You know it’s not funny but, if he dies tomorrow a certain group of people will say he died waiting for his chance to coach UK. Such a weird obsession with a guy that turned UK down several times.
Billy Donovan joins the Spurs staff as an assistant
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Let’s hope he’s not around for another decade. The guy isn’t the right person for the job. It was clear Stoops wasn’t and UK kept him around way too long.
some people just refuse to move on from the past. its like the token thread about why we dont press anymore....
There is no wrong answer, he could. I just think he’s positioning himself for the head job of the Spurs if their coach falters with Wemby soon. They will probably expect to contend for a ship in the next two years or so.
1) I don’t expect Donovan will ever coach Kentucky. I’d be more than a little surprised if he ever returned to college ball.
2) It is intriguing that he took an assistant gig. That does suggest that he wasn’t inspired by any of the jobs that were available this year and that he sees better opportunities ahead. If I had to guess it’d be that he’s angling to coach a program or a player than can contend for a title. Or maybe he’s just looking for a spot that fits his family needs better.
2) It is intriguing that he took an assistant gig. That does suggest that he wasn’t inspired by any of the jobs that were available this year and that he sees better opportunities ahead. If I had to guess it’d be that he’s angling to coach a program or a player than can contend for a title. Or maybe he’s just looking for a spot that fits his family needs better.
Pope will be here next year. This is a good team
Nostalgia.
There’s a portion of this fanbase that only lives in the past. Same crowd who want to bring Pitino back every year.
I'm not on or off the Billy train. I agree that this fan bases obsession with him is absurd at this point. It's been 20 years since he won national titles. 10 since he coached college at all. And the sport has undergone perhaps it's single most seismic shift ever in that decade.
If he left college in part because he was tired of the recruiting nonsense, it only stands to reason that he probably hates the current landscape in theory even more.
Would I welcome him to replace Pope if this season doesn't go like it needs to? Yes, of course. But I'm not going to read the damn tea leaves every time Billy takes a dump to try and decipher how it somehow pertains to Kentucky. Give it a rest.
If he left college in part because he was tired of the recruiting nonsense, it only stands to reason that he probably hates the current landscape in theory even more.
Would I welcome him to replace Pope if this season doesn't go like it needs to? Yes, of course. But I'm not going to read the damn tea leaves every time Billy takes a dump to try and decipher how it somehow pertains to Kentucky. Give it a rest.
I can safely say not a single soul had "becomes an assistant coach" on their bingo card. Wtf? Lol.
He must be thinking that thr HC job may open before long. That guy made a lot of mistake in the finals.
He must be thinking that thr HC job may open before long. That guy made a lot of mistake in the finals.
Dude...He turned down UNC. Was in the final three for the Orlando Magic job.
I’m not sure about this. Hopefully, Pope is like Hurley, Golden, and even Donovan. Actually, Pope‘s first two years here were much better than Hurley, Donovan, and Golden’s first two years at UConn and Florida. We‘ll see how it plays out.
Yep. With the possibility of keeping every single player off the roster for the following season, except one. Of course, due to the five in five rule now in place. Do I expect that to happen? Of course I don’t. However, I could see us keeping 7/8 players off this current roster. Go Cats!
And I think Pope is going to learn from last year and have a great HS recruiting class. People claim Pope can't recruit, but I think it's more a case that he made a big mistake last season. He could have had some really good kids, but passed because he put all his eggs in the Stokes basket and missed everything. I think he will be more first come first serve this time around
Billy is just positioning himself for a future NBA HC job. That's why he took the assistant gig. This Billy D to UK wish is just sad.
It's like some 40yo guy dreaming about the prom queen he never got to date. She's not taking your call and Billy's not taking our call.
It's like some 40yo guy dreaming about the prom queen he never got to date. She's not taking your call and Billy's not taking our call.
I don’t think he’s looking to take the Spurs HC job, and I can see why he’d be inclined to do this just for the job itself. Being paid seven figures as the lead assistant of the franchise best situated to win NBA championships in the coming years is a mighty sweet gig. That’s as good a situation as it can possibly get in the assistant world.
And if the Spurs do win a title (as widely expected), he’ll be in major demand to pick and choose from the best future HC openings elsewhere.
Regardless, seems clear he’s done with college basketball. Some posters here need to finally let go of that pathetic pipe dream.
He should be our coach right now. If he was hired in April were talking title.aspirations right now not hoping to become a contender. This is our shot at him after this year let's hope Batt can pull trigger.
He turned us down at least twice, apparently one of those times after verbally agreeing to the job. I really don't get fans thinking he has real interest in being here.
Is he going to be back in college next season? Probably. I just don't think its UK.
His first 2 teams at Florida never just quit. Pope’s first two teams quit.
His first two teams at Fl were on an upward trajectory. Pope is on a downward trajectory.
But keep finding excuses.
Do you ever wonder why there’s so many excuses for Pope? It has to be tiring to keep coming up with them.
Good grief, dude. How many times are you going to post the same post? We get it — you think Pope’s teams always quit. There’s no one left that needs to be told that you believe this — we all know where you land on this one.
Well I know hes here next season. I just hope unless he becomes a coach this year he's Not here this time next year..
I think he will be. I really expect a good team and a top 5 recruiting class in HS to boot