Wild Ride

It's been a crazy couple of weeks for the Blue Donkey. I've bought books in three different states, broken several vehicles and a trailer twice, bought alcohol in Lexington on a Sunday, and witnessed two high school basketball teams play that could beat U.K.



First off, I do feel a bit sad for Joe Crawford and Ramel Bradley. They've had a rough go of things, and I'm sure their senior year is turning out far worse than they could have imagined. Looking back, Joe probably would have been better off leaving when he tried. Joe suffered from a well documented disease, which has proven to be career-fatale for him.



Legionnaire's Disease: A disease commonly found in high school All-Americans hailing from Detroit who commit to play basketball at the University of Kentucky. Typically, these poor souls commit to Michigan, then decommit to play for Kentucky. These symptoms are usually followed by an over-bearing parent that tries to play manager for their child's collegiate career. The meddlesome parents then usually have an explosive confrontation with the coach. The confrontation leads to the player to publicly leave the team before informing the university. Reality then follows, when the player and parent realize the penalty's imposed by the NCAA for a student athlete not completing the first year of the commitment, which leads the player to want to return to the team.



Will Alex's decision turn out better than Joe's? We will see.



Oak Hill / St. Benedict's - I had the opportunity to watch these two unbelievable high school teams play at my old tomato. There were two big time players from the class of 2008 on the court - Semardo Samuels (committed to Louisville) and Brandon Jennings (committed to Arizona). Walter McCarty was in the house to watch Samuels. John Calimari of Memphis and John Brady of LSU were also present. Brady was drunk and Calimari was dangling dollars bills at the players on the court. There were two 2009 interior players UK is looking at; however, I did not see any UK representatives at the game.

Go Cats - Win a Game!