Yeah don't bring facts here. Don't you know Baylor was a top 10 job when he came there? LOL. Armpit college is what it was. Terrible coaching job. Winning a championship at Baylor is akin to UK winning a championship in football. Or Indiana even.
I just don't get the pushback on Drew
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If UK does end up hiring Scott Drew, he will have the most impressive resume of any incoming men's bball coach UK has ever hired. He's already won a NCAAT title. He's one of only what.....6 or 7 active coaches that have won one.
Joe B. Hall had never been a head coach I don't believe.
Eddie Sutton one F4 run in 1978 at Arkansas.
Rick Pitino one F4 run in 1987 at Providence.
Tubby Smith no F4 runs.
Billy Gillispie.....well do I even need to comment on this disaster. He did beat UL/Pitino in Rupp in the NCAAT while at TAMU.
John Calipari two F4 runs one in 1996 with UMass and 2008 with Memphis.
Drew's not my first choice, but I'd be good with it. We've been saying all season long and for many several years that anyone is better than CCC. Well, here we are griping about this guy and that guy and blah blah blah. If Drew ends up being the hire, then lets at least give the guy a chance.
Joe B. Hall had never been a head coach I don't believe.
Eddie Sutton one F4 run in 1978 at Arkansas.
Rick Pitino one F4 run in 1987 at Providence.
Tubby Smith no F4 runs.
Billy Gillispie.....well do I even need to comment on this disaster. He did beat UL/Pitino in Rupp in the NCAAT while at TAMU.
John Calipari two F4 runs one in 1996 with UMass and 2008 with Memphis.
Drew's not my first choice, but I'd be good with it. We've been saying all season long and for many several years that anyone is better than CCC. Well, here we are griping about this guy and that guy and blah blah blah. If Drew ends up being the hire, then lets at least give the guy a chance.
This is what I don’t understand why people want him here? He had 1 good year! So, did Kevin Ollie.
I'm honestly excited to see what level Kentucky basketball can elevate a coach like Scott Drew. Is my first choice? No. Is a bad choice? Far from it. I was always told Kentucky basketball is like no other program in college basketball. It's why we've had so many different coaches when a title. I'm pumped to see what that so called, "magic" can do for the next coach.
What do you all consider a good year? 30-8 and elite 8 isn’t a good year? 28-8, elite 8 isn’t a good year? 26-4 before the cancellation of the conference and NCAA tournaments isn’t a good year? 6 single digit loss seasons at Baylor. Baylor made 4 ncaa tournament appearances before drew came to town.
Correct, but people are on here spewing nonsense without any facts. I think sometimes people on here read another complaint and then just run with it. I have said before while he would not be my first choice to say that Drew is a bad hire is just nonsense. He has about as good of track record as you will find at a school that is not a basketball school at all.
Not my dream choice but he took Baylor from a program that was despised by the CBB world…flaming garbage-to-NCAA Champs.. As he accepted the job, ALL BU players were granted a full release from the program. Many thought BU should get a SMU football type punishment (temporary shutdown).
He started from subzero and built a championship caliber program.
He can flat out recruit AND coach Xs & Os and he will prioritize wins and banners.
We would be in good shape with Coach Drew at UK.
GBB!
I think some of our fans have been conditioned by the end of the Cal era to just be pissed off.. I think that there is a segment ( not very large but very vocal) of fans that are mad that Cal is gone and are throwing shade at the probable new coach. I think there is another segment that overvalued the UK brand. They can't fathom why the Lute Olsens or Hurleys or even Donovans won't drop everything and come hete when Kentucky calls. I have watched 6 previous coaching searches at UK and there always appear to be people who are shocked or angry when people turn us down. There were people who railed about us hiring Joe B,alot of them. There were LOTS of folks that hated the Sutton hire ( with good reason it turned out) . Pitino was the least controversial hire I can remember because we were on probation and most everyone knew we had to take what we could get and Rick had oa good resume. Tubby hire had lots of detractors for alot of different reason. Billy G ,I my self was one of the hell raisers. There were alot of fans at first that didn't like the Cal hire at first. Winning solved that as it will with the new coach.
Exactly, apparently only one team has a good year every year. Kentucky has only had 8 good years in its history. Lol
Could being a "Tubbyfan" be a source of your confusion? Tubby wasn't the right fit for Kentucky and that's the way that played out. Drew is a bad fit for UK, IMO. He's perfect for Baylor, not UK. UK is settling for coach that will be swallowed whole at UK. JMO.
It's 2024 dude. There's only one reason left to still have hate for Tubby Smith.
Dude? Speaks volumes. Never "hated" anyone, including Tubby. Tubby wasn't the right fit, like I said, and neither is Drew.
The question wasn't whether or not he's a good choice - the question was why there is push back.
The reason there is push back could not be any clearer.
Yes, and all the sober ones won championships, even though a couple had some coaching issues(Tubby's recruiting and Cal's we've beaten to death).
I'm not opposed to Drew but I think religion should have just as much to do with hiring our next coach as politics(nothing).
He is #3 of the 3 guys we are looking at, lol.
But yeah, I guess a lot of our fans are dumb.
Well, Kentucky's football history is sublime compared to Baylor basketball. Imagine a new coach taking Vanderbilt to a national championship. That would be a lesser achievement than at Baylor because Vandy, like EVERY OTHER Power 5 conference team, has a better basketball history than Baylor.
I just feel if we were down the list THAT far to Drew we should just got Pitino back 5 years ..way better resume & maybe better options by end of decade.
It blows my mind that some people think a 71 year old former Louisville coach who got them put
on probation and flipped the bird to Rupp Arena fans is an option. lol
on probation and flipped the bird to Rupp Arena fans is an option. lol
He might be #3, but that isn't a counterpoint to my post that you quoted. So maybe you aren't so smart yourself.
Yes, but Scott Drew is not being considered against Tubby Smith or Billy Gillispie.
He's third best of our three current options.
It is absolutely the counterpoint to your post, and invalidates your original weak point completely.
We’ll probably never know. I just doubt he’s taking Drew unless he’s done his due diligence.
I feel like he’s a better recruiter than Tubby and better game coach than Cal. So maybe not the extreme strengths but without the extreme weaknesses.
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