The House of Blue

My sentiments exactly. I feel for the guy and hope what ever is going on with him gets straightened out. It is a different situation this year than last in that he was the "MAN" at PG this year and a lot of pressure goes with that. Although he was on the team and practiced he didnt play on game day so expectations from Cal and the fans just wasnt there. I really hope he comes back and gets turned around because KY could use him a lot. With him playing that releases Goodwin to concentrate on the SG position where he is at his best and playing a couple of minutes in relief at the point. Get well soon Ryan and come back strong.

Harrow is such an explosive, electrifying type player..It has shown in spurts this year, but, he's just not been consistent enough yet.. Teague was the same way early in the year last year, then about February, the lights came on and he became the player we all thought he could be.. Hopefully, Ryan can do the same.. The talent's there, without question, but, at the same time, Cal is the type coach that is very demanding on his point guards, as he expects perfection because everything in the dribble drive goes thru the PG 1st and foremost.. It seems that Ryan is a little quiet for Cals liking and is trying to get him out of his shell and he's not responding too well to it right now..If he'll just listen to him and tone out the constructive criticism, like Marquis did, he'll be fine and get where he needs to be.. Alot of times, high rated kids like this get pampered so much coming up thru the ranks, it's a culture shock when the pampering stops and reality sets in, but, Cal knows what it takes to get to that next level and he's not going to coddle anyone.. Ask Orton, Liggins, Cousins and just about everyone else who's ever played for him, but, I guarantee you, when all's said and done, they look back and thank him for it..

I find it very strange that nothing has really been said about his situation. I assume we will find out all the answers if/when he returns to the team next week. If he misses another game after Friday, I will assume he will not be an effective part of this team, and could end up being a distraction unfortunately. If he is back, I guess it just gets chalked up as minor bump in the road, and we move forward. I hope everything works out for him!

I agree 100%. No way we can go where we want to go without him at the point....even if off the bench in a sixth man role.

Hope he can work through this and become the player we all know he can be.

Im not surprised we havent heard that much detail about whats wrong and we probably wont unless Ryan or his family releases the info, because Cal wont go into detail about his players when it concerns issues like this. We all just need to trust Cal to handle it the right way like he has in the past and pray that Ryan comes back soon and in better spirits.

At this point his health is far more important than basketball. Sometimes we all lose sight of that.

Yes or something similar to that and I've been saying it since the beginning. I got made fun of for thinking it as well lol

The only way to get past this kind of thing, if that's what it is and it sure sounds like it is, is to get out there and face your fear. After the Baylor game we have a 4 game run with lesser competition before we meet UL. Bring him off the bench and let him ease his way back into form the next 2 games and then put him out there as the starting PG for the 4 game run and see if he can work through it before the UL game. That's what makes sense to me.