Wireman Posted May 6, 2009 Posted May 6, 2009 Kentucky likely now has the nation's top-rated class...The addition of John Wall would make it historical. Link :dancingpa:dancingpa:dancingpa
BaseballIsLife Posted May 6, 2009 Posted May 6, 2009 Agreed! Cal has an amazing 1st year recruiting class coming in and there will be big expectations of them from the get go. However, and I'm sure most will agree with me, that Cal doesn't deserve the credit of bringing in Orton and Hood as they were both recruited and signed by Gillispie. However Dodson, Cousins and Bledsoe are all Calipari's recruits.
Wireman Posted May 6, 2009 Author Posted May 6, 2009 Agreed! Cal has an amazing 1st year recruiting class coming in and there will be big expectations of them from the get go. However, and I'm sure most will agree with me, that Cal doesn't deserve the credit of bringing in Orton and Hood as they were boths recruited and signed by Gillispie. However Dodson, Cousins and Bledsoe are all Calipari's recruits. :thumb:
1st & goal Posted May 6, 2009 Posted May 6, 2009 Kentucky is now being talked about on all the major sports channels like we were back in the 90's. I liked Tubby-never liked Billy-but neither of them have the showmenship of Big bad JOHN!:clap:
Cawoodball player Posted May 6, 2009 Posted May 6, 2009 Agreed! Cal has an amazing 1st year recruiting class coming in and there will be big expectations of them from the get go. However, and I'm sure most will agree with me, that Cal doesn't deserve the credit of bringing in Orton and Hood as they were both recruited and signed by Gillispie. However Dodson, Cousins and Bledsoe are all Calipari's recruits. I don't know if we get Bledsoe without Gillispie and Cyprien. Bledsoe already had us in his list of top schools under Gillispie. It's kind of like the situation with Patrick Patterson. Without Tubby, we would have never gotten him. Tubby laid the foundation, and Gillispie sealed the deal. With Bledsoe, Gillispie laid the foundation, and Cal sealed the deal! Still, Calipari is a much better recruiter, coach, and person than Gillispie, in my opinion. I was a BIG Tubby fan, though.
formerkywrestler Posted May 6, 2009 Posted May 6, 2009 I don't know if we get Bledsoe without Gillispie and Cyprien. Bledsoe already had us in his list of top schools under Gillispie. It's kind of like the situation with Patrick Patterson. Without Tubby, we would have never gotten him. Tubby laid the foundation, and Gillispie sealed the deal. With Bledsoe, Gillispie laid the foundation, and Cal sealed the deal! Still, Calipari is a much better recruiter, coach, and person than Gillispie, in my opinion. I was a BIG Tubby fan, though. We were also rans by the time Cal came to UK. It would seem to me that Cal landed Bledsoe in spite of Gillispie.
bluegrass Posted May 6, 2009 Posted May 6, 2009 Kentucky is now being talked about on all the major sports channels like we were back in the 90's. I liked Tubby-never liked Billy-but neither of them have the showmenship of Big bad JOHN!:clap: Agree with your thoughts 100%!!! My feelings exactly!!
CatsCatsCats Posted May 6, 2009 Posted May 6, 2009 Great class, but it cannot compare to the Fab Five just yet.
mobaar Posted May 6, 2009 Posted May 6, 2009 Bledsoe Hood Dodson Cousins Orton Thats a heckuva lineup! I'd love to see that lineup vs. the rest of the team at the blue white game.
nkysportslegend Posted May 6, 2009 Posted May 6, 2009 Bledsoe Hood Dodson Cousins Orton Thats a heckuva lineup! I'd love to see that lineup vs. the rest of the team at the blue white game. That's good but I'd take a lineup of: Wall (hopefully) Meeks Miller Pilgrim Patterson (hopefully)
Wireman Posted May 6, 2009 Author Posted May 6, 2009 Great class, but it cannot compare to the Fab Five just yet. I was only making that comparison IF we land Wall.
Big Game Player Posted May 6, 2009 Posted May 6, 2009 Great class, but it cannot compare to the Fab Five just yet. Very true even though a lot are already. I believe it will take the signing of Wall to even have a chance at comparing.:thumb:
mobaar Posted May 6, 2009 Posted May 6, 2009 That's good but I'd take a lineup of: Wall (hopefully) Meeks Miller Pilgrim Patterson (hopefully) Well yeah, but my lineup was all freshman who are committed. With your assumptions, I think we'd see: Wall Meeks Miller Cousins Patterson
Hatz Posted May 6, 2009 Posted May 6, 2009 Looking at this class (and the potential of having Wall), it provoked some memories. I remember the Spring of 1979. That was the last UK class I thought of in these terms. That spring UK landed local guys Dirk Minnifield and Charles Hurt. They added McD All-american Derrick Hord. Then Sam Bowie came on board. Finally, I waited for a while believing the last piece was coming. Ralph Sampson. It was perfect. Just over a year removed from a National title and the "Twin Towers", here were the greatest "Twin Towers" of them all. Sampson at Center and Bowie at a Forward. Dirk Minnifield was going to be a great guard and Hord a great SF. Macy was back and Dwight Anderson who both had great years in spite of having no depth the year before and ending in the NIT. Then Sampson succombed to local VA pressure. He stayed home. Dwight Anderson was kicked off the team about 11 games in after finding the going a little harder with a team filled with athletes and stars. It was a good year and even better were to surely follow. But Minnifield struggled some the next season as PG alone without Macy. Bowie was magnificent but it never quite clicked. Then Bowie was out for two whole years. Hord was great as a Junior but the wheels came off in the NCAA (MTSU) and he never recovered. Hurt was consistent but not flashy or a scorer. I hope, as great as this class is and can be, it's not the same ending this time. Anything can happen. Both good and bad. Anything.
nkysportslegend Posted May 6, 2009 Posted May 6, 2009 Well yeah, but my lineup was all freshman who are committed. With your assumptions, I think we'd see: Wall Meeks Miller Cousins Patterson I was just taking the others to play your lineup at the blue white game, I understood what you were doing.:thumb:
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