February 21, 200719 yr Larry O was a surprise coming out of high school. Crum wasn't even recruiting him, Pitino took a chance on him. Pitino didn't even take him to the tournament his Sophomore year. Baby Face O'Bannon BECAME the kind of player he was.
February 21, 200719 yr Larry O was a surprise coming out of high school. Crum wasn't even recruiting him, Pitino took a chance on him. Pitino didn't even take him to the tournament his Sophomore year. Baby Face O'Bannon BECAME the kind of player he was. :thumb: :thumb:
February 21, 200719 yr Anyone that had Bradley as a four star recruit was and is out of their mind. So every recruiting service is out of their mind I guess. Why do we pay attention to them anyways
February 21, 200719 yr Admiral - I hadn't seen the threads you started. I've spent most of my BGP time on the High School board. I'll go ahead and reply to a few of the folks questions from those threads... In the recent years, I think UK should have done everything they could to get Jaron Brown (Bryan Station - Pitt), Justin Doleman (Ryle - Xavier), Chris Lofton (duh), Larry O'Bannon (Male - Louisville) Recent players from KY who I think are better than Bobby Perry, Sheray Thomas and Woo (keep in mind - I think Perry, Thomas and Woo are LOW TO MID MAJOR PLAYERS posing as Kentucky Wildcat talent): Mark Surgalski (Ashland - Wright State/Georgetown College), Ross Neltner (Highlands - LSU/Vandy), Brian Thornton (Louisville Manual - Notre Dame/Vandy), Darnell Dialls (Lafayette - EKU), Brian Silverhorn (Shelby Co. - Georgetown College), Stepphon Pettigrew (E-town - tba) Recent and current players who I think are better than Michael Porter: AJ Slaughter (Shelby Co. - Western KY), Matt Walls (Scott Co. - tba), Bud Mackey (Scott Co. - IU verbal), Darius Miller (Mason Co - tba), Twanny Beckam (Ballard - IUPUI signed), Ty Profitt (South Laurel - Notre Dame signed) I don't think they should have recruited all these guys, but I think a few sprinkled around a Mashburn was a really good way to recruit. It seems now that we get no talent like Mash - and the mid level guys we take are Chuck Hayes cousin... One more point - I blame the assistants as much as Tubby. Those guys don't work half as hard as the people they are up against. I know for a FACT that when UK started recruiting Jared Carter - UK's staff came to watch him play 3 times while Roy Williams and his staff flew in from Chapel Hill 5 times during Jared's senior year. Note to Tubby - Fire Hobbs and Finney and Hansen and hire a go-getter to recruit. If you could make Happy Osborne go by the rules - he would be a good fit. Donnie Tyndall sure got some players to go to LSU while he was there. These two would also have the "Kentucky Pride" that is lacking in the staff just as it is lacking in the players. Nice research!
February 24, 200719 yr Don't take KY boys unless they are good enough. Most of the time, KY boys cant beat the Ind boys in their yearly series. If UK limited to only Ky boys, Uk would get a lot more than 10 losses each year.
February 24, 200719 yr Anyone that had Bradley as a four star recruit was and is out of their mind. And I submit that Lofton's overall performance in high school was above Bradley's as well. As an all state performer in two sports, basketball and football, it was easy to see that Lofton was a hard worker with a tremendous upside. Tubby missed the boat, plain and simple, get over it. How many times did you watch Bradley play in high school, my guess would be NONE! So please come again...
February 24, 200719 yr Well, it does not take a genius to figure out that someone missed the boat on Lofton and took Bradley instead. A two sport all state performer, or a head case like Bradley? Hmmm, I don't know, I guess Tubby would rather have the head case that has cost UK at least two games this year. No, I did not see Bradley play in high school, but then again it does not matter if I saw him since I don't coach at UK. Tubby made the mistake, not me.
February 26, 200719 yr Well, it does not take a genius to figure out that someone missed the boat on Lofton and took Bradley instead. A two sport all state performer, or a head case like Bradley? Hmmm, I don't know, I guess Tubby would rather have the head case that has cost UK at least two games this year. No, I did not see Bradley play in high school, but then again it does not matter if I saw him since I don't coach at UK. Tubby made the mistake, not me. Explain how Bradley is a head case...
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