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I truly think that everyone expects to much out of this team and in Coach G's 2nd year. Rome wasnt built in a day we need to give him a chance, I dont agree with everything that he does, but I will not bad mouth this coach cause I was def ready to be rid of Tubby and Im still glad he is gone, He ran us into the ground whether anyone wants to admit it or not, Ill say Tubby was a good x's and o's coach but he was more loyal to his assistant coaches and staff then he was to the fans of Uk and University by not getting a staff that could actually recruit, Look now, he has a completely new staff and is putting together top 25 recruiting classes in Minnesota but barely did it twice at UK.

QQ what is so bad about his recruiting? I mean I actually feel that we are starting to get some talented players to commit to UK and at least we are in the Hunt to get some of the 4 and 5 star recruits, Tubby had 1 or 2 good recruiting classes in the 10 year he was here,

I also dont what game anyone else watched but most of the 3's were several feet behind the line with a hand in their face and they just made it and it wasnt just 1 player either . Miss st was just red hot like it or not. I will tell you one thing Billy G's teams dont quit though.

Yes, I agree Miss st was red hot, but coach still failed to try anything other than man to man. Obviously the man to man wasn't working. And the defense wasn't the only lack of adjustments, no movement, very few set plays, hardly no screening on offense.

He could have tried a box and 1, 2-3 or 3-2, 1-3-1 zones, maybe some traps here and there. The point I was trying to make is he just allows the opposing team to get in a comfort zone because they know what our defense is going to be set in, everytime down the floor. He makes it too easy for coaches to prepare gameplans for us. They always know ahead of time the looks they will see the entire game.

Sometimes you gotta mix things up and give the opposing teams different looks to disrupt them and their timing. Coach G is so stuck in his ways that he refuses to adjust to try and slow down a team. When a team is scorching the defense you are in, try something different. What can it hurt?

I honestly believe a zone defense would have helped us tremendously against Ole Miss and South Carolina. Their teams would spread the floor and their guards would dribble drive our guards all game. That either resulted in a uncontested jumpshot or layup, or kickout for a wide open 3. My whole problem with Coach G is his unwillingness to put us in the best position to win. If you don't have the speed to guard someone 1 on 1 then a zone can help compensate for the lack of speed, and you get some underneath help if the guards do get penetration.

IMO, his recruiting has not been that great outside of Patterson. And Patterson was already considering UK before Coach G took over. Miller seems like he will end up as pretty good recruit, however, he was from Ky and that made his recruitment easier.

I don't understand why he even recruited Juco Galloway. The kid takes one shot and he takes him out. Why waste a scholarship on someone you will never play. Same with the Williamson kid, has he ever been in a game? Then you have another Juco in Josh Harrelson that gets to play a little 2 or 3 games then you don't see him off the bench again for another 5 or 6 games. Then you had Legion, and now Liggins and all their issues.

He doesn't heavily pursue much needed guards and scorers like Rotnei Clarke and Fortson(Arkansas). He completley passed on Steffphon Pettigrew a guard/forward that is averaging around 12 a game for WVU. We are also in desperate need of a big time point guard, and I think he signed Vilarino(sp) a 2 or 3 star point guard from texas.. He may turn out good, but he may not, and that seems like a risk considering how bad we need a true point guard.

He did land a 5 star in Orton for next year, and 4 star Jon Hood from kentucky for next year. I don't know much about him, hopefully he is a pure shooter though. Orton will probably replace Patterson next year when Patterson leaves. However, we will still lack shooters to free up the post guys, and take some heat off Meeks next year. That is if Meeks stays. If he doesn't we could be in for a long year next year.

You know, I understand that our overall talent is lacking by Kentucky standards and I undestand Rome wasn't built in day. It will take us awhile to get back to being a final four caliber team. However, have we really fallen that far talent wise were teams like Gardner Webb, VMI, and San Diego are able to come into Rupp and take us to the cleaners? I mean we have two potential all Americans. There is no excuse for Billy G not having his teams prepared, these teams are inferior in everyway to Kentucky. Well I should say they used to be.

I know some people have opinions and feelings towards Coach G that is much different than mine. And I hope coach proves us all, and the negativity publicity he is receiving wrong. And as of now, I think he is all too deserving of the negative publicity he is getting. I don't think any resonable person is/was expecting him to win a NCAA championship in his first few years here, at least I wasn't. I expect him to put our team in the position to win and to properly prepare out team, which I believe he doesn't do. I think losing to all these inferior opponents proves to me he isn't getting it done.