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SF/PF Wenyen Gabriel (Kentucky Commit)

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johnhuskies95 said:
If you've ever lurked at another board after they lose a game or a recruit, you'd see that they're at least as bad as the boneyard and very possibly worse.
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If we hold our program to a higher standard than those programs, should we not expect the same of ourselves as fans compared to theirs?
 
Why do people think he's not gonna start? You guys make it sound like he's as raw as brimah was or something...
 
I don't think the reaction is that bad. A few dumb posts by a few dumb posters, a few unoriginal cracks about UK's academics, a few posts of Stairmaster appealing to a moral authority. Now if you want to imagine a bad reaction - picture Diallo choosing UK.
 
walker11 said:
I don't think the reaction is that bad. A few dumb posts by a few dumb posters, a few unoriginal cracks about UK's academics, a few posts of Stairmaster appealing to a moral authority. Now if you want to imagine a bad reaction - picture Diallo choosing UK.
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Pls don't
 
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With Dham, Enoch, Facey, Durham, Diarra and Larrier that's 6 four star or better forwards on next years squad.
Of course Dham could go and Enoch might be considered more of a center, but either way we're pretty deep at his spot.
 
We weren't even top 2. (Duke). I think we might have made up some ground with the OV this weekend even with the rainy weather, but I wish him the best. We can't win them all.

I also think it's funny that every time we lose a recruit we start badmouthing them. It's like the guy at the bar who talks ad nauseum about this chick is going to talk to and how great theyd be. Then he goes and talks to her and she turns him down. Then he comes back to his buddies and tells them everything that is wrong with her.
 
BigErnMcCracken said:
The notion that a high level college basketball recruit picking Kentucky over UConn indicates that he doesn't care about academics is just laugh out loud ridiculous. By all means, though, keep it going.
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If he cared about academics, as was mentioned several times, he would have chosen either Duke, MD or UConn. All of them are real universities. So either he didn't really care or he was duped by the squid or he was attracted by other incentives.
 
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Stairmaster said:
If we hold our program to a higher standard than those programs, should we not expect the same of ourselves as fans compared to theirs?
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Excellant point which is why I disagree with your prior posts about posters being "babies". Not the most mature way to handle an issue. Deriding people for an opinion is different than making points that disagrees with others arguments.
 
Paesano said:
If he cared about academics, as was mentioned several times, he would have chosen either Duke, MD or UConn. All of them are real universities. So either he didn't really care or he was duped by the squid or he was attracted by other incentives.
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Or those making the statement he cared about academics were inaccurate. Not going to look at the history of who made those statements so I could be wrong.
 
Paesano said:
If he cared about academics, as was mentioned several times, he would have chosen either Duke, MD or UConn. All of them are real universities. So either he didn't really care or he was duped by the squid or he was attracted by other incentives.
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But the point is that even if he chose Duke it wouldn't mean he cared about academics.
 
fleudslipcon said:
Pointed out the exact same thing. Heck AB is a distant second to Rodney on this squad.
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Late February/March Rodney swayed a lot of people in his favor. I haven't seen anywhere near as much negative discussion/gossip concerning him since then. Brimah on the other hand...
 
Fishy said:
No high-major hoop prospect picks a school for the academics.
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Sorry but I have to ask how you know this. Are you sure not a single one picks a school for academics? I believe that the vast majority don't give a damn but it has been said on this board many times, when losing a recruit to puke, that academics was a factor. Either those people were right or they were deluding themselves. If you want to say that academics is never the only factor then, of course, I would agree. But it sounds like you are saying it is never a factor for highly rated recruits.
 
Stairmaster said:
Late February/March Rodney swayed a lot of people in his favor. I haven't seen anywhere near as much negative discussion/gossip concerning him since then. Brimah on the other hand...
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Wait until the season starts.
 
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fleudslipcon said:
Wait until the season starts.
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I agree to a certain extent, but expectations for Rodney are a lot different than they were before last year. We've gotten the "Ferrari" jazz out of the way, and he'll be one of 3-4 very good offensive options to start the year. It won't be like it was last year when he desperately needed to be Boat's right-hand man on offense right away. That's not to say that I'll be happy when he makes mistakes, because I obviously won't be. But I don't think that those mistakes will be a) as high in frequency as they were previously or b) as detrimental to the team overall given the improved caliber of player surrounding him.
 
Paesano said:
If he cared about academics, as was mentioned several times, he would have chosen either Duke, MD or UConn. All of them are real universities. So either he didn't really care or he was duped by the squid or he was attracted by other incentives.
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Don't sell Kentucky short. Their College of Dentistry provides tremendous opportunities and a built-in patient base.
 
fleudslipcon said:
Pointed out the exact same thing. Heck AB is a distant second to Rodney on this squad.
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that's not even close to true but you are stuck in your denial so I'm not going to belabor the point. when Purvis sparks long winded and often repeated criticisms of his game in a thread about Vance Jackson, holla at me.
 
Stairmaster said:
I agree to a certain extent, but expectations for Rodney are a lot different than they were before last year. We've gotten the "Ferrari" jazz out of the way, and he'll be one of 3-4 very good offensive options to start the year. It won't be like it was last year when he desperately needed to be Boat's right-hand man on offense right away. That's not to say that I'll be happy when he makes mistakes, because I obviously won't be. But I don't think that those mistakes will be a) as high in frequency as they were previously or b) as detrimental to the team overall given the improved caliber of player surrounding him.
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Hope you are correct because I thought people were pretty vicious with regards to what they wrote about the kid.
 
fleudslipcon said:
Hope you are correct because I thought people were pretty vicious with regards to what they wrote about the kid.
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They were, but again I think the evidence available points to that being done with. Heck, the one poster who was nastiest to Purvis I don't think I've seen here since the winter...
 
Paesano said:
If he cared about academics, as was mentioned several times, he would have chosen either Duke, MD or UConn. All of them are real universities. So either he didn't really care or he was duped by the squid or he was attracted by other incentives.
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Or you sound like an idiot if you think these kids evaluate colleges the way normal students do. But listen, Paesano, sounding like an idiot has never stopped you before . . .
 
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aceboon said:
that's not even close to true but you are stuck in your denial so I'm not going to belabor the point. when Purvis sparks long winded and often repeated criticisms of his game in a thread about Vance Jackson, holla at me.
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You just did belabor the argument.

I have no problem with you having a different perspective than mine. Am I in denial. Perhaps. And I could make that point about you. Let's just agree to disagree on this one. We were on the same side of the argument with regards to recruiting.
 
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Stairmaster said:
They were, but again I think the evidence available points to that being done with. Heck, the one poster who was nastiest to Purvis I don't think I've seen here since the winter...
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Like I said I hope you are correct. I'm not going to dig up the post game losses from this past season because it is better for people to move on even if I were correct.
 
BigErnMcCracken said:
Or you sound like an idiot if you think these kids evaluate colleges the way normal students do. But listen, Paesano, sounding like an idiot has never stopped you before . . .
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He made a measured statement on a point that you happen to be annoyed about. He's made inflammatory statements in the past but has turned a leaf. Why not lighten up on him.
 
aceboon said:
no, its close, we've got a novel full of mau posts that prove it.
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Hahaha, mau has an unnatural obsession with the kid no doubt, but you could make a compendium of boneyard Taliek arguments that'd be longer than Moby Dick. Heck he inspired a 5 page thread only a year or two ago! Now that's staying power.

A silly thing we're arguing about, no question.
 
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