Rupp Rafters Meltdown

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jhawks99 wrote: Mon Dec 19, 2022 9:11 am https://kentucky.forums.rivals.com/thre ... it.381636/

Dude is loosing it.
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A special kind of comedy
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I swear to God, while I have KCrim on my keyboard, I will act like this is the most important sports blog ever.
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Just perused the UK boreds. Holy shit! Special kind of comedy is an understatement.

Them fans is ready to grab the pitchforks and chase Cal outta Lexington.
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https://kentucky.forums.rivals.com/thre ... ll.379262/

Good stuff in here. They want scott drew.

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They’ve latched themselves to everything Cal which has always been slimy.

They’ll have to pay a lot for change and be prepared to loose out on another expensive draft, I mean recruiting, class to possible transfer.
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I will always maintain I don’t think Cal has ever been a good in game coach but one of the best salesmen in the NCAA.

This got him the best keeds you can get. And he had a great system where he wouldn’t get caught paying them big bucks. But now everyone can do it without fear of getting caught so his advantage isn’t nearly what it used to be.
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Cal only cares about the ranking of each player he recruits as opposed to how the player would potentially fit his preferred outdated style of play.
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Someone should do a welfare check on Illannoy
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I think Cal has heen better at deflecting blame than any other coach. Even when he seems to take responsibility, he always couches it with blaming himself for believing the kids were ready.
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pdub wrote: Sun Jan 08, 2023 4:42 pm I will always maintain I don’t think Cal has ever been a good in game coach but one of the best salesmen in the NCAA.

This got him the best keeds you can get. And he had a great system where he wouldn’t get caught paying them big bucks. But now everyone can do it without fear of getting caught so his advantage isn’t nearly what it used to be.
Well Nike decided that Duke was more profitable for them than Kentucky was so all the top guys started to go to Duke.
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NewtonHawk11 wrote: Mon Jan 09, 2023 7:57 am
pdub wrote: Sun Jan 08, 2023 4:42 pm I will always maintain I don’t think Cal has ever been a good in game coach but one of the best salesmen in the NCAA.

This got him the best keeds you can get. And he had a great system where he wouldn’t get caught paying them big bucks. But now everyone can do it without fear of getting caught so his advantage isn’t nearly what it used to be.
Well Nike decided that Duke was more profitable for them than Kentucky was so all the top guys started to go to Duke.
Poor Cal had to go from 10 straight classes ranked in the Top 2 to a Top 5 class in 2022. The horror.
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Man, if Cal and UK get run by 20 plus again, Cal better fake a "K" like back injury.
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Overlander wrote: Sun Jan 08, 2023 8:53 pm Someone should do a welfare check on Illannoy
I am doing well.


I couldn't care less about Cal.


It's interesting though. Last week when assessing the coaching ability of Chris Beard I was harsher than many, likely because I have never liked him. I think Cal gets a bit of that as well. He's hard to like, especially if he isn't on "your" team. I think his in game coaching gets graded harder than most others because it's hard to argue with his recruiting ability.

I think Calipari is a top 5 coach in college basketball.
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ousdahl wrote: Sun Jan 08, 2023 3:14 pm Just perused the UK boreds. Holy shit! Special kind of comedy is an understatement.

Them fans is ready to grab the pitchforks and chase Cal outta Lexington.
At least they only owe him (checks notes) like $100mm.
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Yeah it's like $50M. Just absurd. They made the deal with the devil, now they gotta live with it.
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He'll regret building the team around Tshiebwe in this era.
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CrimsonNBlue wrote: Mon Jan 09, 2023 10:26 am He'll regret building the team around Tshiebwe in this era.
Agree.

You can do it, but Tshiebwe isn't Dok.
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Zach Edey eyeroll.
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