Stop recruiting Larry Bird
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Well I’d add a few:
Convincing Jodie Meeks to stay.
2015, I don’t know what but I’d change something
Billy G.
I'll add one more, and then I'll shut up.
- Me making a list of UK Basketball regrets on the eve of the first basketball season that I've looked forward to in a long time.
WTF was I thinking? Just an absolutely horrible post which I now have to own.
All I can do is apologize.
- Me making a list of UK Basketball regrets on the eve of the first basketball season that I've looked forward to in a long time.
WTF was I thinking? Just an absolutely horrible post which I now have to own.
All I can do is apologize.
Tubby >>>>> Billy Donovan.
Show some respect.
Show some respect.
Something inconsequential I noticed was Pope’s warmup jacket had the Kobe logo on it rather than the Nike logo. I know the relationship was mentioned last year but I don’t remember seeing much of it.
Nate, is it just me or does fanatics kill the retail products way better than Panini? The Bowman Megas have been 
, and although the whole chrome basketball minus Wemby is mostly 
, knowing you can get that auto elevates it over and panini “exclusive retail foil lavender go go gadget parallel” garbage.
Perfect madness and a perfect fall day. I love this
. Go cats.
Perry will play and play well.
, and although the whole chrome basketball minus Wemby is mostly , knowing you can get that auto elevates it over and panini “exclusive retail foil lavender go go gadget parallel” garbage.Perfect madness and a perfect fall day. I love this
. Go cats.Perry will play and play well.
Perfect madness and a perfect fall day. I love this
Perry will play and play well.
Wodie won't get this, but this line from the rock anthem "Stonehenge" popped into my head when I read this.
Where the banshees live and they do live well
Where a man is a man,
And the children dance
To the Pipes of Pan.
And the children dance
To the Pipes of Pan.
Yes, retail went fromNate, is it just me or does fanatics kill the retail products way better than Panini? The Bowman Megas have been
Perfect madness and a perfect fall day. I love this
Perry will play and play well.
to the better value.I know baseball doesn’t want to compete with college football but having a game 5 division winning game at 1pm seems terrible!
It was supposed to be tonight but they changed it due to weather and possibly because of not wanting to go up against the OSU game.
Partly due to his poor relationship with Cal and having some road games the same weekend.
You have a better time where it will draw some eyeballs?
- Being at UK during the Pitino years is something I will cherish forever. Just an amazing experience from going to Memorial for the ticket lottery to the games. I'm glad to say I've never hated the man.
- That was a masterpiece by SAE about UK football. Started going to games with my dad, one or two per year, in the late 70's and that instilled the fire that continues to burn.
You mean Rex going to Louisville instead of UK?
I’ll add not recruiting Lofton and J.R. VanHoose.
Wish Pel could be more involved here. He might be a good GM someday or assistant coach when he’s done being a head coach. I’d argue he loves this place more than any player we’ve ever had.
SAE penned a modern day tome that I believe resonates with most of the Faithful. I lost my mom and dad three years ago, and every fall my mind lingers back to attending games with my dad when we had season tickets. The difference with my dad was he grew up so poor he never had much opportunity to develop a fandom in his youth, but he sure loved going to games. I witnessed my fair share of gut punches at Commonwealth, but in hindsight that’s only background noise compared to the times we spent together.
Respect knucks and a head nod to SAE from a 20 year lurker.
Respect knucks and a head nod to SAE from a 20 year lurker.
Jay…
I genuinely mean this with all due respect, admiration, and even a bit of awe…
Who TF are you?
I know you won’t tell us anyway, but joking aside, always appreciate your insider basketball updates (which check at a pretty aggressive clip).
I genuinely mean this with all due respect, admiration, and even a bit of awe…
Who TF are you?
I know you won’t tell us anyway, but joking aside, always appreciate your insider basketball updates (which check at a pretty aggressive clip).
Coach Kalen gonna get the Curry treatment after this abortion.
