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Yep. Every time we got close and had a stop, offensive rebound and 2 points. That plus us losing 75% of the loose balls, and that was it. Biggest group of pussies since 2013. Massive, and gaping.
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Seeking the Gold is Dennis Reynolds?
Angry, semi-drunk posting. Still, better typing than those pussies played.
Whether you like him or not, this team is only as good as Murray is. A bunch of role players and one really streaky scorer. That's our identity.
Thad Matta pretty much summed it up at halftime. He said he told them you gotta defend for the first ten seconds on defense, stop us in transition, if you do that you can win. He's right. Force us to run a half court offense, and we look very ordinary.
And I remember discussing earlier this year what kind of front court could beat us. The answers were UNC, maybe Gonzaga. The correct answer is to ask which frontcourts out there couldn't just absolutely destroy us? Are there any? There aren't many. We can't keep anyone off the boards. How did we beat Duke with Plumlee and Jefferson? I mean what would a team like Purdue or Cincinnati do to us? What's Louisville going to do on the glass? The most important player for this team coming into the season was Skal. He was critical to this team. And he's a bust. A complete blank. And guess what? Cal isn't gonna bench him because he has to get him developed and drafted. He either develops or we're toast.
The ultimate goal of any Kentucky season is to win a championship. We're in December and I already know that's not happening. Because we're not going six straight games in March without running into a semi-competent frontcourt. And the first one we run into? That's a wrap.
And I remember discussing earlier this year what kind of front court could beat us. The answers were UNC, maybe Gonzaga. The correct answer is to ask which frontcourts out there couldn't just absolutely destroy us? Are there any? There aren't many. We can't keep anyone off the boards. How did we beat Duke with Plumlee and Jefferson? I mean what would a team like Purdue or Cincinnati do to us? What's Louisville going to do on the glass? The most important player for this team coming into the season was Skal. He was critical to this team. And he's a bust. A complete blank. And guess what? Cal isn't gonna bench him because he has to get him developed and drafted. He either develops or we're toast.
The ultimate goal of any Kentucky season is to win a championship. We're in December and I already know that's not happening. Because we're not going six straight games in March without running into a semi-competent frontcourt. And the first one we run into? That's a wrap.
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-Other than Saul Smith, Skal Labissiere is my least favorite UK player ever. I cant stand to watch the guy play basketball. Those of you holding your breath for this guy to become a good player are wasting your time. For one, he doesnt have the motor or the will or desire to get better. Hes a *****. The thing he needs more than anything is strength, and hes not going to get stronger in the next 3 months. I honestly root for the guy to miss shots so he can get the f*^k off the floor and Cal will put someone else in. Skals is Aminu Timberlake. Hes that bad.
-Unless the Aussie is a very good player, things are going to get real dicey with this team. Its the worst interior team we've had here in quite some time. They are going to lose a lot of games, so we better come to grips with it. Any team with a pulse in the paint will give us huge problems. This is an 8-10 loss team. The problem is Im not sure there is a solution to fix our problems, short of Skal becoming Demarcus Cousins.
-Unless the Aussie is a very good player, things are going to get real dicey with this team. Its the worst interior team we've had here in quite some time. They are going to lose a lot of games, so we better come to grips with it. Any team with a pulse in the paint will give us huge problems. This is an 8-10 loss team. The problem is Im not sure there is a solution to fix our problems, short of Skal becoming Demarcus Cousins.
First game I've seen in person since the Wisky choke. Wish I'd stayed in Colorado with my new puppy. At least when it ***** all over the place, it's kinda cute still.
Days like today make me even madder about the Wisky game. I can tolerate years like 2013 when we are reloading after a national title. But dealing with this **** show after the biggest choke in UK history is a tough pill to swallow. Cal's system is fine - as long as he gets the job (job being a title) done when he has the deck stacked in his favor.
Bunch of pussies.
Days like today make me even madder about the Wisky game. I can tolerate years like 2013 when we are reloading after a national title. But dealing with this **** show after the biggest choke in UK history is a tough pill to swallow. Cal's system is fine - as long as he gets the job (job being a title) done when he has the deck stacked in his favor.
Bunch of pussies.
