Mintz returning?
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Okay, so what did your post accomplish?
Do you want to have a conversation, or do you just want to hurl insults?
We don't need another Bassfan or Baller.
Thanks to the Uber cal haters I accomplished nothin. I asked about as easy of a question as one could ask and you ding dongs screwed it up.
As far as the insults.....I’m here to talk some ball and talk some **** sometimes. If you can’t stomach talking **** then ignore me.
I don’t know who bass fan and baller is but I’d probably talk **** to them too
Next year's Kentucky basketball team will definitely be greatly improved. Next year's team will have some key elements our last team simply lacked. I am not saying we will win the NC, but we will make to the NCAA Tournament and at least the SS if not farther.
I'm up to talking ****, you definitely know that by now I would hope.
Baller and Bass would be your best friend's, until you said anything about Cal that isn't incredibly positive.
I don’t like extremes. Haters-pumpers, right wing-left wing, etc. You gotta have flexible mind as the meat is in the middle.
You realize you are trying to talk with a contrarian? Never adds anything just trolls asking stupid questions.
that is about 90% of the people on this board including you and I and Jeff
Hang on a second.............
sorry about that
had to run those little brats off my lawn
now where was I..........
Heck, I don't know what the popular opinion is anymore.
I think a lot of people see a few things in the works and they badly want to believe that Cal is changing, so quite a few are jumping back on the Cal bandwagon, but I know better. Cal isn’t going to just change his stripes, especially when he can make himself believe Covid was to blame.
He'll do just enough to satisfy the weak ones, but I need to see real results before I believe he truly cares more about UK than the NBA.
One thing is for sure, there were far more UK fans that were on our side of the line after that loss to Mississippi State.
Well first you gotta define what’s meat? We been living off greens lately, and our ribs are showing man. Nothing wrong with greens by the way, I like em.
Cal ain’t changing. New assistants is not going to change anything.
You can live off it, until the backstory trots take you down.
And you sound like Robert Frost on Rabbit Tobacco.
And that's the thing, sometimes the meat is at one extreme.
Here's an example: Billy Clyde Gillispie. At one time, we were 50/50 on that guy. The meat wasn’t in the middle, it was 100% on the side of "the dreaded haters", and that could be the case here too. Cal could "want" to change and get back to winning, but what if he simply can't overcome his NBA draft boner? You can’t satisfy the boner AND win titles in today’s game, but he's gonna try.
I think you're going to end up being right. I believe he will make some changes, but there are some things he will never change.
But all it will take is a sweet 16 appearance in 21/22 and half this board will he like "see, we told you guys he would change, it's just going to take time… ."
I just know that's coming.
Unfortunately, I think that's probably our ceiling next year. You don't go from 9-16 to serious contenders in one year.
Do you go to watch a movie at the theatre and go in there assuming it’s going to be awful?
One has nothing to do with the other Ron, that's a hell of a strawman.
Was the meat in the middle in 07/08 and 08/09? No, the ones that saw what was happening were right and that very well could be the case here too.
Do you honestly think Cal is just going to snap his fingers and change what he cares most about? As long as the NBA draft exists, John Calipari will pioritize it. I'm just glad the transfer portal is a thing, that will mask his NBA boner a little.
How do you guys have the energy to constantly:
- support coach and try to convince everyone that he needs to be supported at all costs
- constantly remind everyone you don’t support and try to convince others he sucks and needs to go
Seems like so much work. It is what it is. We don’t decide, we don’t fire or hire. We know your opinions at this point.
- support coach and try to convince everyone that he needs to be supported at all costs
- constantly remind everyone you don’t support and try to convince others he sucks and needs to go
Seems like so much work. It is what it is. We don’t decide, we don’t fire or hire. We know your opinions at this point.
I do it because I get tagged a lot and during regular conversation, I get asked to explain myself.
It’s called an analogy, Jeff. I have a very busy job, 2 toddlers, and a baby on the way. With the stress and busyness of my life Kentucky basketball is my away from life entertainment, like movies are for some people. I therefore approach the season with a lot of optimism and enthusiasm. I couldn’t imagine approaching my form of entertainment with a negative perspective like you, but that’s fine. I wouldn’t insult you, some people are just half empty which is cool. If BCGs two full seasons were similar to Cals last two full normal seasons (2019 and 2020) I’m sure most would approach it positively. That’s about all your BCG and Cal comparison deserves in terms of a reply, honestly.
But back to you being half empty, like I said that’s cool and I wouldn’t insult someone that’s optimistic headed into next season like you have by calling them weak. If I were to act like you, I would call someone making your comments a huge *****, but I wouldn’t want to insult.
Well that will come if he wins 10 games this year. Improvement don’t you know.
