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John Wall was made available to the media before practice today so he could address the comments after last game (courtesty of the Kernel):
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February 1st, 2010 at 3:31 pm
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February 1st, 2010 at 3:31 pm
Just so this doesnt get buried in the last posting, I will repost it here. Hopefully the big guy will see it and appreciate it unlike some of the posters.
With a swag as pure as Peter Parker,
and a game that fits his name.
Your the type of person and a player,
to bring Lexington the fame.
Backing down the opponent in the block,
is where your needed most.
we can see you juke your mans jock,
when we are going coast to coast.
We know the miles are many,
from your family you are apart.
Understand one thing thats plenty,
is the love in a UK fans heart.
For a team with so much talent,
and a coach not far from great.
We’ll need you when we reach our peak,
Thats right, it’s title eight.
So you chose to rep our state,
may God be with you here.
But to see you maximize your skillz,
Calipari’s blue you wear.
February 1st, 2010 at 3:31 pm
soo whats realllly going on????
February 1st, 2010 at 3:37 pm
5 - you are so right. It sounds like Wall is done after this year.
February 1st, 2010 at 3:38 pm
6- it wasn’t that bad…
February 1st, 2010 at 3:39 pm
I think we all have to remember that John Wall is a 19-year old kid. We see this superstar on the court and hold him to standards fitting to players well beyond his years. The kid wants to be great. You can tell he’s a perfectionist. When he has off games (I won’t say bad games because even his slightly less than perfect games are astounding), he’s going to have to learn like any other 19-year old kid to channel the frustration to get better, rather than just getting frustrated. He’s going to be fine. I love the kid!
February 1st, 2010 at 3:39 pm
Can someone write down what was said….I’m getting nothing.
February 1st, 2010 at 3:39 pm
Just so this doesnt get buried in the last posting, I will repost it here.
Poems are silly. I mean really.
February 1st, 2010 at 3:42 pm
John, you sound like you need cheering up. How’s this? This time next year you’ll be a millionaire. Hell, if somebody told me that when I was 18, lead weights couldn’t bring me down.
February 1st, 2010 at 3:44 pm
not shocking that he would leave after one year. We all knew that going into this season.
February 1st, 2010 at 3:45 pm
Boogie probably finds it creepy that grown men write him terrible poems–it made me uncomfortable. It works on 6th grade girls-not future NBA lottery picks. Please try something else (like never posting any comments here or elsewhere). Thx-Management
February 1st, 2010 at 3:47 pm
I am sure Boogie is mature enough, and secure enough in his manhood to appreciate the poem for what it is. Through my experiences I have always found it is the insecure who attack others.
February 1st, 2010 at 3:48 pm
3-WTF?
February 1st, 2010 at 3:50 pm
It seems like the national media is getting to be as bad as some Kentucky fans at blowing things out of proportion!
February 1st, 2010 at 3:51 pm
I had no idea Martin Prince was a UK fan
February 1st, 2010 at 3:53 pm
poem guy please stop.
please, stop
February 1st, 2010 at 3:53 pm
No big deal on the poem, have fun with it. Maybe we should see if Carlos Toomer has written a Cousins poem?
February 1st, 2010 at 3:54 pm
Poems can be cool…but not when guys write them for other guys…then it becomes just weird.
February 1st, 2010 at 3:54 pm
Well posted, LawDog!
February 1st, 2010 at 3:54 pm
That Wall interview was very insightful- blank space always provides as clear view of what is going on.
February 1st, 2010 at 3:54 pm
No homo? Dayum.
February 1st, 2010 at 3:56 pm
That poem doesn’t even really make sense…..terrible
February 1st, 2010 at 3:57 pm
16 haha. nothing to do with insecurity my man…take a lesson from Dominos pizza and realize that your stuff sucks and try to come up with something better
February 1st, 2010 at 3:58 pm
I once wrote a poem about Dr. Pepper and Pork Rinds.
February 1st, 2010 at 3:59 pm
3 try actually reading your “poem” outloud, then come back and tell us that it’s good.
February 1st, 2010 at 3:59 pm
I’m sure Boogie thinks poems are for jag offs.
February 1st, 2010 at 4:00 pm
Trying to justify attacking others is just another form of insecurity.
February 1st, 2010 at 4:00 pm
One thing is for sure: My team will be playing with “house money” on Tuesday night. We’ve really been working on our “gap defense” to try to keep it within 11 points.
No tip for you Muhammed!!!!
February 1st, 2010 at 4:01 pm
I get the feeling that Wall is going to leave after this year too.
February 1st, 2010 at 4:04 pm
Seriously, what the Hell has happened to the Media? They’ve all turned into a bunch of fruit loops. I blame it on the 24 hour News Cycle, and “Breaking News” every time anything happens. There ain’t a handful of credible analysts left in sports. Maybe Hubert Davis, Bilas maybe, everyone else seems to be agenda driven or just stupid.
February 1st, 2010 at 4:05 pm
#32-that poem is insecure enough. Your prose is way off-especially when you make violent backdoor cuts.
February 1st, 2010 at 4:05 pm
I once wrote a poem about Clyde on a bathroom stall wall.
February 1st, 2010 at 4:05 pm
Here is a haiku poem:
Rick likes Syphers’s panties
Her ankles skyward at Porcinis
Baby batter.
February 1st, 2010 at 4:07 pm
9. In a post a few threads ago I reffered to john wall as a 19 year old kid aswell when I was bitching about alan cutler digging 4 something juicy. However I apologize because anyone willing to admit they need to mature and grow, with a camera in there face, is a man, not a boy. So I apologize. I still hate alan cutlers douche ass though. And since everyone puts the blame of cutlers douchness on espn, I think I might stick him with a sharp blue shank
February 1st, 2010 at 4:07 pm
Or maybe a Boogie bow!