I honestly don't know how you marrieds stay married. I'm trying to find something sports related to engage the lass. After the New York dumpster fire we watched the E60 on Randall Cobb, and the kids with cerebral palsy and autism.... I'm trying to break her in on FNL and she's bucking...just not sure the relationship can last. If you're not down with coach Eric Taylor... Just not sure I can deal.
Clear eyes, full hearts...
Clear eyes, full hearts...
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Has anyone mentioned that UofL's best inside player - Mathiang - broke his foot late in today's blowout win? With our ****** rebounding, that could help.
They have two scorers we need to focus on. Probably means they'll shoot 23/27 combined.
They have two scorers we need to focus on. Probably means they'll shoot 23/27 combined.
If we don't go small soon, we're gonna lose a bunch of games. Willis *needs* to be on the floor to keep teams honest.
Ty Ty with his worst game as a Cat, IMO. Let's put that one past us, bubby.
Marcus Lee may be our best big but he's really not a good defender. Goes for head fakes, gives up position too easily, is slow to help and gambles too often weakside on stupid low percentage shots leaving a vacuum for easy offensive put-backs. Grief.
Matthews not getting any run? K.
Cal gonna go down with the Skal ship, y'all.
GO SMALL OR WE'RE TOAST? Sheeeit. Gotta be best version of yourself, fail faster, be shittyless, and refuse to lose, brah!!
Ty Ty with his worst game as a Cat, IMO. Let's put that one past us, bubby.
Marcus Lee may be our best big but he's really not a good defender. Goes for head fakes, gives up position too easily, is slow to help and gambles too often weakside on stupid low percentage shots leaving a vacuum for easy offensive put-backs. Grief.
Matthews not getting any run? K.
Cal gonna go down with the Skal ship, y'all.
GO SMALL OR WE'RE TOAST? Sheeeit. Gotta be best version of yourself, fail faster, be shittyless, and refuse to lose, brah!!
As I mentioned earlier, Cheick Diallo would've fixed every problem this team has. Would completely change this squad for the better. And he'd be averaging a double-double for this team as well.
And what's he doing instead? In a forty point blowout today Bill Self gave him ten minutes in which he scored 4 points and 3 big rebounds. Nice choice, you big dumb bastard.
And what's he doing instead? In a forty point blowout today Bill Self gave him ten minutes in which he scored 4 points and 3 big rebounds. Nice choice, you big dumb bastard.
In the game before that he played seven minutes and finished with two fouls. Bill Self hates Africans. Get pumped.
The fact that we are talking about Derek Willis being a difference maker really tells the whole story. Sweet Sixteen type team. 8-10 losses.
It is what it is.
Next year could be really good though! For real. So that's fun.
It is what it is.
Next year could be really good though! For real. So that's fun.
Spoken like a true amateur.
Getting your lass into sports is the absolute LAST thing you want. Sports is the best excuse to get time away. You really want her saying "but I thought you'd stay home tonight and watch the game with me"?
Learn married.
ulis ought to be back next year. silver lining.
pizza highlights?
driving to lexington today. will be around thru christmas.
louisville gonna push our mud in?
indifferent on star wars, but thoroughly excited for the big short. that book -- and everything michael lewis does -- is fantastic,
pizza highlights?
driving to lexington today. will be around thru christmas.
louisville gonna push our mud in?
indifferent on star wars, but thoroughly excited for the big short. that book -- and everything michael lewis does -- is fantastic,
Yeah, yesterday I kind of accepted the fact that this team is probably Cal's second worse team since being here. We are going to lose a lot of games, for a Cal lead Kentucky team that is...
This is the deal, right? With Cal's philosophy (which I'm fine with by the way) you're only as good as the next incoming class, and this year's class across the board was just kind of weak. No difference makers other than Simmons.
The silver lining is that our guard play is pretty good and we've seen some pretty "meh" teams (UConn) ride the back of streaky scoring guards who got hot in the tourney. So I haven't given up on making a deep run per se...but we certainly aren't the cream of the crop even in a down year for college bball.
