lol. Majority of these guys have dope *** Nike and UA gear, get to travel the country and live just fine. Being “poor” doesn’t mean “omg it’s so horrible! Generational poverty!” A ton of these guys lived better lives growing up than many of us but since they’re black cal thinks it’s helping “ghetto kids” get out of generational poverty.
He has no idea what actual generational poverty in the black community is- none at all.
He’s a typical white leftist and projects his own racism onto others. I lost a lot of respect for him over the summer. He bended the knee.
And before anyone says “don’t bring politics into it!” I didn’t. He did. All of college basketball/football did. It’s left a sour taste in many fans mouths (white and black) which is why you saw absolutely absurd declines in ratings for the NBA playoffs and NBA finals this year. Some of the worst in the history of the sport.
Edit- despite all this I still like Cal and I’m not ready to necessarily fire him yet. I will always always always be grateful to him for literally reviving our program overnight. He was the perfect match at the perfect time and he made being a UK fan insanely fun again for quite a few years but it’s becoming clear that he needs the absolute best of the best along with at least some marginal players coming back to have consistent good seasons and deep runs. Both of which have been lacking the last several years.
