Agree. IMO too much has been made of that comment. It's like latching onto a soundbite in politics to define an opponent. I do think she can be stubborn in her beliefs but I'm pretty sure she'd make any change she actually believed would help. There's a fine line there.
We didn't know that was going to be a 20-point road win 8 minutes into the game and yes Kentucky has taken some very good teams to the wire this year. And it was their Senior Day. Too much can happen in a d-1 game and very quickly nowadays. It is not like the Pat Summit years when you know you can just put back in 5 dominant players and win 99% of the games you play, not to mention every point matters at this point of the season for net rankings and for what the NCAA selection committee views for seedings. A 35-point win against an SEC opponent would have looked much more impressive than 20 in their eyes. Kentucky played South Carolina evenly in the first half, had a 1 point loss to Mississippi state and 4 point loss to Georgia. They had some good games and they have some really good players. My thought is why give a team momentum that early in a game and take a chance they get hot and our offense stalls. There is always the 3rd and 4th quarter to get the bench extended minutes if the game is a blowout.
But KJH turned out to be right. It could have been disaster, but it wasn't. IMO it was pretty safe to assume this KY team at this pt did not have much left in the tank. Even when the first round of subs slowed the bus, the next rotation was able to right the ship quickly.
