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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Apr 8, 2024 6:38:59 GMT
Wow, I didn't see this coming
I read that Arkansas wanted to go big on replacing Eric Musselman but not this big. It seemed like the UK faithful had stopped baying for Cal's blood. And to take another SEC job is radical. And he screws Kentucky. All the big hires are gone. They will have to throw a shitload of cash to a coach who didn't want to leave. Kevin Keatts? TJ Otzelberger? Greg McDermott? Scott Drew?
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Apr 8, 2024 11:53:37 GMT
Yeah it's wild, and for him to stay in-conference is even crazier. The new coach has to be willing to navigate the one-and-done waters that come with UK basketball, though with the transfer portal, every coach is already dealing with that to a degree anyway.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Apr 8, 2024 12:34:07 GMT
Yeah it's wild, and for him to stay in-conference is even crazier. The new coach has to be willing to navigate the one-and-done waters that come with UK basketball, though with the transfer portal, every coach is already dealing with that to a degree anyway. I see the Kentucky fans are already thinking that the school will be able to get Dan Hurley. They think UK is an "apex coaching job" the top rung that every coach wants. Kansas, Duke, North Carolina, Kentucky. I don't think Connecticut is that far off, not like Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. And, one upon a time, you could have included UCLA and Indiana in that list. 2nd choice seems to be Billy Donovan. He hasn't coached college since 2015. Then Nate Oats, who is a possibility. Not matter what he does at Alabama, it will always be a football school. Just like Kentucky is a basketball school.
Mike Krzyzewski is just doing dumb AFLAC ads now. Give K a call. He can bring in Laettner as an assistant. The Rupp faithful would love that.
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Post by tristramshandy on Apr 8, 2024 13:07:08 GMT
Yeah it's wild, and for him to stay in-conference is even crazier. The new coach has to be willing to navigate the one-and-done waters that come with UK basketball, though with the transfer portal, every coach is already dealing with that to a degree anyway. I see the Kentucky fans are already thinking that the school will be able to get Dan Hurley. They think UK is an "apex coaching job" the top rung that every coach wants. Kansas, Duke, North Carolina, Kentucky. I don't think Connecticut is that far off, not like Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. And, one upon a time, you could have included UCLA and Indiana in that list. 2nd choice seems to be Billy Donovan. He hasn't coached college since 2015. Then Nate Oats, who is a possibility. Not matter what he does at Alabama, it will always be a football school. Just like Kentucky is a basketball school.
Mike Krzyzewski is just doing dumb AFLAC ads now. Give K a call. He can bring in Laettner as an assistant. The Rupp faithful would love that.
If you start from UConn's first championship in 1999, they're looking to get their sixth title in 25 years tonight. Over that same time period, Duke has three, North Carolina has three, Kansas has two, and Kentucky has one: behind Florida and Villanova and tied with Maryland, Virginia, and Baylor. UConn won a title with Kevin Ollie as head coach - - he has the same number of championships as Calipari does. The only reason people wouldn't put UConn in the blue blood category is because they are old - - the equivalent of Clemson not being a blue blood in football (although UConn is even better than that). |
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Apr 8, 2024 13:21:51 GMT
Yeah it's wild, and for him to stay in-conference is even crazier. The new coach has to be willing to navigate the one-and-done waters that come with UK basketball, though with the transfer portal, every coach is already dealing with that to a degree anyway. I see the Kentucky fans are already thinking that the school will be able to get Dan Hurley. They think UK is an "apex coaching job" the top rung that every coach wants. Kansas, Duke, North Carolina, Kentucky. I don't think Connecticut is that far off, not like Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. And, one upon a time, you could have included UCLA and Indiana in that list. 2nd choice seems to be Billy Donovan. He hasn't coached college since 2015. Then Nate Oats, who is a possibility. Not matter what he does at Alabama, it will always be a football school. Just like Kentucky is a basketball school.
Mike Krzyzewski is just doing dumb AFLAC ads now. Give K a call. He can bring in Laettner as an assistant. The Rupp faithful would love that.
I'd be shocked if Hurley left, especially if they win tonight. UConn to me has already made the jump to blue blood. At best UK would be a lateral move, but if I'm being honest, I think it'd be a step down at this point. |
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Apr 8, 2024 13:31:49 GMT
I see the Kentucky fans are already thinking that the school will be able to get Dan Hurley. They think UK is an "apex coaching job" the top rung that every coach wants. Kansas, Duke, North Carolina, Kentucky. I don't think Connecticut is that far off, not like Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. And, one upon a time, you could have included UCLA and Indiana in that list. 2nd choice seems to be Billy Donovan. He hasn't coached college since 2015. Then Nate Oats, who is a possibility. Not matter what he does at Alabama, it will always be a football school. Just like Kentucky is a basketball school.
Mike Krzyzewski is just doing dumb AFLAC ads now. Give K a call. He can bring in Laettner as an assistant. The Rupp faithful would love that.
If you start from UConn's first championship in 1999, they're looking to get their sixth title in 25 years tonight. Over that same time period, Duke has three, North Carolina has three, Kansas has two, and Kentucky has one: behind Florida and Villanova and tied with Maryland, Virginia, and Baylor. UConn won a title with Kevin Ollie as head coach - - he has the same number of championships as Calipari does. The only reason people wouldn't put UConn in the blue blood category is because they are old - - the equivalent of Clemson not being a blue blood in football (although UConn is even better than that). I also think UConn isn't on the top shelf is their history. The program was nothing until Jim Calhoun's first NCAA run in 1990. Then I think a lot of people thought of UConn as a one coach team, like UNLV. Kevin Ollie won in 2014, with a team that Calhoun recruited. Then blah until last year. The blue bloods, Kansas, Duke, UNC all have history. I think UConn is there now.
