I think he'd do well at the coaching and recruiting. It's the other stuff that worries me. Going from a quiet Mormon university, to being the Ambassador of Kentucky is quite a jump. He don't booze or drink coffee, so he'd probably die.
Sleepers no one talking about.
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Thanks for this post, LXA ... I don't think this fact has been given adequate consideration.
But, first ... I'm whole heartedly in favor of Billy Donovan. I think Dan Hurley may have now acquired too much of the arrogance that infected the U.K. program after CCC coached U.K. in the 2012 NCAA Championship Final.
Secondly ... if we can't get Billy D, I would welcome Buzz Williams. As I said in a post on another thread this week ... BUZZ WILLIAMS CAN COACH BASKETBALL ! ! !
I also like Shaka Smart, and I think many of the posts about him on this board are to one degree or another misguided ... but I'll comment more fully about that in another post about Shaka.
I think Shaka's time at Texas should be written off as a gross mis-match of coach-and-university. Shaka Smart is, to a significant degree, "a street guy". He did exceedingly well with VCU, which is for the most part an inner city commuter school. LIkewise, Marquette - particularly when compared to Texas - is more of nearly an inner city commuter school.
I never thought Shaka had a chance at Texas. Yes, Texas has loads of money, but my perception is that all of the money people associated with the Texas program looked down on Shaka from the start ... because, I repeat ... fundamentally, Shaka is a street guy. But the money people at U.K. want, first and foremost, NCAA Championships, and I think Shaka Smart has demonstrated, at VCU and at Marquette, that he's a good enough coach to get the job done at U.K. And I'll also add ... those on this board who consider Marquette as anything other than a major basketball program are, IMHO, badly mistaken.
Unless you are just a young kid posting, how could any UK fan want Kelvin freakin’ Sampson?
Indiana reject, multiple ncaa violations or at least surrounded himself around ncaa conspiracy’s. Plus he is too old and never done anything in length at the college level that has amounted to much and even if he had, he is still Indiana’s garbage.
Indiana reject, multiple ncaa violations or at least surrounded himself around ncaa conspiracy’s. Plus he is too old and never done anything in length at the college level that has amounted to much and even if he had, he is still Indiana’s garbage.
I agree- no idea how he gets any players to come there based on the BYU standards- if he was atUK, no more BYU standards and he wold get much better players
Sampson’s an outstanding coach. But just too old.
And forget about the Rondo idea. I don’t believe he meets the degree requirement, and his of court legal issues preclude him from consideration even if he did.
If we couldn’t convince a guy to give up the Baylor job, how do you think we’re gonna get a man to quit being president of the best organization in the NBA?
Not a chance he’d be interested.
Take your diversity and shove it up your ***. It's 2024. Stop making everything about color and hire the best person for the job. You know, like the law says.
Cue Golden--"I really love where I am at and look forward to returning this program to where it belongs. I have zero interest in any other job. Plus, my wife would kill me."