I’ll say this. I have a 6 and 8 year old, loving every second of it.It’s called an analogy, Jeff. I have a very busy job, 2 toddlers, and a baby on the way. With the stress and busyness of my life Kentucky basketball is my away from life entertainment, like movies are for some people. I therefore approach the season with a lot of optimism and enthusiasm. I couldn’t imagine approaching my form of entertainment with a negative perspective like you, but that’s fine. I wouldn’t insult you, some people are just half empty which is cool. If BCGs two full seasons were similar to Cals last two full normal seasons (2019 and 2020) I’m sure most would approach it positively. That’s about all your BCG and Cal comparison deserves in terms of a reply, honestly.
But back to you being half empty, like I said that’s cool and I wouldn’t insult someone that’s optimistic headed into next season like you have by calling them weak. If I were to act like you, I would call someone making your comments a huge *****, but I wouldn’t want to insult.
I also have as busy, demanding, and fulfilling of a career as I’ve ever had. Nothing about any of that makes me have a “positive outlook!” on Kentucky basketball if I just don’t. I’m as “glass half full” of a guy as you’ll ever meet (although I’m sure people here don’t buy that because of the opinions I’ve shared here). It just doesn’t make me go all Pollyanna on my thoughts of Kentucky basketball.
Im not Pollyanna, I’m not rah rah. I was just giving him my perspective of my thoughts. I’ve criticized Cal, but I’m optimistic that he’s wanting to change, and he has been very successful here so that’s a very reasonable approach to take. I’ve been respectful responding to Jeff before. He felt the need to call people that disagree with him “weak”, which is what prompted my response. If he wants to start the childish talk he can expect pushback. I don’t remember you ever insulting me for sharing my views.
One thing that kills me about not emphasizing the three is that Cal loves to have a guy on his best teams that can go to work one on one when things break down and get a bucket. That’s a whole lot easier to do if defenders can’t help off their man because he’s a 35% or better shooter. And hell, it’s even easier if you don’t have two guys clogging the lane and you’re trying to get to the basket.
I do think we need to have at least three (preferably four) feasible threats from outside on the court at all times.
Ya know I see this analogy all the time. For me, I look at it like this, was the glass full at first or was it empty? If it was full and now is half way, to me it is half empty. If it was empty and started to fill it and stopped half way, it is now half full. All in the starting point.
Understand. For me, I have seen nothing from Cal that shows he can change or even willing to change. Changing a couple of assistants is not changing. I will believe he is changing g when I see him actually coach and play the players best suited to win games regardless of star rating. See some resemblance of an offense, see multiple defenses used depending on situation.
The top from you is what your normal posts are. You’re an extremist. No different from someone saying “no doubt we’re going to the final four next year!!” We’ve been talking about the “meat in the middle”. You’re not anywhere near middle anything. I like to talk to moderates, and no offense it’s why I skip 99% of your posts. You say you want different coaching in your second post. Would you agree it’s easier to run a new and different coaching scheme with a new and different coaching staff? I’m willing to give the benefit of the doubt. Your mind is made up, so it’s all good there really isn’t much for me and you to talk about TBH
Fair enough. I go by what I see or have seen. I don’t buy into the talk and promises. Tubby was going to run more every year too. Did you believe that every year? I respect your views. Your mind seems made up as well. In your mind that makes you right and me wrong? Ok.
So is Mintz coming back or not ? Like every other thread, this one got off the rails on the way to the train wreck that is for sure to happen because we got all the know it alls who have the exact thing a HOF coach needs to do to change the program. LOL, if some of you are so GD smart, why are you hanging out with us peasants dropping knowledge for free??? Should be on the sidelines somewhere or out scouting the next cant miss stud.
Well, hang on, I have been going into every season with extremely high hopes, but eventually reality has to set in. It really started for me in 2018 when duke thumped us by a thousand, then we watched another final 4 go down the drain because we couldn’t hit free throws and our pg kept throwing the ball to the wrong team.It’s called an analogy, Jeff. I have a very busy job, 2 toddlers, and a baby on the way. With the stress and busyness of my life Kentucky basketball is my away from life entertainment, like movies are for some people. I therefore approach the season with a lot of optimism and enthusiasm. I couldn’t imagine approaching my form of entertainment with a negative perspective like you, but that’s fine. I wouldn’t insult you, some people are just half empty which is cool. If BCGs two full seasons were similar to Cals last two full normal seasons (2019 and 2020) I’m sure most would approach it positively. That’s about all your BCG and Cal comparison deserves in terms of a reply, honestly.
But back to you being half empty, like I said that’s cool and I wouldn’t insult someone that’s optimistic headed into next season like you have by calling them weak. If I were to act like you, I would call someone making your comments a huge *****, but I wouldn’t want to insult.
Then Evansville happened, then, once again, we have a mass exodus, because these kids aren't here for UK, which was the first domino that caused the 9-16 debacle that was 20/21.
Yeah, eventually Tom has to realize that he isn't going to catch Jerry. Elmer has to realize he ain't catching Bugs and the Coyote is never going to catch the road runner.
I'm not being negative, I'm facing reality. Cal used to ask us what the definition of Insanity is, well, he should ask himself that.
So, let me get this straight, you called out a bunch of people for the thread coming off the rails, then proceeded to do the same exact thing. .
The irony here is thick.