He was trying to flex and say that Rick was referring to Pitino being hired in his post......He wants to keep the Pitino thing going and was trying to redirect attention to that instead of to what you said. Ever seen a clown try to flex? 🫢
Pope, Calipari, Hurley, Drew — This Season
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He was trying to flex and say that Rick was referring to Pitino being hired in his post......He wants to keep the Pitino thing going and was trying to redirect attention to that instead of to what you said. Ever seen a clown try to flex? 🫢
Math is hard.
And I am old.
And just felt extremely older given your post. Oof.
Yeah, this ain't your Daddy's SEC nor your Daddy's Big East.
Normally Big East is a Power conference in basketball (hence P6 in CBB- now back to P5 with Pac-12 getting Thanosed) and has good strong teams (Marquette, UConn, Nova, etc). All have been pretty meh.
But they have been mediocre this year. Normally East Coast knows ball decently well but both the ACC and Big East have just been weak as dishwater.
They both would've been a DISASTER.
Pelphrey is sucking it up in the OVC. And I don't say that to be mean. He is objectively SUCKING as a coach. Let's have a look:
| Title | Head coach |
|---|---|
| Team | Tennessee Tech |
| Conference | OVC |
| Record | 66–119 (.357) |
OMG. He's been there 6 seasons and has 66 wins. Averaging 11 wins a year in a weak OVC. His overall isn't much better:
The man is welcome back in Lexington any time....but in the bleachers. He's a TURRRRIBLE coach.
Ford isn't much better. Let's take a look.
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
|---|---|
| Head coaching record | |
| 1997–2000 | Campbellsville |
| 2000–2005 | Eastern Kentucky |
| 2005–2008 | UMass |
| 2008–2016 | Oklahoma State |
| 2016–2024 | Saint Louis |
| Overall | 491–366 (.573) |
| Tournaments | 1–7 (NCAA Division I) 0–1 (NAIA Division I) 6–5 (NIT) |
28 years of coaching. Only 1 Tourney win. And average only 17 wins a year. Most of those coming at lower midmajors. Not impressive. But that's just the on court stuff. He's also a well know prick and let's not forget the wonderful story of :
Here's the Link if anyone missed it last time or wants to read it again:
https://www.barstoolsports.com/blog...o-defend-his-dads-coaching-job-at-saint-louis
That's a kind of crazy we didn't need here in Lexington on top of mediocre coaching.
Pitino's coaching tree had two good branches: Tubby and Donovan. The rest....I dunno man.
From Runt#69 - “When you stop and consider that this year's Kentucky team might be the LEAST talented.”
Our present players would probably be backups on future teams down the road (no disrespect, I love this years’ players.). Recruiting will be difficult in the sense that there will be so many players wanting to come to UK to play for Coach Pope, his staff, and BBN. The key will be retaining players in the program for a few years. Even though we have had a great season, we do not run the offense as efficiently as BYU did under Pope. Experience in the system will lead to an even better offense.
I also believe Coach Pope and staff will improve going forward. They have juggled teaching all new players with no experience playing together, the multiple injuries, and the toughest SEC in my 55 years as a fan. It seems difficult imagining a tougher set of circumstances occurring in the future. We will have returnees next season, some highly touted freshmen, and hopefully some multi-year transfers.
I have the same sentiment for our women’s team with Coach Brooks.
Our present players would probably be backups on future teams down the road (no disrespect, I love this years’ players.). Recruiting will be difficult in the sense that there will be so many players wanting to come to UK to play for Coach Pope, his staff, and BBN. The key will be retaining players in the program for a few years. Even though we have had a great season, we do not run the offense as efficiently as BYU did under Pope. Experience in the system will lead to an even better offense.
I also believe Coach Pope and staff will improve going forward. They have juggled teaching all new players with no experience playing together, the multiple injuries, and the toughest SEC in my 55 years as a fan. It seems difficult imagining a tougher set of circumstances occurring in the future. We will have returnees next season, some highly touted freshmen, and hopefully some multi-year transfers.
I have the same sentiment for our women’s team with Coach Brooks.
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He was an option in 2007 when tubby left but Barnfart was bad at coaching searches then too. Pitino would have left Louisville in a heart beat for UK in 2007. Back to camelot
Anyway to the OP ... thank God dumb barnfart had scott drew say No. But the real options that should have been heavily approached after Hurley said No were Nate Oats, Bruce Pearl and Beard... they are all pretty good this season id say.
