How we feelin' about Nate Oats today?
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You’re just chasing your tail now. You keep asking the same questions and making the same statements.
You know why I think 63 and 68 years old is too old? Common sense.
Okay, cool, you don't like Oats, but you like Lloyd, which is odd, especially since your reason for not liking Oats, is he hasn't won anything. Neither has Lloyd.
So, you think Pearl's only transgression is inviting Aaron Craft to his house for a BBQ? No, he lied to the NCAA about it, which resulted in a show-cause penalty, he also got busted for too many calls to recruits, he had an issue with some of his UT kids driving down the interstate with guns with the intent to do some bad shit and are you forgetting the Chuck Persons cash funneling issue recently at Auburn? Then, Pearl refused to talk to his own AD and basicslly told Auburn that they can't fire him and he was right.
BP hasn’t figured out how to run a clean program, I love his passion and his system, but UK will never offer him the job and not only that, he signed a lifetime deal with Auburn. Ain't happening.
Sampson is too old, UK is not offering the HC job to a guy that is almost 70.
Not really. After turning us down he tried w the Magic, but decided to stay at UF.
I didn’t say anything about him successfully making it to the NBA in 2008, I said that's where he wanted to be and as you can see, that's where he is and has been for quite a while now.
Not before finishing his college career at UF.
Yes it: Yikes forgot Rick Barnes turned us down, too.
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I lived in Alabama for four years while in the Army. 90% of their population doesn’t even know they have a basketball team.
Right, but he didn't want to start a tenure at UK if he knew he was going to the nba eventually. That’s how I understood it anyway.
I suspect that the majority of us will never know the real truth of this complicated matter. But, it's fun to speculate as to what's going on. Sometimes I wonder if the supposed sunshine pumpers are one's that love stirring the pot and couldn't care less about Cal. That would be easy to do on here. Stranger things have happened. Any negative or positive post regarding Cal is guaranteed to get lot's of responses.
I'm asking you questions about off-the-wall statements you're making. Not sure how that's "chasing my tail", but whatever you need to tell yourself, I guess.
What is too old about coaching basketball at 63 or 68? That's really not that old by today's standards. We are asking them to coach, not play. I don't think age is going to be an issue for either considering they are currently 2 of the best.
I like Lloyd better than Oats. He's accomplished everything Oats has in 1 season. Oats is in year 9 or 10. I'm not sure how you aren't comprehending that. However, Lloyd isn't even a top 5 choice for me. Not sure why you're so hung up on him. Musselman, Bennett, Pearl, Sampson and Drew are all active CBB coaches who are better than Lloyd and Oats.
Pearl's only real transgression was having a BBQ for Aaron Craft and another recruit, then lying about it. The lie is what did him in. Had he just admitted it, likely nothing more than a slap on the wrist. I will gladly accept someone with stupid transgressions like that.
I would bet good money UK looks at Pearl long before Oats. We have higher standards than sw16's.
Again, he is currently one of the best in the game, not sure why being 68 would negate that.
Oats has won nadda, has far more bad losses than Lloyd and was just 19-14 last year. No thanks.
You literally say the same things in every post. Yes, you're chasing your tail and it appears you're just trying to prolong every conversation.
The answers to every question you just asked, is in almost every one of my responses to you.
Just say you like Lloyd and you don't like Oats. There, conversation over.
I love your schtick of accusing others of doing what you're doing when you have nothing substantive to add.
I like Lloyd better than Oats. Wouldn't currently want either as the UK coach.
You would have a point if so many others on this board didn’t say the exact same things about you that I have been saying.
I hope you're not this hard headed in life, if so, God help your significant other. He deserves an award.
There aren't that many people that say that about me though. In fact, it's you who typically ends up arguing with multiple people at once, and get called out for being out of touch.
People constantly come to me for assistance and advice, so I must not be that hard headed.
His style of play alone makes him appealing. Imagine how well he could recruit here. I 100% agree with you.
That doesn’t make sense because I’m 50 years old and when Pitino was here, we was the best tournament team in my lifetime
Pitino's first couple of years we lived and died by the 3. He figured out pretty quick that he needed to develop an inside game to go with it and thus recruited some inside players like Mashburn, Walker, McCarty, Dent, etc. Also what helped, if we were missing shots, was the defensive pressure and turnovers would lead to easy baskets.
Meh, I don't think it's all that bad really. To me, it's sorta like the end with Tubby. If we don't want to get punked and trolled, do something about it. Until then, nothing will change.
It was the only choice he had, the cupboard was bare when he took over. All the most talented players transferred. Pelphrey, Farmer, Reggie Hanson, Feldhause and Woods stuck around, most people thought that team wouldn’t win 5 games but they went 14-14. Year 2 they went 22-6 by the way, best record in the SEC even though they weren’t eligible for the title and not allowed to play in post season because of probation. They extremely over achieved. That’s why they were so beloved and jerseys in the rafters. So I respectfully disagree with your post.
We don't have to agree but typically teams who rely solely on 3 point shooting can lose games they shouldn't if they are cold. But hey we didn't rely on 3 point shooting and thanks to Bob Huggins 1-3-1 zone got beat because of cold shooting in 2010. 😂
Not sure you leave one football school for another. And won't even be a conference boost.
You can see what he's looking for with the types of players he gets. Long, athletic and polished. Yeah, everybody wants guys like that, including Cal, but these guys want to play for Oats, because they see his offense and it's free flowing and puts players in the best position to score.
I have no idea why anyone would want to come play for Cal. Struggle to score and get yelled at all game long, then probably sit on the bench and get forgotten about.
Exactly my line of reasoning. He'd be my #1 target and I'd bet anything he'd come here.
He eould come I believe. I want to see how far they go this year. Very talented squad.
I thought Bama already got him.
Just a thought, open to rebuttal.
And didn't I read about 5 years ago that Bama football program was estimated to be worth about a BILLION DOLLARS per a Wall Street estimate while ours was worth about $300M, and that was after our AD was FORCED to spend money on football's facilities,
Nah, plenty of money in Kentucky, and a huge population too. How many million do you want to waste om that, come on, don't be a skinflint. LOL
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What, he is going to be 68 and on top of his game but Cal is washed up at what, 61?
Probably his recruiting will go first, I know from experience all that traveling gets old real fast. Why just look at all the losers he has lined up for next year. LOL
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We could take him if we wanted. Sure, Bama could possibly match/exceed but so did Memphis and we got Cal.
Would be shocked if Oats didn't wind up here IF Mitch didn’t blow it (a big if as Mitch could screw up a wet dream).
And would a very good coach want to follow a hall of fame coach with a number one class where a bunch of fans could get you fired, even if you had a "lifetime" contract.
Why not enjoy a once in a lifetime class and see what they do instead of trying to run them off, when there is ZERO chance of him being fired now in any case. So our illustrious AD is going to admit he is a loser by firing him now and wasting $30M along with having to look for another Billy Clyde to replace him. Remember both his football AND basketball coaches volunteered for the job.
Yeah, Cal's not leaving after this season barring something big happening. It's obvious he's banking on this incoming class to be his redemption tour. However, I don't see him staying more another year or 2 and if we want Oats, we could get him.
And my first job out of UK was in Huntsville on the Saturn V, and that was a long time ago. Way before they had a team and coach like they have now.
Things change, or had you noticed.
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