Smith has earned chance to rebound

[rgriffin]

bailey said:

I for one feel that Tubby has been given a chance to correct his problems and he has failed. What changes were made that Tubby said would right the ship since last year. Two that I can think of: 1 He hired a new Strength Coach (which hasn't shown any better results in rebounding and endurance). 2 He chased off one of his top players that turned out to be a first round draft pick in the NBA. He was suppose to be the one hurting the team. He had Sims and a guard leave that didn't get any playing time.
What do we have to show for his great changes? We will end our season with one less loss than last year.
Considering all of his great changes then looking ahead to next year things still look bleak even if we get Patterson and Lucas. Freshmen don't win games for you. Why would anyone think that we are going to get these 2 players with all the controversy over Tubby? Why would a short point guard want to play Tubby ball. Just like he said he needs to have a fast paced game to be to his advantage. We all know that will never happen while Tubby is here.
My concerns or more with the future of UK Basketball. My feelings about next year are that we will not get Patterson or Lucas. Morris will stay. The program will be in worse shape than this year with another Very Poor recruiting class and we hit bottom in 2009 if Tubby stays with nothing but a bunch of Mid Major players to help Meeks and Jasper.
Bailey

I would have to ask you to look at Ohio St. and Texas and then tell me freshman don't win games for you.... I would also look a couple of years back at Syracuse and Carmello. The right freshmen can win games for you.

[Bailey]

rgriffin
What you have pointed out are 2 teams over an X number of years. Think of all the teams with Freshmen that didn't elevate to that level.
Bailey

[tayshaun]

But, think about the fact that we are kentucky and we expect our freshman to be good.

[bluegrassking]

rgriffin said:

bailey said:

I for one feel that Tubby has been given a chance to correct his problems and he has failed. What changes were made that Tubby said would right the ship since last year. Two that I can think of: 1 He hired a new Strength Coach (which hasn't shown any better results in rebounding and endurance). 2 He chased off one of his top players that turned out to be a first round draft pick in the NBA. He was suppose to be the one hurting the team. He had Sims and a guard leave that didn't get any playing time.
What do we have to show for his great changes? We will end our season with one less loss than last year.
Considering all of his great changes then looking ahead to next year things still look bleak even if we get Patterson and Lucas. Freshmen don't win games for you. Why would anyone think that we are going to get these 2 players with all the controversy over Tubby? Why would a short point guard want to play Tubby ball. Just like he said he needs to have a fast paced game to be to his advantage. We all know that will never happen while Tubby is here.
My concerns or more with the future of UK Basketball. My feelings about next year are that we will not get Patterson or Lucas. Morris will stay. The program will be in worse shape than this year with another Very Poor recruiting class and we hit bottom in 2009 if Tubby stays with nothing but a bunch of Mid Major players to help Meeks and Jasper.
Bailey

I would have to ask you to look at Ohio St. and Texas and then tell me freshman don't win games for you.... I would also look a couple of years back at Syracuse and Carmello. The right freshmen can win games for you.

Has Tubby ever had a freshman average even double digits?
Does he recruit guys like Oden, Conelly, or Durrant?

Tubby sometimes migh allow a freshman to help pull the plow but they aren't big impact players.