Liggins says no to playing

While it is early in this freshman's career....this is already a crossroads for him....it will be VERY interesting to see how Gillispie reacts to this.....this is the sort of situation that could fracture a team, if not handled properly...

Shows a lot of immaturity, from this Freshman. He may have been a star in High School, but in College almost everyone is talented in many aspects.

 

He has potential and talent but not ready to start on this UK team. Watching him play, he looks like a Freshman going through highs/lows. If we don't hear about an apology for his decision soon to his teammates, then I don't see him lasting at UK.

 

Sometimes the mistakes made be Freshman, can be overcame and then some can't deal with the spotlight not being on them.

This could be the end for Mr. Liggins. I hope its handled in a manner that isn't detrimental to the team. He was in for a few minutes and was throwing the ball all over the place. Hopefully he can grow from this and the team will prosper.

The question was posed in the Kentucky thread as to why he wasn't in the game, we now know the answer to that question.

 

My goodness. This has spoiled brat written all over it, I know he is a freshman, but this is ridiculous.

Yeah that is a dumb thing to do. Hopefully they can get the problem resolved and he will straighten up. If not we will have another Alex Legion situation very soon.

Saw something like this coming from him. After the UNC game, where Billy G bragged all over Liggins, his PT has went way down..

Watches too much NBA....lets hope that Marberry isn't his role model.

He probably saw everyone else turning the ball over like crazy and he got yanked after he did...Hardly seems fair.

This needs to be smoothed over real soon and handled privately, but that probably won't happen here in Kentucky.

Will there ever be a year where Kentucky doesn't have some sort of soap opera going on?

^ Nope

If I watched Porter get all of my minutes while getting yanked for a single turnover, I don't know that I would want to play. However, he handled it the wrong way.

 

As far as messages go, what kind of message does it send your players when Porter makes mistake after mistake after mistake and sees no reduction in minutes while Galloway and Liggins make one turnover and get yanked?

Keep in mind, we have no idea what Liggins' attitude is like, how he practices, etc...

^ Good point