Estil

7 hours ago, Tabonga said:

What village is missing its idiot?

What's the big idea of picking on an endangered species?  Or at least they were once upon a time...

On 4/20/2024 at 9:20 AM, AirVillain said:

Jesus. Time warp.

I may be a touch bias to the 80's, but here's another addition....

I didn't realize it was a play on words, loco and motion, until I was an adult....

On 4/18/2024 at 8:45 PM, Daniel_Doyce said:

No way am I watching that, but I hope he exhibited proper "name on front, not on back" coaching style.

He WILL.

7 hours ago, Gloves said:

When I was a kid I liked the Pittsburgh Penguins in hockey, and the Charlotte Hornets in basketball. Both for the same reason - they had cool logos. I couldn't name a single player on either team. 

Could you name any of the married ones?  

On 4/13/2024 at 8:36 PM, Reed Rothchild said:

Probably the day my best friend Eddie bailed on me for the all-city 2 on 2 basketball tournament so he could team up with Kenny "The Spider" Jackson.  I was pretty crushed because the winner was gonna get seasons tickets for the Chicago Bulls, and I knew we had a great chance at taking home the championship.  But then at the last minute an elderly lady nicknamed "Grandmama" agreed to help me out.  My neighbor's mother explained that Grandmama was pretty good in her prime, so I took a chance on her and agreed to partner up.  And what do you know?  We won, even though Grandmama injured her knee, forcing me into a dramatic 1v1 showdown against Eddie in the finals.  But even better than the tickets I won?  The lesson in friendship that Eddie and I both won that day.

Wait, that was an episode of Family Matters.

And Grandmama didn't even want the tickets as she wasn't even a Bulls fan!  For some reason she's nuts about the Charlotte Hornets!  Which kinda I was when I was little but in that case (as well as me liking local-ish Don Mattingly later) I was very much a "player-first" fan (fan of the player and then whatever team he happens to play for) in the sense that I really liked Rex Chapman (local hero; though interestingly I eventually went to his rival's high school!) and just so happened to get some Hornets stuff for Christmas at the time as a result.

And my aunt believe it or not went to Apollo High with Rex!

His inaugural address (at 38:40)...yes folks, we sold out Rupp Arena for a press conference.  

58 minutes ago, Tulpa said:

New drinking game! Everytime Estil posts KENTUCKY FIRST, take a shot.

Last one to pass out wins.

Of Kentucky Bourbon?  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_Tavern

1 hour ago, wongojack said:

The reaction seems to be only luke warm at best, but I think it is a good hire.  He's had BYU moving upwards, and while he might not be as established as the previous UK coaches, he's got room to grow.  As long as the fans can be patient with him, it seems like a very nice hire.

I think they will be.  He's exactly the KENTUCKY FIRST "name on front, not on back" coach we so desperately need.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Pope

http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/statistics/Players/Pope_Mark.html

1 hour ago, Reed Rothchild said:

Push out the guy because he lost a couple first round games, so you can hire a guy who lost a couple first round games 

No he was pushed out because he got too obsessed with sending one year wonders into the NBA (half of whom are probably only marginally qualified at best and another year or two of seasoning would've only helped).  I know we can count on our Holiness (hee hee) to put KENTUCKY FIRST.

Yes indeed, we have a pope!  

https://ukathletics.com/news/2024/04/12/mark-pope-named-head-coach-of-kentucky-mens-basketball/

Now this is someone we can count on to put KENTUCKY FIRST.  I hope the first thing he does it take down all those damn "look at all these guys who went to the NBA!" and replace those displays with true UK legends.  For example his 1996 teammate and Final Four MVP Tony Delk.

On 4/9/2024 at 12:18 PM, Tanooki said:

@Reed Rothchild Their fans are utterly insufferable and take that 'we' thing to new heights.  There is no we, you're a fan, like what did YOU do to be consider the 'we' in their team eh?   

Don't be a smart ass  We refers to Big Blue Nation, just like my late wife was a member of Red Sox Nation.  Both of us born and raised as such, respectively.  Plus I do hold two BA's from UK.  But anyway, this is rather a dark horse (unexpected) candidate but if this does indeed pan out, I think this is an excellent choice for someone we can count on to put KENTUCKY FIRST and it'd be really cute/fun to call him His Holiness (yes I did that when he was on our 1996 champs; wow what a team that was, we were practically invincible in most of those games)!  

https://kentucky.rivals.com/news/report-uk-close-to-making-mark-pope-new-coach

I got to see the almost total eclipse in 2017 and still had the special glasses left over from it...but even I forgot all about the breeze that happens when it started to get dark!

Are you sure that glove doesn't fit?  Are you sure you're sure?  

2 hours ago, wongojack said:

I am a Baylor alum.  Most BU fans know that Drew would turn down almost any job offered to him - ALMOST.  This one has us a bit nervous.  Are Kentucky fans interested in Scott Drew?

Honestly your guess is as good as mine.  Billy Donovan has sometimes been floated around (he was one of our asst's in the 90s) but I'm not sure if he was ever interested TBH.  I can't believe there are a few that actually want Benerick Pitino back *shudders*  I am hoping it will be someone who was in someway connected with UK or at least our state.

Just now, Reed Rothchild said:

That or he needs to look at what UConn is doing and model UK after that 

Boy do I feel bad for women's basketball...it must be so BORING when it's just UConn, Tennessee (back when they had Pat Summit), and everyone else.  Not to mention they don't have nearly as many upsets/Cinderellas.

