How many knew Rupp accepted the Duke job after he retired?

[Kybluedude]

I was involved with the program during Coach Rupp’s last years, the transition to Coach Hall and the Super Kittens. The loss to Western Kentucky did not seal anything regarding Coach Rupp’s fate at UK. Otis Singletary had to enforce the UK mandatory retirement policy of 70 and he did not bend to the external pressure to make an exception.

Interesting! How were you involved with the program? Manager? Trainer?

 

[U Go UK]

So Duke hired a racist coach???!!! 😱😉Say it ain't so!!!

Seriously I didn't know that Rupp was offered the Duke job.

He was not racist.

 

[CastleRubric]

This was common knowledge. I don’t think Rupp legacy can be changed. There were other things more important that happened during Rupp tenure , including the shaving points scandal that AJG and other boys were involved, which didn’t change how people looked at Rupp.

Of course , every now and then, someone rediscovers the wheel and makes a big thing out of it , just like during Calipari timewith some idiots were calling Rupp a racist, without knowing the history and how Rupp went way beyond his times to give opportunities to everyone.

Rupp is the grandfather of Kentucky basketball, and the measuring stick for every great basketball college coach including K.

He had a brilliant basketball mind, if you study his tactics that he invented you will see that some of the schemes are run today by the most advanced coaches.
There are certain things like the hook pass and semi hook pass that he was using and teaching all guards and pivots that almost disappeared, which is crazy because if executed correctly it’s unguardebel.

For instance , the offensive play through the pivot positioned at the approximate 3 point line ( albeit back then we didn’t have a 3 point line), could be easily studied by Coach Pope and implemented even today. If anything he could at least run few plays as tribute to Coach Rupp.

The way Coach Rupp was emphasizing passing and fast break was top notch stuff.

Coach Rupp will always be the GOAT!

That description makes me think of how Paul Brown was cited as having immense impact on the NFL game and how coaches coached -

Good stuff!

 

[KT34]

This is the way I thought it went and I was just in HS at the time but was already following UKBB super closely.... best you could in those days.

I was in high school at the time also (AHS 74). I remember signing a petition to keep Rupp.

 

[clevenger32]

Interesting! How were you involved with the program? Manager? Trainer?

Walk on Super Kittens…

 

[jeffky]

🤔 🤔
Do you think jack givens would have played for Kentucky had adolph rupp remained the coach.
It's no secret that Jack givens wanted to play for louisville and denny crum and had it not been for (rip) Reggie warlord (hit the longest shot I ever saw in a game only problem did not count he threw it to the other end of the floor out of bounds I was there ) recruiting him to kentucky he probably would have ended up at louisville . I shiver just to think of the Jack goose givens playing for louisville 🙄

 

[Kybluedude]

Walk on Super Kittens…

Damn. I was a freshmen with those guys. I think 7 of them. Believe they changed the trajectory of UK bball and established Coach Hall as a national recruiting power.

Did you get in and ever score?

Some of those guys were pretty “ lively” off the court. Liked to have fun but they could play and seemed very connected.

 

[clevenger32]

Damn. I was a freshmen with those guys. I think 7 of them. Believe they changed the trajectory of UK bball and established Coach Hall as a national recruiting power.

Did you get in and ever score?

Some of those guys were pretty “ lively” off the court. Liked to have fun but they could play and seemed very connected.

Yes…Yes “lively” would be a good way to describe it. We all loved the name on front of the jersey and wanted to win for UK. It was a damn shame that the guys who moved onto varsity lost to UCLA.

 

[Elliott Tim]

Well, that’s disappointing.

It's a business.

 

[Swimcat20]

At that time Rupps health was not good and he was probable in the early stages of dementia. So help me God he couldn’t remember his own players names. Joe Hall was running everything start to finish. He stayed too long at UK. He would have failed badly at Duke.