[outdoorsman43]

Because he was a top 50 recruit, Mr. Basketball in this state and it was a good PR move for Cal to get him on UK's squad. Hood just needs to get some confidence when he is in the game. He has a good shot and has gotten a little stronger. He just needs to settle down and the game will come to him. That said, when he does get in he can't let his guy score easy buckets because playing bad D will def not get you playing time.

Hood was actually Gillispie's recruit. Cal made a good PR move to keep on the team though.

If any of you watch Coach Cal talk to the media, you can pretty much tell that Cal isn't very enthusiastic about a 7th man stepping in and playing a role. He talks about "six guys" all the time. He's said several times that he "likes his guys" but he "only wishes he had more guys." If I'm Jon Hood, Stacey Poole, Eloy Vargas, or Jarrod Polson, I feel like I mean nothing to the team if I hear my coach say that publicly. Coach Cal is very blunt and says what he feels. I don't know if I would say this if I were him though (even though it is the sad truth).