Game Thread: Vandy vs. Kentucky

[KentuckyWild2020]

Cal just do us a favor retire so Rick can finish out his career at Kentucky, yeah I said it. With NIL and everything else, I'm sure arrangements could be made that he could even have his own massage Parlor whatever he wants who cares, just put Kentucky back on the map until the next great coach is ready to take the reins..
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[KentuckyWild2020]

I wish Cal only had one more game to coach at UK. I really do.

Me too, go get Pitino

[lilproUK98]

Alas, he does not, so find something else to occupy your thoughts with.

I have plenty lol
and sadly, it's rarely been KY basketball these past 3 seasons.

[KentuckyWild2020]

We've had "great classes" every year...

Not really, over ranked players but not the true game changers, they went elsewhere and the one's with real talent never flourished at Kentucky but immediately flourished at the next level...

[Lighthouse]

We scored more than enough to win. The defense is the thing, always and forever.

I love Oscar. Great human, great player. But you can’t win with him at center. He’s a monumental liability unless Cal does things to protect him.

I think the F1 worked i Oscar's favor. When the officials went to the monitor and saw the obvious foul they missed, they started watching closer and Oscar got 8 FT's and more if had hit the first one a couple times.

[KCKUKFan]

Cal just do us a favor retire so Rick can finish out his career at Kentucky, yeah I said it. With NIL and everything else, I'm sure arrangements could be made that he could even have his own massage Parlor whatever he wants who cares, just put Kentucky back on the map until the next great coach is ready to take the reins..
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Replace a washed up old man with another washed up old man who lost to the original washed up old man repeatedly for a decade. That's gold.

[lilproUK98]

Replace Cal with the washed up old man who lost to Cal repeatedly for a decade. That's gold.

Unfortunately now they're both washed.

[KCKUKFan]

Unfortunately now they're both washed.

Exactly. I edited my post to reflect this.

[KentuckyWild2020]

We scored more than enough to win. The defense is the thing, always and forever.

I love Oscar. Great human, great player. But you can’t win with him at center. He’s a monumental liability unless Cal does things to protect him.

But we begged and begged for shooting. Now we have shooters who don't consistently hit shots that play no defense, we can't get the best of both worlds

[KentuckyWild2020]

Replace a washed up old man with another washed up old man who lost to the original washed up old man repeatedly for a decade. That's gold.

First of all Louisville not Kentucky, never was never will be especially in regards to resources and appeal. I don't what the record shows at Louisville, a Pitino coached Kentucky would destroy a Calipari coached Kentucky team period,no if ands or butts about it....

[KCKUKFan]

But we begged and begged for shooting. Now we have shooters who don't consistently hit shots that play no defense, we can't get the best of both worlds

Correction: we have one shooter. We should have two, but the other one can barely walk and is carrying around a damn flak jacket.

If the one shooter is missing, we better hope Jacob Toppin is throwing in garbage or Oscar is going over the back to clean up trash.

[KCKUKFan]

First of all Louisville not Kentucky, never was never will be especially in regards to resources and appeal. I don't what the record shows at Louisville, a Pitino coached Kentucky would destroy a Calipari coached Kentucky team period,no if ands or butts about it....

No, he wouldn't. He's washed just like Cal. And he ran the dirtiest program in college sports. Kentucky deserves better.

[Jload]

Very frustrating game to watch. 2 of our 3 serviceable guards obviously playing hurt, and watching the 5 guards Vandy plays run rings around them. If ever there was a year leaving 2 scholarships empty has bitten Cal on the but it's this year.. KNOWING WHEELER AND CJ ate injury prone wouldn't it have been prudent to fill them with guards. Tonight's game was a revelation to me. Stackhouse beat us late at Rupp going to a very small line up and running rings around us. Cal had to know he would do it again , I asked myself why did he have no answer for it, and realized there IS no answer on the bench or the court right now. This team as it stands right now is just broken, another season where Cals roster building doomed us before the season even started
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[Ratt]

Very frustrating game to watch. 2 of our 3 serviceable guards obviously playing hurt, and watching the 5 guards Vandy plays run rings around them. If ever there was a year leaving 2 scholarships empty has bitten Cal on the but it's this year.. KNOWING WHEELER AND CJ ate injury prone wouldn't it have been prudent to fill them with guards. Tonight's game was a revelation to me. Stackhouse beat us late at Rupp going to a very small line up and running rings around us. Cal had to know he would do it again , I asked myself why did he have no answer for it, and realized there IS no answer on the bench or the court right now. This team as it stands right now is just broken, another season where Cals roster building doomed us before the season even started
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Well, he admitted again he didn't watch any tape... I bet Stackhouse did over and over.

[Ratt]

No, he wouldn't. He's washed just like Cal. And he ran the dirtiest program in college sports. Kentucky deserves better.

Regardless - when Cal is done, Pitino is not the answer or coming back... NOW, I would entertain Pitino coming to be the "Offensive Cordinator" for Cal - that would be awesome and trend setting.... But anyway, one guy I thought years ago might get some UK love as a coach was Travis Ford but that has never emerged. He had some solid teams at OKC for a few years.