A couple of times a year, Coach Cal will say something that will spread through headlines all around the blogosphere. After No. 18 Kentuckys win over Ole Miss on Tuesday night, Coach Cal called the Wildcats the most overanalyzed team Ive ever seen in the history of the game, at any level, in any sport, which is, of course, not accurate.
Do you really think that the general public cared about this team as much as, say, the Heat the first year that LeBron teamed up with D-Wade and Chris Bosh? Does Skip Bayless use the Wildcats as a talking point every chance he gets a la Tim Tebow?
Locally, it may actually be true, but thats more a critique of his fan base than anything. Big Blue Nation loves their Cats more than anyone else in the world loves anything. When its game day, they want previews. When the games over, they want every possession broken down and analyzed.
Prior to the start of Cals title-winning season, he gave this quote: We do more than move the needle. We are the needle. Thats true. Kentucky fans drive more internet traffic than any fan base in the country. So he gets it. He shouldnt be surprised that there are websites breaking down every possession from every game that his team plays.
The guys that he brings into the program should understand that as well.
Its what you sign up for when you go there.
