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Topic: Poy "We got to learn to step on their throats"
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catmandoo
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posted 11-21-2015 03:45 PM
“We as a team felt we should have played better. We kind of came out a little slow. We had the lead and then we kind of let it eat away. We gotta learn how to bury teams like we’ve done in the past couple years. We gotta learn how to step on their throats and just keep on fighting until the end of the game because you get a team like that—and they played good too, but when you give a team like that something to eat away in the last couple minutes. They hit a couple shots and then it’s a ballgame. So we just gotta do a better job of finishing out games, finishing out quarters, halves, stuff like that.”
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posted 11-21-2015 04:07 PM
I agree totally with that assessment. I was somewhat disappointed in the effort I saw last night.
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catmandoo
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posted 11-22-2015 10:37 AM
Hopefully they will learn and use that knowledge in future games. This team looks to have players that want to get better and would bet we will see improvement all season.
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m hamilton
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posted 11-22-2015 09:01 PM
I don't totally blame the boys for Friday night's game. Our offense never could get into any kind of flow because of the reach and grab style of defense that Wright State played!
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catmandoo
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posted 11-22-2015 09:57 PM
It was a strange game in that we killed them on the boards, shot 20 more free throws than they did, shot 17% better from the field, 11 more boards, and we never could put the game away. They were a very well coached team that never seemed to be intimidated the whole game. They honestly played us almost as good as Duke and did it on our floor.
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posted 11-22-2015 10:01 PM
When they play these games for money they'll have to get used to the rough play. The other team is not supposed to win the game, just the money that goes with playing on our floor. We have to learn to play thru the roughness and make our free throws and we'll be better at putting the game out of reach.
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posted 11-23-2015 06:52 AM
If anyone has seen the NBA in the last 15 years, they only play hard nosed defense in the playoffs. The rest of the time it is matador defense.
With these young teams that Cal has every year, they will pay to the level of the opponent, the majority of the time.
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catmandoo
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posted 11-23-2015 10:34 AM
Cal undeniably seems to have the most talented team in the country most every year. This comes from the fact he is the best recruiter in the country and has been for almost his entire coaching career.
Cal only had one team since he has been here that didn't make it to the NCAA tournament, that was the 2012-2013 team that lost their first game in the NIT.
There is only one coach in history of Kentucky that ever made it to the NCAA tournament in double digit years in succession and that is Tubby Smith he made it every year he coached the Kentucky Wildcats, 10 straight years.
I think Cal is better than that and will get them playing hard no matter who they play. He should be used to having loads of talent and if he stays another 8 years he probably will surpass Tubby's all-time record.
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posted 11-23-2015 11:12 AM
Bruce it would be interesting to see the seeds each yr of Tubby's stint at Ky. Without a top 4 seed doubtful very unlikely the tourney can be won. Happens every once in a while but to me getting a 8 or 9 seed gives you almost no chance to win the whole thing..
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catmandoo
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posted 11-23-2015 12:39 PM
Ed, just trying to point out the consistency that Kentucky has had which has been one of the biggest things that has made Kentucky the best college basketball team in the country for all these years. Tubby, who everyone seems to rag on all the time, was the most consistent UK coachs. Making it the NCAA is a bench mark of a very good season. He was a coach that didn't need the best talent and could get the most out of his players. I honestly believe if he had been the recruiter Cal has been over the years, Tubby would have won at least 5 National Championships. He did a lot with minimal talent and did something no other Kentucky coach could do which I would hope Kentucky fans who are the most avid and loyal fans in the country would be proud of.
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posted 11-23-2015 01:18 PM
I agree that Tubby was a consistently good coach. I don't think anyone would disagree with that, one bit. But, why was Tubby hired in the first place? Was he an elite coach? What had he accomplished? He was a guy who had been on the Pitino staff and was the head coach of Georgia (a football school). He never should have been given the job. Billy Clyde really should have never been given the job and it is a wonder that the AD didn't get fired over it.
But, what do the fans and alumni want and expect from the basketball program that has such a rich history? They want final fours every season and teams that are in the hunt for championships. To get there on a consistent basis you have to have an elite coach. UK has that elite coach in Calipari.
When he retires, I don't see the dominance continuing. There is no young coach who is in waiting to become the next Calipari. When the time comes, will they look for somebody on Calipari's coaching tree? Or will they finally do the smart thing and take the best coach out there who has a good 15 or more years of coaching left in him and cold dominate, if he got the head coaching job that is the Rome of basketball.
I remember Joe Hall saying in an interview that a fan came up to him right after they won the title and asked him how good they were going to be the next year. It never stops at Kentucky. Settle for a good coach and get good results. Go after the best, and you still can't keep the fans happy, but you will go to plenty of final fours and win a few championships.
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posted 11-23-2015 03:24 PM
Bruce if Tubby had been half the recruiter as he was a x and o coach, he would have won a cpl more championships - he just didnt gett too involved in recruiting and didnt have a staff that could/would either..
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