That "Ball-Line Defense" would have been very helpful this season!!! 😁 😁 😁
Decision hasn’t been made according to MJ
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In previous years has Mitch came out with a statement by now saying he stands by Cal, I don’t recall if he has or not.
There’s absolutely no reason for Mitch to announce that Cal is staying. The only thing to announce would be a termination.
It would be interesting to see some real stats instead of that crap posted above.
Seems to me either Mitch is hoping the heat cools off before announcing Cal is returning or he’s waiting til after the games today to contact another coach.
My only problem is the coaches I want aren’t coaching in college, except maybe Hurley.
My only problem is the coaches I want aren’t coaching in college, except maybe Hurley.
The conference just went 3-5 in its opening round. Not sure that’s tough.
High expectations and wants to win. He’d kill it here.
Normally I would agree with you. But after how the last 4 seasons have ended, Mitch KNOWS that his butt is in a sling JUST AS MUCH as Cal's is. So he MUST come out and give the fan base some sort of resolution to this entire situation. And it won't be EASY on him whatever comes of it, unless Cal has another school ready to hire him NOW.
Hopefully Cal is putting out feelers to other schools to see if ANY he would approve of are willing to hire him. I HIGHLY doubt there are any out there that would. So Mitch either has to FIRE him or KEEP him.
Sh!t ain't funny, catphight
That one I do believe because others have said Mitch is good friends with Drew and a lot of people think he would be the pick
I think a good coach at a place like can rebuild in one year with the portal. And if he's a good coach he'll likely bring a player or two with him. Perry is almost certainly a UK fan and, as such, would likely not be unhappy
with a new coach and I think the Sheppard family wouldn't be too broke up about it(how could they not feel somewhat disrespected by Wagner and Edwards starting ahead of him all year?). If Cal takes another job he
will take some of the other recruits with him but probably not all. He'd probably take Wagner and Edwards with
him and probably Thiero but the other players like Sheppard, Z, Burks, Hart would be more likely to return with a new coach(I'd rather have the latter group).
True but it isn't exactly proof for anyone claiming that this year the SEC is weaker than 2003 (chosen randomly), for example. That year the SEC (not counting KY) went an overall 3 and 5 in the entire tournament. Auburn won 2 games and Florida won 1.
This year the SEC does have 4 wins so far with Bama, TAMU, and UT still playing. My point is that this is more ancedotal. I would like to see some real stats. But, 8 teams making it to the tournament does seem to show that the SEC is stronger now.
8 teams made the tournament. That says that at least the selection committee thought we were deep. Yeah, we laid an egg. So there is that.
He's shown he can win with his style of play but you can win with a lot of styles and his isn't fun for anybody.???????????????????????????????????????????
This. He’s a stable hire. It’s not a home run per se but it’s also not a complete risk.
Mitch just letting the "microwave " fans cool down a bit before he and Cal announce significant "changes" for next year that will get the program back on track, starting by announcing the players who are willing to return to UK IF CAL is the HC plus the STELLAR recruiting class that he has lined up IF CAL is the coach.....get the picture??
Keeping Cal is the easy way out for MB.
Wait till next year. If Cal doesn't improve.......................
Just wait one more year. That lifetime contract will end sooner than you think.
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He can't stay another year. UK will be dead.
We are already dead as a basketball program.
The questions is will MB do the right thing and make the right hire to revive the program once again.
After all, it has died twice under his leadership. How many more chances should MB get???
I agree with this. Right now you have a coach. If you’re gonna change then you better have the next coach lined up. You don’t want to have 0 coaches when the portal opens back up.
My 4 year old grandsons know as much as Matt Jones does. Let’s wait for UK to announce.
I'm beginning to get the feeling that this meeting between MB and Calipari today is basically a "change or resign' deal with Barnhart leaving it up to Calipari to decide.
The change would be a greater use of the Portal and most likely some changes with his assistants with more of a focus on defense. I know AD's rarely tell their coaches what specific changes to make but, our weaknesses are glaringly obvious.
I just don't feel there is any other reason for such a meeting. A buyout wouldn't require a sit down with the two principles. Lawyers would take care of that.
The change would be a greater use of the Portal and most likely some changes with his assistants with more of a focus on defense. I know AD's rarely tell their coaches what specific changes to make but, our weaknesses are glaringly obvious.
I just don't feel there is any other reason for such a meeting. A buyout wouldn't require a sit down with the two principles. Lawyers would take care of that.
You know Calipari is in there like a used car sales man trying to sell Mitch on some bullshit goal. I hope Mitch doesn’t take him seriously and just puts an end to it. Cal has been given more then enough chances to prove his worth to Kentucky and has failed each time
He doesn't owe the "fans" $33 million. So you tell me which one he's more "afraid" of???
I remember when the "fans" that complained about Joker just part of a "microwave society".
Mitch allows these types of situations to get SOOOOOO horrible that he is basically FORCED to do something.
He is as big a part of this mess as Cal is. So unless he can come up with that $33 million or find Cal another coaching job that pays similar to UK, Mitch and Cal are attached at the hip.
I would bet the meeting goes like this. Cal, thanks for everything but we are making a break. You are done here ,how do you want to do this? And it goes from there. I am not a Mitch fan anymore but he is not stupid. UK will be fine.
