He’s right and it’s a compliment to BBN. Standards and expectations should be high, why shouldn’t your fanbase expect excellence if you consider yourself a top tier program.
@Boo_Jones yeah okay, the ncaa basketball tourney is way harder to win then our current basketball system, Alabama has been awesome but you act like our 8 titles are not relevant.
As a UK fan I have to agree. BBN is filled with some of the greatest fans in the history of basketball BUT we have a small group of fans that can make us look ridiculous at times. Calling for Caliparis job to me is insane. The man brought us back from the train wreck that was Billy G and gave us another banner to hang. He's having a rough spot as of late but that's when, as a fan, you support your coach and team(s) and know it'll be alright; he's proven that already.
@@jamiebaker7265 I'm disgusted. I hate losing Cal but I can't blame him considering the bullshit he has to hear from the extremes of BBN when he loses. He will have Arkansas hoisting a National Title within 5 years; mark my words.
@@clarenceworley3714words marked and my prediction is they wont age well. Cal is s con man, "UK needs a new voice" ok.... then why did you try to get Kentucky to match Arkansas offer if that's true? Cal HATES he put himself in Arkansas but hey stuff like that happens when you breach contracts. P
So Cals last 5 years shouldn’t be counted because of his first 10 seasons were good? Cal had to make simple changes to adjust to the nil and transfer portal and he didn’t. Behind the senses our program was falling apart. Fans played a part but at the end of the day Cal is a grown ass man that should be enough to adapt and involvewith the times. He won’t win chips at Arkansas because last year they had the best class and where did that get Arkansas? I believe he will get them a final 4 but no chance on a chip.
UK hoops isn't stacking to Bama football in today's world. Kentucky basketball has won three games at the Final Four in the last 24 seasons.....Compare that to what Bama Football has accomplished since 2008.
Maybe I live in a minority bubble in the part of Kentucky I'm from. But everyone is happy with how Kentucky has been this year. We went into this season just hoping to make the NCAA tournament and winning 1 game in the SEC tournament.
I bleed blue ya in a way we are spoiled but on the other hand with all the money being paid with more of the Best kids in the country playing we should have had more championship than one the last 15 years
Absolutely we are, I know recruiting isn’t everything, but how much do we enjoy getting these commitments? What if the next coach can’t win but also can’t recruit. Further more Cal gets nearly the best portal option transfers. They want to play for him he’s proving it. Something new came down the pipes and our captain coach Cal went all in and has got the guys he wanted. But I think at the same time we’re figuring out a team of transfers (and we have a lot of transfers on this team). Give him some time to adjust he’s still bringing in the talent to win, and he has got to change some tactics we’ve picked up from the new rule changes. He’s a damn trail blazer this route has t paid off tho. Let’s give him time to regroup. When no one else has Cal’s back we’re suppose to, not a (do what you want card) but until the wheel’s have completely fallen off the program we need to chill. And I trust the AD to see that it never goes that far
Expect greatness. Especially when you give enough support. I’ve never understood this mentality of be fine with being mediocre, when you have the ability to be great. Totally different if you’re a program that is really starting up, or your still trying to figure out where to go, but when you have the history, you have the finding, and you have the talent, well, why shouldn’t we expect you to be great, and furthermore, why should I not want you to win every game. Isn’t that the point of playing the game?
As a UK fan I call Bullshit! When your enemy is destroying itself, get out of the way and convince the enemy they were as good as they traditionally were and call anyone who questions that crazy. Therefore, you try to keep your enemy down by denying they are in decline, and hoping they don't recognize it. Please read The Prince by Machiavelli, or On War by Von Clausewitz, and you will get a better idea of the strategy SEC coaches will use against UK psychologically to keep them down. The Alabama coach is very impressive.
This is what i keep telling UK fans. I'm a UK fan also and i hate it when we lose but the people who are asking for Cal to ve fired and stuff are straight up delusional!! We have the best coach who brings in the best talent. You're gonna lose some games when you're a young team but we always seem to get it together come tournament time every year. People are quick to forget how life was before coach Cal came here.
