As of now the comments on the Courier-Journal Marquis Teague story on their website the comments number 1,004. Yes, 1004. These comments range from UK boastfulness to Cardinal fans hating. Cardinal fans are saying things such as , "Teague isn't going to be good anyways" (didn't hear that this time last year), "Cal cheated to get him,""LeBron called Teague", "World Wide Wes is involved", "Sanctions are coming."
On Cardchronicle.com there is a story about how UK is using unfair tactics and taking players away from Pitino. Really? So hiring a kid's AAU coach in order to get a player is fair game? It's not giving the kid any money but it is giving a person closely affiliated with the kid some money and a job in hopes of landing that kid. It's so fair that the NCAA has made that an illegal practice. Even Cardchronicle.com called it "shady and gross." So watch out next time you use the popular name "Cheatapari" or talk about shady dealings at UK. Win at all costs, right?
And there is the World Wide Wes and the LeBron talk. Get a clue Cards fans: WWW does not have influence over any recruiting. In the day and age of Twitter, Facebook, blogs and a 24 hour news media outlet, you would think that if Wes was showing up at practices, meeting with recruits and families, that we would here about it. We don't. Hell, we knew Teague was picking Kentucky the night before he did it because of Twitter and it ended up being true. So where is the paper trail? As for LeBron calling Teague: didn't happen.What did Teague say about LeBron calling him? "Dang, I didn't even know he called me, so how did anyone else know? It would have been pretty cool if he had called." Shawn Teague, Marquis' father, also denied the reports. It's been more than enough of the false allegations and the wishful thinking.
But I can understand the hate, the accusations and the jealousy. If Rick Pitino would have swooped in and grabbed Brandon Knight at the 11th hour I would have been pissed too. But he didn't because Ricky P can't get it done anymore. If you want to blame someone for the woes that the Cards have experienced in the basketball program for the past year and will continue to experience look no further than at your head coach. Call him and email him. Ask him what the deal is instead of placing all of the blame on unfounded claims against Kentucky and John Calipari.
I'll let you in on a little secret: Calipari is better at recruiting than Pitino. He is more charismatic, he sends kids to the NBA, which is ultimately what a high school basketball player wants to do, and he brings glitz and glam to a program. The winning doesn't hurt either.
There was one point in time when Pitino was THE coach in college basketball back in the 90's when he was going to national title games, winning one of them, coaching in Final Fours and coaching in some of the most epic basketball games that any level had ever seen. Not anymore. He used to land the most coveted recruits in the country. Not anymore. Pitino was Calipari before Calipari was Calipari, but all Louisville fans hated him with a passion in those days and lobbed the same allegations at him that they lob at Calipari now. I guess soon as Rick put on the red it cleansed him of all of his sins.
Enough Kentucky bashing. Enough complaining. Enough whining. Get over it.
This post was just beautiful! Simply beautiful! Somewhere, Gangle and Favre are crying and holding each other telling themselves everything will be OK and UofL is 'a football school again.'
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