Are Indiana and UCLA still blue blood? When I first started loving CBB, Marquette, Notre Dame, Maryland, DePaul, all elite schools, year after year.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Apr 8, 2024 13:40:49 GMT
I see the Kentucky fans are already thinking that the school will be able to get Dan Hurley. They think UK is an "apex coaching job" the top rung that every coach wants. Kansas, Duke, North Carolina, Kentucky. I don't think Connecticut is that far off, not like Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. And, one upon a time, you could have included UCLA and Indiana in that list. 2nd choice seems to be Billy Donovan. He hasn't coached college since 2015. Then Nate Oats, who is a possibility. Not matter what he does at Alabama, it will always be a football school. Just like Kentucky is a basketball school.
Mike Krzyzewski is just doing dumb AFLAC ads now. Give K a call. He can bring in Laettner as an assistant. The Rupp faithful would love that.
I'd be shocked if Hurley left, especially if they win tonight. UConn to me has already made the jump to blue blood. At best UK would be a lateral move, but if I'm being honest, I think it'd be a step down at this point. I don't either. Hurley doesn't have a huge recruiting class coming in and he will probably lost most of this team to the NBA. But he will feast on transfers. Kentucky has a monster recruiting class coming in for 24-25 but most will probably follow Cal. I'd have to think UConn is more of a sure thing. And the possibility of winning more that two in a row, only Saint Wooden did that
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Post by tristramshandy on Apr 8, 2024 14:16:19 GMT
I see the Kentucky fans are already thinking that the school will be able to get Dan Hurley. They think UK is an "apex coaching job" the top rung that every coach wants. Kansas, Duke, North Carolina, Kentucky. I don't think Connecticut is that far off, not like Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. And, one upon a time, you could have included UCLA and Indiana in that list. 2nd choice seems to be Billy Donovan. He hasn't coached college since 2015. Then Nate Oats, who is a possibility. Not matter what he does at Alabama, it will always be a football school. Just like Kentucky is a basketball school.
Mike Krzyzewski is just doing dumb AFLAC ads now. Give K a call. He can bring in Laettner as an assistant. The Rupp faithful would love that.
I'd be shocked if Hurley left, especially if they win tonight. UConn to me has already made the jump to blue blood. At best UK would be a lateral move, but if I'm being honest, I think it'd be a step down at this point. I think the only way it happens is if Kentucky can pay significantly more money than UConn can. |
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Post by tristramshandy on Apr 8, 2024 14:20:01 GMT
If you start from UConn's first championship in 1999, they're looking to get their sixth title in 25 years tonight. Over that same time period, Duke has three, North Carolina has three, Kansas has two, and Kentucky has one: behind Florida and Villanova and tied with Maryland, Virginia, and Baylor. UConn won a title with Kevin Ollie as head coach - - he has the same number of championships as Calipari does. The only reason people wouldn't put UConn in the blue blood category is because they are old - - the equivalent of Clemson not being a blue blood in football (although UConn is even better than that). I also think UConn isn't on the top shelf is their history. The program was nothing until Jim Calhoun's first NCAA run in 1990. Then I think a lot of people thought of UConn as a one coach team, like UNLV. Kevin Ollie won in 2014, with a team that Calhoun recruited. Then blah until last year. The blue bloods, Kansas, Duke, UNC all have history. I think UConn is there now.
Are Indiana and UCLA still blue blood? When I first started loving CBB, Marquette, Notre Dame, Maryland, DePaul, all elite schools, year after year.
They are similar to other schools in that way. Florida State wasn't anything in football until Bowden showed up. Miami wasn't much in football until the early 80s. Indiana is more likely to finish 6th in the Big Ten than get to the Sweet 16 anymore. Was Indiana anything pre-Knight? |
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Post by twothousandonemark on Apr 8, 2024 15:48:05 GMT
I think Cal will have to show up with actual tourney wins before anyone gets too hyped about this.
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Apr 8, 2024 16:16:15 GMT
Wow, I didn't see this coming
I read that Arkansas wanted to go big on replacing Eric Musselman but not this big. It seemed like the UK faithful had stopped baying for Cal's blood. And to take another SEC job is radical. And he screws Kentucky. All the big hires are gone. They will have to throw a shitload of cash to a coach who didn't want to leave. Kevin Keatts? TJ Otzelberger? Greg McDermott? Scott Drew?
Sean Miller |
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Apr 8, 2024 16:58:22 GMT
I also think UConn isn't on the top shelf is their history. The program was nothing until Jim Calhoun's first NCAA run in 1990. Then I think a lot of people thought of UConn as a one coach team, like UNLV. Kevin Ollie won in 2014, with a team that Calhoun recruited. Then blah until last year. The blue bloods, Kansas, Duke, UNC all have history. I think UConn is there now.
Are Indiana and UCLA still blue blood? When I first started loving CBB, Marquette, Notre Dame, Maryland, DePaul, all elite schools, year after year.
They are similar to other schools in that way. Florida State wasn't anything in football until Bowden showed up. Miami wasn't much in football until the early 80s. Indiana is more likely to finish 6th in the Big Ten than get to the Sweet 16 anymore. Was Indiana anything pre-Knight? Very much so. 255 wins under Everett Case (pre NCAA) and 364 wins with Branch McCracken and two NCAA titles
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Apr 12, 2024 5:48:06 GMT
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Apr 12, 2024 11:49:58 GMT
Hilarious that this is the best they could do. |
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Apr 14, 2024 0:23:26 GMT
Hilarious that this is the best they could do. Sean Miller? |
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