2016 Recruit Watch

[Joneslab]

You apparently haven't stopped by Rupp's Rafters recently. This place is sunshine and lollipops compared to that collection of sad sacks.

I can't tolerate Rupps Rafters.

Not because I think the posters are bad. They have some good ones. And not even because I can't take negativity. If we can listen to crazzed and his barrage of horrible and vomit-inducing stats then we can take anything.

But those guys fight all the time. All the time. Hate each other. Can't imagine going to a board where the members follow the same team but have such contempt for each other.

Once saw a guy dox another guy on the general board over there. Got his address, workplace, photos...posted it all.

It goes on every day. I understand that anonymity makes it so that we don't really know each other, but come on. We follow the same team. Don't understand the disdain.

[KCKUKFan]

I can't tolerate Rupps Rafters.

Not because I think the posters are bad. They have some good ones. And not even because I can't take negativity. If we can listen to crazzed and his barrage of horrible and vomit-inducing stats then we can take anything.

But those guys fight all the time. All the time. Hate each other. Can't imagine going to a board where the members follow the same team but have such contempt for each other.

Once saw a guy dox another guy on the general board over there. Got his address, workplace, photos...posted it all.

It goes on every day. I understand that anonymity makes it so that we don't really know each other, but come on. We follow the same team. Don't understand the disdain.

Speaking of which, crazzed has moved his particular brand of negativity to Rupp's Rafters, and he's DESPISED over there.

You'd think he'd just stay here, where his over-the-top pessimism is accepted and considered an endearing quirk.

[Joneslab]

There's a band of pessimists on every board for every team. I totally get why that is and what they're trying to do when they go that negative. Same reason the guys down at the barber shop shake their heads and say, "Boys, I tell you what: this team just ain't no good."

But sometimes a bad take is just a bad take. The amount of total insanity on Rafters makes it hard to really figure out if it's real or not. Sometimes it's not pessimistic but is wildly optimistic in a delusional way. You always wonder if the poster you're talking to over there is 10 years old.

Saw a guy once criticize Barnhart for the material used on our title and Final Four banners in Rupp.

[KCKUKFan]

I'm not sure a person who posts on a message board (while more common these days) is indicative of the "common" fan. My dad (at age 62) refuses to post on UK message boards, because he's convinced that very few of them are even Kentucky fans at all. And he doesn't want to be part of the nonsense. In a way, I understand.

The two reasons I like this board is that it's smaller and because it's populated by what I can at least picture as "real people." Stories of tailgating, pictures of trips to the SEC tournament, etc. etc.

I don't ever feel like that at Rupp's Rafters. Sometimes I feel like I'm talking to a 10 year old and sometimes I feel like I'm just being trolled, talking to posers who don't really like basketball at all.

[JFCats22]

The two reasons I like this board is that it's smaller and because it's populated by what I can at least picture as "real people." Stories of tailgating, pictures of trips to the SEC tournament, etc. etc.

I don't ever feel like that at Rupp's Rafters. Sometimes I feel like I'm talking to a 10 year old and sometimes I feel like I'm just being trolled, talking to posers who don't really like basketball at all.

I agree - I don't think anyone on here is fake or not a UK fan. I occasionally read (never post) on some other team's boards (UNC, UL, KU, Duke) just to get a feel for what they discuss and what they think of their teams. I am convinced that they have some sort of auto reply robot that posts and responds to threads because it can't be real people.

[Joneslab]

WCN is way too small. Need 10 to 15 more posters going to make the board worth coming to.

I come to it because (1) I still think we have a good core of posters, and (2) if I left now people would think I died.

But you can go for hours with no movement. A good board is much smaller than Rivals but bigger than what we have right now.

WCF in its prime, circa 2002 or so, was the best I've ever seen.

[KCKUKFan]

WCN is way too small. Need 10 to 15 more posters going to make the board worth coming to.

I come to it because (1) I still think we have a good core of posters, and (2) if I left now people would think I died.

But you can go for hours with no movement. A good board is much smaller than Rivals but bigger than what we have right now.

WCF in its prime, circa 2002 or so, was the best I've ever seen.

I'm surprised that some of the fringe lurkers at Rupp's Rafters who want to post but are turned off by the ridiculousness haven't migrated over here.

[JFCats22]

I'm surprised that some of the fringe lurkers at Rupp's Rafters who want to post but are turned off by the ridiculousness haven't migrated over here.

Most ever online here was 89.

At Rafters there are currently 981 online....I have sent messages to a few I think are reasonable about WCN. Not sure if they haven ventured over here.

[GOCAT15]

Bolden cut Kansas, not surprising after Azubuike committed there. Looks like it's coming down to a two horse race, Coach Cal vs Coach K. Would be surprised if this isn't a very late decision, he's going to want to see who is leaving on both teams.

[wildcatdon]

Didnt know that Azubuike committed to Kansas. Would sure love to have Bolden commit soon. We will need him next year.

[85 Fly]

WCN is way too small. Need 10 to 15 more posters going to make the board worth coming to.

I come to it because (1) I still think we have a good core of posters, and (2) if I left now people would think I died.

But you can go for hours with no movement. A good board is much smaller than Rivals but bigger than what we have right now.

WCF in its prime, circa 2002 or so, was the best I've ever seen.

Being the "newbie" I peeped out various CAT forums and I liked this one the best so I joined WCN...quality over quantity!

[GOCAT15]

Omer Yurtseven, class of 2016, a projected top 10 draft pick for 2017 from Turkey has been contacted by Kentucky. Evan Daniels says he would be a top 10 recruit, kid passed down a multi year professional contract because he wants to play in college.

[George]

For reasons I'm sure I won't have to explain, I'm leery of another Turk - especially one who happens to play for the same team for which Kanter played; the team which allegedly opened an account in this kid's name and deposits money into it on a regular basis. The kid says he nor his family members have ever taken a dime from the account, and that it was a dirty tactic on the part of the team to ruin his eligibility and keep him in the Turkish pros, but I'm still gun shy.

[GOCAT15]

For reasons I'm sure I won't have to explain, I'm leery of another Turk - especially one who happens to play for the same team for which Kanter played; the team which allegedly opened an account in this kid's name and deposits money into it on a regular basis. The kid says he nor his family members have ever taken a dime from the account, and that it was a dirty tactic on the part of the team to ruin his eligibility and keep him in the Turkish pros, but I'm still gun shy.

I understand your leeriness...FWIW Evan Daniels said this is completely different than Kanters situation and he sees no issues whatsoever concerning eligibility. But I agree Downes, I'm always leery about international kids.

[LogyCat]

Regardless of all other factors I definitely think we will get either Bolden or Yurtseven. I'm not to picky for what I have seen between the two thus far. Both we be great additions and give us our traditionally massive front court which is much welcomed after the lack of size we have experienced this year. We are pretty dag gone spoiled with elite size and athletes in the front court.