He didn’t beat my butt. I was one of those singing his praises when he was hired. I just use him as an example of how a bad coaches market can force your hand as a school no matter how elite they are.
I guess I was. How excited were you when we announced Billy Gillespie as our new HC? Was he considered elite at the time? Look...I just think there’s a large gap between fan expectations and reality when it comes to coaching hires.
I’ll make sure to pass that along with a smile, but you seem to forget the we hired Billy Gillespie! We can chalk that up as an outlier, but It happened. So, to make such a blanket statement that Mack wouldn’t even be on our list seems nonsensical.
Not fishing at all! When you are the top coaching job in college basketball with a HOF coach it’s difficult surpass that sort of bar. As UK fans we would expect more of the same and who out there besides Jay Wright, which I agree with, can do that? Trust me me when I say, “I’m only looking to...
So, out of the gate I get called an idiot and man leaping to his death over such a ridiculous question. My reason for the question is based solely on there being a down market for coaches. Sorry!!