I think the guy is burned out. He began his D1 head coaching career in 1988. 36 years ago. How many can do a job at the highest level for nearly forty years? For the last 15 years he has been in the biggest boiling pot in college basketball.
He went from "I can't hide you" to "I’m not trying to take anybody’s heart away"
He basically said it himself during his 2018 Big Blue Madness speech:
"But let me say this: It may feel like yesterday, but one look at me and you can tell what it's done to me. You people have beat me up. For some reason, it hasn't affected Ellen. But I've aged in dog years!"
I think his Little House on the Prairie and sitting with his dogs statement was a joke but humor always has a seed of truth.
His diminishing results show he is toast. When he came here it was all about March performance and championships. We have our March results and there is no way to get around the numbers.
There are a few questions: Will he hang on for ego or the money? Will the school try to buy him out? Will the lower bowl at Rupp still be mostly full next year if he is still our coach? Guess we will get to see.
He went from "I can't hide you" to "I’m not trying to take anybody’s heart away"
He basically said it himself during his 2018 Big Blue Madness speech:
"But let me say this: It may feel like yesterday, but one look at me and you can tell what it's done to me. You people have beat me up. For some reason, it hasn't affected Ellen. But I've aged in dog years!"
I think his Little House on the Prairie and sitting with his dogs statement was a joke but humor always has a seed of truth.
His diminishing results show he is toast. When he came here it was all about March performance and championships. We have our March results and there is no way to get around the numbers.
There are a few questions: Will he hang on for ego or the money? Will the school try to buy him out? Will the lower bowl at Rupp still be mostly full next year if he is still our coach? Guess we will get to see.