Morning Newspaper for March 9th, 2009

the Jodie comment…………LOL! I didn’t even think about that till last night! Seems we may have made a big thing out of nothing. That cracks me up. You are probably right.

I have to strongly disagree about Patterson mom’s interview. I think it speaks volumes. If a players mom doesn’t know the direction of the program(especially this mom who is so close to her son) then that to me tells me that there are questions that need to be addressed. I think also she talks about next year and all that. I am getting a sinking feeling that she doesn’t know if BG will be here next year. I don’t know if she wants him to be here(and mentions that because she is afraid he will get fired after this) or that she wants him to leave. Still though, I am very disturbed by her interview and not so much because of the issue of Patterson leaving but the fact that one of our two best players parent doens’t know what is going on. That tells me that Patrick doesn’t know either. That scares the stew out of me. I think of anything that has come out, this is very telling of the status of Kentucky.

Oh and I talked to a long time kentucky friend last night and he said something to me that has me thinking…….he said “you know if Casey speaks out against the Coach then that is not good because he has never done that before”. Just wondering your thoughts on that.

Just thinking, what if BCG doesn’t perform next year…what are your alls opinion on Pelphrey back in the bluegrass coaching us?

I am concerned about all the talk about who we need to get as coach. We have a coach right now. None of us are happy with the team or the coach right now but to blatantly start wishing for other coaches while we still have one is a recipe for a difficult season next year provided he is still here.

When the announcement comes that BCG is no longer the coach at UK, then we can start the wish list. It’s just premature right now. Let’s focus on what needs to happen to right a ship. I still remember how encouraged I was last year at what this coach got out of that team with all the injuries and an arguably more difficult SEC conference. I still think he can coach. Maybe he just lost his way this year. If he had elite talent, he could lose his way and still win. Without elite talent, it’s pretty hard. For now though, we have a coach and we have an SEC tournament to win and talking about who we should hire cannot help this team with this tournament in my opinion.

That was SEC coach of the year last year still is on the sidelines for UK this year. The players stink. If you can’t see that, you’re watching the wrong sport. Time and time again we have wide open shots but no players that can score. Of course Billy G deserves another year, Tubby would have had a losing record over the past two years with these teams, no doubt about it. When you have players that can’t dribble, pass or shoot, it doesn’t matter who the coach is.
UK fans need to get a life. Blogs like these, media outlets and the like are full of haters who just want to rant about how everything sucks, fire Billy G, fire Mitch Barnhardt, bench this guy, get rid of this one. Players can say what they want, but they read some of this junk and it has to weigh on their psyche. Against Florida and Georgia you saw a team beat up emotionally that had no momentum. We are partially to blame for that. I hope Billy G stays(because he won’t be fired) and continues to bring in quality players. We haven’t seen a recruiter like him since Ricky P and if UK fans will quit acting like a bunch of brats, Billy G will get us to where we need to be. If it doesn’t get better in two years, then whine all you want, he’ll be gone by then anyways.
Now go ahead and start picking this apart or whatever. Whine whine whine, same crap just a different day.

But when we act like the sky is falling because we’re 19-12, it does have an impact. I think we could take a lesson from Indiana. They stink but their fans are still energetic. They excepted the fact their roster is poor and are just happy that their team plays hard. Most of our team plays hard, they just don’t have the talent. Florida beat us Saturday yeah, but they have more talent overall on their roster than us. So does South Carolina. So does Tennessee, heck, Vandy almost does. That’s just how it is. I hate it as much as anybody but it’s just one season. At least we’ll still have a winning record.

I have been a UK fan for a long,long time.There is nothing like the passion that is KY basketball.I live in middle TN, but I’m from northern KY, Ft. Thomas, Highlands High school ( the original cake-eaters Forty) and no matter what happens the rest of this year,Cat Fans need to show some class. Living in TN for 30 plus years amonst fair weather Vol fans has reminded me what it is to be blue. This team is average at best, but they haven’t quit like the vols did in Lexington a couple of weeks ago. And look at how quick they rebounded (except for saturday) We have a chance to make some noise in the SEC tourney so lets stop whining and support this team. GO CATS!!!!!!!!!

You are right #4 is completely obsurd. I agree with his other comments though and I feel like the Kentucky fans need to understand a lot of those things. I feel strongly about the fact that if we fire him now, it will put our program 3-4 years behind. The man is a good recruiter, Pitino good, who knows? He brought Acie Law to TAMU and like (Value Added) said, he brought Patterson and Miller to UK. When he says wait til we have a point guard, even a freshman point guard isn’t the answer. A smart senior point guard would be huge, so even though a point guard is coming in, doesn’t mean we will do a complete 180 next year.

About the Meeks comment, my first thought was maybe he told the guy that to create some separation. Hey, they told me not to shoot, to throw it to Patterson, hello, I’m wide open pass it to me. haha So it is sad that so many UK fans were ready to throw him under the bus as soon as they heard that. And for those of you who have never played a sport, there are several mind games played on the playing field the whole game.

There’s my two cents! :)
Keep it up Tru!!!!!!

“I think Coach came in not understanding the meaning and importance of the UK basketball program,” Shidler said. “I just think he has bit off a little bit more than he could chew.”

http://www.amnews.com/public_html/?module=displaystory&story_id=48508&format=html

Looking forward to that, Tru. I’m sure you’ll pull it off as no one else can.

You must have understanding bosses. Good Day!

But after he stopped kicking around in my trunk, he seemed much calmer.

Back in 03 didn’t know a ball from a bat. He really didn’t know about the Cat’s.

I still have a boss but i’m sleeping with her. She is ready any time that the Cat’s or Her Phoenix Suns are on.

Is now my role model. Forget Barry Larkin, he never got it on with Marge Schott. I’m going to throw up now.

But didn’t have the courage!

I’m out of here. Got to make a run to the city. Good day.

From Andy Glockner’s “Bubble Report” on si.com:

“Kentucky (19-12, 8-8; RPI: 80, SOS: 63) has now lost four straight and eight of its last 11, and is in a lot of trouble. That said, a deep SEC run could save the ‘Cats as they have a bit more in their résumé than even some peers in this league (wins over Kansas State and West Virginia in non-league play, a sweep of Tennessee and a split with Florida). It will take a minimum of making the semifinals, and it might require a finals appearance, but it’s not impossible given what’s happened elsewhere this week. The ’Cats start with Ole Miss and then would get LSU with a win.”

I can’t imagine we have done enough to warrant at-large consideration, but if we make a run to the finals, and other teams lose, do the pieces actually fall into place?

i know there isnt much that can motivate or inspire this team at this point, but what does everybody think about bringing back the black bill keightley tribute jerseys for the sect. maybe that will light a fire underneath the cats’ asses.

I just don’t know anymore.

I had no idea where to put this comment about Galloway, so here goes. He recently lost his grandfather and he actually came back and played pretty well that weekend. But sometimes the loss of a loved one takes a while to really sink in because one is in a different mindset immediately after. My point is…he possibly never had the time to mourn his loss.

Oh well, what do I know….just an older lady catfan talking that has been through so many personal losses in too short a period of time.