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These threads always wind up being hilarious.

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First, Patterson and Lucas may or may not come, that's a stone cold fact. Either they come to UK or they don't. Let's see you argue that one.

Second, It makes no sense argue that if they were coming to UK they would have already signed. OK then, if Patterson was going to Florida, he would have already signed. If he was going to Duke, he would have already signed. If Lucas was going to Maryland, OK, etc, etc, he would have already signed.

Third, Tubby may not be the best coach and he may not be the best recruiter. However, he did snag 3 McDonald AA's a few years back, remember them? I bet the same people cursing their names to this day were jumping for joy back then. Tubby is also in the process of recruiting 2 more McD's AA's this year. But be careful, they may not turn out to be what everyone expects. I personally don't think that wll turn out to be the case though.

Over the years, Tubby has slowly been pressured into going after the big time recruits, and he got them in Rondo, Morris, and Crawford. (Obviously, they've not turned out to be everything we had hoped and dreamed.) He goes out the next year and grabs a backup 7 footer, who due to injury, hasn't panned out to be much... yet. Adam Williams was in the Rondo/Bradley/Morris/Crawford class, but prepped a year to allow a scholarship to come open. His time at UK was doomed from the beginning. These were players to compliment the McD's AA's as I see it.

But this year, Tubby returned to his roots and got players with raw talent, with a high basketball IQ. Hard nosed players willing to listen to their coach. Porter, Stevenson, Jasper and ESPECIALLY Meeks will be huge for this team in the coming years. If you don't believe me, come back 3 years from now and tell me.

Finally, back to Patterson. It's been said numerous times he wouldn't come to UK if Tubby were here, that Tubby can't recruit. Well, turns out Tubby is the reason Patterson is interested in UK. If Tubby goes, might as well say goodbye to Patterson too. (And btw, check out the names that have UK on their list for 08.) I'll leave you with this quote from the LHL:

" Heralded prospect Patrick Patterson, one of the most highly coveted recruits in UK basketball history, told the Herald-Leader that Smith was the "main reason" he was considering Kentucky. If UK were to dismiss Smith as coach, "I'd be very disappointed," Patterson said. "It'd affect my decision."
Asked whether he'd scratch UK from his list of six schools, Patterson said, "Probably." "

http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/spo...791626.htm

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