Kentucky Wildcats Daily Farmer's Almanac for Monday (1/31/11)
By Paul Jordan
Coach, I don’t know if a 6 man rotation is going to work.
happy Monday.. Blah. I’ve got a case of Monday’s bad and since its not game day there is no hope in sight. We’ll just drag through til Tuesday together and everything will be alright.
TO THE NEWS!
We’re back in the top 10. After a crazy weekend of basketball, Kentucky avoided the Upset Bug and jump 4 spots to # 10 in the AP poll. Pitino must be in cahoots as UK is listed as 11th in the Coaches Poll. A couple wins this week and we could be in line to capture a #1 seed. Just sayin.
Terrence Jones is my homeboy and he can also dunk. Therefore he is up for dunk of the year. So as Kentucky fans we are obligated to vote for him, a lot. The 2011 Dunk of the Year is wholly determined by fan voting and will be announced on a one-hour “Dunks of the Year” special airing on ABC April 2. So if you are on facebook, click the link and help Terrence Jones fulfill his dreams.
I’m sure you have seen this by now, but I would be remiss to not mention it. Cal has instituted a “Price of Success” for the Cats on this year’s team. We all know how great of a coach Cal is, but what is what some forget is how well he motivates his players. Especially if you are being a “selfish muther effer.”
THE LAW OF THE PRICE TAG
• OUR TEAM WILL GET EXACTLY WHAT WE PAY FOR
• SELDOM DO YOU GET MORE THAN WHAT YOU PAY FOR
• SUCCESS WILL NOT COME EASY OR CHEAPER THAN THE PRICE YOU PAY
• EACH TEAM MEMBER MUST DECIDE IN HIS HEART WHETHER THE GOAL IS WORTH THE PRICE HE WILL HAVE TO PAY
• SACRIFICE – BE SURE NO MATTER WHAT YOU EXPECT TO GIVE FOR THE TEAM AT SOME POINT MORE WILL BE ASKED
• THE STRENGTH OF THE TEAM IS IMPACTE DBY ITS WEAKEST LINK – IS THAT YOU?
• THE PRICE MUST BE PAID BY EVERYONE – YOU HAVE TO GIVE UP SOMETHING TO BE A MEMBER OF THE TEAM
• THE PRICE MUST BE PAID ALL THE TIME – THERE ARE NO VICTORIES AT BARGAIN PRICES
• THE PRICE NEVER DECREASES – MOST TEAMS DON’T QUIT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MOUNTAIN; THEY QUIT HALF-WAY UP
• A TEAM FAILS TO REACH ITS POTENTIAL WHEN IT VIOLATES ONE OR BOTH OF THESE LAWS:
1. THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND THE PRICE OF SUCCESS
2. THEY DO UNDERTSAND, BUT ARE NOT WILLING TO PAY FOR IT
IF WE WANT IT, WE ALL MUST BE WILLING TO PAY THE PRICE ALL THE TIME, NOT JUST WHEN IT’S CONVENIENT
-RTL- (Recruit, Tan, Laundry — Cal’s motto)
For the 1st time in like forever a cat didn’t win Player of the Week or Freshman of the Week in the SEC. I expect that to change this week however. I’m guessing Mike Slive got a lot of phone calls from other player’s mom’s that their son couldn’t be included in the awards. Rotnei Clark won Player of the Week and Tobias Harris got Freshman of the Week. No comment if CoachPearl had him over for a BBQ to celebrate.
For a little recruiting news. 2012 star Ricardo Ledo has opened his recruitment back up afetr unexpectantly committing to Providence. Ledo holds offers from UK and UofL. What’s interesting is that Ledo is of Puerto Rican decent and we all know who their National Coach is. So we’ll see how this shakes out, but never bet against Cal.
Josh Harrellson can’t catch a break, either that or he needs to stop talking. He blasted Cal on twitter and Cal layeth the smacketh down and Josh tweets no more. Now he says Coach Larry Brown assists in practice which is a no no in the NCAA eyes. Sandy Bell responds to Harrellson and if Sandy says its OK then who am I to argue?
OK thats all I got. Enjoy Monday and hope Tuesday night at 7 gets here soon.
Go Cats!
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