It's still early, but yesterday was certainly frustrating. With Cal's teams in the past that have struggled, the primary reason was that he was breaking in almost an entirely new team. With Ulis, Poythress and Lee among the top six in the rotation- especially Ulis, I did not think this team would have quite the growing pains that they're experiencing. Add the rather easy win against Duke and it becomes even much more frustrating.
I just don't understand the logic of Calipari's substitution ahem, "patterns". Humphries bails us out against Duke by banging around and slowing down Plumlee 4.1 and is barely seen since. Willis has shot the ball as well as anyone on the team (tallest midget), played his *** off at UCLA and has barely played since. Matthews generally plays with energy and athleticism, has the potential to guard 3-4 positions and barely played yesterday. Mulder has shown nothing, is a shooter who can't shoot and he played during a crucial first half stretch yesterday.
Now we have Wynyard to throw in the mix. He will probably play 20 minutes against Louisville, grab 8 rebounds, score 10 points, hit all 4 of his FT's and we won't see him again for two weeks. I'd really love to see some semblance of a rotation develop over the next week or two.
Finally, just because Cal was able to build Towns post game over the course of the season, does not mean the same approach will work with Skal. Just look at them. Skal does not have Towns body. Skal does not have Towns understanding of the game. Teach him how to pick and roll. Teach him how to pick and pop. Teach him how to kick out of the post. Skal will make money playing basketball largely from what he can do from further than 5' from the basket. I don't know that I have ever seen a high level big man who is weaker with the ball. He brings it down to his waist, the defense collapses and nothing good ever happens.
Really looking forward to the SEC road this season. Refs swallowing whistles on drives and in the paint. Home teams coming off a 20 point blowout loss playing like the Globetrotters. Student sections remembering that yes Virginia, there is a basketball team. Third rate announcers getting "caught up in the moment" of the home team knocking off might Kentucky. Good times.
I don't know what to say, except it's Christmas and we're all in misery.
I just don't understand the logic of Calipari's substitution ahem, "patterns". Humphries bails us out against Duke by banging around and slowing down Plumlee 4.1 and is barely seen since. Willis has shot the ball as well as anyone on the team (tallest midget), played his *** off at UCLA and has barely played since. Matthews generally plays with energy and athleticism, has the potential to guard 3-4 positions and barely played yesterday. Mulder has shown nothing, is a shooter who can't shoot and he played during a crucial first half stretch yesterday.
Now we have Wynyard to throw in the mix. He will probably play 20 minutes against Louisville, grab 8 rebounds, score 10 points, hit all 4 of his FT's and we won't see him again for two weeks. I'd really love to see some semblance of a rotation develop over the next week or two.
Finally, just because Cal was able to build Towns post game over the course of the season, does not mean the same approach will work with Skal. Just look at them. Skal does not have Towns body. Skal does not have Towns understanding of the game. Teach him how to pick and roll. Teach him how to pick and pop. Teach him how to kick out of the post. Skal will make money playing basketball largely from what he can do from further than 5' from the basket. I don't know that I have ever seen a high level big man who is weaker with the ball. He brings it down to his waist, the defense collapses and nothing good ever happens.
Really looking forward to the SEC road this season. Refs swallowing whistles on drives and in the paint. Home teams coming off a 20 point blowout loss playing like the Globetrotters. Student sections remembering that yes Virginia, there is a basketball team. Third rate announcers getting "caught up in the moment" of the home team knocking off might Kentucky. Good times.
I don't know what to say, except it's Christmas and we're all in misery.
Not that team. They lost to the one who shoots 30% from three. We got the team who couldn't miss.
There were guys in the class who wouldve made us better, but we swung and missed. Diallo, Swanigan and a couple of others. Not one would be a cure-all with this bunch by any means. Hell if we dont land Murray (who isnt exactly consistent) in the 11th hour, we may not be a tournament team. He may score enough junk points so we scrap by until the season ends and he goes on and does whatever.
Not having anyone that can score on an entry pass to the post is inexcusable. Skal is obviously a just a random tall foreign kid. There is no basketball acumen there at all. Lee shows a rare occasional baby hook but for the most part if he makes an offensive move that isnt either a) dunk from a lob, or b) other dunk shot move- its a complete cluster- he just kind of takes up space too.
