BlazerGrad88
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RE: The wages of sin aren't half bad...
Right or wrong, it's all about appealing to today's recruits, who couldn't care less about seeing old photos of George Mikan, Kyle Macy, and Goose Givens.
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the_blazerman
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RE: The wages of sin aren't half bad...
I don't fault the players for anything, it isn't them who are changing grades & allowing them to skip classes.
The old Kentucky faithful should be ashamed though. They have basically sold out the program for victories. Then again, considering the state we live in, we should not be surprised.
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BlazerGrad88
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RE: The wages of sin aren't half bad...
Keep the recruits and the championships coming and the alumni will be fine, just fine. :-/
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the_blazerman
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RE: The wages of sin aren't half bad...
(12-24-2012 10:28 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote: The old Kentucky faithful hasn't sold anything. They hired exactly what they wanted. It's not like Kentucky was clean before Calipari. Remember Eddie Sutton.
Yes, I do. Going back further than that to the Joe B Hall days.
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RE: The wages of sin aren't half bad...
Bet they don't watch Glory Road on the recruiting visit.
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Grammar-Nazi
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RE: The wages of sin aren't half bad...
(12-24-2012 10:28 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote: The old Kentucky faithful hasn't sold anything. They hired exactly what they wanted. It's not like Kentucky was clean before Calipari. Remember Eddie Sutton.
Exactly. A former colleague of mine who's a huge Kentucky fan told me so. I told him Calipari was a cheater and Kentucky would eventually regret hiring him. He responded he didn't care if Calipari was a serial killer, so long as he won championships and didn't get caught while doing it.
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RE: The wages of sin aren't half bad...
(12-24-2012 02:48 PM)Grammar-Nazi Wrote: (12-24-2012 10:28 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote: The old Kentucky faithful hasn't sold anything. They hired exactly what they wanted. It's not like Kentucky was clean before Calipari. Remember Eddie Sutton.
Exactly. A former colleague of mine who's a huge Kentucky fan told me so. I told him Calipari was a cheater and Kentucky would eventually regret hiring him. He responded he didn't care if Calipari was a serial killer, so long as he won championships and didn't get caught while doing it.
Wow! There's no integrity there.
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RE: The wages of sin aren't half bad...
(12-24-2012 04:13 PM)KevMo4UAB Wrote: (12-24-2012 02:48 PM)Grammar-Nazi Wrote: (12-24-2012 10:28 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote: The old Kentucky faithful hasn't sold anything. They hired exactly what they wanted. It's not like Kentucky was clean before Calipari. Remember Eddie Sutton.
Exactly. A former colleague of mine who's a huge Kentucky fan told me so. I told him Calipari was a cheater and Kentucky would eventually regret hiring him. He responded he didn't care if Calipari was a serial killer, so long as he won championships and didn't get caught while doing it.
Wow! There's no integrity there.
Hi, let me introduce you to the SEC.
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BAMANBLAZERFAN
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RE: The wages of sin aren't half bad...
It is more than likely that ALL major programs in the NCAA are less than "squeaky clean" because all of them are dependent upon a number of multi-millionaire boosters who are not accustomed to tolerating the academic types telling them what they can and can't do. The best a school can do is advise them on how to not get caught at anything that might do the school public harm.
IMHO, Had Logan Young not (inexplicably) decided to "stiff" one high school coach of his promised payment (resulting in his telling all to the NCAA), we might still be thinking that Albert Means went to Bama because of his affection for the school and its coaches. I seriously doubt the case was a exception to a general rule that finds a relatively few schools dividing up the 150 top rated high school and JUCO players among themselves every year.
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tiger11052001
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RE: The wages of sin aren't half bad...
(12-24-2012 10:20 AM)the_blazerman Wrote: I don't fault the players for anything, it isn't them who are changing grades & allowing them to skip classes.
The old Kentucky faithful should be ashamed though. They have basically sold out the program for victories. Then again, considering the state we live in, we should not be surprised.
Gotta love things that aren't backed up with any kind of facts at all...
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RE: The wages of sin aren't half bad...
(12-25-2012 12:31 PM)tiger11052001 Wrote: (12-24-2012 10:20 AM)the_blazerman Wrote: I don't fault the players for anything, it isn't them who are changing grades & allowing them to skip classes.
The old Kentucky faithful should be ashamed though. They have basically sold out the program for victories. Then again, considering the state we live in, we should not be surprised.
Gotta love things that aren't backed up with any kind of facts at all...
When one deals with the very wealthy, it is not easy to get "any kind of facts at all" without having the tool of requiring subpoenas and testimony under oath. The NCAA has no such capability.
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the_blazerman
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RE: The wages of sin aren't half bad...
(12-25-2012 12:31 PM)tiger11052001 Wrote: (12-24-2012 10:20 AM)the_blazerman Wrote: I don't fault the players for anything, it isn't them who are changing grades & allowing them to skip classes.
The old Kentucky faithful should be ashamed though. They have basically sold out the program for victories. Then again, considering the state we live in, we should not be surprised.
Gotta love things that aren't backed up with any kind of facts at all...
Facts? Bledsoe couldn't spell basketballs if you spotted him the balls.
Facts that Pastner runs a clean program? Look at the record.
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RE: The wages of sin aren't half bad...
(12-24-2012 04:43 PM)mixduptransistor Wrote: (12-24-2012 04:13 PM)KevMo4UAB Wrote: (12-24-2012 02:48 PM)Grammar-Nazi Wrote: (12-24-2012 10:28 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote: The old Kentucky faithful hasn't sold anything. They hired exactly what they wanted. It's not like Kentucky was clean before Calipari. Remember Eddie Sutton.
Exactly. A former colleague of mine who's a huge Kentucky fan told me so. I told him Calipari was a cheater and Kentucky would eventually regret hiring him. He responded he didn't care if Calipari was a serial killer, so long as he won championships and didn't get caught while doing it.
Wow! There's no integrity there.
Hi, let me introduce you to the SEC.
It's not just the SEC. Western Kentucky said the same thing to the world when it hired Bobby Petrino.
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RE: The wages of sin aren't half bad...
(12-25-2012 10:23 PM)Grammar-Nazi Wrote: (12-24-2012 04:43 PM)mixduptransistor Wrote: (12-24-2012 04:13 PM)KevMo4UAB Wrote: (12-24-2012 02:48 PM)Grammar-Nazi Wrote: (12-24-2012 10:28 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote: The old Kentucky faithful hasn't sold anything. They hired exactly what they wanted. It's not like Kentucky was clean before Calipari. Remember Eddie Sutton.
Exactly. A former colleague of mine who's a huge Kentucky fan told me so. I told him Calipari was a cheater and Kentucky would eventually regret hiring him. He responded he didn't care if Calipari was a serial killer, so long as he won championships and didn't get caught while doing it.
Wow! There's no integrity there.
Hi, let me introduce you to the SEC.
It's not just the SEC. Western Kentucky said the same thing to the world when it hired Bobby Petrino.
If you are not BCS, you are forgiven your hire of such "fallen angels" as O'Leary (@ UCF), Price (@ UTEP) and now Petrino because knowledgeable people know you would not have been able to hire them otherwise. How long Petrino will have to serve his "time in Purgatory (WKU)" is problematical since getting the quality of players he's used to signing to come to WKU will not be a given. Who really expected Price to retire from UTEP and O'Leary to still be at UCF?
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