Yup! As a UK fan also, I definitely remember a time without Cal as our coach. And I respect all these teams bc they all didn’t get this far for nothing. It’s about the love and respect for the game. Years ago (I’m old lol) I played college basketball and after playing games even after loosing I’d go up to them and tell them to just be proud of how far they’ve come and to play with heart and just have fun. As any team should. Sure I’d love for us to win every single game each season but realistically no team will do that. You have to lose in order to learn and be able to work on your mistakes and go on playing the next game and be just as good as you were the last one. As my coach would tell us anyways. People forget that we have mostly freshmen playing. We have a young team. These young boys fresh out of high school are going to be spoiled. They’re gonna also be playing video games at times I’m sure they could be practicing on their own free time after (even between) classes. They’re still learning. And Cal has his ups and downs too like any other coach who gets out played. Totally agree with you.
We do have high expectations because we have a winning bball culture at UK. We only become restless when we don't see progress or change. We got tired of Cal because he did the same exact thing for 15 years
Couldn't agree with you more. I think this is where it started being less Kentucky basketball and more player gains. No great when you're a Wildcat fan.
Bottom line is they need to dedicate this game to Eli Gold I know he was diagnosed with cancer and it's treatable but it would just be a special thing and I know Eli would be proud cuz he's a huge part of the Alabama basketball program and football program as well I mean he's our commentator and he's got one of the most recognizable voices in all of sports not to mention he calls the races for NASCAR on the radio. Certainly a extra incentive to kick the tar outta the Kentucky wild rats!!!!!
It's the same thing with you know Alabama football Kentucky basketball and LSU baseball you know we're spoiled and I'll be the first Alabama fan to tell you that we are spoiled I mean but I finally realized this year two losses on the last play of both games it could have gone the other direction but it didn't we still had an incredible year there's nothing to hang your heads on just because we didn't get in the college playoff we still played in the biggest bowl game outside of the playoff and that's the Sugar Bowl I mean we were in a bigger bowl game than LSU or Tennessee so I mean it turned out for the best and Bama look damn good against Kansas State and I know it will carry in the next year with all the great players we've got on that Alabama team that will carry over into next year and probably the greatest recruiting class Alabama has ever had legitimately the best
As a Kentucky fan, if we lose a game we all freak out like our season is over, we're not used to losing any games. Def spoiled with that undefeated team.
Lets go CATS BBN everybody is now going to turn on Kentucky that's okay though because of the absence of Calipari now that he left Kentucky's going to take some big steps next year watch and see
No he's not. This season does not exist in a vacuum. Most fans are "upset" about the worst season in Kentucky history, followed by a first round exit to a 15 seed in the NCAA tournament and now currently sitting at 10-6 and 1-3 in the SEC. This one of the worst three year spans in Kentucky history. If the fan base isn't up in roar over results like that, then this is no longer the Kentucky tradition that I grew up with.
@lagronemikal Yes, I'm happy that Cal is gone. Mark Pope has $4 million for NIL from a single donor, and he hasn't even stepped foot on campus as the head coach. A joke? Doesn't sound like a joke to me. Pope is already moving the needle with Kentucky donors in a way that Cal couldn't, and NIL is a must in today's game. Yes, BYU. Do you understand how hard it is to recruit at BYU? Have you seen the agreements that BYU players have to sign? Recruiting at Vandy is hard enough, but BYU is on another level. With one of the hardest recruiting jobs in the country, Pope beat Kansas, Baylor, Iowa St, San Diego St, and UCF. Can you even imagine what Pope can do at Kentucky with $4 million plus of NIL money? Pope, more so than Cal, understands the tradition of Kentucky basketball. Pope truly cares about Kentucky basketball in a way that Cal never did and never could. Cal turned Kentucky into nothing more than an NBA farm team. A farm team that couldn't win in March. Making stupid comments like getting 5 guys drafted in one night is the greatest moment in Kentucky's history. Cal cared more about players going pro than he did about winning titles. That's not Kentucky basketball. That's not the legacy that Cal was handed. So, yes, I'm happy. After the last 4 years with the 2 worst NCAA loses in program history and the worst single season in program history, with the national player of the year and the freshman of the year, I might add, I couldn't be happier to be moving on from Cal.
