Gun to your head and you have to pick one to lead the KY Basketball program the next 10 years who you going to take?
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Dan Hurley - Nate Oats
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I’m getting shot then because I don’t want either one
I sure as hell don’t either.
Oats has beat two number 1 teams this year. When was the last time Cal beat the number 1 team?
I want Dan Hurley. His teams have gotten better everywhere he's been. I think with his coaching pedigree, he would kill it here.
UConn might be the most complete team in the NCAA and has won all 11 games by double digits. Hurley is on the verge of breaking some Big East records and does come from College Basketball royalty. Oats has taken an average Bama squad at a Football school brought in 5 star talent beaten 2 #1 ranked teams and seems like a guy who would could excel at KY.
My grandfather is a funeral director so in that case my family might get a good deal
Bama beats #1 at their place playing 3 Freshman ! No brainer for Oats.
Hurley is one to keep an eye on for sure. He brought Uconn back from the dead, and they are rolling with a lot of mid-tier talent.
They also made 14 of 32 3's today.. so if you want a more modern style of offense, this is it.
They also made 14 of 32 3's today.. so if you want a more modern style of offense, this is it.
OATs all day but Hurley is a legit coach IMO. UCONN finally got a guy who can actually keep that program going. No doubt in my mind either one would do better than Cal here. Give them our recurring and watch.
Hurley. The guy has basketball running through his veins. For the right reasons.
I’d take either over CAL at this point I’m just going to watch the season play out and see how both Coaches perform. Oats Coaching his team from 16 down at #1 Houston was impressive and that crowd was rowdy. Hurley has done an outstanding job at UConn so far
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Both are much better than ccc
Hurley is from a basketball legend
Oats plays modern style and can recruit
Hurley is from a basketball legend
Oats plays modern style and can recruit
Hurley is the better coach, and it isn’t really close.
Man, would hate either honestly, but Oats style with UK’s resources + hunger factor is have to take Oats. Who’s the better coach? Probably Hurley, but I think Oats would be more effecting at UK.
I’d take both over Calipari right now. I don’t want either, but at this point Calipari is too far behind in this game and isn’t helping this program at all. 1-11 against top 25 over that span. Complete garbage results.
So no to both but both would be worth having over Calipari at this point. Hard to believe but the results are what they are.
Oats hasn't made it past the Sweet 16. Enough said.
If this is our goal post to replace Cal, move it.
I would take either one, no questions asked.
Hurley is the better coach, but damn, Oats seems like a really tough dude and when you watch Bama play, you can see his toughness bleeds through those guys.
Hurley is the better coach, but damn, Oats seems like a really tough dude and when you watch Bama play, you can see his toughness bleeds through those guys.
Yeah, but he's doing it at Bama. Prior to Cal coming to UK, how often did he make it past the sweet 16?
Not only that, but Oats hasn’t been at Alabama all that long.
I'd love a coach that uses the 3 ball like he does.
Jeff, Cal took UMass and Memphis to FF before he was Oats age.
Yeah, 8 years after he took the UMass job.
Same thing at Memphis, it took him 8 years to get to the FF. Note, both have been vacated.
Nate has been at Alabama for 3 full seasons now.
We said the same thing about Cal, you know this is true.
But also, how can you say Oats is fools gold? He's made it further in the NCAAT than Cal each year he has been at Alabama.
Not only that, but I don't know if you have watched Bama much this year or not, but it’s not all-or-nothing like it was a couple years ago, they actually take mid range shots, not just threes and dunks.
Too many Cal fans are trying to compare 09-15 Cal to any and all possible replacements, but we will never see that Calipari again, that Cal is long gone, compare his stats from 2016 to now. It’s disgusting. There aren't many coaches in power 5 conferences that aren't better.
Keep in mind, Cal is failing while he's the coach of UK… .KENTUCKY, not Alabama, not Baylor, not UConn, Cal has a major advantage being he's at UK, but he sucks and worse yet, he doesn't GAF.
Keep in mind, Cal is failing while he's the coach of UK… .KENTUCKY, not Alabama, not Baylor, not UConn, Cal has a major advantage being he's at UK, but he sucks and worse yet, he doesn't GAF.
If Cal quits after this year, who is on your list?
How about Wes Miller. He's not afraid to use his time outs. Even the ones he doesn't have.
Alabama is in the SEC.
You cannot seriously compare Memphis and UMass to Alabama?
And we are also playing the game where his FF don't count?
That is fine if you want to but you know it is total BS...
Donovan is getting old. Pass. Stevens is a complete pipe dream.
Lloyd would be my pick. Recruits extremely well, especially internationally. Plays an open style. Young and hungry. Make him say no.
Yeah, Alabama is in the SEC, which is a power 5 conference that has a lot more size, athleticism, talent and depth, so in my opinion, it's a lot harder for Oats to win than it was for Cal at UMass. I mean, who did Cal have to compete against at UMass? Saint Joe? Who else? It's a lot harder to win in the SEC now than it was for Cal in the A10 in the 80's and 90's.
And you're the one that started the comparison, all I'm saying is Oats is in year 4, it took Cal 8 years to do anything worth a damn at UMass and another 8 years to do it at Memphis. Oats has a damn good squad at Alabama this year, what will you say if he gets to a FF this year?
It looks to me like his system is working. Again, he’s fared better in the NCAAT than Cal has in all three years he's been at Alabama.
Why would you want Donovan? Why would Donovan or Stevens leave the NBA?
What has Lloyd done? Isn't that the guy at Arizona? You shit on Oats, but you're good with Lloyd?
I agree on Beard, but he has faults too, he just got bounced by Illinois, who just got hammered at home by Penn State. He has a FF, but he's fallen short of expectations every time since then.
