Randy Parker

6 hours ago, TheDeuce said:

It's these takes that infuriate me as a minority. 

There are PLENTY of opportunities to bring race up, because it's warranted. Caitlin Clark is not one of those and trying to make it that way just makes them look stupid. 

Correct.  When you throw the race card every time something happens, it's hard to be heard when it actually does need to be played.

1 hour ago, TheDeuce said:

Here’s the video I took…

 

Wow.  That's awesome. 

7 hours ago, DanvilleFan said:

The other thing I read which makes this lawsuit weird/sketchy is that there's no contract he's claiming he signed, right?  Just a promise?  That's going to be tough to prove if its just verbal.  But IIRC the NCAA has said that NIL deals can't be a contract, is that right?

Whole thing is a mess!

If NILs can't be a contract, then it's one party's word against the other.  As you stated, hard to prove whether he is in the right or not.

4 hours ago, theguru said:

From OutKick on Facebook.

Jemele Hill on Caitlin Clark's success:

"We would all be very naïve if we didn’t say race and her sexuality played a role in her popularity. While so many people are happy for Caitlin’s success — including the players; this has had such an enormous impact on the game..."

I don't speak for everyone, and I never watch women's pro basketball.  But I watched Clark once and was hooked in the same way Steph Curry hooked me.  They both play a style that's fascinating to watch.

The only other women's player I watched just because of the player was Griner.  She was just different and better.

So for me, Hill's argument doesn't carry weight.

2 hours ago, Voice of Reason said:

The conspiracy theory crowd is going to need to work overtime on this playoff season. New York is out. No NY; No LA; No Philly; No Chicago. Indianapolis and Minneapolis are in? What are the NBA and their refs up to?

I am confident they'll come up with something. 

8 hours ago, sportsfan41 said:

Most of the officers I know, just want to make it through their shift and get home. No one goes to work wanting to be in the news. 

Yep, same here.

8 hours ago, TheDeuce said:

It was probably communication, following instruction, different communication, confusion, escalation. 

This is what it seems like to me. 

2 hours ago, TheDeuce said:

LMPD continues to be an embarrassment to the City of Louisville. An absolute joke of an organization. 

So they basically overreacted the whole thing, according to witnesses.  Is that correct?

11 hours ago, bugatti said:

It seems UK's roster is nearing completion. Are we able to identify any starters at this point?

No.

And that's not a knock either.  I haven't heard of a single player other than Perry & Noah.

4 hours ago, Oldercoach said:

Just saw on ESPN that Cal is considering limiting his current and future teams to 8-9 players.  Seems his reasoning that everybody entering the portal makes him question why he should develop players for other coaches.  He wasn’t worried about depth and plans to fill the roster out with walk-ons.  Don’t I recall about 2 Cats out every game because of some injury or another?  What’s really going on her Cal?

That's pretty dumb of Cal.

Trent Noah

2 hours ago, TheDeuce said:

The majority of the excitement is from the older generations who really remember the 96 team. Hiring Pope takes them back to that time. They can pretend that his resume excites them, but it's not true. They will disregard his resume because of who he is and what he did while he played at UK. 

Correct.  And I would add people see Pope as a "front of the jersey" kind of coach that will recruit "front of the jersey" kind of players.  That kind of thinking, in my opinion, is archaic and unrealistic.  Unless you want all Kentucky kids that likely have no NBA future, you're not going to have that kind of roster.

I completely understand, and share, the Calipari frustration.  I even felt like it was time for he and the university to part ways.  The danger in that, from my vantage point, is who replaces him.  I thought a lot of the candidates were unrealistic (namely Jay Wright, Danny Hurley, & to a lesser extent, Billy Donovan).  But I also didn't think we'd have to go this far down to get someone.  

As you said, if you look at his resume--and I mean resume only and no looking at his name or anything else--most UK fans would scoff.  Rightly so.

5 hours ago, sportsfan41 said:

BYU was also preseason top 15, roll the dice already. 

Again, not a single NCAA Tournament win.  If the guy's name was Fred Johnson and was a San Diego State alum, no one would be excited.  Because Fred Johnson wouldn't have been hired.

4 hours ago, futurecoach said:

He is not wrong in the fact that him graduating and playing at UK is the only reason why he even got considered for the job. If he never played at UK, he would not have even gotten a look. It doesn't mean he can't do a great job, but him having played at UK is the only reason he got a look. Without having played at UK, his coaching resume wouldn't have gotten him a look at all. 

100%

9 hours ago, sportsfan41 said:

Fixed it for you. 

Winning a title doesn't hurt, sure.  But people at one time were clamoring for Travis Ford, and to a lesser extent, John Pelphrey.  Neither of them won titles.

My point is, there's nothing he's accomplished as a head coach that earned him this job.

6 hours ago, FrankNicodemus said:

O OK, that's all it took for him to get the job.  

RP, don't have doubts....The bus is gassing up and we are about to roll!!!!

I hope you are right.  I really do.

5 hours ago, bugatti said:

Obviously, for UK fans we remain optimistic the Mark Pope era is a tremendous one. But I ain't drinking the Kool-Aid yet. We can convince ourselves this was a great hire, but if 60 days ago I were to tell you Calipari's time at UK is coming to a close and Mark Pope is on deck, I would have been laughed out of the building.

He may knock it out of the park. He may fall flat on his face. We shall see.

I truly hope he is sensational at UK.  It would be a great story. 

I just have serious doubts.  Nine years as a head coach and has as many NCAA Tournament wins as Scut Farkus.

He graduated from UK.  That's the sole reason he was considered for the job.

4 hours ago, TheDeuce said:

Between settling for Pope and Reed going to the NBA, that portion of BBN has gotten an overdue dose of humility in the past few weeks. 

A thousand percent, yes.

The Quaintance visit is no longer happening. 

7 hours ago, Voice of Reason said:

3 players.

Perry, Chandler and just got a big out of the portal from Drexel. Another BYU player perhaps is next, Richie Sanders?

Is that the sixth man from BYU?

2 hours ago, MaddenCurse44 said:

How does the roster look so far?

Non-existent 

13 hours ago, TheDeuce said:

I haven’t seen anything about that yet. 

I wondered because big men and knee injuries...often a bad combination.

31 minutes ago, Jumper_Dad said:

Another thing to consider, he would have had unrealistic expectations placed on him by fans next year. He probably would have felt the weight of the state on his back every game.

While I love him as a player and a Kentucky kid, I completely understand his decision and wish him well.

No doubt about it.  Expectations would have been unbelievable.  And probably unfair. 

11 minutes ago, TheDeuce said:

 

It’s my understanding he was hurt most of last year and plans to have knee surgery. Hence the redshirt. 

Any idea what kind of surgery?