GM job posted?

[Kyfan27]

My question is how much will a GM help if the JMI contract is truly as bad as they claim? I'm sure some of it is overblown and a cop out for Pope's recruiting issues, but if players are having to sign away their NIL rights I can't imagine that appealing to many top stars.

 

[kyjeff1]

My question is how much will a GM help if the JMI contract is truly as bad as they claim? I'm sure some of it is overblown and a cop out for Pope's recruiting issues, but if players are having to sign away their NIL rights I can't imagine that appealing to many top stars.

Will Stein and his GM seem to be navigating things pretty well. Surely the basketball staff can do it too

 

[Jeff Sykes]

Pope just proved that he has no idea how to evaluate top end talent, how to properly negotiate a deal, how to get the best players and how to properly build a roster that fits his style AND can defend.
He doesn't understand what players are worth, so a GM is the best way to fix that.

Actually, the best way would be to hire a coach who can do all of that and a GM who can HELP him do that.

 

[JHR1932]

There are coaches all over the country that have no personality, no developmental ability and do nothing but lose with lots of talent, but they keep getting talent. Scott Drew, Danny Sprinkle (Washington), Dana Altman (Oregon), Mike White, he sucks, but he gets talent and he’s at UGA, who doesn't care about basketball.

Look at that short little twerp that has little man syndrome at UCLA (Mick Cronin). He just ejected his own player and has the personality of a crocodile, but he gets star talent.

Then you have dudes like Eric Musselman that acts like an absolute clown, he gets talent.

Pope is doing a poor job because he tries to play too many players, he puts lineups on the floor that have no business being on the floor, he doesn't motivate his teams and he has dealt with a lot of injuries, but I will not agree with this premise that he doesn't develop his players, most of his players showed really good improvement throughout both yesrs he's been here.

Amari Williams doesn't get to the NBA without UK and Pope. Brea, Butler and Oweh all upped their stock and became better players here, Moreno is worlds better right now, Chandler is much further along and Kam Williams was really rounding into form before the injury. He develops players and he doesn't trash, or embarrass them.

His issues with recruiting are simple, he doesn't understand the value of top end players and he’s trying to find guys that have a certain personality, because he didn't want the wrong mindset, well, how is that working out right now?

Fact is, if Musselman, White, Cronin, Altman, Drew and Sprinkle can get players, Mark Pope and UK should too, but Pope isn’t relating to these players, that's where a GM comes in.

That and I really wish he kept Orlando Antigua. Mark is trying to do too much and it’s not working, he needs a GM and honestly, every day that goes by where he hasn't hired one, is another day he falls behind.

Well done

 

[Jaime Chitwood]

I have a great background in running a business having run my maintenance company that handled over 1000 properties without an issue.
I would love to be the GM for this job. here is what I would do day one;
1. Hire the best there is in evaluating basketball talent. Anyone who looks, talks or acts like Jay Biles, Seth Greenbum, or that fool who talks in riddles, "cut like a NASCAR" would be excluded from consideration.

2. Establish a work environment that is equivalent to what is standard in a working environment. You don't play, you don't get paid. You want to take out an insurance policy to guard against an injury, I would highly recommend this. You get hurt while playing for UK, you get paid.

3. Move seating in Rupp to allow for more on floor experience for those who want to raise a little noise.

4. I would bring back the old Rupp experience where you walk around in the shops before a game.

5. Bonus money paid out would be for the coaching staff after we make the S16. Making the S16 should be where you expect to be every year. Include NIL bonus money for players after reaching the FF.

6. Bring back the old UK logo.

7. I would bring back ticket scalping in front of Rupp. Much better pricing then these ticket scalpers called Ticketmaster, Seat Geek and so on.

8. The coach would have to set aside an hour a week to interact with Rafters posters.

9. Until Matt Jones and Marc Maggot have a WWE event between the two in front of Rupp one day, both would be banned from all games.

10. Matt Jones would need to publicly denounce Duke. As it is now, I feel we may have a double agent around.

I would kill it guys!

I know this is satire but many here will genuinely agree. Wait, is this satire?

 

[kyhankypanky]

Like I said in another post. This is Pope's career at stake. He’s smart enough to know that he's not doing a good job and it’s not just because there are injuries. He better get someone in that knows what they're doing and he needs to trust that person, if not, his UK coaching career will be short lived

I’m not holding my breath. This will likely be a fake move to placate some people.

 

[Kywildcat_nation28]

Throw money at Cal and bring him back and let him be the GM

 

[kyjeff1]

Throw money at Cal and bring him back and let him be the GM

Why would we want Cal back? You're joking, right?

 

[Kywildcat_nation28]

Why would we want Cal back? You're joking, right?

To be GM Cal would kill it