BB New GM Keegan Brown

[SECHonk]

Not going to move the needle.

Not what Jack "Fanboy" Pilgrim says

 

[BlueSince92]

"Assistant to the Regional Manager"

 

[Woodrow24]

Let’s hope he does a good job. About all we can do at this point.

 

[UKWildcats1987]

People keep bringing up year 1 portal class. We lost 12 games, including 8 by double digits and got humiliated n sec and ncaa tournaments.

Yeah I know injuries but ISU showed what a real coach does with injuries.

 

[TFCat11]

It wouldn’t matter if Pope hired Brad Stevens for the role, Pope is STILL the head coach, and is going nowhere but further down!

You know when something goes off script during a circus, and they bring in the clowns for a distraction? That’s where UK CBB is at the moment.

 

[Kyfan96]

He was basically the former president of the A/V club for the Bucks's G-League team

 

[bigblueinsanity (the real)]

Pilgrim calls the hire a home run. I don’t see home run here. Former BYU buddy.

Previous Experience: Most recently, he was the head video coordinator for the Wisconsin Herd, the Milwaukee Bucks' G League affiliate.
BYU Tenure: Brown spent five seasons on Mark Pope’s staff at BYU, where his duties included video, analytics, in-game strategy, NIL cap management, and transfer portal management, notes KSR

Absolutely agree. When I saw him tweet homerun I was encouraged. Then i started looking. This guy doesn't move the needle. He's just another culture guy who's willing to come here.

We didn't need another nerd to tell us we aren't good. We need someone to change the fact we aren't good.

 

[Farsight Clone]

How about new UK GM Oliver Simmons?


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Pope: How's those analytics holding up, GM?
Oliver Simmons: The gas gauge is almost low in my GMC.
Pope: Okay cool. We getting Stokes?
Oliver Simmons: Come to the bonfire and you can stoke all you want.

 

[BlueBloodKyFan73]

This was announced a couple weeks ago and is not the GM

 

[Kantucke_rivals]

Does anyone have Keegans direct quote about not needing elite talent to construct a roster?

 

[Snarks]

Duke hires an executive from Nike and we hire the video coordinator for a G League team, makes sense!

if this guy was so great, why didn’t Pope bring him over from BYU when he got hired?

 

[Padsfs07]

Bad and worse

@NotJ0NRoth

 

[CB3UK]

Pilgrim calls the hire a home run. I don’t see home run here. Former BYU buddy.

Previous Experience: Most recently, he was the head video coordinator for the Wisconsin Herd, the Milwaukee Bucks' G League affiliate.
BYU Tenure: Brown spent five seasons on Mark Pope’s staff at BYU, where his duties included video, analytics, in-game strategy, NIL cap management, and transfer portal management, notes KSR

That resume does absolutely nothing for me if he's supposed to be heading up recruiting in this role.

 

[Mossip]

Duke hires an executive from Nike and we hire the video coordinator for a G League team, makes sense!

if this guy was so great, why didn’t Pope bring him over from BYU when he got hired?

This right here. Duke is a serious program and they have been meticulous about building out the program post Coach K. I hate their guts and hope that Scheyer continues to choke in big games, but they’ve put on a masterclass in protecting the brand through times of drastic change.

Meanwhile we’ve got top-button doing whatever to line his pockets while he shoots yes-men from the hip. F.uck Mitch Barnhart.

 

[BlueBloodKyFan73]

His last show pretty much confirmed that with him blaming injuries and crowing about being better than Cal's last 4 seasons. He doesn't think he did a poor job at all.

Pope thinking we did something good

 

[20MRoster]

"Assistant to the Regional Manager"

Assistant Regional Manager

 

[TTTblue24]

Assistant to the traveling secretary like on Seinfeld??

 

[travisbickle]

Based on purely nothing more than what I’ve read, my feeling is this role will basically be an assistant to a GM hire.

Pope made a comment about how a GM role could make “communication” more challenging. I think this guy will be the “translator” between Pope, the GM, agents, etc.

I think we’re going to start seeing more college programs and coaches look like NBA franchises where the coach basically coaches only and does not have the only word on players. It will be slightly more shaded toward coach input than the NBA does but I think we’re moving towards that.

Regardless of whether Pope lasts beyond next season. We need to build a front office.