The ****** teams that made deep tourney runs had better mismatched parts than this team. There were better offensive options that made clutch plays down the stretch- and this team just doesnt have some key pieces. Its whatever.
Non basketball related news, I did acquire one of those Amazon Echo's last night. Its essentially a bluetooth speaker that answers to voice commands and im sure joey will kick my *** and make fun of me for even buying it but whatever- i ask it what the weather is, to tell me some jokes, and to control my lights in the house and it comes through. Entirely unnecessary and I think I'll really like it.
Not having anyone that can score on an entry pass to the post is inexcusable. Skal is obviously a just a random tall foreign kid. There is no basketball acumen there at all. Lee shows a rare occasional baby hook but for the most part if he makes an offensive move that isnt either a) dunk from a lob, or b) other dunk shot move- its a complete cluster- he just kind of takes up space too.
The ****** teams that made deep tourney runs had better mismatched parts than this team. There were better offensive options that made clutch plays down the stretch- and this team just doesnt have some key pieces. Its whatever.
Non basketball related news, I did acquire one of those Amazon Echo's last night. Its essentially a bluetooth speaker that answers to voice commands and im sure joey will kick my *** and make fun of me for even buying it but whatever- i ask it what the weather is, to tell me some jokes, and to control my lights in the house and it comes through. Entirely unnecessary and I think I'll really like it.
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Making some shots would cure a lot. It's not going to suddenly make us the favorites, but it will mask a lot of warts. I think that's why Willis has been such a lightning rod with this team. He is one of the few players who has shown the ability to hit outside jump shots. If we keep shooting 28% from 3, the rest of it is background noise because we aren't going anywhere.
A guard oriented team that can't shoot. Doesn't sound like a successful concept conducive to winning.
I met Skal at a UK football game. He's amazingly small and just has that total ***** look and vibe to him. I'd guess he had drawn a favorable match-up in an AAU tournament a coupe years ago and luckily for him had nagging injuries that hid him from criticism and he remained a hot commodity. He's actually old enough he should be ahead of the others and isn't.
If I was Skals people I would advise him to get a high ankle sprain after the next game he gets over 10 pts and 5 rebs and ride that mythical "upside" label into a draft pick and save his money wisely.
I met Skal at a UK football game. He's amazingly small and just has that total ***** look and vibe to him. I'd guess he had drawn a favorable match-up in an AAU tournament a coupe years ago and luckily for him had nagging injuries that hid him from criticism and he remained a hot commodity. He's actually old enough he should be ahead of the others and isn't.
If I was Skals people I would advise him to get a high ankle sprain after the next game he gets over 10 pts and 5 rebs and ride that mythical "upside" label into a draft pick and save his money wisely.
I think Willis could get more minutes as well- but yesterday he wasnt available at all so we cant really use that much in the argument. But honestly, even as a *better* shooter... shooting a few percentage points (32%) better than the awful team average (30%) probably wont be much of a difference maker. Will teams give him a bit more respect from 3 than they do Matthews/Briscoe/Poythress etc- maybe, but even if that improves spacing a bit- we've still been terrible in just about every offensive scenario. I think we're just in for a long season.
I do think this is Cal's second worst team since being at UK, however, I think it's more like the 2010-2011 team than the 2012-2013 team, which gives me a little hope. We just don't have someone inside that has a chip on their shoulder like Jorts did. We need someone to take on the roles of Jorts and Liggins. That team was just as thin inside as this one. Maybe Cal needs to tell one of them they are effing selfish like he did TJones that year.
Maybe yesterday Murray broke out of his slump and Ulis will follow suit. Get those two to 35-40% and we should be good enough to beat most of our remaining schedule. It would be nice for our guys to have a coming out party shooting it against Louisville. Let us have the uncharacteristic shooting performance against a rival for a change. -Mr. Optimism
Here's a thought. Let Briscoe initiate the offense more, move Ulis over to get him some set shots and have Murray running around out there like Ron Mercer or Jeff Sheppard hunting jump shots.
Forget which national guy broke down Ulis's shooting woes, but essentially he looked at his shot selection last year which was mainly set shots off skip passes or kickouts from the post. This year its off the dribble or a pass from the wing.
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