02-13-2007, 11:48 PM
I honestly think that a spot should be made for Mr.Basketball at UK regardless of how good you are if you need the position. I mean heck, we got Brandon Stockton for crying out loud!
PLAYBOY5 Wrote:I honestly think that a spot should be made for Mr.Basketball at UK regardless of how good you are if you need the position. I mean heck, we got Brandon Stockton for crying out loud!
alfus21 Wrote:final.
I'll have my crow with ketchup. I just never thought Kentucky would have played that poor of a defense. So many open shots.
mcfan1 Wrote:The two Mr. Basketball player's that we get lately are, Carrier and Stockton, not exactly Chris Lofton. How in the world can people say Lofton did not look like a D-1 recruit, what was about 35 points he averaged in the Sweet 16, probably Tubby's and Pitino's biggest mistake.
alfus21 Wrote:Yeah #1 ranked point guard in the class of 04, who was a 1st round draft pick in the NBA draft. Why would Tubby go after an All American like Rondo, Crawford(#1 SG in his class) and Morris (#1 Center in his class) along with a highly ranked Bradley other than a zero star Lofton. I guess you need to be hitting up a college team to scout if you honestly knew that Lofton was going to be this good, because Tubby didn't see it, Pitino didn't see it, and Huggins didn't see it.
alfus21 Wrote:It's really hard to make a spot for Lofton in that season as well considering Kentucky had the unanimous #1 recruiting class in basketball.
Redneck Wrote:Had Lofton went to Oak Hill his senior year he woulda been ranked in the top of his class too. If you couldn't tell that he was gonna be a good college player just by watchin him at the state tourney every year then somethin wrong with you. Rondo didn't deserve to be a first round draft pick, what did he ever prove in college.
Redneck Wrote:Yeah, and what has that fantastic recruitin class proved, what have they done besides turn long time UK fans away.
alfus21 Wrote:Yeah #1 ranked point guard in the class of 04, who was a 1st round draft pick in the NBA draft. Why would Tubby go after an All American like Rondo, Crawford(#1 SG in his class) and Morris (#1 Center in his class) along with a highly ranked Bradley other than a zero star Lofton. I guess you need to be hitting up a college team to scout if you honestly knew that Lofton was going to be this good, because Tubby didn't see it, Pitino didn't see it, and Huggins didn't see it.
15thRegionX Wrote:Chris Lofton was 3 star by the way. Michael Porter is a 2 star...So what exactly did he see in Michael Porter that he didnt see in Lofton?
alfus21 Wrote:Yeah #1 ranked point guard in the class of 04, who was a 1st round draft pick in the NBA draft. Why would Tubby go after an All American like Rondo, Crawford(#1 SG in his class) and Morris (#1 Center in his class) along with a highly ranked Bradley other than a zero star Lofton. I guess you need to be hitting up a college team to scout if you honestly knew that Lofton was going to be this good, because Tubby didn't see it, Pitino didn't see it, and Huggins didn't see it.Rondo wasnt the #1 ranked pg in 04 ..Sebastian Telefair was Rondo wouldnt even look in the direction of UK until Pitino signed Telafair .
The Fan Wrote:Rondo wasnt the #1 ranked pg in 04 ..Sebastian Telefair was Rondo wouldnt even look in the direction of UK until Pitino signed Telafair .
alfus21 Wrote:And Telfair never played a game at Louisville either, neither did Shaun Livingston, making Rondo the #1 point guard according to many ranking systems to play in in that class.i have seen many many post by you on numerous threads and if you disagree with someone you cannot get your point across without being an arrogant punk .get me kicked off or not i dont care but if someone doesnt seen your point of view you always have a smart aleck response to them . I have been meaning to say this for awhile .
I don't care if Rondo was looking at UK before or not. He came, end of story.
alfus21 Wrote: Man you just know it all. You seriously need to go apply for coaching jobs since you would have taken Lofton over two All-Americans in Crawford and Rondo. You know more than Tubby, Pitino, Huggins, and almost every other coach in the country. It was obvious he was good, but it's not hard to look good in the state of Kentucky in high school basketball as it is overall pretty weak.
Oh, or you could apply to be an NBA Scout since you know more than them now too,
Redneck Wrote:It's funny everyone in the state of Kentucky thought he was D1 and wanted him at UK, but Tubby thought players like Rondo were better .
To answer your first question, NEVER... Explain to us again why Tubby didn't go for Lofton Super_de, explain why he thought players like Rondo, Crawford and Bradley were better.
