| MBB/WBB Coaching Carousel: Calipari to take over the Arkansas program. [Updated with Oats statement]
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He puts a tough product out at Houston.. but he hates Indiana now
.. so does Kentucky..
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KY has to be humbled by now.
Sure is nice to have an AD who can handle a search without every single move being played out publicly. That's not so an arrow shot at Barnhardt as it is a massive compliment to Byrne. This day in age with the media at all levels trying to get the scoop, fans tracking planes, and admin/booster leaks... it's really quite remarkable that it can still be done under the radar. I'd bet there's less than a handful that can still do it that way on a search of this magnitude, and Byrne is one of them.
LOL, you've seen what they've said about Oats... they'll just do the same with these others. Move some goal posts around and convince themselves that Coach [insert name here] really wanted it, but was stopped from taking it because [insert excuse here]. Not sure why it is so painful for some fans to admit that they had to take a "lesser" choice. Often times, the "lesser" hire turns out better anyway. But I guess egos won't allow them to even consider it... and that isn't limited to Kentucky fans... it's EVERYBODY. There's nothing wrong with swinging for the fences, sometimes, even Kentucky basketball, or Alabama football, will get told no. It's ok.
I did see some remarks under the Pope "tweet" saying, "this is Kentucky basketball"? The same quote was used when we hired Deboer and I still don't get it considering his track record.
I don't watch enough BYU basketball or know enough about Pope to really make a fair judgment, but it feels like if he wasn't connected to Kentucky as a player, he'd have never been in the conversation. And maybe he'll do really well, he'll certainly have all the support ($) he needs... but man... Did they even call Chris Beard? Or hell, someone like Greg McDermott?
UK Basketball and Bama football are a lot alike. I have no issue with UK folks having high expectations. Now egoes do get in the way but the fans and program having high expectations they should never appologize for. Same reason Bama will never be down long they demand excellance.
Everything you are hearing about UK was said about Bama 17 years ago.
Everything you are hearing about UK was said about Bama 17 years ago.
I know his name and knew he was a UK alum. But, nothing more than that.
So, my first judgement, literally, was based on this ...
Take a good look at their message board. It's elite level spinning. Apparently Oats was all locked in to go to UK but he's getting a divorce.
Nate Oats give him 10 million
He would be my number one target if I was Mitch. Young guy that is a great recruiter motivational coach that is hungry to win a championship. Go get Oats and bring him to Lexington. Boosters of this program need to make this happen.
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Good movie, 0 Dark Thirty. US vs Osama Bin Laden.....He might ought to leave Provo at 0 dark thirty..
Kentucky Hire BYU Coach Pope
www.usatoday.com
Kentucky hires Mark Pope of BYU to fill men's basketball coaching vacancy
Kentucky has found its replacement for John Calipari. The Wildcats has hired Brigham Young's Mark Pope as their next men's basketball coach.
www.usatoday.com
You can tell he is slightly nuts too.. and sometimes nuts is the ingredient needed to win..
Just now catching up on some sports news from the day… lotta folks turned out for the introductory press conference. Good for them, I guess? I still think it’s an odd/easy hire, but maybe he’ll surprise me.
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