@@catmandu6776 Most of BBN disagrees. You're delusional. Tell yourself whatever you have to. This was swings and misses and ending up with a 3rd tier option. Mitch clearly had no contingency plan in place.
NATO couldn't have put it any better but he forgot to put in their spoiled LSU Baseball fans. They're just as bad as Alabama football fans or Kentucky basketball fans.
He’s right and it’s a compliment to BBN. Standards and expectations should be high, why shouldn’t your fanbase expect excellence if you consider yourself a top tier program.
He’s right Kentucky is to basketball like Alabama is to football
No it’s not 😂
@Boo_Jones yeah okay, the ncaa basketball tourney is way harder to win then our current basketball system, Alabama has been awesome but you act like our 8 titles are not relevant.
Yea I see what your saying we are the king of basketball (the only king)like Alabama is the king in football
No joke ky football sucks so all we have to vote for and watch that’s a actually a good team is ky basketball
As a UK fan I have to agree. BBN is filled with some of the greatest fans in the history of basketball BUT we have a small group of fans that can make us look ridiculous at times. Calling for Caliparis job to me is insane. The man brought us back from the train wreck that was Billy G and gave us another banner to hang. He's having a rough spot as of late but that's when, as a fan, you support your coach and team(s) and know it'll be alright; he's proven that already.
And how do you feel now?
@@jamiebaker7265 I'm disgusted. I hate losing Cal but I can't blame him considering the bullshit he has to hear from the extremes of BBN when he loses. He will have Arkansas hoisting a National Title within 5 years; mark my words.
@@clarenceworley3714words marked and my prediction is they wont age well. Cal is s con man, "UK needs a new voice" ok.... then why did you try to get Kentucky to match Arkansas offer if that's true? Cal HATES he put himself in Arkansas but hey stuff like that happens when you breach contracts. P
So Cals last 5 years shouldn’t be counted because of his first 10 seasons were good? Cal had to make simple changes to adjust to the nil and transfer portal and he didn’t. Behind the senses our program was falling apart. Fans played a part but at the end of the day Cal is a grown ass man that should be enough to adapt and involvewith the times. He won’t win chips at Arkansas because last year they had the best class and where did that get Arkansas? I believe he will get them a final 4 but no chance on a chip.
How about now...
UK hoops isn't stacking to Bama football in today's world.
Kentucky basketball has won three games at the Final Four in the last 24 seasons.....Compare that to what Bama Football has accomplished since 2008.
When opposing coach are pandoring, it hurts
Pandering?
He's a good coach for Bama, But GO BIG BLUE!!!!
He’s the best coach in the SEC, and top 3 in the country right now
It is a compliment and he is totally right. Nate is a great coach in his own right. He has done wonders with Alabama.
The complaint comes from his record in the tournament for the last decade. The fans aren’t spoiled. These millionaire coaches are.
Maybe I live in a minority bubble in the part of Kentucky I'm from. But everyone is happy with how Kentucky has been this year. We went into this season just hoping to make the NCAA tournament and winning 1 game in the SEC tournament.
I bleed blue ya in a way we are spoiled but on the other hand with all the money being paid with more of the Best kids in the country playing we should have had more championship than one the last 15 years
Absolutely we are, I know recruiting isn’t everything, but how much do we enjoy getting these commitments? What if the next coach can’t win but also can’t recruit. Further more Cal gets nearly the best portal option transfers. They want to play for him he’s proving it. Something new came down the pipes and our captain coach Cal went all in and has got the guys he wanted. But I think at the same time we’re figuring out a team of transfers (and we have a lot of transfers on this team). Give him some time to adjust he’s still bringing in the talent to win, and he has got to change some tactics we’ve picked up from the new rule changes. He’s a damn trail blazer this route has t paid off tho. Let’s give him time to regroup. When no one else has Cal’s back we’re suppose to, not a (do what you want card) but until the wheel’s have completely fallen off the program we need to chill. And I trust the AD to see that it never goes that far
This aged well
Expect greatness. Especially when you give enough support. I’ve never understood this mentality of be fine with being mediocre, when you have the ability to be great. Totally different if you’re a program that is really starting up, or your still trying to figure out where to go, but when you have the history, you have the finding, and you have the talent, well, why shouldn’t we expect you to be great, and furthermore, why should I not want you to win every game. Isn’t that the point of playing the game?
