I doubt it. Kansas is good at one thing. UF is good at many, while also being a bigger overall brand and job. I couldn’t pick the Kansas logo out of a police lineup.
Pitino, McCollum, Golden on Kansas fans wish list for HC
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One is a blue blood. These two jobs are not the same.
It’s like being the Sheriff vs deputy assistant
You know the answer.
Kentucky is the biggest national brand in CBB despite ESPNs constant pushing of a few other programs. We have the largest and most rabid fanbase. We drive ratings of the sport in general. Anger sells…same as with the news…, riling up our fanbase gets more engagement than writing nice things.
I think it’s less about the new members and more about the current landscape of college sports with NIL and the portal. Some coaches and administrations thrive in the old format, some in the new. It’s about how you adjust. JMO
That was the old days. Nowadays anything in the sec js better than anything in the big 12. Golden is going nowhere unless its a big ten or sec paycheck.
If he was guilty or still is they are taking their sweet time and waiting for the season to be over.
We aren’t talking school wide but basketball wise Kansas is much more prestigious.
You hit the nail on the head with this statement!
Because even with all that no one cares about Kansas. Yeah Kansas fans do. Yeah basketball fans might. But really - despite their history and great tradition - no one really cares about Kansas.
Agreed, but is the difference in prestige big enough to leave an overall better school and athletic program with championship pedigree of its own to tout? I mean… I suppose if they throw a huge amount of money at him, but then it’s about the cash, not the prestige. Head Coaches typically don’t leave UF for a “better program” in any sport. It’s usually going to be for the pros, retirement, or being forced out.
I will say a lot of good and deferential things about the great and powerful UK, but I draw the line at Kentucky. UCLA, UNC, and Kansas can all go kick rocks.
I think the Blue Blood thing is overstated when it comes to this topic. How many schools wanted Billy Donovan? How many want Todd Golden now? Our coaches don’t leave, because UF is a huge brand… even if as you correctly state that we are definitely not a blue blood. The Gator brand is very powerful, though. Everyone knows the logo.
What the….???😂😂😂. You have an uncle Festus avatar and you are calling him creepy?
Bill Self can take the Kansas job because basketball is his life. It seems life in Gainesville offers certain, uh.. let's call them 'perks' that Golden may not think exist in Lawrence.
Florida is in the SEC, has a much bigger athletic budget and it’s living in Florida vs living in Kansas. It’s not even close
maybe for football but not basketball Kansas was one of the top NIL basketball teams
Kansas has a conference problem. As the SEC and the B1G get bigger the Big 12 gets squeezed farther and farther out of the market. That affects everything from money to prestige, which affects NIL which affects recruiting. If they want to stay relevant they are going to have to jump conferences soon.
Football is the money king. I would guess that Florida football revenue is at least 10x Kansas basketball. Besides, have you been to Lawrence, Ks? I would not want to live there, regardless of the money
My point is that (IMO) Florida is one of the top 5-6 jobs in college sports
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That title was kinda fluky? A title is a title and fluky is pretty much an opinion I don't think any team's fans look back a month or year or decade and say "yea well that only sorta counted as a title because it was fluky. It wasn't the real thing". Crazy thinking there
I've said this a million times and will say it again... if you don't think 99% of P5 football/basketball teams were paying kids before NIL, you are absolutely nuts. The dollar amounts may not quite as high but everyone was paying...
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A first round upset is fluky, not winning 6 games in the tournament
Pretty sure it was proven that the students made it all up due to his comments on Gaza
I think it’s more like being the CEO of Gucci vs the CEO of Nike. One has a higher prestige in a specific product line, but the other is a much bigger brand with larger overall reach and resources.
Kansas is a boutique, UF is the mall.
Coming from the guy who would rather coach in Hattiesburg than Durham
Listen, no disrespect to Florida. You guys won back to back titles in recent memory in basketball. Overall, the program is great.
I hate Kansas, UNC, Duke & UCLA. It doesnt change the fact that they are looked at (along with UK) as the top jobs in the sport. Sure, there will always be certain guys (and maybe Golden is one of them) who are content with where they are. If you are a competitor, there’s something about fulfilling a lifelong dream to Coach at a blue blood. We’ll see what Golden does. Bill Self left that Illinois team which had a young Deron Williams, Dee Brown & Luther head.
