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Posted by handycat (Member # 2323) on 01-18-2023, 08:13 AM:

There are a lot of them after two good UK wins. They hate Cal more than they want UK to win. Several UK sites went strangely silent after UK started playing well in the second half.

[ 01-18-2023, 08:15 AM: Message edited by: handycat ]

Posted by Trey Ball (Member # 332) on 01-18-2023, 08:16 AM:

handycat,

I was only silent because I went to bed. LOL. As I just posted....Glad to see that Cal made the adjustments at halftime and decided not to play Wheeler in the second half, other than for 1 minute it appears.

Glad to see that he stuck with Frederick even though he was not hitting shots, but looks like he did hit his only one to give UK the lead. Frederick and Reeves on the floor is a must to space to it properly. Also, it appears to me that CJ is the vocal leader of this team. He has some intangibles that merit him being on the floor 35 minutes per game.

[ 01-18-2023, 08:23 AM: Message edited by: Trey Ball ]

Posted by PaulCat (Member # 513) on 01-18-2023, 09:09 AM:

I know Cal has forgotten more about basketball than i'll ever know, but there are things that seem so obvious that he doesn't see. If I was the only person saying this, it would be one thing. But every site I go on says the same thing, that Wheeler needs to take a back seat. And when Cal sits Wheeler, we play pretty good. Why does it take Cal so long to see what the rest of the world sees?

Posted by ukman (Member # 3032) on 01-18-2023, 10:29 AM:

Love to see UK win anytime. Very glad to see he stuck more with Reeves, Wallace, CJ, Toppin, and Oscar. He still played a decent amount of the game with only Cj or Reeves on the floor at a time. He definitely said get it to Oscar, which worked against UGA, but that is not going to work against teams with long athletic bigs, as we have seen. We also went to Circle a too early again, but the way Oscar was playing it didn't matter, and we hit free throws. HE needs to trust them more and let them play. when he does that it's like he's putting handcuffs on the team and they never perform well in the last 5 minutes or so we he forces them to do that.

Still wish he would work on a zone to protect guys in foul trouble some, especially Oscar, and because it can definitely be effective against teams for stretches of a game. We have moved a little better on offense which is good coaching. We still get stagnate when it goes to Oscar as everyone just stands and watches. Hopefully he will work on some plays to get guys open looks from Oscar. However, Oscar is not a good passer. He struggles to find the right guy, especially against double teams, and when he does it is often a bad pass that is too low, etc.

I am not a Cal fan, at all, of his coaching, and never have been. And at least I have been consistent with my views. It's not just based on if we win or lose, but how the team plays and performs. For years I have been hoping to see him adapt and improve. I would be thrilled if I saw him develop into a great game coach, and game planner. That would mean I would always enjoy watching UK play because it would be good basketball. That has not been the case for several years. My hope is that he is realizing he has to change to be the best coach he can be, and to get the most out of his teams. He just needs to be humbled some and realize he has to change how he coaches. That's all I want.