we can agree to disagree on what is and what is not a bad hire. However, I would like to know who is considered a good hire because I see no consensus on this board, just pure opinion and everyone has a list of people who says they suck lol so apparently no one is a good hire. Our fans need to realize that its April, getting someone of Drew's caliber at this point? Is a home run. They also need to realize, the name Kentucky doesn't magically make coaches drop their current jobs and come running. We have an arrogant fan base who appreciates nothing and feels entitled to the best, but that is a totally different argument. I have no idea if Drew will be successful or if he is even a candidate, but I do know we need a coach and fast to avoid a tank season regardless of who we have and to get a recent National Champion coach, this late in the game, we could do a lot worse.
Fire Barnhart
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Just so I’m straight here. If we hire a coach that won a natty title, would have been a favorite the year the tourney was cancelled, and had a hell of a team after his title that was crushed by late injuries, your’e saying he has no chance at success in March at a school that will dedicate a lot more resources (and has an actual history to celebrate) to basketball?
Some of yall just like to bitch and if we hired 1996 Phil Jackson you’d be wanting to fire him as soon as the buzzer sounded on his first loss as UK coach.
Man it’s just unreal. Scott Drew is a top 2-4 coach in college basketball at BAYLOR which translates to maybe the best at UK. The ignorance around here is actually stunning me. I’ve always been the type to take up for a lot of our fans and even this board, but this is making me think there are some real dopes who don’t have a clue what they’re talking about. Let’s look at the facts.
Drew’s record the last 4 years is not only better than Calipari’s, it’s on par with Bill Self. He’s won as big as possible at a doormat program, not UK, not Kansas. He’s bringing in a top class, and JQ has a great shot at staying on now. A direct shot to signal to Calipari and the SEC nothing changes.
He will immediately recruit Reed to stay, and he’s the perfect coach for Perry. No more playing favorites with long jumpers. He’s skilled in the X’s and O’s, and will put the program first.
Other than that I do think Had Bill Self gone to the NBA for example, he might have been the first call to Kansas. I have no doubts.
To me he’s waaaay better than Oats.
People that don’t like him just don’t think he’s entertaining enough. “Vanilla” code word for do his job while not wearing a wife beater.
That's something I don't think people are considering with this change. That alone makes it a good change for me, and I don't attend as many basketball games annually as I do football games. Rivalries and tough opponents are part of what makes in person attendance great.
Not that other coaches wouldn't embrace those events and rivalries as much as Cal cringed at them after being exposed at some of them.
The problem with this is we don’t care about anything but MBB.
I’m happy he’s a good AD for rifle and pickleball. But at the end of the day the only moves that matter are on the men’s basketball court. 99% of his job is to be the face anyways. His underlings are handling the day to day
The problem with this is we don’t care about anything but MBB.
I’m happy he’s a good AD for rifle and pickleball. But at the end of the day the only moves that matter are on the men’s basketball court. 99% of his job is to be the face anyways. His underlings are handling the day to day
I've been as critical of Barnhart as anyone. Let's see how this plays out before we jump the gun.
rifle and pickleball
heh, that made me laugh
my biggest complaint with Mitch is he is reactionary. He response to hiring Scott Drew is Scott Drew is the antithesis of Calipari, as Calipari was the antithesis of Gillespie . He swings the pendulum too far and is singularly focused in his decisions.
From all appearances he had this job promised to Scott Drew for more than a year now without any consideration to the coaching landscape
I think he was doing whatever he could to keep what he and many at the time thought was the goose that laid the golden eggs.
After 2015 I thought that goose was cooked at UK. Sometimes you just hang on too long. Cal had no fire after he blew that title. Just ripped it out of him that he second guessed everything and has been doing it ever since
That is the fanbase's issue not his and it isn't the right mindset. His job is to strengthen all the sports not just basketball, basketball isn't even the highest revenue sport. Regardless, this centers on people being upset Cal is gone- which is my point- Cal needed to be gone, he should have been gone already- if you want to add Mitch in for not firing Cal sooner due to the contract, fine, I can get behind that, but the bball team decline of late is ENTIRELY on Cal, not Mitch
Biden say's 'Cmon man!. As someone who doesn't like MB's style and a lot of his decisions (or lack thereof), in his defense, he is in the middle of conducting a coaching search (or he better be). Don't ya think it's a little premature go into full hate mode right now?
Barnhart created much of this mess with the moronic contract for Cal, and had no intention of firing cal. But sure let’s let him hire his buddy without reaching out to any other coaches. Should be fine.
After careful evaluation I believe we CANNOT get the coach we need under Mitch Barnhart.
Calipari has smeared him badly and made Mitch damaged goods to potential coaches.
FIRE MITCH NOW
Calipari has smeared him badly and made Mitch damaged goods to potential coaches.
FIRE MITCH NOW
Whats weird is that everyone said that the big money guys etc made the last hire with cal. Now we are told that this hire is all on mitch.
Seems odd to me.
Seems odd to me.
Actually no, because that’s not the ADs job. His goal is compliance—and football is the cash cow which requires much investment
Pretty amazing Mitch has such a rabid fan (or employee) they constantly make new accounts to literally worship him.
It's beyond weird.
It's beyond weird.
