What am I missing? I don’t want him to leave but Ark, UL, Ole Miss?
Perry?
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I saw where Beard was making an in home visit with him today. It sounds like Ole Miss is very interested.
UK will be more than fine without him. He will sit the bench at any high level D1 school.
l will wish him well anywhere but UL, UT or Arkansas.
I’d boo my own dad if he coached those teams. Lol.
I’d boo my own dad if he coached those teams. Lol.
Isn’t UL already stacked at guard after adding Wooley, McKneely and Conwell?
Not much point in leaving UK if it’s just to go ride the bench somewhere else.
Not much point in leaving UK if it’s just to go ride the bench somewhere else.
Perry is going to be an interesting case on the NIL era. I assumed UK could and would pay him more than any other school due to his ties to Kentucky. If someone else is willing to pay significantly more then I don’t blame him for taking that bag. The problem comes when he transfers to another high D1 school and barely sees the court. What then for season 3? He isn’t developing, isn’t getting playing time, isn’t showing what he can do. It’s likely his NIL offers for year 3 would plummet (outside of Kentucky). Would he better off going a step down (even for slightly less money) where he could at least be a strong PG #2 and get enough minutes to show off his potential and develop his game? It will be interesting to watch.
I think it will be Ole Miss, it probably would have been them if it hadn't been Kentucky the first time.
Maybe him and Pope didn't get along much? Pope didn't recruit him. He's a Cal recruit. He doesn't have allegiance to Pope like the others on last year's squad.
I'd boo my own dad if he coached anywhere but UK... LOL
Yeah I was just making the point cause some on here are shocked that he's leaving. He's only going to get mop up time and he's also not a Pope recruit. So it's not shocking he's jumping.
This sounds great out of context but in context literally all @bluedom44 was saying was maybe Perry doesn't get along with Pope was the only reason he could think of why Perry would possibly go to UL to ride the bench and collect a check instead of just staying at UK to ride the bench and collect a check.
Some of our fans act like he should just sit and enjoy not playing because “he’s from Kentucky”.
Any athlete worth his salt, who spent years honing their craft to get where they are isn’t just going to go “ okay. I’ll ride the pine for the ambiance”.
It’s not my argument.
“Why would he go somewhere else to ride the bench and collect a check!”
Apparently he doesn’t think he will or he wouldn’t be leaving.
The kid scored over 5,400 points in HS. Someone will always take a chance on that.
I am super disappointed that he’s leaving. Sure, he could have been Chris Harrison 2.0, but I was willing to take a chance and see if the speed of the game slowed down for him.
I am super disappointed that he’s leaving. Sure, he could have been Chris Harrison 2.0, but I was willing to take a chance and see if the speed of the game slowed down for him.
That's your assumption. It's a perfectly good guess but it's no better a guess than @bluedom44 's opposite guess and it's certainly not apparent.
Do you really believe his agent?
It's like your looking at a car on a used lot and the salesman says he got others looking at it also but if you make a deposit he will hold it for you.
Western KY for the win. Gets to stay in KY and should get playing time.
If he goes to a rival he will be hated and should be booed.
Seems unlikely.
Have you heard our coach speak about him or anyone else?
They are all super fantastic.
Just seems unlikely.
That is all.
Yeah, we all get that. That’s why the question posed is why he’d choose a school where his playing time prospects would still be limited. UL just added three other highly regarded guards from the portal … so it ain’t exactly a logical choice if his reason for transferring is playing time.
I’ve been a Perry supporter but I’m out on him if he goes to a rival. He’s from the state and knows what it means if he does.
Of course it's unlikely but it's also unlikely either that he would get playing time at UL or that he would want to go to UL and not get playing time. But there UL is on his list——so why is @bluedom44 not free just to think out loud and speculate?
So why waste your time or mental energy on it?
I never got this thinking especially in today’s landscape. You don’t want to be here? Good luck to you sir and if we play you I hope you’re on the wrong end of it.
Not saying you do personally but a lot of folks treat these things like an affront to God.
Why would you booo a player that played for you and tried it improve his situation?
Occam's Razor is on the other side of the equation. There is no obvious reason why Perry would want to transfer to UL who has even better guards than we do, so @bluedom44 's guess is actually the simplest explanation why he might still want to go to UL under those circumstances.
I believe I’m going to play more somewhere else because I’m an athlete and competitive.
Or
Pope hates me because I’m a Cal player.
No offense but someone who is able to justify the concept of being both a Kentucky fan and a Hog fan really doesn’t have a reliable hand in discussing how rivalries are seen by sports fans.
I met more than one Tennessee/Kentucky football and basketball fan growing up. Same with Alabama.
People are weird
I think being a fan of one sport and not the other makes some sense to me, but not of the same sport, particularly rivals or conference foes.
It would be like someone saying I’m a Yankees fan and a Red Sox fan. Anyone rational would be like, “This is weird.”
Booing a 20 year old stranger that dribbles a ball. lmao.