1. Frank Vogel
2. Jodi Fernandez
3. Nick Nurse
4. Dan Hurley
5. Scott Drew
6. Mike Brown
7. JB Bickerstaff
8. Bob Richey
2. Jodi Fernandez
3. Nick Nurse
4. Dan Hurley
5. Scott Drew
6. Mike Brown
7. JB Bickerstaff
8. Bob Richey
List of viable replacements.
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P.I.T.I.N.O. 5 year run and head to retirement. I know it won't happen, but I would love it.
@Ron Swanson laughs at any name that anyone mentions.
He's not a Kentucky fan and hates our program and our fans.
He's created about 100 aliases here with his most common one being "Leadbelly."
He's also the same guy who used to post gay porn here and created mimic accounts.
So keep those smiling emojis going, Ron, and keep telling on yourself. It's too easy to find out who you are these days.
He's not a Kentucky fan and hates our program and our fans.
He's created about 100 aliases here with his most common one being "Leadbelly."
He's also the same guy who used to post gay porn here and created mimic accounts.
So keep those smiling emojis going, Ron, and keep telling on yourself. It's too easy to find out who you are these days.
Nate Oats still has to be on the list, considering how he’s running roughshod over the league consistently. Just have to make sure the players know what he means when he tells them to shoot.
You used to make the same stupid argument about the NBA guys under your other aliases.
UK is a pay increase for every name on the list except for one. In some cases, UK would increase the pay by 3 to 4 times what some of these coaches make.
If you don't think that money matters, it's probably because of the distortion of logic that all of your multiple accounts are creating in your mind.
My calls in this order.
Nate Oats. A jerk yes. But the style is good and they do play defense. He’d do great here. This is the guy imo.
Bruce Pearl. He’s 63 but would kill it here for 5-10 years.
Dusty May. Yes I’d be willing to take a chance.
If the above say no, which is a possibility then Lamont Paris. Idk if he’s ready but he looks ready.
Nate Oats. A jerk yes. But the style is good and they do play defense. He’d do great here. This is the guy imo.
Bruce Pearl. He’s 63 but would kill it here for 5-10 years.
Dusty May. Yes I’d be willing to take a chance.
If the above say no, which is a possibility then Lamont Paris. Idk if he’s ready but he looks ready.
This ain’t rocket science
Drew
Oats
Pearl
I doubt all three would say no at 10M per year and the ability to attract/NIL players at Ky that isn’t the same at Baylor/Bama/auburn
Drew
Oats
Pearl
I doubt all three would say no at 10M per year and the ability to attract/NIL players at Ky that isn’t the same at Baylor/Bama/auburn
How many times has Scott Drew been past the sw16 in the last decade? How many Big12 tournaments has Baylor won under Drew? What about Big 12 regular season championships?
Lol, there are actually some NBA guys that I could see, just none of the one's you named. Lol.You used to make the same stupid argument about the NBA guys under your other aliases.
UK is a pay increase for every name on the list except for one. In some cases, UK would increase the pay by 3 to 4 times what some of these coaches make.
If you don't think that money matters, it's probably because of the distortion of logic that all of your multiple accounts are creating in your mind.
It wouldn't be an increase though. Many of those NBA coaches make money from other areas that Cal doesn't because UK already includes them in his contract. They also don't have to deal with recruiting, NIL, transfer portals, young kids, their parents and handlers. They also don't have to deal with a 1 out tournament structure, fans that meltdown after any loss, and all the other bullshit that college coaches deal with. There is no academic side of things to worry about and eligibility concerns and everything that goes with that side of it.
Money of the amount we are talking doesn't really matter to people already making millions. Otherwise, why would other coaches have turned us down so easily in the past.
Also, we aren't likely to pay the next guy what we currently pay Cal. Cal won a title, went to 3 other F4's, several E8's and several conferences championships before we raised him to his current level. The next coach likely starts around the 6 to 7 million range.
Bruce Pearl can coach, but I don’t think he’s ever gotten all the slime off of him for his early career snitching. All the coaches cheat, but a coach who will both cheat and snitch?
Dusty May could be a great choice, but isn’t he an IU type guy? Wonder if they will snag him?
I’ve thought Oats was the best since 2018. I have definitely waffled on that a bit because he’s failed to make any deep runs. But I think you can take what he does and add in Kentucky resources and be golden.
Speaking of Golden…like that guy too, but too early.
I wasn’t very excited but I heard last year from some former players that are still connected to the program that Sean Miller would be our next coach.
Who we replacing?
Is someone leaving? lol
Is someone leaving? lol
Whoever it is, it needs to be a good one. My hope was Cal would at least get us back to a FF before he left. At this rate he is going to leave whoever were to take over a similar "state of the program" as he found it.
The problem is there aren't any 2009 John Calipari's out there....or are there?
We clearly sold our soul to bring him in, why not do it again.
Rick Pitino
I bet he'd take the job for free....or damn close to it.
