Quade Green to Transfer

[TrueblueCATfan]

I hate to see this happen...hope he stays...I like Quade and I think he is just as good as the ones who are starting over him

[Joneslab]

I like Quade and I think he is just as good as the ones who are starting over him

Well, that's debatable. None of them have been great.

They've tried Green out at point guard but he's fantastically awful there. Have to play him at the 2 so he can hit shots, and he's done that somewhat this season. But you have to live with his hellish turnover rate, and he can't guard. So here we are.

As for the others, I'm not sure about Quickley. He has more length and probably agility than Quade but, like Quade, he isn't a burner. He's a guy who pretty much has to hit shots to help you, and he's been up and down there.

Herro should play a lot but he has to start hitting threes. I see him on a totally different level than Quade.

And I like Hagans more than any of them, but Hagans is the definition of a work in progress. But Ashton Hagans has something that few guys on this team have. He just is not a shooter and is very hesitant offensively. I really hope Quade leaving (if he does) makes it so that Hagans gets more confident in his role. I really like him but it's unclear if he's going to get it as a freshman. Perhaps Quade's departure speeds up Hagans' maturation.

[J.Jennings]

We better be careful here.

Because if we're not happy with Final Fours then we're going to be happy with almost no one.

At Kentucky, everybody who's won a title after Rupp has won only one. There's a reason there are Final Four and runner-up banners in Rupp--because it's damn hard getting there.

If we can't celebrate those seasons then we probably need a new hobby.

The anti-Cal sentiment hasn't started because of that. After all the Final Four seasons fans have been pretty stoked--and for good reason. Those were fun, competitive, solid teams. No, people have become anti-Cal because of the constant churn in the program and because this year would make four consecutive seasons we didn't make a Final Four.

FF's mark successful seasons. We can't hold coaches up to a standard where they have to win championships. That just makes this whole thing too stressful and not fun. But if a FF and/or title is the benchmark, coaches at Kentucky making $8 mil a year have to deliver on one of those with some regularity.

I know what your saying here but missed opportunities probably haunt me the most as a fan. A whole lot of talent in this tenure and a few times a great season we walk away almost feeling like we have been cheated..

[Dwight Schrute]

We better be careful here.

Because if we're not happy with Final Fours then we're going to be happy with almost no one.

At Kentucky, everybody who's won a title after Rupp has won only one. There's a reason there are Final Four and runner-up banners in Rupp--because it's damn hard getting there.

If we can't celebrate those seasons then we probably need a new hobby.

The anti-Cal sentiment hasn't started because of that. After all the Final Four seasons fans have been pretty stoked--and for good reason. Those were fun, competitive, solid teams. No, people have become anti-Cal because of the constant churn in the program and because this year would make four consecutive seasons we didn't make a Final Four.

FF's mark successful seasons. We can't hold coaches up to a standard where they have to win championships. That just makes this whole thing too stressful and not fun. But if a FF and/or title is the benchmark, coaches at Kentucky making $8 mil a year have to deliver on one of those with some regularity.

Agree with this, but all I ask for is having a shot at the Final Four every year. The problem is that I can accept seasons where we fall back some years because of an exodus, but but the bargain we all make is that in exchange for the constant flux and acceptance of early stumbles is the shot at a big payout in March and being there at the end, and to be fair, we all thought this team was going to be 2015-esque a few months ago, but now we see that isn't the case.

It's clear that to make this bargain work that it requires elite talent or really, really good players with experience. We don't have either of that right now, and we're missing out on the elite players for the future.

[40bill]

I agree with the point (has been made before) the the early entry to the draft has in it's own way damaged the program...if a player does NOT make the jump, he is almost looked at as a failure. It has seemed....SEEMED...to create more of a me over team than before...and it takes nearly a year before that fades.
our sophomores other than PJ look lost or disinterested ...almost as if they had forgotten the team concept during the off season.

[justford]

According to this article he is gone.

https://ukathletics.com/news/2018/12/12/mens-basketball-quade-green-to-transfer-from-kentucky.aspx?fbclid=IwAR0j5OLTQPr-1C8stifSYw_L2-_cnY6UMhObG2SRZXZRy3HELCCq_WSOYNw

[KCKUKFan]

Quade Green was obviously never comfortable in his role at Kentucky. Wish him the best wherever he winds up.

Somewhere, Downes Van Zandt is smiling ear-to-ear.

[Jload]

Not sure why the anti Cal stuff is in this thread This kid wasn’t sure he wanted to be here before the season started. It’s not Cals fault he wasn’t successful here. As for Cal should have known he wasn’t good enough before he recruited him that’s nonsense. EVERY coach in America misses on some kids for a host of reasons. I have many problems with Cal at present but this isn’t one of them. If the kid doesn’t want to be here Vaya Con Dios

[Dwight Schrute]

Not sure why the anti Cal stuff is in this thread This kid wasn’t sure he wanted to be here before the season started. It’s not Cals fault he wasn’t successful here. As for Cal should have known he wasn’t good enough before he recruited him that’s nonsense. EVERY coach in America misses on some kids for a host of reasons. I have many problems with Cal at present but this isn’t one of them. If the kid doesn’t want to be here Vaya Con Dios

Think the Cal stuff is because it's yet another kid that transferred out under Cal. There's a long list of em.

[justford]

Maybe Baker is going to start playing which would be another guard to take away minutes?? Just thinking out loud.

[J.Jennings]

Not sure why the anti Cal stuff is in this thread This kid wasn’t sure he wanted to be here before the season started. It’s not Cals fault he wasn’t successful here. As for Cal should have known he wasn’t good enough before he recruited him that’s nonsense. EVERY coach in America misses on some kids for a host of reasons. I have many problems with Cal at present but this isn’t one of them. If the kid doesn’t want to be here Vaya Con Dios

The anti Cal stuff is because he's 10 years on the job and we just lost to freaking Seton Hall, a piss poor mediocre team we should have drilled by 20. Do i also mention the fact that Duke flat out beat our arse by 34 which could have easily been 50 in front of the whole world.

As for Green, hell yeah it's Cal's fault, he recruited him, did he think he was getting Ulis 2.0 or the Chris Lofton? . Hell Cal has always recruited point guards who are big and attack the rim, not 5 foot 7 two guards who play off the ball, hell Patrick Sparks is not walking through that door....

Anyways, Cal like any other coach who's ever coached at Kentucky deserves to be held accountable. You can lose by Duke by a respectable margin and folks can accept it but you just can't lose by 34 with a team who was hyped as one of the best in the Nation coming into the season, even Cal thought this was going to be a helluva ride. Time to put that 8 million dollar salary to work and figure it out sooner than later.....

[J.Jennings]

Maybe Baker is going to start playing which would be another guard to take away minutes?? Just thinking out loud.

I hope so, maybe Quade knew this as well and saw the writing on the wall...

[J.Jennings]

All hell going to break loose if first year coach Mack and rebuilding Louisville beats us this year, BBN will come unglued.......

[TrueblueCATfan]

Maybe Baker is going to start playing which would be another guard to take away minutes?? Just thinking out loud.

He did go in for a few minutes on Saturday.....

[TrueblueCATfan]

All hell going to break loose if first year coach Mack and rebuilding Louisville beats us this year, BBN will come unglued.......

LOL...no doubt and I think it is highly possible