Oats says no
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He’d listen if called. Of course he would. How many coaches have issued statements exactly like this one only take the job they were rumored to be taking only days later?
Kentucky isn’t going to get a top hire. They’ll get a good coach. Not a great coach. Coaches who already gave a good thing going, don’t need the pressure of this fan base to run them out after a few years if they don’t make a final 4. It just doesn’t make sense to leave a good situation for that
This literally means nothing.
You can YouTube a compilation of coaches saying this sort of thing, and then not doing that...
I mean, look what Cal said a week ago.
While I believe Jay Wright's statement.. I don't believe Nate Oats at all.
But its going to be interesting to see if UK really is this coveted destination for coaching in 2024. It is NOT a good sign if some of these guys don't even have to think about leaving to come to UK. If Oats made up his mind in 5 seconds to stay at Alabama over UK (something Billy D essentially did 20 years ago), then maybe we need to take a long hard look in the mirror.
But its going to be interesting to see if UK really is this coveted destination for coaching in 2024. It is NOT a good sign if some of these guys don't even have to think about leaving to come to UK. If Oats made up his mind in 5 seconds to stay at Alabama over UK (something Billy D essentially did 20 years ago), then maybe we need to take a long hard look in the mirror.
Well boys it looks like it's gonna get worse before it gets better tho it is a positive note that Cal is a goner. Coaching transitions most always suck!
That's it exactly! It's one of the reasons Barnhart didn’t want to fire him now.
UK fans have cranked the pressure here up to an 11, and big names just aren't interested in dealing with it when they already have a good thing in place elsewhere.
I fear we are in for a rude awakening over the coming days.
Calipari knew exactly what he was doing with the timing of all this. He is a master narcissist and knows what’s available out there. He left this program in about as bad of a spot as possible, which is what every person connected to him from his past said he would do. Not good but we will dig out of it in a couple years.
Any coach that would be considered would have more than one tourney win in the last 4 years also.
This isn’t 2015. It wasn’t just the fans who knew it was time, most national media said the same thing and Cal himself left.
Any top coach sees those first 5 years as attainable and a legacy they can have and maintain. Cal easily could have done the same thing but he stopped.
Yeah I remember Pitino saying he was staying at UK too.
Hi, Brad. Found ya!
Coveted destination? According to Matt Jones facilities stink, NIL is one of the worst in the SEC, on top of that you have insane expectations, and every coach since Rupp was hated by the fanbase.
Cal didn't know ****. He couldn't exactly leave for the Arkansas job until the Arkansas job opened up, could he? If there was no other jobs he would have been miserable here next year and stayed. It's not like he could have left for Arkansas three weeks ago.
They all say no till they get the call!
The guy is not a UK fan. He refers to UK as "they". He's not a fan.
For starters did UK contact Oats...I haven't heard a word that we did so Nate Oats can't decline a job he was never offered to begin with.
$18 million buy out. How realistic was this anyway?
This is just a placeholder statement. If we want Oats, we'll get him
Looking more and more like ‘Round of 32’ Drew.
This ^. The pressure from the BBN is real and a lot of coaches don’t want it. Plenty of money elsewhere.
The timing to get Oats is not good. He’s fresh off a FF and they’re is some excitement around that program. Hard to pull someone away from that, days removed from their first ever FF.
you are either manipulating what Matt says or didnt listen. Matt has said for a year now the NIL was bad because Cal has pushed away the boosters for a few years now. The Card shop in Tn is offering Reed 1 million to come back ........ Craft spends 5 million dollars on a christmas ham. If the next coach does their job and makes friends with the boosters, the NIL will be over floweth
Those mean nothing lol but we will see.
Uh, he was not officially reached out to, and he knows he’s probably the 4-5 call. Simply saving face.
Not to mention get a public fund and a great coach and fans across the state will donate. I’d give $100 easy. Multiply that by 500k fans on average.
That's kind of what I'm getting at. I hope we can stick this coaching hire, but I'm a little concerned UK isn't quite the spot some want to think it is.
You needed Matt Jones to know that? Half of this board could have told you all those things!
I've said since the very beginning this job isn't nearly as attractive as this fanbase things it is. I would not be surprised if every single big name says no.
In 2024 it's not. But if you say that here you get nothing but laughing emojis and people telling you you're not a real fan for thinking it. This board simply does not understand the realities of modern day college basketball.
Did cal release a statement when UK was pursuing a coach
Crean. It’s going to be Tom Crean.
Seems like Oats will stay. But statements are pretty hollow. You know what talks? $10 million a year.
So if two or three guys turn us down, that means UK is suddenly less than we thought? Were we lesser in 2007 when Billy D, Jay Wright and numerous others turned us down?
Were we lesser in 1989 when Lute Olsen turned us down?
I think you might need to rethink your point. We've been rejected before, and it had nothing to do with how "coveted" we were.
I don’t think you are reading this through the correct lens. This nothing like what you normally hear. Most of the comments you are referencing are a bit more dodgy and vague. This is about as explicit as a coach can be. He just said “thanks but no thanks” and ain’t leaving Bama.