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posted 02-08-2017 08:40 AM
From KSR:
Coming in, we all knew Kentucky had issues on defense; however, letting a horrible LSU team that averages 74 points a game put up 85 in Rupp is inexcusable. The Tigers shot 62.5% in the second half, including a ridiculous 72.7% (8-11) from three. Antonio Blakeney had 31 points, more than Isaiah Briscoe and De’Aaron Fox combined. In the second half, LSU scored 58 points, just the latest in a discouraging defensive slide; in the last four games, Kentucky is giving up an average of 54 second half points. Woof.
“Some of those problems are our personnel,” Cal said of his defense’s woes. “They’ve either got to step on the gas or step back. I’m not being mean, I’m just being real. It’s that time. Either you step on the gas and get this right or you’ve got to step back.”
“I had a couple of guys look scared to death out there,” Cal added later on his radio show.
This series showcased everything that’s wrong with Kentucky right now:
Remember, that’s LSU.
Monk’s lack of rebounding might put him on the bench
Malik Monk had 23 points tonight, a welcome uptick from his 11 vs. Florida, but like in Gainesville, he had zero rebounds. This team goes as Malik does, but if he continues to shy away from the boards, Calipari’s not afraid to bench him.
“Well, again, he’s probably got to play less minutes if he’s not going to rebound the ball. You’re going to have to be in there less. It’s not hard in the equation. There were two or three opportunities, again, and I took him out. You didn’t get the ball, you’re out. It’s just making an effort to make them go get balls.”
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posted 02-08-2017 09:11 AM
As I said earlier this team has no heart. Monk has a rubber Arm.FGA this year 372 shots.Only 54 Assist 2.2 per game. The closer it gets to Draft Day $$$$ the worse they get. They are getting hard to watch. Coach has baby them since he recruited them. The LSU game would have been a good game to have started a different starting five but no the same old thing. I would bet you that we will lose Saturday. The other teams can smell the weakest in our team now and are looking for a easy Kill.
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PaulCat
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posted 02-08-2017 09:41 AM
As soon as the other team shoots the ball our guards (and some times forwards) just take off running down court. It's like it's instilled in their minds that they're playing against a 10-second shot clock and they have to score right away. Is they being coached this way? Who knows. Whatever it is, common sense would say you have to get the ball before you can run your offense. Bam quite often gets outrebounded by a smaller or weaker person. That right there is just effort.
Maybe Cal needs to stop recruiting "nice" guys and get some players in here with a desire to dominate like Towns and Cousins and Wall and Booker.
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Bama Cat
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posted 02-08-2017 11:06 AM
It's starting to look like Cal is getting the worst of the best. Right now we have no one in the top 10 recruits for next year. In the past he has usually gotten at least a couple of them. We may be better than Duke in next years ratings but does Duke have a couple better guys than what we have? Guys going to Washington? AZ and UCLA. UNC, etc. We are starting to look like the proverbial paper tiger.
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posted 02-08-2017 11:20 AM
I am sick of Cal saying he is going to do things to these "super stars" and then not doing it. I sure don't remember Monk being yanked after he didn't rebound, could be wrong but it doesn't stick out. I sure remember him playing alot despite his terrible defense, and running away from rebounds. He should have started the guys that will work hard on defense against LSU and sent a message that he really does value the effort plays. Instead he starts the same guys, including guys that were laughing on the bench during our last loss. The coach doesn't have control of this group. I am personally fine if we don't get guys from the top 10. I am okay if we get one, then round out the class with other guys in the top 20 or so, and then actually have some that stay around for a couple years, and want to work hard to achieve their dream. Of course, the coaching staff would have to coach them up, have game plans for teams, and prepare them for each game; not just count on their 5 being better than the other teams 5. And Cal has said in the past that was his philosophy, along with not watching game film on other teams. We also seem to have gotten guys now that just want to spend a year at college, have some fun, and then go to the NBA. Teams that have won championships have not had the amount of youth we always do. There has to be a good combination in order to win it all.
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posted 02-08-2017 11:43 AM
Monk has not had a rebound now for two games, that is totally ridiculous. He has the size and athleticism to be a vital part of the rebounding part of the game. It is just lack of effort. He only wants to play on the offensive end of the floor.
I watched a high school game recently involving a Duke recruit, Collins, a top ten recruit out of Ga and our Richards. No comparison, Collins made Richards look like he had never seen a basketball before. That will more than likely be our big man for next season. We are not getting the best of the best recruits over the past three years or so now. The last solid team we had was the group in 2015 that Cal platooned with and went 38 and 0 before losing to Wisconsin in the final four. He had a rim protector in Towns on that team, something that has been lacking with our team this year and last years group..
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posted 02-08-2017 11:58 AM
We seem to have this argument/discussion almost every year Cal's young inexperienced teams go thru tough times. For me, I will NEVER be ok with going after 2nd tier players in the hope they turn into good players. Sure, some of them do but most will be role players for their entire career.
I'll tell you one thing that frosts my balls, We have a few posters that you rarely see on here until things start going downhill and then they start coming out of the woodwork like stinking termites. We even had one poster on here last week that I swear has not posted for a year to tell us how stupid Cal is. Cal is not perfect and has some personal traits that make me a little uneasy but to say he can't coach is asinine. That's not only my opinion but also the opinion of most other coaches, basketball writers, analysts and the Hall of Fame.
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PaulCat
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posted 02-08-2017 12:59 PM
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Originally posted by handycat:
I'll tell you one thing that frosts my balls...
I figured the answer to this would be a 3-foot iceberg.
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Trey Ball
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posted 02-08-2017 03:52 PM
handycat,
Hopefully it wasn't me that frosted your balls. I know I haven't posted a lot this year just because I have been busy with my kids activities and work, but I did make a post in the last 10 days.
What I just find amazing about this particular group of players is how low their combined defensive IQ is on the court. Basic stuff that you teach kids in grade school these guys don't seem to have a clue. Here is the real rub, they have all the speed, length, and athleticism to be an OUTSTANDING defensive team.
There have been so many occasions this year where guys refuse to pick up and stop the man with the ball, instead they go and try to find the man they are assigned to defend. They have no idea on how to hedge a pick and roll, play post defense, etc.
Gabriel may me the worst defender on the entire team. He is always out of position in my mind. Last night UK had a golden opportunity to get a 5 second call on LSU after a score, the count was probably at 4, UK had the LSU guard double teamed on the sideline and no one was coming back to help. The only way to avoid the 5 second call was if Gabriel allowed the guard to cut back towards the baseline, what does he do? Plays on the high side and forces him back to catch the ball. I just shook my head in disbelief.
Cal has his work cut out for him for the next 3 to 4 weeks to get this group to learn how to defend.
I do differ from many on here and in the media. I really don't think it is a lack of effort. I truly believe it is a lack of understanding on how to play basic defense. I don't even think Monk not rebounding is lack of effort, I think he was probably always coached to release and let the bigs grab the rebound (I'm also not so sure that isn't what Cal coached him to do at the beginning of the year either. I think Cal thought with BAM/Briscoe/Wenyen/Willis/Humphries/Jones etc that rebounding would not be an issue, but he found out pretty quickly against the better teams that it is and he is correcting course).
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