Post by still_busted on Jul 12, 2002 9:41:46 GMT -5
Hell, THIS is even worse Jim;;;
Has anyone REALLY taken a close look at the schools he mentions? I have no aspirations of him ever attending ANY college, but, to NOT have Kentucky somewhere in his lists of, "BECAUSES" is scary.
Look at what he has to say about the ones he does think about.
UNC; Theres ALWAYS been a tradition.==== UNLIKE UK has not. Well, the past three seasons we haven't.
DUKE; "The RIVALRY" with UNC.
Florida "{ I just LIKE the way they play. The way they get up and "RUN" {EMPHASIS MINE} [ Florida coach Billy Donovan] DOESN'T DISCRIMINATE." He LETS Everybody PLAY."
Ohio State; "Down the street from me."
UoL; "Rick Pitino is one of the GREATEST coachs EVER."
So, does THIS say that UK is chopped liver or what? OR, does this say that UK is still declining in the eyes of high school all stars lately? My guess is the latter excuse. Take a close look at WHO UK has convinced to come play for them and then take a close look at the last three schools listed above. You will see that where, ONCE, Florida, a predominatly football school IS getting top billing from most of the HS AS players and a school like UNC who IS losing can STILL get the BIG names to come to their school and play for a coach that HAS no clue and never mention the winningest program in history with the second most NCAA Banners hanging in the rafters tells me that we USED to be what it was all about and are taking a back seat now.
I have a serious problem with kids who WERE ranked at about #35-45 and AFTER signing with UK, they automatically jump to the top 20 or better.
I also have a little "TIC" saying that ALL or PART of ALL the top notch HS players we are recruiting notch will sign elsewhere on the dotted line come signing day.
Look at what happened at Oklohoma's storied football program after all the "THUGS" with MACHINE GUNS were exposed by the media. FOOTBALL dropped
Look at UNLV back in TARKS HAY DAYS and what happened after the media exposed what was going on there.
Heck,. LOOK at what happened at KENTUCKY back in the Fran Cursi days. LOL
get the picture?
While I have NOT given up on Tubby, SINCE he has figured out that we DESPERATLY need a recruiter, {PROOF IS IN DA PUDDIN THOUGH} UK MAY once again gain the prominance it once proudly displayed as the school that darn near EVERY top ten HS kid wanted to attend. I can remember back when we turned top ten players DOWN because there was NO room left for them, and, that ain't been too long ago either for you to not remember Jim. You have a pretty good handle on feelings about "WHO" or "WHAT" so I will leave you with this little tidbit;
IF we do NOT sign ANY of the TOP players we are after, will you see the light at the end of the tunnel too?
I have had over 57 years of Kentucky basketball behind me and I cannot remember when it was as bad as it is now, except for the years we were under probation.
Has anyone REALLY taken a close look at the schools he mentions? I have no aspirations of him ever attending ANY college, but, to NOT have Kentucky somewhere in his lists of, "BECAUSES" is scary.
Look at what he has to say about the ones he does think about.
UNC; Theres ALWAYS been a tradition.==== UNLIKE UK has not. Well, the past three seasons we haven't.
DUKE; "The RIVALRY" with UNC.
Florida "{ I just LIKE the way they play. The way they get up and "RUN" {EMPHASIS MINE} [ Florida coach Billy Donovan] DOESN'T DISCRIMINATE." He LETS Everybody PLAY."
Ohio State; "Down the street from me."
UoL; "Rick Pitino is one of the GREATEST coachs EVER."
So, does THIS say that UK is chopped liver or what? OR, does this say that UK is still declining in the eyes of high school all stars lately? My guess is the latter excuse. Take a close look at WHO UK has convinced to come play for them and then take a close look at the last three schools listed above. You will see that where, ONCE, Florida, a predominatly football school IS getting top billing from most of the HS AS players and a school like UNC who IS losing can STILL get the BIG names to come to their school and play for a coach that HAS no clue and never mention the winningest program in history with the second most NCAA Banners hanging in the rafters tells me that we USED to be what it was all about and are taking a back seat now.
I have a serious problem with kids who WERE ranked at about #35-45 and AFTER signing with UK, they automatically jump to the top 20 or better.
I also have a little "TIC" saying that ALL or PART of ALL the top notch HS players we are recruiting notch will sign elsewhere on the dotted line come signing day.
Look at what happened at Oklohoma's storied football program after all the "THUGS" with MACHINE GUNS were exposed by the media. FOOTBALL dropped
Look at UNLV back in TARKS HAY DAYS and what happened after the media exposed what was going on there.
Heck,. LOOK at what happened at KENTUCKY back in the Fran Cursi days. LOL
get the picture?
While I have NOT given up on Tubby, SINCE he has figured out that we DESPERATLY need a recruiter, {PROOF IS IN DA PUDDIN THOUGH} UK MAY once again gain the prominance it once proudly displayed as the school that darn near EVERY top ten HS kid wanted to attend. I can remember back when we turned top ten players DOWN because there was NO room left for them, and, that ain't been too long ago either for you to not remember Jim. You have a pretty good handle on feelings about "WHO" or "WHAT" so I will leave you with this little tidbit;
IF we do NOT sign ANY of the TOP players we are after, will you see the light at the end of the tunnel too?
I have had over 57 years of Kentucky basketball behind me and I cannot remember when it was as bad as it is now, except for the years we were under probation.