Can we land Romeo?
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Absolutely no way he didn't know about his own programs problems. As a coach, I know everything about my program - everything. If he didn't know, he's clueless. If he did know, then that's that.
Those 5th grade graduation parties are getting out of hand.
The NCAA did nothing because they accepted our self imposed punishments.
This article sums that 30 fo 30 quite nicely:
"The whole point of the documentary is more or less "who cares about school when you can make money as a professional basketball player,"
If you think your players are actually taking real classes, taking their own tests and writing their own papers, after PayPal Cal has a long history of using shady players, I've got some beach-front property in Vegas to sell you.
....just more speculation from you, not one shred of proof.
APR at UK:
2009-2010: 974
2010-2011: 963
2011-2012: 963
2012-2013: 989
2013-2014: 995
2014-2015: 1000
"Much like he did at UMass, when his players graduated at nearly 80 percent, Calipari has stressed academics. Fifteen of his final 18 seniors who came through the Memphis program earned their bachelor’s degrees, and all 14 players at UK who were eligible to graduate by the end of their senior years in the Calipari era have graduated, including three players (Patrick Patterson, Jarrod Polson and Alex Poythress) who earned their degree in just three years.)
In seven of the last 12 semesters, Calipari’s teams have posted a combined team grade-point average of 3.0 or better. In 2016, Kentucky earned a perfect four-year composite Academic Progress Rate score of 1,000. It was also the second consecutive year in which UK earned a perfect one-year score and received an NCAA award for ranking in the top 10 percent of the country in the APR for men’s basketball. Each of Calipari’s teams have far surpassed the Division I average APR score over the last eight years."
In seven of the last 12 semesters, Calipari’s teams have posted a combined team grade-point average of 3.0 or better. In 2016, Kentucky earned a perfect four-year composite Academic Progress Rate score of 1,000. It was also the second consecutive year in which UK earned a perfect one-year score and received an NCAA award for ranking in the top 10 percent of the country in the APR for men’s basketball. Each of Calipari’s teams have far surpassed the Division I average APR score over the last eight years."
"He went pro . . ."
We also know that his academic credentials were - at best - spotty. And that's being VERY generous.
So . . . did Eric Bledsoe come to UK to be a student? Or to get the necessary year out of the way to play in the NBA?
The question is - why do players come to UK under Calipari? IF it was to be a student athlete, no way would have Bledsoe been accepted. But UK took him in anyways because the whole purpose of him being there is not to graduate or be a serious student. If it was, he would have had to gone to prep school for at least a year.
He was there for one purpose only - to play basketball and to get to the NBA. Period. It's how you operate down there in Lexington, at least admit as much.
Who out of the Top 25 recruits each year are going anywhere for the sole purpose of being a student-athlete? Those kind of recruits are trying to get to the pro level as quickly as they can... Bledsoe never came to UK as a sure-fire OAD. He played his way into being drafted. Calipari didn't create the OAD rule. He, Coach K, Bill Self, Roy Williams, Sean Miller... they are landing the majority of the OAD players and are well within the rules of doing so. I'm sorry you don't know what that's like. Maybe Archie will give it a shot, but the days of 4-year players are pretty much over (at least for the players of higher skill level it is)
Not sure what happened. Anyways, kids that plan to be OAD go to UK. When the rule changes then Cal will be exposed as a poor game coach. What does UK do then?
So you're saying Bledsoe came to UK without him/Calipari knowing he'd be going pro, but UK's admissions dept accepted him anyways and after reviewing his transcript presented during his OV (remember, this was BEFORE the controversy over the grade changes) believed him to be capable of handling a normal college curriculum?
...oh they've recruited them... just aren't landing them lately... dark cloud of NCAA looming probably a lot to do with that.
UNC circa 2012: Our APR scores are factual evidence of how seriously we take academics at North Carolina.
UNC circa 2017: Ooops
Of course he is - how else do you explain a guy taking Algebra 3 BEFORE Algebra 2 and getting an A . . . OOPS!!!!!
...apples and oranges if you're trying to make a correlation to UK there. No bogus classes offered at UK.
High school teachers/admins in Alabama shoulder the blame for any of this....
"AHSAA Executive Director Steve Savarese said the law firm's investigation found no violation of state athletic association rules. "Unless additional information is revealed, we feel this is closed as far as how it relates to AHSAA rules," Savarese said.
Kentucky issued this statement: "Eric Bledsoe was a part of our normal institutional process, the NCAA's normal eligibility cycle and a more extensive secondary review by the NCAA Eligibility Center as well. We maintain our reliance on the high school, university and NCAA Eligibility Center for initial eligibility and will continue to do so. At no point was the University of Kentucky under investigation by the NCAA nor had any reason to believe we were ever under investigation."
"In the end, it's the NCAA's responsibility to get certification right even if it means changing an earlier decision. If the institution knew there was inaccurate information, it becomes an enforcement issue."
....looks like there just wasn't anything there...but I'm sure you'll keep harping about it.
No, I am saying that you cannot talk in absolutes unless you are the person involved. How many UNC fans thought there were no bogus classes until there were.
And finally, and most important, f-- UK. And I mean that in the nicest way, in that I do not give a rat's ass about Calipari or anything you guys are doing. As of late we have done ok when playing you guys and that is such a rare occurrence anymore that I do not see why this discussion is being had at all let alone in a thread about Romeo Langford.
Yeah, that's why he takes guys who OBVIOUSLY cheated on exams and/or took fake classes, to get into his program............
Go back to making out with your sister, Cletus, because no one is buying it.
This board has the worst mods in the world to let fans from other schools hijack it so much.
So - for the record - accepting a guy whose transcript indicates he got a A in Algebra 3 BEFORE he took Algebra 2 DESPITE NEVER getting anything higher than a C in a Math course prior to his senior year is the "normal institutional process" for the University of Kentucky?
If anyone can read a transcript there was PLENTY there ...but I'm sure you'll keep trying to spin it
Why don't you get a life instead of spending all of your time on another teams message board. Don't you want to spend time with your wife/sister.
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