Wenyen Gabriel: “Don’t fall in love with Calapri’s words!”
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As much as I despise Kensucky fried chicken, all I get from that is a load of weak,
“it’s hard”, im not good enough bs from a former player?
“it’s hard”, im not good enough bs from a former player?Agreed, all 3 parties come off bad in this one. That's impressive.As much as I despise Kensucky fried chicken, all I get from that is a load of weak,
Man! Wenyen is officially my favorite uk player like Rashad Mcants is my favorite unc player
Meh. Wenyen sucked at dribbling and was mad when Cal told him not to dribble? Mad that Cal wanted him to play the 4 when short on bigs? Yeah, Cal doesn’t seem unreasonable in either case. Maybe Wenyen should be mad at his writing professors too.
Wisdom and Good Counsel is essential for these recruits. Unfortunately, a small percentage of these players get it.
I can't blame Cal. Blame the GAME!
I can't blame Cal. Blame the GAME!
I don’t take much from this. Just like Duke and Coach K isn’t for everybody, neither is UK and Cal. Gabriel sounds like a big baby, IMO.
I want to hate it but i can’tAs much as I despise Kensucky fried chicken, all I get from that is a load of weak,
Apples and oranges imhoMan! Wenyen is officially my favorite uk player like Rashad Mcants is my favorite unc player
Can’t see anything wrong with Cal on this one, although maybe @dukehokie and i can debate this week...OTPC
The pod has been awesome lately, you two. I really look forward to zoning out to it when I'm on the way to work.
Man! Wenyen is officially my favorite uk player like Rashad Mcants is my favorite unc player
Agreed
Delvon Roe. His dad stated that in an article.
That was the kid Roy wrote about in his book who said he lied to him and told him he was coming to UNC.
Gabriel gave his honest opinion to another recruit. There is nothijg more to this. Gabriel is making money and doing good for him self and alot of that had to do with KY and their staff working with him.
People will see this and regard it has hate and spite. I look at it and see it as a kid being blatantly honest. I am sure if you had Trevon, Carter or even Thornton give their honest statements on Duke and Ks pitch to them. It would have alot of hard truths that could be preceived as hate and resentment.
Thornton people even came out and said that K promised him a more PG dominant offense to give Thornton an opportunity to score more . and that they were upset that the offense went through Allen and Ingram instead.
All these kids have to realize something. Once you get to these programs unless your skill set is above avg then a coach will limit you on what he wants you doing on the court. You either improve or fall into that limited roll. And at these programs like Duke UK and Kansas, no matter what the coaching staff said to gas you up and get you here, if you dont improve and ball out, they are bringing someone in the next year that will.
I toss trevons name out there due to his obvious draft stock decline due to his inability to shoot the ball being highlighted in his one year at Duke . had he gone to another school that didn't have two elite bugs in the paint and he ran a dribble drive offense to highlight his talents more. Then he defiently would of gotten drafted.
Carter and his camp has said a few times how the commitment of bagely through them off. That their pitch was that carter waz gonna be the man in the paint. Now it worked out because Carter is a fantastic young man that instead of crying he went out and learned to play along side bagely and even found it to be a joy at times. But I am sure he could say a few words that would be taken wrong if someone talked to him honestly about the situation .
This stuff happens at every school not just elite programs. The game doesnt stop for anyone. Ball or get off the court.
People will see this and regard it has hate and spite. I look at it and see it as a kid being blatantly honest. I am sure if you had Trevon, Carter or even Thornton give their honest statements on Duke and Ks pitch to them. It would have alot of hard truths that could be preceived as hate and resentment.
Thornton people even came out and said that K promised him a more PG dominant offense to give Thornton an opportunity to score more . and that they were upset that the offense went through Allen and Ingram instead.
All these kids have to realize something. Once you get to these programs unless your skill set is above avg then a coach will limit you on what he wants you doing on the court. You either improve or fall into that limited roll. And at these programs like Duke UK and Kansas, no matter what the coaching staff said to gas you up and get you here, if you dont improve and ball out, they are bringing someone in the next year that will.
I toss trevons name out there due to his obvious draft stock decline due to his inability to shoot the ball being highlighted in his one year at Duke . had he gone to another school that didn't have two elite bugs in the paint and he ran a dribble drive offense to highlight his talents more. Then he defiently would of gotten drafted.
Carter and his camp has said a few times how the commitment of bagely through them off. That their pitch was that carter waz gonna be the man in the paint. Now it worked out because Carter is a fantastic young man that instead of crying he went out and learned to play along side bagely and even found it to be a joy at times. But I am sure he could say a few words that would be taken wrong if someone talked to him honestly about the situation .
This stuff happens at every school not just elite programs. The game doesnt stop for anyone. Ball or get off the court.
It is hard, Cal says that publically. he says he tells recruits it is hard and UK isn't for everyone. I have no issue with what WG is saying, he knows he wasn't a 6'10 point guard, hell he didn't play pg in HS or AAU. But for the most part you guys get it. There has been a Devil or 2 speak not fondly of K it happens!Man! Wenyen is officially my favorite uk player like Rashad Mcants is my favorite unc player
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In the end, this isn’t a big deal, but I’m just gonna be honest. It was just nice to see u guys get some blowback because Duke received some blowback from the Kentucky fan base with Carter and Duval speaking about their experiences.
Yeah I get that. I didn't think it was a big deal when they did it either. I am surprised it doesn't happen more with kids who think they should have played more or used differently.
Sadly, many of us will tell a 5 star athlete, even 1.5 player whatever they need to hear to go to our school!
TRUTH.