By LARRY VAUGHT
Kentucky probably has done the right thing by calling off it’s so-called non-public practice at Louisville Sunday.
Since I am actually at halftime of the high school football game I am covering tonight, I have not had a lot of time to probe into what went into this decision. However, here is what coach John Calipari had to say in a release that came out tonight:
“We originally planned a practice at Freedom Hall on Sunday afternoon to give our guys a chance to practice in an arena that we will compete in later this season,” UK head coach John Calipari said. “The passion of our Kentucky fans in Louisville made it impossible for the word not to get out about the practice at Freedom Hall. Due to the publicity created by several media outlets, we will no longer be able to conduct a preseason practice off campus this weekend. We will schedule an open practice at Freedom Hall and make sure all our fans in Louisville know about it.”
Personally, I think an open practice before the game in Louisville is a much better way to go. Let fans have time to make plans and I suspect there will be more fans at the practice than some recent UK neutral site games at Freedom Hall attracted.
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Still would have been awesome to have them practicing there while Tobias Harris was making his visit this weekend. Slick Rick giving Tobias his tour: “And this is our wonderful arena. And if you look out on the floor you can see the team you will be on, if you’re smart. Moving on.”
I agree with you Larry. Do it the day before then have an autograph session afterwards like they did Mashburn’s Soph & Jr. years, I was at both. I am actually on the official year in review video getting Mashburn to sign some posters his soph. year. Can’t remember what I said but he is laughing in the video. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. GO BLUE OR STAY HOME
I could have pretended I didn’t know anything about it and just happened to drive by Freedom Hall and decided to take a look inside…really, I could have. I was so looking forward to Sunday night, now what is a poor old lady gonna do? GO CATS!!!
But don’t worry Linda. At least you know there will be a scheduled open practice you can make plans to attend.
And Rick would have had a cow with Harris there and UK practicing at Freedom Hall
I think Rick deserves to have a cow…traitor
I’m disappointed…I was looking forward to attending…but it did seem that UK was operating in somewhat of a “grey area” here and it worried me a bit…erring on the side of caution seems to be the smart move for UK here.
Clarification…I think Rick needs to have a cow but I am extremely happy with the coach we have now, he’s not a has been or on his way out! There is no better coach for the the Wildcats or the Big Blue Nation. He understands the system and what it means to be the Coach of the greatest basketball tradition ever. GO CATS…Long live the regime of Calipari!
You are right James K. I think being cautious is the best approach and in the long run an open practice the day before the game seems a lot better to me,too