Pilgrim makes up more shit than anyone. He has been all over this hiring process and has been wrong on everything.
Adam Zagoria - Donovan (No Interest)
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My opinion is they never intended to have to offer BD. And they won't. Barney and crew never thought it would get this far and he is just a name they threw out there to make the search look more prestigious. Making the excuse that you can't wait a week to hire someone so you go for someone not on the same level at all in pope is pure horseshit. Barney has a grudge against BD and ain't gonna even offer.
I wouldnt say striking out. We are going to swing for the fences on 2 or 3 guys who were considered long shots at best. If those are a no go, we will start with realistic candidates.
Dude recruits players to a school that doesn't allow booze, coffee, or coed cuddles! And still wins enough in the Big 12 to make the tournament. I'd be interested to see him recruit to Kentucky. Assuming we don't get our top tier. He might surprise you with some caffenated players.
Maybe he hasn't cooked long enough. But I don't really care about his former ties as a Wildcat, that stuff means zilch to me. And I also don't care about his current roster of latter day saints.
We always talk about how UKs resources will just make any coach better.. and he's coming from BYU...
Pilgrim has been wrong every step of the way. Think man.
I’m not guessing. But look, all of this stuff is very fluid. Probably best not to tie yourself to any rumor or candidate. Let the process play out. Is it possible Donovan does 180? I guess.
But the reports of his interest are currently false.
You are seeing other candidates emerge for a reason. Due diligence is being done and the direction of the process is evolving. Rather than all the internet rumors- I’d pay more attention when Pitino says Pope would be an “unbelievable choice”. Do you think he would make that declaration if his friend Billy was seeking the position? Or if he, himself, was a candidate?
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If he hadn't played here no one would want him.
Enjoy continuing to win nothing that matters if he's the hire while Hurley catches UK n titles.
We are really going to get stuck with Mark Pope.Wow.This is going to get ugly.
All the local guys have except Matt Jones (lol). Local sources just ain't as good as the ones the national guys have.
Thanks for the reply.
Pilgrim and Jones both have been wrong every step of the way thus far.
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Daugherty is the first name I thought about when I heard Pope mentioned. He might end up being great but just playing at UK isn’t good enough.
Just confused why in that presser 2 days ago Billy wouldn’t just say “no I’m not going back to coach in college” then?
Can you imagine hiring Pope and Reed declaring for the draft next week🤦
If Donovan said this and meant it, he would be the first guy to ever turn Kentucky down 3 times. Kentucky gave him his start in coaching and he had a great time while being an assistant here. I have friends that played pick up games in the Seaton center with him and they said he loved it there. Of course the timing has really never been right I guess from his stand point. I think it was the pressure, the Kentucky kind of pressure that he didn’t want.
I'm not sure why any of us cares how much we pay anybody. It isn't my money.
I posted this 4 months before Hurleys 1st title.
So yes, I am going to do a little back-patting here (boy did I nail this or what?).. but I bring it up because no one thought Hurley was shit back then. He was a so-so Rhode Island coach, and UK would have never hired him for any amount of low pay 2 years ago. But it wasn't hard to see his coaching ability, his pedigree, and his fire.
And thats not to say guys like Golden or Pope or even another young guy is going to have the same results.. but there are a LOT of great young coaches in the fold, just because they are at mid-majors doesn't mean they can't win a tournament game, once they have the resources that UK can offer.
I think UK needs to stop trying to just find the current best coach, we can't seem to pull them away. Go find the next great coach.
You people are so bitter. "Enjoy continuing..." . I'm not doing the hiring, jacktard . I literally said "if we don't get our top tier". Pay attention now. You are nothing. What you think, is nothing. You're pathetic and stupid. Hurley said no. Drew said no. Oats said no. No amount of pissiness from you is going to bring a current top coach into your cesspool attitude.
Those guys aren't winning jack. I know unc will be stuck on 6 and Duke on 5 until they are both canned. Tubby Hubert blew his chance with Roy's players in season 1.
I can get behind it. But we will take a perception hit. Still think we need to go after Donovan. Which btw, Sisk said there's a 25 percent chance Mitch waits for him. Some boosters want him, but Mitch doesn't know.
I don't think it's UK.. I just don't think he wants to coach in college anymore. He didn't like all the extra shit, he's said as much. And it's only gotten worse.
Pitino literally said Mark would be an unbelievable choice. Mark played for him and their friends. What did you expect him to say? Mark sucks. This article means jack squat.
I don’t know. I probably shouldn’t admit this, but I have yet to watch that presser. I’ve read of few of his statements, but never watched.
Maybe you let Pope coach a little longer. I'm more or less saying, let's see what he has to offer.
I don't buy waiting for Donovan. He either wants this or not. He doesn't have to wait for the damn play-in game to say as much.
Why won't he give at least some verbal confirmation (or maybe he has and we just don't know it).. the Bulls are close to getting rid of him anyways, they are going to blow the whole team up, because the Zach Lavine era just didn't work. It's not some huge slap int he face for Donovan to take the UK job and let the interim coach take over. The Chicago Bulls and the team would understand.
He loved the opportunity of getting to coach especially with Rick.
He was also in his 20's.
I'd say being at UK was just a bonus.
Do yourself a favor and watch the presser. He will listen if he gets the call. It's a no brainer. This will be the end of Barney if he makes the wrong hire here.
BD is old school. He wouldn't bail on his team and the bulls even if it's a no brainer. He's not wired that way. He will be a pro all the way 100 percent.
I’m not sure what he says in a presser will override my opinion, but I will give it a listen. Personally, I’d love him back in the college game- but not in its current state.
Exactly. Duke and UNC didn't embarrass themselves getting turned down by everyone. Let's "find the next great coach"
If you hire Pope it seems like some of the money they were floating around for coaches would have to go to Reed.
Can't see Reed taking a chance on Pope for anything other than a blockbuster NIL deal.
