We "had" the worst facilities. No longer the case and l have no clue about the $$$$ folks. As I said in an earlier post, I think UK fans would fill KPP with a team that could challenge the league each year.
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Joker was fired the minute the football team was eliminated from bowl consideration.
Think the same thing would happen with Mingione if he is kept for next year. He would be let go the minute we would be eliminated from qualifying for the SEC Tournament or at the end of the year when we don’t make the NCAA’s.
The thing I like about Mitch when it comes to these kind of moves is he does them more for a “future coach” than the current coach. What I mean is Joker was not given a third year to “save his job” but more of a signal to a possible replacement that I will give you every chance/tool to succeed. In the football world it was saying ‘I’ll give you a good 3 years to show your worth”. With baseball and this years contract extension, it was to help recruiting by eliminating the fact that his contract was going to expire soon which was being used against us in recruiting (same way the interm tag was hurting women’s basketball).
These guys are 18-22 years old and I'm sure they don't need a day of rest. They want to play and I don't blame them. This isn't a 162 game MLB schedule.
Yea, but that's what some have been told... only to lose their position with no other explanation.
Unless you are a pitcher or catcher absolutely no need for a rest in cbb.
Mitch is not firing NM. AFter what happened with Ben on his watch he should’ve been fired the week after the smoke cleared. Name me another program that has had that occur with an active player ( a 4th year player nonetheless).
Firing NM would’ve helped not recruiting. By extending him you actually hurt recruiting.
I like to see the baseball board picking up at least. Obviously all of us want Mingione gone yesterday. I would really enjoy having a team that competes for an SEC championship every year.
I'm curious what you mean by this? I don't think its fair to blame Mingione for what happened to Ben Jordan. Unless there is something that hasn't been said.
Thats a question I raised earlier. What would this season look like with Hazelwood. I don't know if UK would have many more wins. I just think the second half of the SEC turned out what I thought all along. But you just never know.
Barnhartt went for a home run hire and ended with a measly ground out to the pitcher. Mingione from what I heard, never confirmed it because I don't have that kind of access, wasnt even on the radar until Cohen recommended him. If I remember correctly, Greg Goff was actually offered the job but turned it down at the last moment.
I think the poster was meaning Cliff Hagan Stadium. That argument cant be made anymore.
I didn’t blame Nick. I said that he I wasn’t surprised that he didn’t defend him. That he didn’t treat Ben well at all
Cal was with him for what 3-4 months ? Cal isn’t the guy that was coaching him for 4 years
His home run swing was Brian O’Conner from Virginia. There’s debate on wether or not he ever interviewed or never took the call. Pat Casey was on the list as well. So was Dan Heefner.
No harm. You weren’t far off. Nicks statement reads like a lawyer wrote it. Cals seemed more heartfelt and sincere.
I don't know much about the situation, but I once heard that Ben was approached by Cal to play basketball and he agreed and basically didn't care what Mingione thought and never really asked his permission and never really got his blessing because they didn't have a good relationship. That's not how you'll hear it told as you'll hear it claimed that Mingione fully agreed and was so happy for him.
I’m not talking about now. I was talking about the situation before Mingione was hired and why Mitch struggled hiring anyone good.
That’s what I heard. Also heard Mitch was turned down a couple times but no idea if that’s accurate. Wouldn’t surprise me though. You’ll have to get a Skip Bertman type of coach to build from the ground up into a winner. That guy tore it up at LSU.
Yeah, like he did with womens basketball. Stupid if that is the reason but can't think of any other reason.
Thank goodness we didn’t get Goff. IIRC he was shown the door at Alabama after one miserable controversial season and is struggling mightily at Purdue.
I just think to have a chance to be in the upper echelon of the SEC you have to be one of the better recruiters there is. If our survival is hanging on to one guy then the recruiting is not near where it needs to be in this league IMO. If Barnhart just grabbed who he could at the time and done the best he could then OK, but the man just had a chance to seek a better manager but chose to put the program on pause another couple of years.
You know what sucks? That vaunted South Carolina offense that scored 31 runs against Kentucky’s pitching. They beat App State tonight 2-0 and had 4 freaking hits.
According to Kendall Rogers of D1Baseball, he was turned down several times. I don’t know if the story is archived or not, and I’m no longer a subscriber, but I think I remember Mingione was the 7th or 8th offer.
Wouldn’t surprise me one bit. Hopefully the upgraded facilities would help entice a higher profile coach.
