The board wants Drew

[moses1uk]

Why he’s not a upgrade
Scott Drew last 10 seasons:
24: Round of 32
23: Round of 32
22: Round of 32
21: National Championship
19: Round of 32
18: Missed tournament
17: Sweet 16
16: First round
15: First round
14: Sweet 16

 

[nssdigitalchumps]

The board, eh? Very absolute of you.

 

[Farsight]

The board, eh? Very absolute of you.

He means the board at UK Athletics Department....

 

[ukcatz12]

Scott Drew cares more about preaching than he does coaching basketball. He's publicly stated this. He's not leaving his safe, private baptist school where that is encouraged to come live under the UK microscope. So I don't think we'll need to worry about Scott Drew.

"Baylor University gives you that opportunity. Spiritually we're allowed to have an impact in our players' lives, so many of my coaching friends [that] are devout in their faith are at institutions where they can't...we will do coach's bible studies together and we start every meeting in prayer."

 

[Cold Stout Beer]

add in 2 great players transferring out in different years…..

Matthew Mayer
LJ Cryer

Drew is a putz.

 

[PhattyJ4UK]

Drew who is not an upgrade and pearl who just did the same thing we’re mad at cal for


For me- it’s jay wright or Stevens or we reassess next season with more money.

 

[JerseyCat84]

No we don’t

 

[Son_Of_Saul]

I'm not a Drew guy.

Donovan, Hurley, Wright, Vogel, Nick Nurse, Jodi Fernandez, JB Bickerstaff, Mike Brown.

 

[cmallory]

It’s who Mitch wants

 

[CatPatrick13]

Why he’s not a upgrade
Scott Drew last 10 seasons:
24: Round of 32
23: Round of 32
22: Round of 32
21: National Championship
19: Round of 32
18: Missed tournament
17: Sweet 16
16: First round
15: First round
14: Sweet 16

Bryce Drew

 

[JwUKFan11]

Scott Drew is like my 20th choice. Insane the support he gets here.

 

[meteordealer]

Drew who is not an upgrade and pearl who just did the same thing we’re mad at cal for


For me- it’s jay wright or Stevens or we reassess next season with more money.

Wright
Donovan
Hurley
Oats (maybe)

 

[Artex]

The board doesn’t want Cal. We’ll take any of the upper echelon coaches that have been mentioned in this board.

 

[TM2013]

He's won 9 NCAAT games the past 4 years. Cal has won 1. He is an upgrade bc the bar is INCREDIBLY LOW right now at Kentucky.

 

[Jakerz]

The board WANTS Steven, wright, or Donovan.

They’ll TAKE Drew if it means no more cal

 

[meteordealer]

Bryce Drew

Even worse. He went 0-18 in conference, his last year at Vandy.

 

[UKWildcats1987]

I dont get the board comparing Baylor to UK. If Drew comes here I think we win number 9. That's all that really matters.

That said, other coaches can win it as well. I always looked at Drew as a Barney safe hire.

 

[ukcatz12]

Wright
Donovan
Hurley
Oats (maybe)

Zero realistic names on this list

 

[PhattyJ4UK]

Wright
Donovan
Hurley
Oats (maybe)

Hurley for sure but I think that’s unrealistic. Wroght and Steven’s are probably looooow chance but not 0. Hurley I think is 0 but wouldn’t mind being wrong.

Oats has done absolutely nothing to deserve even a phone call.

 

[TheDude73]

Scott Drew cares more about preaching than he does coaching basketball. He's publicly stated this. He's not leaving his safe, private baptist school where that is encouraged to come live under the UK microscope. So I don't think we'll need to worry about Scott Drew.

Isn’t Baylor Catholic?

 

[ukpence]

Hurley should be the number one choice for most people on this board. He's a proven winner. Is he realistic however? I'd personally say no. With Hurley out of the question, there is no proven coach out there who is familiar with the current landscape. At this point, I feel we are all looking at potential more than anything. Just my opinion though!

 

[meteordealer]

Zero realistic names on this list

So you called and asked them?

 

[MakinMusic]

I believe Barnhart wants Drew. That’s his narrative. He wants someone he can be buddies with instead of adversaries. We need a Mike Pratt type guy to step in and make a hire. Pratt drove the Calipari train.

 

[JwUKFan11]

Wright
Donovan
Hurley
Oats (maybe)

Donovan, When was the last time an NBA coach that wasn't on the hot seat left for a college job?
Hurley has basically a Dynasty going, very unlikely.
Oats buyout from AL is like 18 million, not happening.

