Tuesday, July 12, 2005

Go Cats: Morris to return, WildCat nation grumbles

Undrafted once-exiting UK Center Randolph Morris (who was the subject of the first and second ever sparkgrass posts) is coming back, though it seems like no one in Big Blue Nation wants the disrespectful cocksucker disgracing a UK uniform ever again. I'm actually pretty ambivalent on the matter. I guess I took it to heart at the end of the He-Man episode when I was like five and He-Man told me that everybody deserves a second chance.
An excerpt from Dick Vitale's open letter to Morris before he made the decision to return:

Dear Randolph:

Please, please get on the first plane back to Lexington and meet with coach Tubby Smith. Tell him how much you'd like to put on that Kentucky uniform again.

Do you know how many kids would give their right arm to play at Rupp Arena and put on that Wildcats jersey? There's nothing like playing in front of the most passionate fans you can find in college basketball.

Doesn't it make sense to hear the Big Blue fans cheering again? Standing-room-only crowds at Rupp, fans going wild, all sorts of visibility and national coverage ... and you don't want any of that? Are you serious?

You prefer to be a basketball vagabond and bounce from league to league? Come on. Don't you understand, you were passed by all 30 teams not just once but twice. Two rounds of the draft and your name wasn't called.

The message is loud and clear: You must work on many parts of your game. If you get better and better, there is some potential. You have great size and youth on your side, and it could happen.

Think about some other Kentucky players who improved, like Tayshaun Prince, Keith Bogans and Jamaal Magloire. They all stayed at Kentucky, and look what happened. They enjoyed moments they can treasure the rest of their lives, and they went on to play in the NBA.
Bring us a Final Four, and we just might stop grumbling. Maybe. Arrogant prig.

2 comments:

Pepper said...

Dude, how sad is it that I know which He-Man episode you're talking about?

Anonymous said...

The sad thing is that he could leave in the middle of the year if the NBA offers him something then, much as Drejer did at Florida. That would really mess up the team. It is good to offer him a chance, and he could be a big asset but he has absolutly no loyalty.