February 1st, 2010 at 4:08 pm
let the poem guy do what he wants, no need to attack him for being creative!
February 1st, 2010 at 4:09 pm
If Pitino were smart, he could have spent $7000 on this and would not have to deal with all of the drama. Plus, she looks JUST LIKE KAREN SYPHER. HA
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/02/01/sex.robot/index.html?hpt=T2
February 1st, 2010 at 4:10 pm
I like this for a few reasons:
#1 Cal is preparing him for taking responsibility for his words. Discretion is the better part of valor. He will learn that impish dolts like Lexington sportswriters, and 10 gallon head Forde will run with the slightest inclination of a baton named controversy.
#2 It quickly quells the flames of the fan base that for some odd and twisted reason love to blow things out of proportion.
This is a kid that DOMINATED the competition at the high school level, and had a complete green light from opening to closing buzzer. He has team mated now that equal his talent, and are actually better. He is learning to be a team mate while still carrying the huge burden of expectations of a national audience, and the most micro-managing fans walking the planet.
God Bless him. He has class, integorty, and an internal drive that I admire whole heartedly.
February 1st, 2010 at 4:11 pm
28. Dominos new pizza is even worse
February 1st, 2010 at 4:11 pm
..sorry for the typos
February 1st, 2010 at 4:14 pm
Your poem is gay
Boogie doesn’t care at all
So quit posting it
February 1st, 2010 at 4:18 pm
Its not “Breaking News” that John was gonna leave after this year….where you guys been.
February 1st, 2010 at 4:18 pm
Since boogie reads this, he might just comment. So I am going to try and figure out which one of you fakers is boogie in disguise….I bet its “An ode to boogie.”
February 1st, 2010 at 4:18 pm
Boogie Boogie Boogie can’t you see
Sometimes your words just hypnotize me
And I just love your flashy ways
Guess that’s why they broke, and you’re so paid (uh)
I put hoes in NY onto DKNY (uh-huh)
Miami, D.C. prefer Versace (that’s right)
All Philly hoes, dough and Moschino (c’mon)
Every cutie wit a booty bought a Coogi (haaaaah!)
February 1st, 2010 at 4:19 pm
Wall will be fine.
As for the poem. Not sure WTF does it justice.
February 1st, 2010 at 4:19 pm
Rick is NIT
Overpaid washed up cheater
Abortion clinic
February 1st, 2010 at 4:20 pm
Good interview with Wall. Granted, our work lives are completely different than basketball but most of us have been in a situation where our boss tells us something we don’t want to hear and it gets us down before we realize it’s for our own good. Same situation with Wall, the truly great thing is that at 19, he realizes that the comments were for his own good and that he’d never get better without the truth. By the way, looking forward to the game tomorrow, I think Ole Miss is good enough to warrant more hype than what I’m hearing about this game
February 1st, 2010 at 4:21 pm
Roses are red,
violets are blue,
Your poem is gay,
And so are you.
February 1st, 2010 at 4:22 pm
Dude can write all of the poems he wants, but it is kinda weird that he spent all of that time on a poem to another guy. I don’t think Boogie is into the whole bromance thing.
February 1st, 2010 at 4:24 pm
Greg Oden self pic
Mule at county fair mistake
20 looking 50
February 1st, 2010 at 4:24 pm
Boogie Boogie Boogie can’t you see
Sometimes your words just hypnotize me
And I just love your flashy ways
Guess that’s why they broke, and you’re so paid (uh)
I put hoes in NY onto DKNY (uh-huh)
Miami, D.C. prefer Versace (that’s right)
All Philly hoes, dough and Moschino (c’mon)
Every cutie wit a booty bought a Coogi (haaaaah!)
February 1st, 2010 at 4:26 pm
That is great stuff Jorts!
February 1st, 2010 at 4:27 pm
37 = CLASSIC !! lol
February 1st, 2010 at 4:28 pm
Leave gay poem guy alone. It takes big balls to manstalk a guy boogies size… 55.classic
February 1st, 2010 at 4:30 pm
I meant 53
February 1st, 2010 at 4:32 pm
Good interview with Wall. He is beyond his years.
February 1st, 2010 at 4:34 pm
42 Does this mean BTI can get laid now?
February 1st, 2010 at 4:39 pm
boogie is the man and he has the support of the vast majority of BBN.
3 - fail.
February 1st, 2010 at 4:44 pm
We’re the 3 best friends that anybody could have, we’re the 3 best friends that anybody could have, we’re the 3 best friends that anybody could have, we’re the 3 best friends that anybody could have…
February 1st, 2010 at 4:45 pm
#3 is a pseudonym for bti.
February 1st, 2010 at 4:52 pm
Mark Coury never played for a ranked UK team… but plays for a ranked CORNELL!
Congrats to Cornell though in all seriousness….. but what irony!
February 1st, 2010 at 4:52 pm
Really impressive Mr. Wall.
February 1st, 2010 at 5:39 pm
I need trashy, out of context quotes to keep my job!
February 1st, 2010 at 6:39 pm
Great response by John. Learn and move on, all the time smiling and having a good time. We love John Wall! (And Boogie too!)
February 1st, 2010 at 8:28 pm
#67 Coury doesn’t start at Cornell but he started at UK. There’s something wrong with that!
February 1st, 2010 at 8:33 pm
You know its bad when the only person defending your gay little poem was the lone chick registered on this site.
February 1st, 2010 at 8:38 pm
73rd.This will only serve to draw this team closer together and give John Wall more motivation to break out of this mortal slump.This has as good as a chance of messing the team up as Matt Jones does of scoring with that girl in the orange from that sorority basement.I still have her top button by the way.lol.