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re: Are Kentucky people getting restless?
Posted on 3/21/16 at 10:52 am to BluegrassBelle
Posted on 3/21/16 at 10:52 am to BluegrassBelle
As mentioned earlier, although talent doesn't win you championships in basketball (all it takes is one off game in the tournament and you are done) but Cal has his best recruiting class coming in next season and may just lose Poythress and Murray to the draft. That will certainly subdue any anxious fans.
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Posted on 3/21/16 at 10:56 am to shotcaller1
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There are only about five of you, and many more of us. Well maybe six during March.
And? The Aggie narcissism has reached some hilarious levels lately. Especially when you ask some Rantard BS about who cares about an 8-time National Champ because you reached your first Sweet 16 in decades.
Posted on 3/21/16 at 11:31 am to SummerOfGeorge
It is very hard to win with multiple freshman based teams every season.
Calipari has done a hell of a job.
The only thing UK fans should be pissed about is not winning it all last season.
That team had no business losing to Wisconsin.
Calipari has done a hell of a job.
The only thing UK fans should be pissed about is not winning it all last season.
That team had no business losing to Wisconsin.
Posted on 3/21/16 at 11:33 am to Larry
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I think that talent superiority gets you much farther in football than basketball.
Seriously? Look at the NBA. The same players win the finals every year. You generally have zero chance at winning an NBA title unless you have one of the 5 best players in the league.
This post was edited on 3/21/16 at 11:34 am
Posted on 3/21/16 at 11:35 am to SummerOfGeorge
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It isn't a fair comparison because the sports are so different, but the oft compared football version of Cal, Nick Saban, has 4 national championships in 9 years.
Football is a simpler game than basketball. A stacked-with-talent Bama football team is more likely to win a 4-team playoff than is a stacked-with-talent UK basketball team in a 68-team tournament.
Last year proves that. Bama had to play only two games within 11 days. UK played 5 games within 15 days. Basketball is an aerobic sport and players are more exhausted after a game.
Young players, even those with great talent, take longer to adjust to the faster-paced game of basketball when they transition to the college level, especially mentally. In today's one-and-done game there is far more pressure to mature faster.
That doesn't happen overnight for every player. Anthony Davis is the exception. Skal Labissiere is the norm.
That's not true in football. Talented freshmen have time to adjust to their new environment, depending on upper classmen to carry the load while they adjust.
Imagine a Bama football program rotating players in and out as fast as does the UK basketball program. They might be a tad more successful because of the less demanding requirements of football but the results would not be similar to what they are now for Bama.
Considering everything, I think Coach Cal is superbly matched to the college game as it exists today. Obviously, Saban is equivalently matched with college football.
Coach Cal has said he will retire from UK. I hope he has many more years with us. Having placed his son on the team, I think we're guaranteed at least four more years.
Posted on 3/21/16 at 11:50 am to Kentucker
Wooden won a million in a row. 1 out of 7 is piss poor even if you are right that it's slightly easier to win in football.
Posted on 3/21/16 at 11:52 am to boXerrumble
Posted on 3/21/16 at 11:54 am to BluegrassBelle
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And? The Aggie narcissism has reached some hilarious levels lately. Especially when you ask some Rantard BS about who cares about an 8-time National Champ because you reached your first Sweet 16 in decades.
Our recent levels of narcissism are only matched by the saltiness of your fanbase
Posted on 3/21/16 at 11:59 am to shotcaller1
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Our recent levels of narcissism are only matched by the saltiness of your fanbase
Aggie is way worse.
Posted on 3/21/16 at 12:00 pm to shotcaller1
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Our recent levels of narcissism are only matched by the saltiness of your fanbase
Posted on 3/21/16 at 12:00 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Nope.
Posted on 3/21/16 at 12:00 pm to thefloydian
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Wooden won a million in a row. 1 out of 7 is piss poor even if you are right that it's slightly easier to win in football.
Imagine one of the best coaches of all time getting the very best "four-and-dones" every year. 
Come on, man, that's the biggest aberration you could possibly throw into a statistical argument. It's such a statistical outlier that it should be called a miracle.
Posted on 3/21/16 at 12:01 pm to thefloydian
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Wooden won a million in a row. 1 out of 7 is piss poor even if you are right that it's slightly easier to win in football.
I've never really understood why some many people think Cal is such a big deal when he's only won one Final Four in his career. He might be the best recruiter ever, but you would think he would have won a few more championships
Posted on 3/21/16 at 12:04 pm to shotcaller1
I would certainly say aTm reaches the sweet 16 because UNI shite the bed, if we're being honest...and you fricks would has been salty if y'all lost that game.
Posted on 3/21/16 at 12:04 pm to jchamil
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I've never really understood college basketball.
FIFY
Posted on 3/21/16 at 12:05 pm to WildcatMike
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I would certainly say aTm reaches the sweet 16 because UNI shite the bed, if we're being honest...and you fricks would has been salty if y'all lost that game.
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Posted on 3/21/16 at 12:07 pm to WildcatMike
the combination of kentucky fans and calipari is among the all time whiniest group in the history of sports.
Posted on 3/21/16 at 12:08 pm to WildcatMike
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I would certainly say aTm reaches the sweet 16 because UNI shite the bed, if we're being honest...and you fricks would has been salty if y'all lost that game.
It takes two parties to make that comeback happen. Yes, UNI has to monumentally frick up, but we also have to execute perfectly, which we did.
So don't pull a chuck, and act like if we merely stood around with our hands in our pockets, the win still would have happened.
This post was edited on 3/21/16 at 12:09 pm
Posted on 3/21/16 at 12:11 pm to SECTXAg06
LOL, what? Have you've seen LGCS posts? That fricker jumped ship back in January.
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