 

[007Arb]

I would prefer Nate Oats but probably not realistic

 

[ManitouDan]

I want Cal gone yesterday , but not sure Drew is a great fit , his results are not fantastic .

 

[the nail at the foul line]

The board WANTS Steven, wright

They’ll TAKE Drew if it means no more cal

 

[ManitouDan]

I would prefer Nate Oats.

Alabama was so very smart to lock him up , they knew we may come calling .

 

[colonelcat78]

Zero realistic names on this list

I would replace Oats with Vogel on that list and if that list is unrealistic, then we keep Cal. The options out there are average compared to UK standards. It reeks of desperation. “Oh, so and so did good in the tournament once, let’s hire them.”

 

[L.O.D.]

Beard would be my choice of the folks we can get. I know he has mates agsinst him but he's a proven coach and hes hungry.

 

[ukcatz12]

Isn’t Baylor Catholic?

No it's baptist. He's Cal if his goal was to get guys into heaven and not the NBA.

Quotes from him in the past, the first is why he'd never come here.

"Baylor University gives you that opportunity. Spiritually we're allowed to have an impact in our players' lives, so many of my coaching friends [that] are devout in their faith are at institutions where they can't."

"All that matters is when I get to those gates, God's not going to say 'What was your record?, How many players did you help get to the pros? How many championships did you win?' So at the end of the day I am making sure (the players) are winning the game of life."

"If you have the right foundation and you know that Jesus has a plan for your life and you trust Him in handling your future then you can relax and enjoy the game of basketball, you can enjoy the game of life and at the end of the day winning the game of life is a lot more important than the game."

"Everything we do around the program is Christ-centered."

"Seeing the spiritual growth guys. Players who accept Christ, players who maybe prayed for the first time with the team, players who get baptized, players who come back and get Bible studies and go to church and you know that's what really exciting."

 

[TheDude73]

No it's baptist. He's Cal if his goal was to get guys into heaven and not the NBA.

Quotes from him in the past:

"All that matters is when I get to those gates, God's not going to say 'What was your record?, How many players did you help get to the pros? How many championships did you win?' So at the end of the day I am making sure (the players) are winning the game of life."

"If you have the right foundation and you know that Jesus has a plan for your life and you trust Him in handling your future then you can relax and enjoy the game of basketball, you can enjoy the game of life and at the end of the day winning the game of life is a lot more important than the game."

"Everything we do around the program is Christ-centered."

"Seeing the spiritual growth guys. Players who accept Christ, players who maybe prayed for the first time with the team, players who get baptized, players who come back and get Bible studies and go to church and you know that's what really exciting."

Yeah I’m fine that people have religion, but like politics I don’t want it in my sports, at least not to this level.

 

[ukcatz12]

I would replace Oats with Vogel on that list and if that list is unrealistic, then we keep Cal. The options out there are average compared to UK standards. It reeks of desperation. “Oh, so and so did good in the tournament once, let’s hire them.”

I'm of the same mind. No one's happy with how things are right now, but I think the people who'd literally hire anyone but Cal could be in for a rude awaken when $33 million is spent to make a lateral move. Obviously if we fire him I hope I'm wrong and whoever takes over kills it here.

 

[ukcatz12]

Yeah I’m fine that people have religion, but like politics I don’t want it in my sports, at least not to this level.

I'm no expert, but I also question if he'd be allowed to have everything he does around program be "Christ centered" at a public university.

 

[BigBlue1992]

Scott Drew is almost as bad as Tom Crean. I’m gonna blow a fuse if that’s what happens.

 

[meteordealer]

Donovan, When was the last time an NBA coach that wasn't on the hot seat left for a college job?
Hurley has basically a Dynasty going, very unlikely.
Oats buyout from AL is like 18 million, not happening.

Donovan has a losing record with the Bulls i believe. So he isn't exactly setting the world on fire there. The hot seat probably isn't far off.

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

Scott Drew is like my 20th choice. Insane the support he gets here.

Cal is choice 21 right now

 

[TOMCATS1990]

Alabama was so very smart to lock him up , they knew we may come calling .

Scott Drew was also locked up buyout 17 million the buyout isn’t a worry go get the right guy

 

[moses1uk]

Scott Drew is like my 20th choice. Insane the support he gets here.

Because 99% of the many hundreds that post the love for him daily are not real UK fans

 

[JwUKFan11]

Donovan has a losing record with the Bulls i believe. So he isn't exactly setting the world on fire there. The hot seat probably isn't far off.

Doubt it. They don't have Lonzo or Lavine. I would think they know they are rebuilding some. But I do get your point.