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Author Topic: The checker board rlt4uk Player Member # 3194 posted 05-10-2018 04:17 PM                    Why is there such a debate about the secretariat checker board on the basketball uniforms. I, myself personally love the uniforms. Am I alone, how does the catsdomain men feel about them? -------------------- Bleeding Blue in south Alabama. Kentucky born, Kentucky bred,I'll be kentucky until i'm dead! Posts: 9798 | From: enterprise, al 36330 | Registered: Sep 2010  |  IP: Logged handycat Player Member # 2323 posted 05-10-2018 04:53 PM                     They could play naked with a big blue K painted on their back and chest and I would be fine with that. Posts: 5408 | From: decatur ill. | Registered: Feb 2005  |  IP: Logged SCWC Player Member # 2464 posted 05-10-2018 06:08 PM                    I have never liked them myself and the university is now finding that many fans prefer they be gone. That is a Mitch Barnhart addition to the uniform that is not overly popular with the players and many fans. Several former players have spoken out against them and hopefully they will soon be a thing of history. Posts: 17777 | From: Myrtle Beach, SC | Registered: Jun 2005  |  IP: Logged Old Norm Administrator Member # 1482 posted 05-10-2018 06:43 PM                     Did anyone see about the Mitch Barnhart interview about the checkerboard unis, with one of the KSR people? It was either fake news, Barnhart was drunk, or he is an A hole. Here's the KSR article: KSR [ 05-10-2018, 06:57 PM: Message edited by: Old Norm ] -------------------- Pray For Our Country! Posts: 36271 | From: Western KY | Registered: Aug 2001  |  IP: Logged handycat Player Member # 2323 posted 05-10-2018 06:57 PM                     Choice #3 appears to be a possibility. Matt ended the interview by asking why the athletic department has gone all in on the checkerboard motif, from the new court at Rupp to the widely panned new basketball uniforms. Mitch got a little defensive about the checkerboard, which honors Secretariat, and honestly, the whole exchange was a little awkward. “Well, it’s not ‘Checkerboard U,’ and you’re right, your opinion doesn’t matter that much to me, Matt,” he joked. “I’m just kidding. I appreciate your input.” Mitch then explained how the department is trying to align itself with Secretariat, to which Matt interrupted and pointed out that Secretariat wasn’t even born in Kentucky (he was born in Virginia). “I understand. Matt, here you go again. We like what he did, he ran a great race, he had a great career. So we align ourselves, there are people here locally we work with very closely with, so we’ve got that. He was one of the greatest that ever ran. So we’ve aligned ourselves with some silks that are sort of cool. Our players love it, our athletes like it and they like it on their uniforms.” Matt interrupted again to point out that the players have gone on record saying they DON’T like the checkerboard on the new uniforms. “Matt, it depends on who you ask. I’m not going to cut you off and I’m not going to argue — are we really arguing about uniforms, seriously?” Posts: 5408 | From: decatur ill. | Registered: Feb 2005  |  IP: Logged SCWC Player Member # 2464 posted 05-11-2018 05:16 AM                    What does Secretariat have to do with Kentucky basketball, absolutely nothing. I would venture to say someone put some money in the pockets of mr Barnhart to make the uniform changes. I know former players over the past two season have not liked them, including Fox, Monk, Willis, Knox and Alexander this season. I never liked them the first time I saw them, I find the checkerboard pattern distracting but I am old school maybe????? Posts: 17777 | From: Myrtle Beach, SC | Registered: Jun 2005  |  IP: Logged Tiptree Administrator Member # 844 posted 05-11-2018 06:49 AM                     Trying to tie ourselves to a winner? Wait, I thought we were already the winningest basketball program of all time. Why do we need to invoke a frickin' horse to improve our image as a winner? Never did like the checkerboard thing, but I never really disliked it either, until now. Barnhardt does a great job with the non-revenue sports, and has tried to build the football program with some moderate success, but honestly, he just does not "get" Kentucky basketball. His hire of Gillespie nearly destroyed the program, and this non-sense about aligning with a winner is just stupid. -------------------- Tiptree “If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.” Thomas Jefferson Posts: 13628 | From: Terre Haute, IN | Registered: Sep 2000  |  IP: Logged ukcatfannfl Player Member # 1425 posted 05-11-2018 07:21 AM                     There is some big time money exchanging hands - only way to justify that ugly uniform! -------------------- ukcatfannfl Posts: 8771 | From: Inverness, FL | Registered: Jun 2001  |  IP: Logged ukman Player Member # 3032 posted 05-11-2018 12:49 PM                 I like the checkerboard on the football uniforms, just on the shoulders, but I do not like it on the basketball uniforms. Never have. I didn't mind the first time we had it when there was just a small section on the side of the shorts, but I still would have preferred to not have it. Posts: 5441 | From: georgia | Registered: Jan 2009  |  IP: Logged WHO?UK Player Member # 2286 posted 05-12-2018 02:54 PM                     Bring back the Denim! -------------------- RLTW! Posts: 848 | From: Savannah Ga | Registered: Dec 2004  |  IP: Logged rlt4uk Player Member # 3194 posted 05-13-2018 03:52 AM                    I liked it when pitino was coach as far as the uniforms go. It seemed like a different one every week. The one's we wore in the 31 point come back against Lsu seem to stick out to me. -------------------- Bleeding Blue in south Alabama. Kentucky born, Kentucky bred,I'll be kentucky until i'm dead! Posts: 9798 | From: enterprise, al 36330 | Registered: Sep 2010  |  IP: Logged catmandoo Player Member # 1284 posted 05-13-2018 10:29 AM                     Whatever they decide on is fine with me as long as they are Blue and White. [ 05-13-2018, 08:58 PM: Message edited by: catmandoo ] -------------------- http://www.ukfightsong.com/ Posts: 186359 | From: st. augustine florida 32092 | Registered: Mar 2001  |  IP: Logged PaulCat Player Member # 513 posted 05-14-2018 08:50 AM                    I honestly never noticed the checkerboard until this stupid debate come up, which brings me to my point - I could care less. Posts: 10347 | From: Erlanger, Ky. USA | Registered: Mar 2000  |  IP: Logged handycat Player Member # 2323 posted 05-14-2018 10:35 AM                     There is so little going on on this board we can't choose to pick our debates. Summer slump I guess. Posts: 5408 | From: decatur ill. | Registered: Feb 2005  |  IP: Logged Bama Cat Player Member # 153 posted 05-14-2018 11:11 AM                     I never give it a thought until this thread. I like them. I liked the ones with thepointed stripes of years ago and I also liked the old fashioned ones that look like swim trunks. Don't matter to me as long as we go undefeated and win the NCAA championship. Posts: 14172 | From: berea, ky, usa | Registered: Sep 1999  |  IP: Logged

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