More eyeballs? Maybe not but if you aren’t getting more anyway then keep it at night.
IMO
Just pulled brisket burnt ends off the egg. I mean…. Epic.
Things went great with Acaden Lewis from all accounts. I’ll think we’re the heavy favorite barring something wonky happening with UCONN. He could commit anytime between next week and sometime in November.
Jayden Johnson from Trinity (26 class) was the only other recruit there because there’s a team USA junior team minicamp going on in Colorado.
We seem to still lead for Caleb Wilson too but that situation is more fluid than Lewis’. Mikel Brown and Cenac are still in play but seem to be back up plans to Lewis/Wilson. That’s wild given they are both top 10 kids and Pope already has them as essentially back up plans.
Ament is one to watch too and I think it’s a good thing he’s not committing soon. He’d be a great fit and hopefully him having time to watch Pope’s offense here will help make up ground with him.
Re Tubby and Donovan.
I think there is no way on earth Billy wins a championship with the 98 team. Just don't think he was ready. Long term Billy would be the guy but Tubby was actually kicking the **** out of Billy with Bogans and company which actually contributed to Billy's 2 championships. I believe he said they weren't setting out to build a team that won a national championship, they were building a team to beat Kentucky. The fact he got those A-holes to come back for a second run was just a slap in the face during Tubby's decline.
I think there is no way on earth Billy wins a championship with the 98 team. Just don't think he was ready. Long term Billy would be the guy but Tubby was actually kicking the **** out of Billy with Bogans and company which actually contributed to Billy's 2 championships. I believe he said they weren't setting out to build a team that won a national championship, they were building a team to beat Kentucky. The fact he got those A-holes to come back for a second run was just a slap in the face during Tubby's decline.
jayroon has been around forever and started giving insider stuff just recently. I just assumed he subscribed to Trilly’s Discord.
NOT ready to welcome Pitino back. He did a lot of vile **** and really but a black eye on his legacy. I mean, the **** he did at Louisville just simply can't be over looked. If another school brought back a former coach who had Pitino's past, you guys would crucify the school and fanbase. Hell look at Bobby Petrino. He didn't do as bad of **** Pitino did. Sorry, not to **** on last night, just stated facts. Pitino should NEVER be welcomed back to Rupp. He is a disgraced piece of **** with a very bad moral compass. I appreciate everything he did at UK, but after he left and the **** he did, nope, not welcome IMO.
Hot take : This the least athletic team at UK in years. Better hope we hit a ton of 3's
Hot take : This the least athletic team at UK in years. Better hope we hit a ton of 3's
Lurked for years and incessantly have read every single word of every post for well over 10 years (partly due to OCD I’d venture to guess) so have always been a big fan of this thread.
Trilly is a good source but there are some other newer UK sports ventures I’ve found really useful recently too (and IMO are better than HOB and KSR+).
Have some friends who have worked in local sports media and have a booster that’s a good friend. They helped me find out stuff before the general public knew like Cal leaving/Kanter news, etc.
I chose to post that stuff here out of respect/admiration for/of you guys and I think this is a great medium for intelligent UK sports discussion (which is hard to find). I don’t regularly post anywhere.
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Bleed Blue Network, Locked on Kentucky, Here Comes the Boom
I can get good info from the Leach show or Cutler show from time to time too.
No, I don’t think he was invited there. He might be too old for that junior national team, he’s 19 already.
Rick may be full of ****… but I’ll eat a big blue solo cup of it every time.
Almost seems like that pic is a photo shopped meme of L's down. Crazy
-Pope will get at least one championship as a coach. Par for course all you have to do is stay sober and we will give you one.
- Is Rick really that great of a bench coach? Cal and Rick both had the unquestionable best teams in the nation when they won. Rick winning one at another school raises him above Cal.
-Can Pope win without having to have the hands down best team in the Nation? Tubby did it but that team was built on winning before him.
-Pope can be on another level if he can win 2 titles.
-With Pope we won't have to worry about humility, work ethic, or sobriety.