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KurtRambis4

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with the SECN crew during the SEC Tourney.

It has made for some interesting moments so far, especially w OM playing tonight.

I've never really disliked him, to be honest.

Having to coach OM in basketball is punishment enough for anyone.
 
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Good coach. Cares for his kids. Handled this as humble and charismatic as one could....with a few tounge and cheek shots fired....nothing with bad intentions.
Had to have been tough on him watching from the bleachers, knowing he should have been on the floor.

No no way he ends his coaching legacy like this. He may take the rest of this season off but I see him getting a gig rather quickly. Seems he is well liked by his peers.
 
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KurtRambis4

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One thing, when

speaking to Martin after the game, Martin gave him lots of praise, saying he was a really great coach.

Kennedy laughed and said he knew a few people who thought otherwise, which I took as a shot at OM fans/admin.

He does a good job explaining the game, too.
 
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FlotownDawg

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He won’t be out of a job long. He might take the Stansbury route, assistant for a year or two at a major program before getting back into head coaching at a mid major.
 
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Great coach. Whether anyone here wants to admit it or not. Appreciated him a lot more when we had Ray. I do not think Ole Miss is going to be an instant success for the next guy without him having to do a lot.
 
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It was pretty funny how Frank Martin had to bite his tongue describing what a **** job Ole Miss is while talking about what a good coach Kennedy is.
 
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Msubulldogfan1

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wtw2400 said:
Great coach. Whether anyone here wants to admit it or not. Appreciated him a lot more when we had Ray. I do not think Ole Miss is going to be an instant success for the next guy without him having to do a lot.
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He made the NCAAT 2x in 12 years.

He’s not a great coach at all. He’s solid, that’s about it.
 
DawgatAuburn

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Fox said they should have named the court after him! I almost fell out of my chair at that one!
 
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KurtRambis4

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Not that I agree,

but he is their most successful coach ever, isn't he.

By that, I mean I believe he's won more games than any other coach.

Now, he also coached for a period where the SEC was as weak or weaker than it's ever been.
 
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patdog

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He's won over 100 more games than their 2nd most successful coach, and also has the highest winning percentage. The SEC wasn't weak in the first half of his career. And it was a pretty weak league for most of its history until the last 25 years or so.

Edit: He's not a great coach, but he's a pretty good one.
 
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Msubulldogfan1

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patdog said:
He's won over 100 more games than their 2nd most successful coach, and also has the highest winning percentage. The SEC wasn't weak in the first half of his career. And it was a pretty weak league for most of its history until the last 25 years or so.
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And he had a winning conference record only once his first 5 years, when the conference wasn’t terrible.

Just because he’s THEIR most successful coach ever doesn’t make him great, especially this day and age where everybody plays over 30 games a season.

Just seems wierd to me how everybody calls him a great coach, even though his achievements say above average at best. It’s not an insult to call a good coach, a good coach.

2 tourneys in 12 years gets you fired almost everywhere.
 
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The argument would have to be that OM can’t expect more. My problem with that is that I think you can see AK’s deficiencies in watching his teams play.
 
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All that from both of you is true. It's also basically true of Stansbury, and I don't recall any other coaches saying we should name the court after him when he retired. Kennedy did well at Ole Miss. Just not "court-naming" well IMO.
 
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MSUDawgFan86

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KurtRambis4 said:
but he is their most successful coach ever, isn't he.

By that, I mean I believe he's won more games than any other coach.

Now, he also coached for a period where the SEC was as weak or weaker than it's ever been.
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The same can be said for Stans. Kennedy is a good coach. Its a bad Nike basketball school so they suffer when it comes to the AAU scene. This season the SEC as an entire conference is the best I can remember in awhile. Georgia can win the whole SEC Tourney and I would not be surprised at all.
 
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johnson86-1

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Msubulldogfan1 said:
And he had a winning conference record only once his first 5 years, when the conference wasn’t terrible.

Just because he’s THEIR most successful coach ever doesn’t make him great, especially this day and age where everybody plays over 30 games a season.

Just seems wierd to me how everybody calls him a great coach, even though his achievements say above average at best. It’s not an insult to call a good coach, a good coach.

2 tourneys in 12 years gets you fired almost everywhere.
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I think people are just being nice. He's a "great coach" for Ole Miss to get, and he did a "great" job by getting the results he did at Ole Miss.

I personally like Kennedy. He's pretty clearly not a great coach, but he came into a **** job and did a pretty good job for them. And while he's a bit of an odd guy, he's always been self deprecating and I thought was genuinely complimentary of Varnado when he won the basketball Connerly (whatever it's called). Outside of the international incident, there wasn't anything that seemed to bad.

In a better situation, maybe some of his deficiencies get covered up by better recruiting. Or maybe some of his deficiencies were in part a result of having to piece together a team with JUCO's and transfers many years because the lion's share of Ole Miss's dirty recruiting money goes to football, with scraps leftover for basketball.
 
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johnson86-1

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DawgatAuburn said:
All that from both of you is true. It's also basically true of Stansbury, and I don't recall any other coaches saying we should name the court after him when he retired. Kennedy did well at Ole Miss. Just not "court-naming" well IMO.
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If we hadn't been to a final four with Richard Williams, it wouldn't have been a crazy suggestion to think we might end up with a court named after him.
 
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Lettuce said:
Good coach. Cares for his kids. Handled this as humble and charismatic as one could....with a few tounge and cheek shots fired....nothing with bad intentions.
Had to have been tough on him watching from the bleachers, knowing he should have been on the floor.

No no way he ends his coaching legacy like this. He may take the rest of this season off but I see him getting a gig rather quickly. Seems he is well liked by his peers.
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And he could make Mr. Clean commercials.
 
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