As a UK fan I call Bullshit! When your enemy is destroying itself, get out of the way and convince the enemy they were as good as they traditionally were and call anyone who questions that crazy. Therefore, you try to keep your enemy down by denying they are in decline, and hoping they don't recognize it. Please read The Prince by Machiavelli, or On War by Von Clausewitz, and you will get a better idea of the strategy SEC coaches will use against UK psychologically to keep them down. The Alabama coach is very impressive.
Standards mr oats. It what makes Alabama football & Kentucky basketball the greatest. Maybe try to apply that to your program.
Wut? Lmao, Oats has literally set the standard for Alabama basketball with that final four run last year
As a Kentucky fan he is right
This is what i keep telling UK fans. I'm a UK fan also and i hate it when we lose but the people who are asking for Cal to ve fired and stuff are straight up delusional!! We have the best coach who brings in the best talent. You're gonna lose some games when you're a young team but we always seem to get it together come tournament time every year. People are quick to forget how life was before coach Cal came here.
EXACTLY!!!
Yup! As a UK fan also, I definitely remember a time without Cal as our coach. And I respect all these teams bc they all didn’t get this far for nothing. It’s about the love and respect for the game. Years ago (I’m old lol) I played college basketball and after playing games even after loosing I’d go up to them and tell them to just be proud of how far they’ve come and to play with heart and just have fun. As any team should. Sure I’d love for us to win every single game each season but realistically no team will do that. You have to lose in order to learn and be able to work on your mistakes and go on playing the next game and be just as good as you were the last one. As my coach would tell us anyways. People forget that we have mostly freshmen playing. We have a young team. These young boys fresh out of high school are going to be spoiled. They’re gonna also be playing video games at times I’m sure they could be practicing on their own free time after (even between) classes. They’re still learning. And Cal has his ups and downs too like any other coach who gets out played. Totally agree with you.
No need in name calling, but he is correct. As Ricky Bobby quoted, you’re first or last.
Nah. We’re definitely spoiled as a fanbase, but you can’t look at the last 7 years and think any major program should be ok with it.
We do have high expectations because we have a winning bball culture at UK. We only become restless when we don't see progress or change. We got tired of Cal because he did the same exact thing for 15 years
We want ppl who care about the name on the jersey not just coming to get to the NBA if you want to leave after one year we don't want you
Couldn't agree with you more. I think this is where it started being less Kentucky basketball and more player gains. No great when you're a Wildcat fan.
Bottom line is they need to dedicate this game to Eli Gold I know he was diagnosed with cancer and it's treatable but it would just be a special thing and I know Eli would be proud cuz he's a huge part of the Alabama basketball program and football program as well I mean he's our commentator and he's got one of the most recognizable voices in all of sports not to mention he calls the races for NASCAR on the radio. Certainly a extra incentive to kick the tar outta the Kentucky wild rats!!!!!
At least he’s aware of how hypocritical he is being when saying Cats fans are spoiled.
Truth
It's the same thing with you know Alabama football Kentucky basketball and LSU baseball you know we're spoiled and I'll be the first Alabama fan to tell you that we are spoiled I mean but I finally realized this year two losses on the last play of both games it could have gone the other direction but it didn't we still had an incredible year there's nothing to hang your heads on just because we didn't get in the college playoff we still played in the biggest bowl game outside of the playoff and that's the Sugar Bowl I mean we were in a bigger bowl game than LSU or Tennessee so I mean it turned out for the best and Bama look damn good against Kansas State and I know it will carry in the next year with all the great players we've got on that Alabama team that will carry over into next year and probably the greatest recruiting class Alabama has ever had legitimately the best
Excuse me???? Kentucky Football actually has excelled way more compared to what they use to be!!! But THIS IS BASKETBALL!!! NOT FOOTBALL!!!
everything has changed now under a new coach.... changed for the better
As a Kentucky fan, if we lose a game we all freak out like our season is over, we're not used to losing any games. Def spoiled with that undefeated team.