Bring him back for a few seasons to make this right again.
The problem is there aren't any 2009 John Calipari's out there....or are there?
We clearly sold our soul to bring him in, why not do it again.
Rick Pitino
I bet he'd take the job for free....or damn close to it.
Bring him back for a few seasons to make this right again.
That seems like the coach we would get if Cal got to pick. Brad as assistant.
If Beard has a similar turnaround at Olemiss that he had at other stops, I think it has to be him. He seems to recruit well enough, and he gets guys that work in his system. They play solid d, but it looks like he has modernized his offense a bit. His personal drama was concerning, but it was all dropped. He now has SEC experience. He isn't old, but also not young and inexperienced. Seems like he would be a good fit with the fans as well.
He is almost 100 though. Still bet he’d get us to a Final Four. The man is insane. 😂
John Vincent D’Onofrio Calipari
Why were you afraid to answer the questions?
Lol, so he would be more successful because he left P5 Big12 and came to P5 Sec, which are very similar conferences in basketball, just cause he would?
If you’d like to ignore the difference between Baylor and Kentucky and the situation their program was in when he took it over, then sure. He sucks. You’re the winner. I think he’s the right guy for the job.
Coaches that have proven they can be successful in March go to the top of the list. If Scott Drew can win a national championship with Baylor he can win here. Hurley is my first choice but he'd never leave UConn. Pearl has that one Final Four that Cal gave him in 2019. Oats has taken over the SEC lately. Lots of interesting candidates out there and they can all coach circles around Cal
Lamont Paris is on a very short list for me, along with Billy Donovan, Oates, Shaka Smart, Todd Golden………..a GD fence post would be better than Cal and our entire staff. Keep Ulis and flush the rest.
Lol, Baylor was in the E8 in 2009 and 2012. Then they went a decade before making another one, which are the only 3 E8's Drew has ever made. So, they were so bad that within 5 years, he could get them to the E8, and again 3 years later, but then he needed a decade to make another? And this is why he also couldn't win a big 12 tournament ever and could only manage to share the big 12 championship 2 times? All in a 21 year career at Baylor?
So, why would we want a coach that needs such a long time to rebuild?
Also, the big 12 is one of the top conferences. TX is the most talent rich state in the nation as far as recruits go. Baylor has been among the better recruiting teams over the last decade. They have a ton of wealthy donors, particularly big oil money. There is literally no excuse for them to only be past 1 sw16 in the last decade.
Mr Swanson, I agree Drew isn’t him.
This is about where I'm at with my first two. After that it gets a bit more fluid and uncertain. My guess is Dusty ends up in Bloomington next year. Drew is maybe a third choice. Paris, maybe. I like Oats, but Bama won't make it easy. I'd be happy with Pearl, although I do wish he were a bit younger. Not a deal breaker though. The guy is a blast, high energy, good style of play. He definitely understands the SEC and what it would take at Kentucky. Give me Oats or Pearl.
Hurley isn't coming. The NBAers aren't coming. And if people bothered to look past Vogel being an equipment manager at UK and understand his resume they'd see that Frank isn't the right choice. The Vogel talk is bizarre.
Nobody is doing more with less talent than Lamont Paris at South Carolina.
Not sure he’d be a good fit at UK, since his system is modeled after Bo Ryan’s at Wisconsin, a system folks here long lambasted as boring. But his teams are very well coached and he does look like a future star on the rise.
Not sure he’d be a good fit at UK, since his system is modeled after Bo Ryan’s at Wisconsin, a system folks here long lambasted as boring. But his teams are very well coached and he does look like a future star on the rise.
Meh, 71...dude will go until he is 75 at minimum
A certain tattoo would need to be removed though 😆
Not sure pitino would be all that at this stage but I love the idea, if for nothing else, it’s a slap in the face to Cal who deserves it from all of us.
He can obviously coach. But if we make a change this year it just seems obvious to me it’s Oats. He’s a winner, he’s hungry, style of play fits. He’s going to win a championship some day.
The thing with Paris is lack of body of evidence. Team chemistry and magic can go a long way. My guess is we're seeing a lot of that, and not necessarily coaching magic. Is Paris a good coach? Maybe. But I think there's far safer options out there. We can gamble, a little. A Paris gamble is a big unknown.
I thought that also but winning cures everything. They played a much faster tempo against Georgia so it was nice to see that he isn’t just capable of playing slow.
It’s reached the point that anyone will be an upgrade.
Cal is putting up BCG numbers.
Hell offer ole Billy Clyde a case of beer a day and it’s a done deal!
Cal is putting up BCG numbers.
Hell offer ole Billy Clyde a case of beer a day and it’s a done deal!
Agree on Paris. He might be great but there isn’t enough evidence one way or the other. Look at Dennis Gates at Missouri. Everybody crowned that guy a year ago and now he’s got the worst team in the conference.
No oats. Sure he's a good coach, but we need somebody with a bit more integrity.
Cal had a slime ball reputation when we hired him.
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