Link: Eric Bledsoe signs with Kentucky

CrimsonSEC · May 6th, 2009, 07:11 PM

Prep guard Eric Bledsoe chooses to play at Kentucky - USATODAY.com

Looks like World wide Wes ...umm I mean John Calipari lands another Alabama prep star.

Eric Bledsoe - Basketball Recruiting

CrimsonEyeshade · May 6th, 2009, 08:25 PM

fudge. Even with the coaching change, the kid never seemed that into us. Anybody with good information as to why?

TIDE-HSV · May 6th, 2009, 10:04 PM

His coach hates us for historic reasons...

CrimsonSEC · May 7th, 2009, 01:37 AM

Also, we just signed another very talented point guard which could have entered into his decision.

resmith · May 7th, 2009, 04:17 AM

	Quote:	TIDE-HSV
	His coach hates us for historic reasons...

There is a pretty long history with this coach, and be assured that he makes no effort to present UA in a good light.
I wish Eric well, hope he has a good career, and that we beat them every time we get to play UK.

JoeWilly12 · May 7th, 2009, 09:38 AM

Can you blame him? As much as I love UA I think if I were a top high school player and a school like UK or UNC had interest in me I would probably choose to go there because of their basketball pedigree. I think that is why you see most of our in state talent going elsewhere. I was surprised when Hendrix signed with us since he also had an offer from UNC. Hopefully CAG can change that.

CrimsonEyeshade · May 7th, 2009, 02:27 PM

	Quote:	JoeWilly12
	Can you blame him? As much as I love UA I think if I were a top high school player and a school like UK or UNC had interest in me I would probably choose to go there because of their basketball pedigree. I think that is why you see most of our in state talent going elsewhere. I was surprised when Hendrix signed with us since he also had an offer from UNC. Hopefully CAG can change that.

No blame. But I am disappointed. We're only a decade removed from getting most -- if not all -- of the good players in the state. That's my expectation year in, year out.

We're the dominant university in an athlete-rich state. Now that we've righted the ship in football, we pick whom we want. That's Anthony Grant's task now. He has farther to go, granted. But the University of Alabama should be getting the bulk of Alabama's best -- regardless of the sport.

Coach Grant is no longer at VCU, third or fourth ranked in his own state. He's at the flagship. This time next year, he should be getting far more of the better players . . . Kentucky and the rest, be damned.

bamahippie · May 7th, 2009, 03:28 PM

What was an amazing aside in one of yesterday's related articles in the Birmingham News, is that none, and I mean NONE of the the 12 Super Seniors from the state are going to a state school. That is atrocious. If there is someone worth getting in this state from here on out, I have a feeling that is about to change, thanks to Coach Grant.

Tidetwin · May 7th, 2009, 03:40 PM

	Quote:	CrimsonEyeshade
	No blame. But I am disappointed. We're only a decade removed from getting most -- if not all -- of the good players in the state. That's my expectation year in, year out. We're the dominant university in an athlete-rich state. Now that we've righted the ship in football, we pick whom we want. That's Anthony Grant's task now. He has farther to go, granted. But the University of Alabama should be getting the bulk of Alabama's best -- regardless of the sport. Coach Grant is no longer at VCU, third or fourth ranked in his own state. He's at the flagship. This time next year, he should be getting far more of the better players . . . Kentucky and the rest, be damned.

Parker HS is one of Alabama's historic programs. CAG's challenge is to make Alabama basketball so attractive that it mitigates the influence of an antagonistic HS coach.

Harmost · May 7th, 2009, 04:29 PM

	Quote:	CrimsonSEC
	Also, we just signed another very talented point guard which could have entered into his decision.

It's more the vice versa, I would suspect.

RedStar · May 8th, 2009, 01:06 AM

	Quote:	Harmost
	It's more the vice versa, I would suspect.

nailed it

RedStar · May 8th, 2009, 01:09 AM

Anyone care to indulge those of us not from Alabama as to the reasons Parker's head coach is not a big fan of the U of A?

Alasippi · May 8th, 2009, 11:39 AM

It shows the hurdle Coach Grant has to overcome when the top two prospects in Alabama sign with Kentucky.

That's just flat out not right.