1 minute ago, Reed Rothchild said:

...but mostly he's gotta win.  'cause if he doesn't do that, none of the fans will give a shit about any of those other things 

My point is though winning alone is not enough.  He must exhibit all those other things as well.

9 hours ago, Daniel_Doyce said:

This guy is the coach? And he got a new job? Can't they just find another one, or are they out of stock?

You know this isn't just any coaching job.  This job is for the finest college basketball team (in terms of overall history) in all the land.  Paraphrasing this scene from King Ralph, to be UK's basketball coach is a responsibility like no other in the Commonwealth (yes even more than being our governor) and like few others outside of it.  He must become a symbol of all that is best about our basketball team, UK, and the Commonwealth of Kentucky in general.  An embodiment of our history, our culture, our morality, our pride, our ideal of basketball and UK excellence.  He must in the harsh light of public 24/7 social media and Internet scrutiny exhibit all of UK basketball's virtues and none of its shortcomings.  Indeed there is much much MUCH more to being our coach than just drawing X's and O's and blowing a whistle.  And I don't know if "a God's burden to bear" is quite right but it's close enough.

7 hours ago, B.A. said:

If you require a coach who will recruit only players who will stay for 3-4 years you had better hope they hire Doc Brown/Marty McFly with their DeLorean.  That ship has long sailed.

No no no no, I'm not saying you can't have some one year wonders, just not this whole obsession with getting guys in the NBA like Cal did.  Our next guy must be KENTUCKY...FIRST.  And for God's sake I hope he takes down all those stupid "all these UK players who got into the NBA" and instead puts up displays honoring true UK legends...the ones who became that for what they did as a Wildcat.

20 minutes ago, The Count said:

It's increasingly rarer that any player will stay at one university for four years these days. Between leaving early for the pros or new NIL deals, the player who actually graduates at a singular school is a unicorn.

Tim Duncan is the first example that comes to my head who chose to stay all four years when he could've easily left at least two years early (I don't know if there's anyone else like that since).  And really half the guys who left us after one year only seemed marginally qualified for the NBA at best.  I mean I would think you'd need well over double figures in points and/or rebounds a game to have a realistic shot at the big leagues.  And really having at least 2-3 years college experience would be much better for the player and his team.

BTW, you know how Kobe Bryant and Kevin Garnett and LeBron James got so much attention for going straight from HS to the NBA?  Well I see their prep-to-pro...and raise you a big leaguer while STILL in high school!!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Feller

1 hour ago, Reed Rothchild said:

He did get you a championship. 

In that same timeframe Kansas, Duke, and North Carolina also have one title. 

UCLA, Arizona, Michigan State, Indiana, and Syracuse, among a million others got zero.

As to why, I'm sure he got forced out.  Gotta love that entitlement.

Yes he did, and against all odds we came in second in 2014 and just missed running the table in 2015.  But especially after that his whole "my priority is getting guys in the NBA" (no really it's clear on his own website) was getting really old.  We need a KENTUCKY FIRST coach.  MAKE...KENTUCKY...GREAT...AGAIN.

PS: And yes, even after what they did to us in 2012, I really do miss our annual Indiana (Clown U) rivalry.  Especially when Bobby Knight was their ringmaster!  

But seriously I have said for the longest time that we in Big Blue Nation don't give a flying Fig Newton how many guys you send to the NBA!! What matters is winning us championships and making true UK legends that will stay with us 3-4 years! I have no clue who will take over for us but hopefully he will be KENTUCKY FIRST. We need players who will stay with us 3-4 years and will give us the valuable and critical NCAA Tournament experience that we have been so lacking in the past several years. Ones that will become true blue UK legends and not just be a one-year-wonder who views us only as a stepping stone or something.

I'm sure Cal can do that getting one year wonders into the NBA just as well at Arkansas...why he is taking what amounts to a DEmotion (which I would've also viewed taking an NBA job other than at one of the legendary teams like LA or Boston) I'll never know.

Just a five pointer...go back to sleep...

29 minutes ago, The Count said:

@Estil Haha, that's why I can't count that high. My book of wheat ears is pretty solid, but I'm missing some of the toughies. 

Then you must be like Scrooge McDuck and be tougher than the toughies and smarter than the smarties!  No not the candy.

I wish i could find that one clip where you decide to count the number of hairs on Gordon's head...ZERO!  There are ZERO hairs on Gordon's head!  And then you decided to count the little hairs on Gordon's mustache!  

BTW, did you know that Frida from ABBA is a Countess?  No fooling!

1 hour ago, The Count said:

I still set aside wheat ears and older currency and Canadian change when I come across it, I just don't pay with cash much these days.

You can get rolls at your local bank or credit union and do it that way!  You can get a whole box of pennies (50 rolls of 50 pennies each) for $25 and you'll get to count all the Wheaties and Canadians and coppers (1959-81) you get!  And for whatever reason Sesame Street very seldom if ever mentions numbers after 40 (their "brought to you by" numbers only go up to 20) so imagine getting to count twenty five hundred pennies!  *Kermit freaking out from the thunder and lightning* Ah ha ha ha ha!  

4 hours ago, Daniel_Doyce said:

Well, words can have more than one meaning, ya know.

Are you interested in bullion or collectible coins? Because they are two different things. You can get bags of cull Franklins to just get melt value coins, but the high end deep cameo proof Franklins command a premium even over regular proofs as truly rare (and beautiful) coins.

I have to at least be able to tell the year and mintmark so I can fill my albums (most of my collecting hobbies do involve trying to get all the years (and mintmarks)).  Otherwise it's no fun.  So obviously I'm a collector first and a stacker second.