I wasn't offended n the least. I'm just talking, the same as u r. No offense intended at all.
Thamel said UK was going after Donovan
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Dude stay on track...................I'm clearly talking about the ridiculous buyout........That was Mitch
It's being reported that our first and only call has been Drew. Not sure how to verify the truth of it but the timing and overall impression I'm getting is that Mitch locked in and setup an offer. If it turns out that Mitch reached out to Oats and he said no (in spite of reporting from our own guys that he had a ton of interest in the job) he either can't handle it or didn't actually get a call. Based on what I've seen, he clearly has the confidence and the coaching ability to get it done, which seems more likely?
Donovan doesn't become a worse basketball coach because he's been in the NBA for 15 years. NIL/recruiting changed but you solve that with your staff. He can still coach ball and is known because he coached the Chicago Bulls which is still wildly popular with young recruits. Pearl is likely the last guy on that list for me personally but it makes my point further, he isn't a Mitch guy.
My point is that the top tier guys have to say no first and the reporting right now indicates we didn't even ask. That's a huge problem for me.
Billy Donovan isn't coming. Jay Wright isn't coming. Scott Drew may, but I doubt it, he's at a private school and the JOY concept is important to him. UK is going to have to reach on a young, hungry coach, high reward/high risk. Or just hire who I wanted for Louisville, Chris Beard. That guy is a star.
Its not an assumption when its been known since the beginning that Drew was Mitchs first choice cuz they're lil friends. Social circles r a thing and they usually revolve around a very small set of criteria. We all KNO that Mitch is a lil holier than thou. So, its not a hard connection.
That’s just not true. It was reported that UK reached out to Oats and he issued that statement saying he would be at Alabama. Where are you getting we haven’t reached out to anyone but Drew.
Goodman said last night he thought the first and only call would be to Scott Drew. My man is just confusing that with actual news.
You’re making the assumption that if this is true it’s because of his social circle. You don’t know that. You are assuming that, which diminishes Drew’s accomplishments.
Sankey has said that Beard isn't allowed to be hired by any SEC teams due to a show clause. I swear I read that somewhere.
It's all hearsay but I follow a discord server by someone who goes by a pseudonym of Trilly Donovan. He's apparently pretty tied into the news about college basketball and has broken a lot of recent news I've been following. He's (I'm assuming it's a dude) alleging we only went after Drew.
A cursory search shows no indication we've reached out to Oats and I believe Kyle Tucker even mentioned he would have been interested, so color me confused.
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I feel like we r all assuming a lot right now. But, when Drew is announced as our new HC, a lot of us will truly know y, and resent it a lil bit and understand that it wasn't what was best for UK but what was tolerable to our AD, who never shuda been in charge of the hire completely, to begin with.
Beard is the closest thing to a "sure thing" out there that is realistic. It pisses me off that Louisville's AD would not even talk to him.
You’re thinking of will wade. Beard currently coaches Ole Miss.
I think that's the rub. Right now, we all know nothing, which is normal. But the morsels of info we are getting from "family members of the team" indicate we're hot on Drew right now.
I mean, it could be the case that we don't want to pay the buyout for Oats but, my god, what a horrible reason to not hire someone as the next coach for Kentucky Basketball.
I mean, it could be the case that we don't want to pay the buyout for Oats but, my god, what a horrible reason to not hire someone as the next coach for Kentucky Basketball.
Maybe thats it. Sry...I've been reading sooooo much stuff the last 36 hrs, my head is spinning lol apologies
If you believe your assumptions are fact, there is nothing anyone can ever say to you. Plus you have no idea who else he talked to.
I’m sure he’s nailed some stuff but yeah, it’s just an opinion he shared in their reaction video when the news broke so it absolutely is not reality.
Look through the other threads. There is a tweet about it from the Alabama side saying UK contacted him through back channels. I would also advise you to not put too much stock in anything that is said by so called insiders.
Sounds like we have a few here that should join them. I’d gladly make any excuse to praise my lord a little more. God is great.
And I would advise you to not put too much stock into coaches making generic statements about the future of their programs and universities trying to protect their coaches. There's a lot of incentive to make a statement that paints the picture that your coach turned down UK right now.
I guess we're all assuming until it plays out but until I hear Mitch or one of the better candidates say otherwise, I'm inclined to lean on Mitch's history on these sort of things.
What's wrong with that? JVC supposedly went to mass everyday and is the biggest lying narrassist that's ever coach at UK.
Seems like mind reading to suggest M would hire D just because of church compatibility.
Didn’t have the Kentucky name to recruit to either. Maybe it doesn’t matter, maybe it does! Good coach for the players he’s had in my opinion and with better players could potentially be great! Who knows. I do know this job is one of the best and probably one of the hardest in all of sports, no one is what you would call guaranteed at all of it.
Doesn't seem like it when most Ppl n the know said Drew was Mitchs first choice from the get go. And thats bcuz D is n Ms lil circle.
Yeah at f'n Baylor.
That's like coaching at ole miss....and winning a championship there
Billy most likely has a lot of money, you can only spend so much and you can't take it with you.
So is Baylor a juggernaut (i.e. are they this massive program Drew has built or is it correlated directly to how poor Baylor's history is) or not?
Take a break....get some rest.....it will be OK
If freakn Drew is the new HC, I'll be disappointed but I'll support it. A bar of wet, musty soap would be better than what we had 24 hrs ago. It won't be the home run hire I wanted, but if it means this fan base can finally come together again and be Kentucky bball fans again, I'll concede.
Don't speak to me in some condescending tone and expect that to be ok just cuz we disagree. Like really? Get over yourself.
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