He’s exactly right lol
That's right if you don't make it to the final four then you had a losing season period lmao 😂
I'm not listening to some off-branded cereal
Yeah,lets fire CAL and get another Gillespie
It was a joke obviously😂
Lets go CATS BBN everybody is now going to turn on Kentucky that's okay though because of the absence of Calipari now that he left Kentucky's going to take some big steps next year watch and see
Lets Go CATS
I was born and raised in Kentucky, I bleed blue all the way. Alabama coach just made a fair assessment.
No he's not. This season does not exist in a vacuum. Most fans are "upset" about the worst season in Kentucky history, followed by a first round exit to a 15 seed in the NCAA tournament and now currently sitting at 10-6 and 1-3 in the SEC. This one of the worst three year spans in Kentucky history. If the fan base isn't up in roar over results like that, then this is no longer the Kentucky tradition that I grew up with.
@@catmandu6776 Happy now? Cal's gone. That's what you wanted right? BYU?? This is a sick joke...
@lagronemikal Yes, I'm happy that Cal is gone.
@lagronemikal Yes, I'm happy that Cal is gone. Mark Pope has $4 million for NIL from a single donor, and he hasn't even stepped foot on campus as the head coach. A joke? Doesn't sound like a joke to me. Pope is already moving the needle with Kentucky donors in a way that Cal couldn't, and NIL is a must in today's game.
Yes, BYU. Do you understand how hard it is to recruit at BYU? Have you seen the agreements that BYU players have to sign? Recruiting at Vandy is hard enough, but BYU is on another level. With one of the hardest recruiting jobs in the country, Pope beat Kansas, Baylor, Iowa St, San Diego St, and UCF. Can you even imagine what Pope can do at Kentucky with $4 million plus of NIL money?
Pope, more so than Cal, understands the tradition of Kentucky basketball. Pope truly cares about Kentucky basketball in a way that Cal never did and never could. Cal turned Kentucky into nothing more than an NBA farm team. A farm team that couldn't win in March. Making stupid comments like getting 5 guys drafted in one night is the greatest moment in Kentucky's history. Cal cared more about players going pro than he did about winning titles. That's not Kentucky basketball. That's not the legacy that Cal was handed.
So, yes, I'm happy. After the last 4 years with the 2 worst NCAA loses in program history and the worst single season in program history, with the national player of the year and the freshman of the year, I might add, I couldn't be happier to be moving on from Cal.
@@catmandu6776 Most of BBN disagrees. You're delusional. Tell yourself whatever you have to. This was swings and misses and ending up with a 3rd tier option. Mitch clearly had no contingency plan in place.
COMPLIMENT
It’s amazing watching the center of SEC basketball drift ever southwards.
Michigan HO .
Alabama Criminal Tide
Yeah I’m glad not to be Arkansas right now just sayin.
It’s funny cal made Kentucky good and now y’all mad lol make no sense 😂
He didn't make Kentucky good, Kentucky's been good for a long time.
@@lindawray6685 what drugs are you abusing lol 😂
@@lindawray6685What? Lmao. Im a uk fan. No way you sit there and typed that out with 100% confidence. Or you are delusional af.😂😂😂
As a Kentucky fan long time Kentucky fan, he is 100% correct ✌️💙
Me too but I'm not ashamed to admit it.
Baylor coach or Virginia coach would be good to . Nate oats maybe a 3 rd option.
As someone living in Kentucky, he is right !!😊
He’s not lying 😂😂
NATO couldn't have put it any better but he forgot to put in their spoiled LSU Baseball fans. They're just as bad as Alabama football fans or Kentucky basketball fans.
Dude isn't wrong
Come to Kentucky
Shut up.