Hell make Rick head coach and Pope associate head coach
Pitino is the answer with links
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you’ll notice most anti-pitinoites are the posters you hardly recognize. i’m not saying trolls, but probably youth/ignorance. uk has nothing right now. a program builder is exactly what we need. then we can better approach a more thorough transition and not just throw the reigns at whomever, out of desperation. chances are we’d be in good shape for whomever it is as well.
having said all that, i think donovan is the better hire. we may not win as much as fast as with rick, but we could have sustained success. after that i’m good with pearl. the miller stuff is not even understandable.
having said all that, i think donovan is the better hire. we may not win as much as fast as with rick, but we could have sustained success. after that i’m good with pearl. the miller stuff is not even understandable.
Like some others have said if they can’t pull one of the original 3 gotta go with Pitino. The man is a brilliant coach.,.he can coach circles around Cal.
What has Rick done in the last 5 years that lead yall to believe that he’s a “brilliant coach” or “can rebuild the program?”
Could this possibly be where some of the Mark Pope talk is coming from? I can't see UK hiring Pope based on his current resume. But I could perhaps see hiring him to work under Pitino for a few years and allow Pitino to groom him to take over once he retires, a la K/Scheyer at Duke.
If we can't get Donovan, then I think I'd be as comfortable going this route as some of the others being mentioned.
If we can't get Donovan, then I think I'd be as comfortable going this route as some of the others being mentioned.
5 year 45 million, gotta be more than Cowlips. We would blow this place up!! I’m all in on it.
Don't know what you mean but it's possible neither of us do. Rick will be 72 in September. Imagine him recruiting at 76, 77 years old, screaming at officials at that age.
Would definitely be interesting. I think it would scare the shit outta Cal. Pitino's 10 times the coach, and I'm guessing he would love to kick his ass all the way back to UMass.
But that’s not the question. I want to understand what has he done recently to give so many people the false hope that he can show up and poof, it’s 1995 again. I keep reading what a great coach he is but all I see is nothing but a washed up, bitter, shell of his former self. I really don’t get it.
Hiring Pitino back would definitely overshadow Cal’s move to Ark. Damn near worth it for that reason alone.
He hasn't had our program or our fans. Give him those two things and sit back.
Now that is a fair question. He did a good job at St. John’s this year given what he had on the roster, they should have made the tourney. I know our expectations are a lot higher. Pitino is the same thing as donavon, you are betting on his pedigree as coach
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Can we afford to lose that bet though? One could make the argument that he did well with a roster full of Mike Anderson’s recruits and not his own.
I don't know if that would be enough. Could be a jinx for us on the order of the Mashburn jersey buried in the Yum Center concrete. Can't take the chance.
Thank you sir lol
Please understand..I’m a woman, I hold a grudge
Then you’re settling and condoning the program’s decline. But again, it’ll never happen so it’s all moot when it comes to RP.
I honestly don’t know, I just know I like pitino better than Shaka smart or Mark pope. Donavon is my number one, golden and pearl might be number 2 depending on the argument, but I don’t hate pitino for 3 years
Thats how hard up fans are now. I mean this is getting ridiculous. We are becoming a laughing stock.
Use Pitino for 4-5 years with him knowing he retires at end of the contract but begin to plan for Pitinos replacement or even bring in an assistant to groom for the position. Strategic preparation instead of knee-jerk and desperate coaching search you see right now.
You know what, if we can't get Donovan, I say fug it. Lets do this! Hire Pitino. Bring in Pope to be associate HC/Coach-in-waiting. Hire some combination of Derek Anderson, Scott Padgett, Jeff Sheppard and Rajon Rondo as assistants. Grab Mashburn Jr. out of the portal. Retain Reed Sheppard. If there could be a sales pitch to get him to come back for another year, how about the pitch to play for his own dad and the guy who coached his dad? If we can't draw interest from established coaches at other schools, then lets go the path of Duke and UNC and keep it within the family. I would rather do this than hire some nobody from Butthole State University and turn into frickin' Indiana.
He may only coach a few seasons here, but he would leave the program in desirable shape for someone like Pope
Pitino would fill joe bs role in 5 years. You’d see tubby around more too all our players
If UK hires Pitino then the program deserves what it’ll get. He’s a washed up has been with corrupt morals. Y’all are nuts. Mob mentality
I’ve been saying it for a while, but people say I’m crazy. Makes sense to me.
Thinking about it this would be such a good move.... groom Pope under Pitino. If still not convinced on Pope, it lets the younger coaches out there prove themselves a bit more.
Pitino gets 1 more crack at making it right with the program he deeply loves
Pitino gets 1 more crack at making it right with the program he deeply loves
