Huggins isnt a better coach....... 1 has a title and the other doesnt. recruiting is a part of coaching by the way. Cal is the better coach .
Would you accept Bob Huggins as UK coach?
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Nobody other than Cal is acceptable. But if we something happened. Yeah sure. As long as he can get 4-5 5 stars every year like Cal does. That's gonna be the main thing. Can you recruit like Cal? I don't have any issue with Huggins.
I don't care what a guys history is. I care about winning. People of other fan bases talk worse about Cal than about Huggins. I have 2 good friends that's die hard UL fans so I hear that s*** all the time.
I like Bob Huggins, but I wouldn't want him coaching here because he isn't close to our best option.
Kind of like you could be all for having a guy as a friend but not having that same guy date your daughter.
Kind of like you could be all for having a guy as a friend but not having that same guy date your daughter.
When I was just outta college I waited tables at a very popular restaurant for outta towners here and Huggins came in twice while recruiting guys from here in Jacksonville and I served him once and he put away the bourbon . Dude was rude and drunk but he tipped well so what do I care. But Hell no as a coach .
He actually has two, and the one that was in the news for tweeting is the MUCH less obnoxious of the two. Believe me, I know.
Highly doubt Huggy bear would leave his alma mater where he is happy and has no stress to coach UK
Also I would think UK would go after someone a little younger
Also I would think UK would go after someone a little younger
Saw/see plenty of this when Petrino's name comes up on the football board. Some combination of Hitler, Amin, Dahmer, Dave Bliss, and Phyllis Diller - it's ok so long as we win. Amazing there really are people out there that think this way......
same here.
I actually like Huggy-bear, but not for UK. Never, for UK - but would support the team
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"During Huggins' 15 seasons at Cincinnati, numerous players have been arrested or cited for offenses ranging from domestic violence to punching a police horse."
....and on top of that, his embarrassing DUI that led to his departure from UC. ....his character issues have a way of trickling down to his players. No way in hell do I want this curmudgeon coaching UK basketball.
....and on top of that, his embarrassing DUI that led to his departure from UC. ....his character issues have a way of trickling down to his players. No way in hell do I want this curmudgeon coaching UK basketball.
How on earth was WVU "screwed by the refs" against UK???? UK took them out to the woodshed and bludgeoned them.
big boo hoo..... how about I don't even argue the refs against WVU.... what does UK win if the game was fair in your mind? UK by 28 instead of 39?
I like Huggins, but I don't think he'd go over very well with BBN. I saw him in a interview a week or two ago, and he was saying how he didn't like shortening the shot clock. His style of play would likely be similar to Tubby's and we all know how well that went over.
Heck No. He did a small radio show in Cincinnati once a week at a local Pub. Drunken and foul mouthed was all he was
IMO there are very few coaches who could follow Cal (obviously), but the one that does has to have a particular personality or is a proven winner at an NBA program. A guy like Huggins, or dare i say Pearl, have the type of personality to be the next one up. Im not saying im hoping for either of them but...Other than that id assume itd have to be a guy with NBA pedigree. Stevens, Donovan. Tyronn Lou, Ime Udoka if we went w a top young assistant who spent time under great coaches like Doc Rivers or Popovich.
I love the idea of Udoka honestly, although i not sure what, if any interest there would be. Supposedly a very good communicator and has spent a handful of years in the Spurs program so he knows how to be a winner. Was one of the only reasons Spurs signed Aldridge.
Lou as well has NBA pedigree. Spent time w Doc and is now a very highly paid asst for the Cavs. Lot of people around the league think hes next up for a major coaching job.
I love the idea of Udoka honestly, although i not sure what, if any interest there would be. Supposedly a very good communicator and has spent a handful of years in the Spurs program so he knows how to be a winner. Was one of the only reasons Spurs signed Aldridge.
Lou as well has NBA pedigree. Spent time w Doc and is now a very highly paid asst for the Cavs. Lot of people around the league think hes next up for a major coaching job.
Comments like this just make me laugh. I love how all these great coaches never do anything but somehow they are "much better than Cal". Thanks for the laugh.
Nope.
Just don't want him or his family members as the representative of my state or my University even if he is good at coaching basketball. Huggy Bear is perfect where he is.
