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So Glad Hurley ain’t here

One day, years after he derails his career, ESPN will do a 30 For 30 about Dan Hurley. They will say he would've been one of the greatest of all time if his mental illness didn't derail his career. It'll paint him as a victim, and we'll all feel sorry for him.

(I'm not making light of mental illness. But, IMO, something ain't right with this dude.)
 
One day, years after he derails his career, ESPN will do a 30 For 30 about Dan Hurley. They will say he would've been one of the greatest of all time if his mental illness didn't derail his career. It'll paint him as a victim, and we'll all feel sorry for him.

(I'm not making light of mental illness. But, IMO, something ain't right with this dude.)
Assholery isn't in the DSM.
 
I know this isn’t going to be the consensus here. You know I would’ve loved to have him as our coach with 2 championships under your belt you can be as cocky as you want to be when you can back it up! When he’s your coach you will love him and when he’s not you will hate him that’s just the way it is!
 
He definitely seems deranged at times.

I think he would have dominated here and won multiple national titles. He would have rubbed a portion of our fanbase the wrong way though.
 
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I know this isn’t going to be the consensus here. You know I would’ve loved to have him as our coach with 2 championships under your belt you can be as cocky as you want to be when you can back it up! When he’s your coach you will love him and when he’s not you will hate him that’s just the way it is!
How dare you basically acknowledge that BBN overwhelmingly wanted him as our coach last Spring!

He's a slime ball, and Kentucky fans have never embraced cocky coaches who win at the highest level!

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Cal would like a word.
I know it's fashionable to say that Cal knows basketball. But he does. I'm not taking the time to argue against a decided point. But let's just Cal doesn't know X&O's. He can buy a dozen guys to draw up plays for a dime. That's the going rate.
 
How dare you basically acknowledge that BBN overwhelmingly wanted him as our coach last Spring!

He's a slime ball, and Kentucky fans have never embraced cocky coaches who win at the highest level!

kentucky-rick-pitino-1996-vaultjpg.jpg
We've got hindsight at this point. I think most all of us are very high on Pope at this time. But he was an unknown commodity during the coaching search. I would have taken Hurley if he wanted to come, because you just can't look past winning back to back titles. But he's made himself look even worse this season. I watched him absolutely meltdown when he lost those 3 games in 3 days in the early season tournament. He then took exception to some refereeing and scolded the ref for not looking at him as he was the best damn coach in the country.

Similarly to Cal, when you're winning you can put up with a bunch of bullshit, but it looks like shit when you're playing midlevel basketball.

Given that, and now that we have evidence of Pope and how vastly different his demeanor is on the sidelines (after we just ditched a coach with volatile tendencies), it's not hard to think, "Whew! Glad we missed out on that asshole!"
 
We've got hindsight at this point. I think most all of us are very high on Pope at this time. But he was an unknown commodity during the coaching search. I would have taken Hurley if he wanted to come, because you just can't look past winning back to back titles. But he's made himself look even worse this season. I watched him absolutely meltdown when he lost those 3 games in 3 days in the early season tournament. He then took exception to some refereeing and scolded the ref for not looking at him as he was the best damn coach in the country.

Similarly to Cal, when you're winning you can put up with a bunch of bullshit, but it looks like shit when you're playing midlevel basketball.

Given that, and now that we have evidence of Pope and how vastly different his demeanor is on the sidelines (after we just ditched a coach with volatile tendencies), it's not hard to think, "Whew! Glad we missed out on that asshole!"

Totally. Pope feels ascendant while Hurley kind of seems to be spiraling.
 
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How dare you basically acknowledge that BBN overwhelmingly wanted him as our coach last Spring!

He's a slime ball, and Kentucky fans have never embraced cocky coaches who win at the highest level!

kentucky-rick-pitino-1996-vaultjpg.jpg
He benefitted from a 7 footer with tentacles for arms being born right down the street. Not the first year as much but last year.
 
We got the perfect fit. If we lose I'm cool with losing with a guy that oozes passion for the program. If Pope wasn't the 1st pick he should've been in hindsight and he's proved it. He's lost some but with a depleted roster at times and a tough whistle in the best conference. We lucked up in my eyes
 
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