Rondo would have been a Pitino guy if Pitino had stayed, I have to think. Not sure he was all that fond of Tubby, if the Portal was a thing back then, I think he would have migrated to UofL before going pro. but glad he still shows UK love. but yeah, he's borderline Personality or on the spectrum in some capacity. He doesn't get along with authority all that well.
Is Tennessee Tech gonna keep Pelphrey around much longer? He has a losing record there, could he be a pretty good assistant with Pitino/Donovan ties?
And whether we like him or not Lebron talks about what a great coach Rondo would make, so having him gets the Lebron loving kids to buy in too.
Supposedly, he was a great recruiter, but I haven't got a clue how good he'd be. I don't know much about assistants, to be 100% honest. I did well to know that Antigua was Cal's ace recruiter and Payne taught the bigs.
I understand that, but I think Pitino at UK would have been more appealing to him, I think it was more of an Oak Hill/Nike/UK connection thing that lured him to UK at the time anyway.
Got burned by Sebastian Telfair ultimately going pro and Tubby sealed the deal thankfully. Glad Rondo was a Cat in the end.
10-21 last year. This is probably his last go around as a head coach. At least for a while. Good assistant twice for Donovan. Some coaches are just better fit as assistants. Pelphrey, Antigua and Payne all had their run. Only John had somewhat of a decent career with winning records overall at South Alabama & Arkansas winning a tournament game.
Wagner has a half million annual NIL contract in Lexington. He’s not leaving until he can solidify that else where. Cal won’t be able to do it in Arkansas so he’s most likely looking else where.
I think Ulis is a future STAR coach in waiting.
