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re: Are primma donna 5* Kentucky players destroying UK basketball program?
Posted on 3/1/14 at 6:49 pm to Monticello
Posted on 3/1/14 at 6:49 pm to Monticello
Don't you know these "hotshots" that Cal recruits to UK almost all have agents that demand they don't pass the ball? They want individual stats to pad the NBA resume...sad. One and done...WTG Calipari.
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Posted on 3/1/14 at 6:49 pm to austingator
He must've really loved those two NIT team after Horford and Co. then.
Posted on 3/1/14 at 6:49 pm to thesoccerfanjax
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It's not a "model". It's called going after the best players in the nation...and getting them. Billy D would love to have Cal's "model" but he isn't able to.
Dude...no. Donovan won with solid talent he could keep on campus long enough to develop as a team. His current team is actually not that talented, but he is a top 3 coach in America.
Posted on 3/1/14 at 6:54 pm to Monticello
Yes he did. He loved and developed Chandler Parsons, and I think he is doing pretty well.
Posted on 3/1/14 at 6:58 pm to Monticello
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Dude...no. Donovan won with solid talent he could keep on campus long enough to develop as a team. His current team is actually not that talented, but he is a top 3 coach in America.
My post went over your head. All the coaches at big programs are going for these guys. The thing is they can't get them like Cal can.
Posted on 3/1/14 at 7:00 pm to austingator
Enjoyed those Final Fours since then too I take it?
Posted on 3/1/14 at 7:15 pm to austingator
We recruited Dakari as well. I'm sure we would've taken the Harrisons and Young had they been interested.
That's not the point, though.
Cal has always said he'll take talent over experience, and he's built his recruiting strategy around that belief. UK's taken a few four-year players over the past few classes so it looks like he's adapting.
That's not the point, though.
Cal has always said he'll take talent over experience, and he's built his recruiting strategy around that belief. UK's taken a few four-year players over the past few classes so it looks like he's adapting.
Posted on 3/1/14 at 7:32 pm to BluegrassBelle
I've enjoyed three EE in a row, and watching our players play like a team. Watching them develop is priceless. Give me a Patric Young over any Bradley Beal. And I love Bradley Beal.
Belle, enjoy your #1 preseason team dominance. Cal is the best isn't he?
Belle, enjoy your #1 preseason team dominance. Cal is the best isn't he?
Posted on 3/1/14 at 7:35 pm to austingator
Well I've seen an Elite Eight, a Final Four, and a National Championship. You can have your Elite Eights and tennis lessons. 
Posted on 3/1/14 at 7:54 pm to BluegrassBelle
You forgot your NIT and Robert Morris 
Posted on 3/1/14 at 7:55 pm to austingator
It's easy to do when looking at all those banners.
Posted on 3/1/14 at 8:00 pm to austingator
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You forgot your NIT and Robert Morris
They lost their best player that year. Not many teams could imagine having much success losing a guy like Noel.
He was the most dominate defensive player in the country. You don't just plug a guy in and expect to be that good, especially considering the depth they had.
Posted on 3/1/14 at 8:23 pm to RTR America
And she conveniently forgets theirs apparently.
But this is the same girl who said Anthony Davis wouldn't even be the best big man in the SEC.
But this is the same girl who said Anthony Davis wouldn't even be the best big man in the SEC.
This post was edited on 3/1/14 at 8:24 pm
Posted on 3/1/14 at 9:01 pm to BluegrassBelle
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BluegrassBelle
Are primma donna 5* Kentucky players destroying UK basketball program?
Well I've seen an Elite Eight, a Final Four, and a National Championship. You can have your Elite Eights and tennis lessons.
Belle, we will take our three straight Elite 8s and be content that our coach wont put up with players agents breathing down his back at every turn and would sit a hotshot down if he didn't learn to play as a team...don't you know we have a frosh now who is riding the pine learning the Donovan way? That's why Donovan is the best.
Posted on 3/1/14 at 9:03 pm to reel_gator8
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Belle, we will take our three straight Elite 8s and be content that our coach wont put up with players agents breathing down his back at every turn and would sit a hotshot down if he didn't learn to play as a team...don't you know we have a frosh now who is riding the pine learning the Donovan way? That's why Donovan is the best.
Cal has only missed the elite eight twice in the last 8 seasons.
Posted on 3/1/14 at 9:16 pm to thesoccerfanjax
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It's not a "model". It's called going after the best players in the nation...and getting them. Billy D would love to have Cal's "model" but he isn't able to
There is such a thing as too much of a good thing in college b-ball. When you have a team full of high potential players with designs on going to the league in a year, you get a bunch of folks just looking out for themselves with no interest in developing their skills. Can't win a championship like that, no matter how many 5* athletes you have.
Posted on 3/1/14 at 9:21 pm to RTR America
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Cal has only missed the elite eight twice in the last 8 seasons.
So you wouldn't trade that National Championship or Final Four for two Elite Eights either?
Posted on 3/1/14 at 9:53 pm to RTR America
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Cal has only missed the elite eight twice in the last 8 seasons.
He's also had two Final Fours vacated at two different schools.
Posted on 3/1/14 at 9:58 pm to BamaDude06
All 5 stars don't come into the program not needing coaching. They are still raw. All do not improve at the same pace. Coach Cal will be all right.
Posted on 3/1/14 at 10:26 pm to Goldrush25
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There is such a thing as too much of a good thing in college b-ball. When you have a team full of high potential players with designs on going to the league in a year, you get a bunch of folks just looking out for themselves with no interest in developing their skills. Can't win a championship like that, no matter how many 5* athletes you have.
Oh and Kansas has more one and done guys this year, but everyone seems to have them slotted as a Final Four team
Duke will have 3 next year, but it is Coach K so everyone will give him a pass.
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