Kentucky didn't play for 32 minutes. They stood around like a bunch of stoners looking for a bag of Doritos. At about the 8:00 minute mark in the 2nd Half, it was like "Hey...wait a minute...you mean these guys might actually beat us?"Originally Posted by mhall
I even thought the ref's got a little whistle happy there at the end helping UK. If not for that short stretch of non scoring by CS then UK was beat at home. I love Randall's game but he and those Harrison twins are so full of themselves it's not funny. They need to get hungry and quit reading about themselves in the Lexington media.
Julius Randall is the real deal, Young is an awesome player, the Harrison twins are vastly over rated but will be solid players in two years. I do not feel either of them are one and done's, quite frankly they aren't that good right now. Kentucky plays weak defense right now and rebounds when they want to. They have 6 to 7 losses coming this year I'd bet on it.
Will they be there in March......we'll see, God knows they have the talent, unfortunatley they have the Ego's to, lets see how it plays out.
On a side note, I had a complete hard on watching Calipari grab at straws in his shallow bag of coaching tricks and nothing was working, very enjoyable to watch, lol....
I'm not seeing much team basketball yet...and I'm really kind of tired of the "I can't believe you called that" hands on your head crap too. Quit acting surprised. They're going to call a ton of fouls this year and they are going to call them on both sides of the ball. Deal with it.
The Harrison twins are very overrated, I agree...and something about them just rubs me the wrong way. I love Julius Randle...he's a beast...but he also has to learn that when they bring 3-4 defenders at you, it's probably a good idea to pass the ball. There are a couple guys open somewhere. He learns that and things get easier. Until he does, it's selfish basketball.
It's a broken record every year of "This team is so young, they have so much to learn, they have so much growing up to do." That's to be expected when you are recruiting the kids we are recruiting, so it's no surprise. They have had their assess patted and told how amazing they are since they were old enough to hold a basketball. My problem is that the 2012 squad set the bar for me in proving what CAN be done when kids have the right attitudes. That was a special, special group....anchored by a once in a lifetime player like Anthony Davis. It's going to be dang hard to top 2012 for me.
But it's a process and the team will develop. It's one thing to have pride in your program...and we do...but there's a point where it crosses over into entitlement. I love John Calipari's passion...and wouldn't want another coach...but the way he promotes the program does feed the egos big time. If you think that simply because you were a High School 5-Star, and simply because you come to Kentucky, that the fundamentals of basketball don't matter and that 110% effort don't matter and that you're going to win every game by 30 because every fan and every media talking head tells you so...well...good luck with that. Nothing torques me off worse than a kid that can't get pumped up for a game. I don't care who you are playing...there are thousands of kids who would give a testicle to put on that Kentucky jersey and step on the court. Play with heart and play with effort or sit down.
But I love our team...
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