This is rule #1 to maintaining sanity with Cal as your coach. There are other rules, but this one is the most important.
Adou Thiero declares for draft
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Don't hate on the players. Blame grown people but not kids.
NIL has changed everything it's about dog eat dog now, no such thing as a blue blood school anymore.
EDIT Don't be delusional and think any different. Those players that Cal took with him went to KY for him not the school.
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Thiero met with Hubie Davis in Lexington before cal left iirc
If Knox was at uk the past 10 years, he would be gone! Really curious if the NIL will make that big of a difference? IMO he played better then anybody else on that team the last 4-6 weeks!
Yeah they must get Richmond and Knox back, DJ would be preferable for them as well but we all know Cal rarely gives a starting guard one year let alone two. Richmond and Knox were the type players that killed us. Huge upside In year 2 only to get not drafted and play in the G-League.
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Tried to warn their dumb asses. This is how CCC rolls. Mass exodus every year. The real season starts now for CCC as he prepares for the greatest night in Arkansas Basketball history this June.
If arkansas fans really thought he was coming back. They are absolutely insane. They darn lucky he even came there. And not the nba.
I wouldn't waste a pick on someone who can't shoot and falls down on every drive with a head snap like he'd been shot.
Ament should go anywhere in America besides Arkansas. Cal doesn’t do well with his type - the 3/4 wing.Its just easier to assume everyone is leaving. First few years I got hopes up too many times for players like teague to leave.
I am curious what he's gonna do with the roster situation. He might have a log jam at the guard spot so I'm curious what Wagner does.
No no. These “kids” are grown adults making millions now. They lost any right to be coddled or protected once they started getting paid.
He's going to be a solid NBA player for years. He's the best of the under the radar Cal guys. He will flourish in the league.
I just don't see any NBA taking him. He can't shoot and the only reason he scored what he did this year was because he drove to the basket out of control and got bailed out numerous times by very bad officiating. He will be playing overseas is my guess. It is nothing personal at all. The NBA is full of 6-6 6-7 guys, but most of them can make the outside shot.
Har har har. Pope wanted a clean slate. JQs dad even said he wished Pope would of contacted them last year. Enjoy cal he has been done for 6 years now.
Cal is nothing near the coach I would of went after but it was his friend the chicken man that footed the bill.
Our coach the Muss Bus was in about the same boat as Cal.
Fans had loss faith and he had burnt his relationship with the AD and boosters.
We did save yall about 30M on a buyout if he got fired.
My pick for a new coach would of been Grant McCasland.
Yeah his shot needs work but that aint gonna get any better in college and he's ready in every other way for the move up. Think this hurts the Hogs as he was tough to deal with this past year with his athletic ability and physicality along with his new agressiveness attacking the basket.
AAAANNNDDDD there it is!!
Welcome to what used to be our world for the past 5 years at UK.
We were stuck with Cal and there was NOTHING that we could do about it. Cal is a good recruiter, but there is a boatload of BS that comes with him, and nothing anyone can do about it, other than pay him.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for taking that headache away from us.
He'll get his 8 rotation players and fill the rest of the roster with buddies kids. That's all Cal wants to deal with for playing time. Notice how Arkansas got better when they had fewer players? Cal CANNOT manage a roster full of good players. He proved that in 2015.
He might stick around the G-League for a couple of years, but not NBA active roster material.
Problem with Kal is his players that are fringe 1st round or 2nd round go regardless and a lot like that never make it in the NBA.. They'll bounce around for couple so years in the G league then never to be heard from again.. He's put so many good players in the league that the tweeners feel like they have to go also.. That and he recruits over them yearly..
In years past Cal would run players like Knox and Richmond out. Just curious if with NIL he might change. If he would have held some guys like that here I think we would have done much better!!
No the best under the radar Cal player ever was SGA. Yeah he was a four star but still nobody expected him to be as an amazing in college or the pros as he is. Straight baller.
You would expect the marketing team at Arkansas to at least script a letter for him with proper grammar. Alas, tis not so.
He sure is fun to watch for OKC. Amazing the career he is having in the NBA. Leading scorer and 4th in steals.
Best part about Pope over Cal to me is being able to put together a roster and manage that roster. Cal just took "best available" player and would end up with glaring weaknesses and 4 guys with the exact same skill set. Then he had to manage 4 guys playing 2 positions when those 4 are top 6 on the team. LOL.
To be fair Adou is severely injury prone and his stock may never be higher than this year.
At Malone's during lunchtime no less.
Absolutely. You can tell soon as he left he changed his approach. No way z would've been at UK another year had cal not left.
Dj just doesn't have much choice but he also got screwed by cal last year when cal brought in davis and fland pushing dj off the ball. Dj is a decent pg now and they got way better once he went back to pg.
Did I take the wrong turn at Albuquerque. Thought this was a Kentucky board 
The history of UK basketball is just as important to discuss as the future.........Did I take the wrong turn at Albuquerque. Thought this was a Kentucky board
Especially if you are over 70.
We will have Wagner, Brazile, Knox and DJ back.
Acuff and Thomas coming in. Both top 10 in a loaded class.
Pringle and Ewin looks done.
1 more big and 1 shooter out of the portal.
Thats 10 plus the 6ft7 local wing that is being over looked.
We should be ready to rock and roll out of the gate next year.
Acuff and Thomas coming in. Both top 10 in a loaded class.
Pringle and Ewin looks done.
1 more big and 1 shooter out of the portal.
Thats 10 plus the 6ft7 local wing that is being over looked.
We should be ready to rock and roll out of the gate next year.
I'm sure you meant Richmond, but I just have a very hard time believing Knox will return. He was also a year older than his high school class so he'll be 20 at the time of the draft (9 days younger than Wagner). Plus he shot 43% on 3s in the second half of the season.
Yes Richmond and Knox is coming back and will be starting from day 1. Cal will be depending on two freshmen next year.
We need a shooter and one more big to back up Brazille. And apparently there is money left for them.
Keeping those 4 are huge.
He just had his best year by far, on draft boards, and has had a couple of injuries. Had nothing to do with leaving Fayetteville. If he didn't like his coach, he would not have followed him. Smart decision by him, I hope he sticks in the NBA. VERY poor mans D-Wade, same build, physical game, all round game. Obviously needs to work on the 3FG %. Wade wasn't a good 3 point shooter in college. Not saying he is in D-Wades league, but always reminded me of him watching him. Solid 2 way player who can pass, rebound, defend, as well as score.