The Kerry Blackshear Thread

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We need to stop acting like the 2020 class is guaranteed to be elite too. Things could take a turn quick. The momentum they had this past year will quickly diminish if they struggle out of the gate. If they miss the tourney, landing an elite class isn’t a given whatsoever.
 
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ndubvols said:
I’m not sure what point your making then... yea he got fired after 20+ years. The fact he was there for 20 years means he’s a really good coach
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And I was saying his willingness to take on a program after being FIRED for the first time in his long career didn’t preclude said program from being perceived as down...or a “dumpster fire”, disagree?
 
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Wish we would have got him but still excited about next year.

To me if he was that good he would have stayed in the draft. Definitely a player that would have made us better immediately but I’m ready to see burns, Kent, and especially plavic if waived (butchered spelling) get a shot
 
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Hopefully this lights a fire under our team. Though I have to admit it is hard to find the silver lining here.
 
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butchna said:
And I was saying his willingness to take on a program after being FIRED for the first time in his long career didn’t preclude said program from being perceived as down...or a “dumpster fire”, disagree?
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The program was perceived as down... if you don’t think so we’ll agree to disagree. There were 0 NBA players on the roster, 0 committed at the time (I guess arguably Schofield in hindsight only) and very little fan support given the decline we’d seen in the past 5 years. The facilities were there and that was about it. We weren’t an attractive program to an established coach at a power 5 or high mid major program. We were lucky with Barnes’ situation.
 
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zjcvols said:
That’s fine. Put Im pretty sure I said both have talent to make the NBA. I know for sure I did on Williams, Schofield I wasn’t as confident. I remember saying if Williams was 6’10 he’d be a lottery pick during his freshman year.
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And I am almost positive that I strongly agreed with that, but that is like saying if DJ Burns had Larry Bird's jumper he'd be a lottery pick. You can't play the if game when it comes to projecting whether someone is a future draft pick, especially as it relates to a physical attribute like height. The fact that Williams isn't 6-10 is what prevented him from being a lottery pick, and that was never likely to change.

The point being, you are trying to convince me that you pegged a 6-7, 250 lb chubby kid with no outside shot to speak of was a future NBA player. Sorry, I'm not buying it. Hindsight is your friend in this discussion.
 
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RyanWalkerPGH said:
Exactly, Barnes botched this offseason badly.
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Lmao what? Talk about an overreaction.

Targeted ORN, landed him.

Targets Plavsic, landed him.

Targeted Bailey, landed him.

Roster was full...saw an opportunity to land a big time player in Blackshear, targeted him and missed...guess Calipari botched the offseason too?
 
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ndubvols said:
The program was perceived as down... if you don’t think so we’ll agree to disagree. There were 0 NBA players on the roster, 0 committed at the time (I guess arguably Schofield in hindsight only) and very little fan support given the decline we’d seen in the past 5 years. The facilities were there and that was about it. We weren’t an attractive program to an established coach at a power 5 or high mid major program. We were lucky with Barnes’ situation.
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I DO think so. Sure you’re having a conversation with the right poster?
 
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zjcvols said:
That’s fine. Put Im pretty sure I said both have talent to make the NBA. I know for sure I did on Williams, Schofield I wasn’t as confident. I remember saying if Williams was 6’10 he’d be a lottery pick during his freshman year.
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Huge difference between, “he has talent to make the NBA” and “he’s going to be playing in the NBA”.
Our roster has multiple guys that have the talent/potential to make the NBA, but most probably won’t.
 
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zjcvols said:
He took two transfers and the NCAA is now cracking down on waivers to play immediately. We’re gonna have 11 scholarship players eligible to play.

-Two freshmen need a year to develop (Pember & Gaines)
-One player is allegedly on thin ice (Burns)
-One player can’t stay healthy (Kent)
-Pons and Johnson haven’t proven they’re rotation players
-Fulkerson hasn’t proved he’s a starter
-James is a freshman

There are so many questions. So many things can go wrong.
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Guess we should go ahead and call the season now
 
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RyanWalkerPGH said:
We need to stop acting like the 2020 class is guaranteed to be elite too. Things could take a turn quick. The momentum they had this past year will quickly diminish if they struggle out of the gate. If they miss the tourney, landing an elite class isn’t a given whatsoever.
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Well Keon Johnson commits 3 months before our first game, so....

Unless of course you’re gonna b!tch about Corey Walker and Keon Johnson, which is very possible.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Lmao what? Talk about an overreaction.

Targeted ORN, landed him.

Targets Plavsic, landed him.

Targeted Bailey, landed him.

Roster was full...saw an opportunity to land a big time player in Blackshear, targeted him and missed...guess Calipari botched the offseason too?
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This comes back around to the notion that he should’ve had more immediate impact kids coming in off the season they just had. And now he’s facing a potential scenario that involves him only having Kent, Fulkerson, and ORN available in the front court. That would be a disaster. Plus UK is pursuing Dante now.
 
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A couple of Grad guards are still out there. One's from Memphis.(3pt shooter)
 
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