Cal and Perry
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Well I’ve stood next to him and he is legit 6’1 if that matters. There are plenty 6’1 guards playing D1 basketball. The team that just won the national championship had some guards very similar to Perry. And that program recruited Perry and wanted him badly.
IMO he didn’t like the attention they got and fans (sometimes unrealistically) calling for them to get more playing time .
I respect that, he may be the exception to the rule. It’s just gonna take him some time to acclimated to the size and speed of SEC athletes. I’m sure he has the talent, by all accounts he’s a hooper.
Players like him do need to be in a system that will get them shots though. imo. But I am terrible at projecting how players translate from high school to college, lol .
I don't think he "had anything against KY boys". I think he didn't want non-5* guys, or at least non-4*+ guys (which IMO was a mistake). And very few KY boys are 4* or 5* players.
And if you look at the KY Mr Basketball winners since 1990, 8 out of 34 went to UK, and Cal recruited half of those 8 (4) over 15 recruiting classes (and did not pull the offer to a 5th, Hood, when he arrived). That means the other 19 seasons, Pitino, Tubby and BCG offered the other 4 winners. So that supports that he didn't bring in fewer top KY players less than his more recent predecessors.
I think this is true. Look at all though KY boys who went to Vandy over the years, often not good enough to initially come to UK, but by their JR year were contributing significantly at Vandy. Other schools too. Lofton is the best example. But when they are lacking size or quickness, it just lowers their chances of success at the college (P5) level, but it does not mean all of them won't succeed.
I've always liked bringing in some "flawed players", guys who are undersized at their position, or not quite at athletic as others, because those are the ones more likely to be there 4 years, and there is only one way to get that level of maturity and experience those guys can add to a team. Guys like Chuck Hayes, Ulis (even though he left after 2 years), and others.
He's a savy scorer who knows how to get to spots to score and great touch to make shots when he does. He'll have to adjust to the college game where open spots are very small and the time for release even smaller but he is built to do just that and will be a really good college player whether he stays here of goes somewhere else in the future.
Yep drove Cal crazy. Looked it as simple minded emotional fan stuff.
Thanks, first time I heard that and if true I question Perrys intelligence. I wonder why Cal didn't just tell him he didn't want him, he had no problem not recruiting Noah
This is spot on! Perry would play for Kentucky no matter the coach. They are delusional and they lie about everything!
That dude in the video is quite a clown.
As for Perry, Cal offered him when he was a sophomore. Cal never told Perry he wouldn’t play him.
Where do people get this nonsense?
Cal even told Perry he could go to Arkansas.
The Perrys have a problem with Pope. Not Cal.
As for Perry, Cal offered him when he was a sophomore. Cal never told Perry he wouldn’t play him.
Where do people get this nonsense?
Cal even told Perry he could go to Arkansas.
The Perrys have a problem with Pope. Not Cal.
I agree, he will probably win 5 or 6 championships down at the local YMCA.
I am sure folks could scour the board for plenty of bad takes from yourself and depending on context he is still a baller. To even be recruited at a high level d1 let alone play for any is quite an achievement. I will admit thats not how I was saying it I just thought he has a lot of similar traits to Reed but obviously not as high of a level. I may be overly optimistic at times but to dig that up and to try to use against me just seems silly.
His system sucks! It took UMASS to final four, took Memphis to a national championship game, and Kentucky to 12 NCAA Tournament appearances, resulting in one national championship, four Final Fours, and seven Elite Eight appearances in 15 years. I hope Pope's system fails this bad.
The worship for players just because they are from KY on this board has always been bizarre to me. I value those that excel while playing at UK and win things that matter. We can have a whole team of guys from Alaska and Hawaii but idc if we win a title or make a final four.
Perry had/has such a big fan club. Some people on here hope he scores 30 today (don't laugh lol) just so they can talk smack about Pope not keeping him here. Perry chose to leave, not on Pope. He has also not done any better at ole miss.
Perry had/has such a big fan club. Some people on here hope he scores 30 today (don't laugh lol) just so they can talk smack about Pope not keeping him here. Perry chose to leave, not on Pope. He has also not done any better at ole miss.
I’m sure they could as well. But the Reed - Perry stuff was a bad take from the jump.
Also I didn’t dig it up. Someone else bumped the thread I just read it for the first time
Snow gonna start coming down in Lexington a little bit after Perry drops 25 on Pope.
Perry not dropping 25 today, at least I hope the hell not. And would bet a good chunk, that he doesn't. If Kentucky lets that happen, we don't deserve to win the game.
Some on this board wanted Dontaie Allen to return after he hit the portal this summer. He averaged 7 ppg with 31% from beyond the arc on a horrible Wyoming squad last season. Given the obsession with in-state players, some fans should just be Transylvania fans.
I actually feel sorry for the kid. I am sure he really wanted to have a good showing and let that affect his game. Good luck to him in the future as long as he isn't playing the Cats.
He should have stayed at Kentucky. He’s never going to get much run but at Ole Miss he will be forgotten the day he stops playing. Oh well. He made his choice.
I’m not mad at him or anything, but leaving Kentucky was his choice. I don’t feel bad that he laid a goose egg today.
Holy thread revival! I haven’t read 2026 posts but I was thinking during the game why did Perry transfer to Old Miss? I understood perfectly if he wanted to play but unless I’m missing something he isn’t getting many more minutes than he had here. His decision now doesn’t seem like it has worked out.
And the way he is playing I doubt Ole Miss will have much interest in bringing him back next season. He will be recruited over and will likely need to move to a non-power conference if PT is his goal.
He could have stayed here and probably had some great networking for life. Not sure that will be so in Oxford.
The boos clearly rattler him and he was brick city. Unlike the majority I have 0 issue with the boos. He is a paid mercenary and a professional athlete n my view.
Nothing wrong with rooting for the local kid to succeed, but we get a lot of armchair scouts who either don’t realize or just choose to ignore that high school basketball in Kentucky is generally pretty poor quality when compared nationally and that dominating there doesn’t necessarily translate at the next level.
I’m sure Perry is a terrific shooter in an open gym and may even be able to hold his own at a lower level of college competition, but he’s neither big enough to shoot over anyone nor quick enough to create space for himself at the high D1 level. That’s fairly obvious after seeing him play now for two different teams and coaches in the SEC.
I agree. He made his choice, he could have stayed at Kentucky and developed and possibly been a contributor and a hometown hero as an upperclassman. But classic case he and his daddy thought he was better than he is and it’s probably going to cost him in the long run. It’s his decision and he’ll probably regret it but he’s just another opponent now. I won’t root for him more than any other opponent.
If he really wants to play, Murray State or Western Kentucky next year.