Redneck Wrote:What has Rondo done in the NBA besides turn the ball over. Why did coach K sign JJ Reddick, because he was an outstanding shooter and that was all he could do. Lofton was/is an outstanding shooter who is on pace to break Reddicks records. Lofton has hit 284 three point field goals in his career already, but I guess he didn't learn how to shoot til he got to college though did he. Just because you know Tubby personally and he is a good guy doesn't mean he is a good coach or recruiter. How many times on this site have we heard about his horrible recruitin, about a million. This site isn't the only place you'll hear/see it either. It doesn't matter where I go, if the subject gets brought up that's one of the first things brought into the conversation, even by some DIE HARD UK fans. Tubby is a HORRIBLE RECRUITER. Rick Pitino won without #1 ranked players comin outta high school. If he woulda never left UK and was still here we would probably have a few more national championship banners hangin in the raftors..
Super_de Wrote:Because they were all americans, and tell me, What did the other 2 mr Basketball's Do at kentucky? Absolutley nothing so tell me why would he take his chance with onther mr basketball when he got all americans instead of a 2 star recruit. I mean crap id love to have lofton but there is no point of still complaining about it, because think of it this way lofton wouldnt shoot half of the shots he does at tenn, because tubby wouldnt allow it. So that should answer your question.
alfus21 Wrote:I hated Rondo at UK, and I still do so I'm not going to stand up for him. I was simply stating he was a blue chip recruit that seemed to be a good option at the time.
I can also agree with you that Tubby makes questionable recruiting decisions, especially regarding this senior and sophomore class. Other than that, he has had some bad guys but he has done well also with the likes of Hayes, Daniels, Azubukie, Fitch, Hawkins, and Bogans.
It's been hit and miss, and if there's one vice I have with Tubby Smith it's his recruiting. I'm hoping that it will change when/if Patterson and Lucas commit for this class. Plus Tubby is recruiting harder than ever before on the class of 2008 with Kenny Frease, Gordon, Jurick, McMasters, and Miller plus more.
Rick Pitino won some without top recruits, but Mashburn was a ringer, and the whole 96' team was full of top recruits. And once again, I hate that Pitino left. You won't see me say I don't, and I do think he may have won another title or two by now, but he left us and is no longer the same coach he once was.
Redneck Wrote:He sure aint got a problem with Bradleys ignorant @$$ firing up the shots he does. Crawford just come around this year, he didn't shoot the ball worth a damn last year or the year before and Tubby let him fire away. Lofton has hitmore threes alone then Bradley and Crawford have COMBINED, why wouldn't Tubby let him shoot the ball. It was evident that Lofton was ten times the player and athlete Carrier and Stockton was. Lofton finish as one of the best shooters to ever play college basketball, and that's not somethin he learned to do over night, he always could light it up.And if you know so much, Why dont you go recruit for kentucky mr big shot?
Redneck Wrote:He has landed some great players, but that was when players wanted to play at UK, kids don't want to anymore.
Super_de Wrote:And if you know so much, Why dont you go recruit for kentucky mr big shot?
Grassy Knoll Sniper Wrote:Funny how alfus continues his feeble effort to explain Tubby's recruiting shortcomings and continual ten loss seasons. Are you the captain of Tub's ship, the Titanic?watch out he will start cutting you with those wise cracking bards or if he really dislikes your post he will just erase it like he has mine
Give it up man. Tub is not the one to bring UK back to greatness. You need to learn that fast.
Grassy Knoll Sniper Wrote:Funny how alfus continues his feeble effort to explain Tubby's recruiting shortcomings and continual ten loss seasons. Are you the captain of Tub's ship, the Titanic?
Give it up man. Tub is not the one to bring UK back to greatness. You need to learn that fast.
alfus21 Wrote:Yeah #1 ranked point guard in the class of 04, who was a 1st round draft pick in the NBA draft. Why would Tubby go after an All American like Rondo, Crawford(#1 SG in his class) and Morris (#1 Center in his class) along with a highly ranked Bradley other than a zero star Lofton. I guess you need to be hitting up a college team to scout if you honestly knew that Lofton was going to be this good, because Tubby didn't see it, Pitino didn't see it, and Huggins didn't see it.
Redneck Wrote:I love seein Lofton play good against anyone Tennessee faces, but I love it even more when he plays good again UK. I would rather see UK win the game though.