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[KentuckyWild2020]

BINGO!!!

This is the main portion of your post that I wanted to highlight, because you said it very well and I couldn't agree more.

I've noticed that UK fans have become somewhat complacent with mediocrity. I wasn't sure if that was whatever generation it was that grew up as the participation trophy era....or if it was Cal and his brainwashing propaganda...or both. But I remember when Cal was hired, in his introductory press conference....he pretty much told the fan base to let him coach the team, and for the fan base to "sit back and be entertained" (which is almost a direct quote). I remember thinking, "Is he telling all the fans to shut up, don't question anything he does, just appreciate what he does"? Because it sure seemed like he was setting himself up to be above criticism and telling the fans to lower expectations at the same time.

I am old school, win or go home lol lol lol...

It's all good,

[WeWant9]

The zaga game made me hit the panic button, but the prior losses were already causing concern.

The ul game gave me concern right off the bat. Elite teams do not have that type of effort and start against a bitter rival. A loss wasn't unexpected, but being down 20 and 18 at times was pretty unexpected. I was kind of surprised at the amount of people I saw trying to say the comeback to single digits showed a lot of grit. Frankly, ul let off and UK hit circus shots.

Mich St was a disaster, they did whatever they wanted to us. The same problems from ul popped up again with zero adjustments.

unc game was the perfect one to get a win and get back on track. They couldn't hit anything, and the coaching was questionable during that final stretch. That was a game where anyone needed to step up and take over.

Zags game showed that the team did not improve from the previous losses and looked like they didn't care. The fans, media, and former players had every right to question this team's heart.

The lack of improvement and care is enough for me to throw my hands up. I have always been one to base my schedule around UK games, but this team isn't worth that energy or effort. I will still try to watch as much as I can and hope for some turnaround, but I don't have much hope with this squad. Really seems we are watching a team who will miss the tournament.

[Catsrock]

No single loss sent me over the edge but honestly the Georgetown game—which didn’t even count!—was pretty telling. Maybe it was easy to discount right after beating Purdue. But it has proven to be what we really have. It was not an aberration. Georgetown hasn’t been good for 40 years and they punked us like a grade school team. Others have followed suit.

[ganner918]

No single loss sent me over the edge but honestly the Georgetown game—which didn’t even count!—was pretty telling. Maybe it was easy to discount right after beating Purdue. But it has proven to be what we really have. It was not an aberration. Georgetown hasn’t been good for 40 years and they punked us like a grade school team. Others have followed suit.

I was a lot more worried after Georgetown than most. They defended us in a completely different way than Purdue did, and I saw that tough athletic guys getting in our grills bothered us A LOT. I hoped that Lowe would help... but I saw through those two games that shooting might be a big problem. And we were supposed to have gotten more athletic and tougher. The Michigan State game only solidified that, PLUS showed a terrible lack of fight. Georgetown was the warning sign, Michigan State was the siren.

[KentuckyWild2020]

If we are being totally honest, last year's loss to Arkansas was the start of the bs,,

You don't lose to Cal at home vs Arkansas, you just don't.....

[WeWant9]

If we are being totally honest, last year's loss to Arkansas was the start of the bs,,

You don't lose to Cal at home vs Arkansas, you just don't.....

I've always felt Cal won't win anything of worth at Ark (SEC regular/tournament, FF, NCAA Title), but he will end up with a winning record vs. UK. He gets up for certain teams/coaches, but doesn't have it in him anymore to do that for a full season. He will always be ready for UK, though.

[OscarFan]

I could tell that we sucked during the Georgetown game.

[blueheretic]

The Indiana loss did it for me.

[Davidmack]

The Georgetown game concerned me the most.

[KentuckyWild2020]

I've always felt Cal won't win anything of worth at Ark (SEC regular/tournament, FF, NCAA Title), but he will end up with a winning record vs. UK. He gets up for certain teams/coaches, but doesn't have it in him anymore to do that for a full season. He will always be ready for UK, though.

He does get up for a big marquee matchup, that's for sure.

Not as good as he once was, but as good as once than he ever was for sure...