This is my opinion....


Who built the fan base at UK? We just got over Eddie Sutton..Here comes Ricky P. Rebuilds and the fan base explodes. Some of us on here are old enough to have lived it and some have just read about it.
Cal was at UMASS....Every one in the world that there for UK hated him. Pitino sent him home to hang a banner.....in Rupp....

Along comes the NBA and off goes Pitino.

Dust settles in Ky and in comes Tubby....Too me the most boring coach I ever watched. Yeah some good runs, but he just wasn't Ricky P.

Denny hangs it up and along Ricky P comes back to Ky. To the ire of some and the desire of others what was once in the hands of the Big Blue was now 70 miles west wearing red.

I, for one, expected a lot more out of Pitino. It doesn't male sense why he can't recruit. I know recruiting classes don't quarantee automatic banners...LOL! But one thing I think he had then that Cal didn't was when he was at UK every high school kid wanted to play for him. Cal was at UMASS. Who was UMASS....Pitino was at KENTUCKY>>>>
But he left. Not only did he crush the UK fan base, but College basketball as a whole. Now he's back. Same thing has happened to another coach named Steve Spurrier...

But guys the season aint over yet. Cards played the #2 team in the country down to the wire. We'll see in March.