OT: UK loses another recruit
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It's a great class in that it's got great high-end talent, but they needed a big class to replace all of the departing players, and that doesn't appear to be forthcoming. Cal is having issues. I don't know if other teams have figured out how to counter what he's selling, or what the problem is, but he can't be bringing in such a small class after losing 7 of his top 8 players.
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Yeah, I think it has to do with this past season for sure, but you have to question these kids who are sure fire top picks, because they already know that Kentucky has plenty of PT available. If these kids were picking Duke/Kansas over Kentucky a month or two back, it would be because of the past year.
So glad its happening, because it opens up the possibility that Cal at least isn't paying kids. If he were to continue getting 5 top recruits every year regardless of if the PT is there for them... it would leave all of us on the outside with only one possible thought to come up with.
So glad its happening, because it opens up the possibility that Cal at least isn't paying kids. If he were to continue getting 5 top recruits every year regardless of if the PT is there for them... it would leave all of us on the outside with only one possible thought to come up with.
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Whoever ends up with Swanigan IS paying kids. That guy is nuts.
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Is it true he demanded a personal chef or something and Izzo said no?
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You have to wonder if they go 40-0 last year that it's any different. Amazing what one loss and a mass exodus can do considering the season they had.
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This is what my pitch to a recruit would be if I was competing with squid:
"You can come here, a top 20 school, and you'll play 30 to 40 minutes a game, virtually guaranteed. You'll have tremendous TV exposure, and you'll learn a bunch of in game skills that you can't learn in practice. Or, you can go to UK, get platooned, spend half the game on the bench, and get TV exposure during the preseason."
"You can come here, a top 20 school, and you'll play 30 to 40 minutes a game, virtually guaranteed. You'll have tremendous TV exposure, and you'll learn a bunch of in game skills that you can't learn in practice. Or, you can go to UK, get platooned, spend half the game on the bench, and get TV exposure during the preseason."
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95% of what UK was selling was the power of their brand to generate exposure for the kids passing through the program. The log jam completely blew up the model. It took away the guarantee of the hype and added risk of not even seeing the floor.
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I'll give you the platoon part, but the UK guys get assloads of exposure. I mean Marcus Lee, he of the career 2.5ppg, is a fairly household name in college basketball and has multiple articles covering his "return to UK."
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Isn't Swanigan's "guardian" his future agent or something? And a Purdue grad to boot?
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