Just don't want him or his family members as the representative of my state or my University even if he is good at coaching basketball. Huggy Bear is perfect where he is.
jesus christ
how many blatant fouls did harrell get away with in his career against uk? 50?
cincinnati had a similar goon in last year's tournament who didn't get in foul trouble. plumlee lite ran around shoving & hacking in november, and finished with two fouls to a combined 14 for skal/lee/poy iirc
wvu was never in the game, but the refs uncharacteristically made no effort to try to keep the margin respectable. they seemed to enjoy sticking it to huggins
thankfully there was that self-important ass len elmore saying karl "didn't want to play" because he picked up his third foul early in the second half diving for a loose ball in a blowout to piss me off. he may be as bad as vitale in his own way
how many blatant fouls did harrell get away with in his career against uk? 50?
cincinnati had a similar goon in last year's tournament who didn't get in foul trouble. plumlee lite ran around shoving & hacking in november, and finished with two fouls to a combined 14 for skal/lee/poy iirc
wvu was never in the game, but the refs uncharacteristically made no effort to try to keep the margin respectable. they seemed to enjoy sticking it to huggins
thankfully there was that self-important ass len elmore saying karl "didn't want to play" because he picked up his third foul early in the second half diving for a loose ball in a blowout to piss me off. he may be as bad as vitale in his own way
Seriously though, its safe to say that Lorenzo Romar is a better coach than Cal right?
So now its getting screwed by refs if they don't take pity on you and help you get back in the game against UK?
I usually like most of your posts but...
Udoka? A guy with only 3 years of assistant coaching in the NBA?
Lue? An assistant for 6 years with 3 team in the NBA?
No recruiting experience, no recruiting network or contacts, no head coaching experience... to replace Cal at UK?
These guys may be hot NBA properties but that is a far cry from the elite of college basketball along with the 60% of the game being recruiting.
Not to mention no one knew these guys as players, their NBA affiliation wouldn't mean much.
Lue went to Nebraska and played for 8 teams in 10 years.
Udoka went to San Fran then Portland State and played only 4 years outside of the D League and moved each year.
At this stage neither of these guys come close to Huggy or Pearl, who everyone on here says would be awful.
No. Absolutely not. Under no circumstances. Add any profanity you want and end it with the word NO. There would be no worse choice. No matter who you pick, even if that person had never seen or heard of basketball it would be a better choice.
Although its probably premature to consider either of these guys, lets assume that Cals son comes to UK and Cal continues to coach here through that time (as many think/hope he will). By that time both of those guys would have solid experience in the NBA. 7 and 10 years respectably, and i think by then Lou would at least have gotten a chance to coach a team. Both could be busts, but both are highly respected at this stage in their young coaching careers.
You may very well be right. I could be reaching since we are UK and probably wouldnt 'settle' for a guy with minimal experience. im sort of hoping we'd take a young passionate coach who can relate to younger players.
I dont think where a player has played though or their NBA careers are always indicative of coaching ability though. Cal played for who? Clarion?
Look at a guy like Hoiberg, played in the NBA for 10 years on 3 different teams, only spent 5 years as an NBA assistant before going back to ISU. Most people are huge fans of him now. Its not crazy to think a guy with no college coaching experience can make a great college coach, even if the beast is UK which is unlike coaching anywhere else.
I 100% agree that what you said is reasonable and more likely than not we will never even consider them as a possibility. But as off the radar sort of hires both could be solid in 5 years time for someone.
No, a relative lawyered up the UC team and coaches from all manner of transgressions under his watch. There is no way that we want another Billy G clone, from a personal standpoint, in charge of our team.
I would accept him. What other choice do I have? But, I would be disappointed with the hire. Not that he's a bad coach, just not a Kentucky coach.
I wasn't clear as to my point regarding their playing careers.
Them playing in the NBA would not help in recruiting beings they were end of the bench kind of guys.
With so little experience I was trying to say they dont bring any intangibles such as playing at big time school and having that experience.
I don't think Hoiberg is a good example.
He is a famous alumni, great player..
"Arguably the most popular player in the history of Iowa State basketball, Hoiberg's name is found among the top seven positions for nearly every statistical category, and his number 32 has been retired by Iowa State."
He knows the school, the league, the community and had coaching experience.
Now if we had one of our most famous guys come back after a stint in the NBA coaching world that would make more sense.
But some random guy who didnt play at a big time school, didnt have a solid NBA career, only been an assistant for a couple of years or even a few years without any head coaching experience, without a recruiting record simply wouldn't be considered in my opinion.
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