Ulis was an awesome college point guard... truly a joy to watch
Ulis to Arkansas
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Awful take, even for you.
Yup, just like John Pelphrey claimed to love UK then went to Florida with Billy D and coached and recruited against UK. It’s kind of messed up follow your mentors with whom you have a relationship with. I will never understand this line of thinking.
-John Pelphrey was an assistant for Eddie Sutton at Oklahoma State
-Wayne Turner and Walter McCarty were assistants for Rick Pitino at UL
-Derrick Jasper was a grad assistant for Billy Gillispie at Texas Tech
I don't know why Ulis to Arkansas is surprising, nor the anger towards him.
-Wayne Turner and Walter McCarty were assistants for Rick Pitino at UL
-Derrick Jasper was a grad assistant for Billy Gillispie at Texas Tech
I don't know why Ulis to Arkansas is surprising, nor the anger towards him.
Yes, Ulis was fantastic. Small guy but a huge heart and he played that way. Hard to imagine anyone calling him overrated. Too small for the NBA, where there are others that can match his speed and athleticism but at the college level, I'd take him on every team, every year.
As for him following Cal...It's no secret that his current and past players love Cal. He's a players first coach who genuinely loves his kids. That's what makes him such a great recruiter too, imho. Can't say I'm surprised by this move frankly. But he'd learn much more about coaching if he was under a bunch of better COACHES than Cal.
Cal did teach his players a lot though about the next level. Not so much x's and o's but being prepared for the league as a person maybe moreso than the game itself. Lots of things can go wrong with teenage millionaires. I think Cal did those things well but he's not the only coach in the country that has nba experience and loves his players.
As for him following Cal...It's no secret that his current and past players love Cal. He's a players first coach who genuinely loves his kids. That's what makes him such a great recruiter too, imho. Can't say I'm surprised by this move frankly. But he'd learn much more about coaching if he was under a bunch of better COACHES than Cal.
Cal did teach his players a lot though about the next level. Not so much x's and o's but being prepared for the league as a person maybe moreso than the game itself. Lots of things can go wrong with teenage millionaires. I think Cal did those things well but he's not the only coach in the country that has nba experience and loves his players.
To be fair, in my line of work, people seem to be loyal for good managers instead of being loyal to the company. Maybe it's a similar trend.
I don’t think many are angry with Ulis .
I don’t even understand how anyone could considering Pope probably didn’t even consider Ulis for the staff .
I don’t even understand how anyone could considering Pope probably didn’t even consider Ulis for the staff .
Me neither.
It's nothing personal, just business.
TU played with heart and grit while he was here. Did he bleed blue or just go hard will be the question of debate. He was a great player at UK but I certainly won’t miss his suits he wore to the games last year.
I'd love to know how a 5'7" guy who wins conference POY and makes it to the NBA is overrated. Come on man, don't be butt hurt...it is what it is. All these guys are Cal guys first. Doesn't mean they hate UK. You have to be blinded by anger or something.
What a stupid statement. 2015 All-Freshman team on 38 win team, 2016 FIRST team All-American, SEC Player of the Year, SEC Defensive Player of the Year, 34th overall NBA draft pick. Just when I think you can’t get any worse you go and outdo yourself with some dumb stuff like that statement.
Ulis overrated 
We don’t lose to st Pete or Oakland by simply having an ulis clone at point.
We don’t lose to st Pete or Oakland by simply having an ulis clone at point.
I honestly think the dominant posters here these days as far as starting new threads are teenagers.
F*** him, too. Just like the rest of them.
All this "once a Cat always a Cat" kind of nonsense is ridiculous. If you're not with us youre against us. In this case, literally. F*** him.
He definitely wasn't overrated though. That's just ridiculous. Still, ****'em.
All this "once a Cat always a Cat" kind of nonsense is ridiculous. If you're not with us youre against us. In this case, literally. F*** him.
He definitely wasn't overrated though. That's just ridiculous. Still, ****'em.
I agree. There’s no one who saw him play as hard as he did for the Cats would say something so asinine.
Also won the Bob Cousy award.
Unfortunately his defensive prowess as a player did not translate in the slightest to our guards last year. The reason? Ulis ain’t the HC, so his hands are tied.
Good for Ulis. Cal, like him or not, will take care of him and make sure he continues to get a good base before he ventures out and starts moving around and climbing the coaching ranks Once ready to leave the nest, Cal will use his connections to make sure the next stop for him is a good one. Heck, might even see him back coaching UK in 15 years .
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Yeah, I don't get the anger. He took another job instead of retiring in his twenties. It's not like Pope was begging him to coach at UK.
SEC player of the year isn’t over rated. He’s one of the most pure point guards we have ever had. Tough as nails and flawlessly ran a team. He could shoot and finish very well for his size. Has a ridiculous sophomore year. Had he been 6 or 7 inches taller he would have been a top 10 pick and still in the NBA.
I think I'd add if he'd played starter minutes the end of his freshman year Calipari and Kentucky would probably have an extra championship.
Cals coaching tree is a utility pole . So much for Cals “connections” .Good for Ulis. Cal, like him or not, will take care of him and make sure he continues to get a good base before he ventures out and starts moving around and climbing the coaching ranks Once ready to leave the nest, Cal will use his connections to make sure the next stop for him is a good one. Heck, might even see him back coaching UK in 15 years
Cal got him to the NBA and gave him a shot at coaching. This isn’t surprising whatsoever. I also don’t think this precludes him coaching at Kentucky someday.
Come on defend your position. Exactly HOW was he overrated? “To EVER put on a Kentucky uniform?” I could think of fifty former Cats I’d choose before even thinking about Ulis.
I’d stick to posting other people’s thoughts.
If you want to blame anyone for the ulis murray year for sucking like it did look no farther than cal relying on marcus lee to be our main big god he ******* sucked
You can only be a grad assistant for 2 years according to ncaa rules. he used those years up. so has to be on arkys payroll in some way of a title
He was a tough point guard for us and wasn't overrated. We needed a complete fresh start with a whole new coaching staff and that's what we have.
Ulis wants to be a coach someday so wish him the best of luck and I look forward to the Cats kicking some of his *** when we play the Hogs.
It's only business, hope he doesn't take the *** whooping personally.
Ulis wants to be a coach someday so wish him the best of luck and I look forward to the Cats kicking some of his *** when we play the Hogs.
It's only business, hope he doesn't take the *** whooping personally.