It has more to do with what Michigan has. Michigan has the richest alumni in the country and they open their books. Michigan could be the next great basketball power. No one with a brain would leave Michigan while it’s humming. But May is a Midwest guy. Wouldn’t be surprised if someday he doesn’t end up in Indiana if something goes wrong at Michigan.
I don’t see how anything you said is a reply to anything I said. You implied that Pearl would have been able to win a championship at a “blueblood”. My response was pointing out that being at a traditional blueblood doesn’t mean much with respect to winning a championship. I’d argue that non-bluebloods like UCONN, UF, and Villanova are better structured to win championships than Kansas, IU, and UCLA… all of whom are considered bluebloods. If you didn’t mean to say blueblood, then that’s a different argument. I’m just going by what you said.
The best coach available right now is Josh Schertz at St Louis. He is about to make a big splash at a Power 4 school soon. I wish Kentucky was forward thinking enough to look at him seriously.
Mitch won’t be hiring the next coach. He’s gone this time next year. I’m good with taking a big gamble on someone like Schertz personally. I think you can get much better value than someone who already has the resume we all want. Many times those guys aren’t available and if they are it’s probably not for good reason. I’ll keep checking that name though, since I’m less familiar than y’all.
So we complain for a year and a half about Pope’s coaching resume and then hire someone with literally no head coaching experience? Gee whiz
I can’t stand that Chris Adams guy. He reminds me of some of our fake fans who smile and seem giddy when we lose. F that guy.
You are spot on. I think the answer is that the AD has to have courage to make the decision and be willing to accept the consequences if they are wrong. It’s much easier to keep your job if Bruce Pearl fails than if you hire a young coach. UF was in that boat and took gambles on a young Billy Donovan and later Todd Golden that paid off. UCONN similar with Hurley. I’d argue that UVA and Villanova did similar. Gotta stop recycling the old coaches who didn’t win.
I'm in the camp you don't move on from pope, unless you know you get a home run hire. I was thinking when Hurley turned us down, that Pearl would be the floor. And would have loved/support him. To pivot now, I'm not sure. I'd rather go another year, get money boosters together ect and negotiate a buyout with pope, so we can go offer a mega contract to May or Lloyd ect. Which might be difficult this year unless they flameout early in the tournament!
That's why I can't ignore everythihng you say, since you are a shameless liar. I never said he could be the next Hurley, I said people like you would have FIRED him after two years at UCONN by your very own rules of keeping a job. Exposing your hypocrisy makes you angry, so you turn to lies.
If only you were this upset when Hogan turned hollywood.
Pearl would kick so much *** here. He would embrace this place better than anyone and he’d be a rockstar to this fanbase
You just posted that it's a waste of time to think Pope won't get three years. It's also an utter waste of time to discuss Pearl as that dirbag will never get a sniff here (unless you hire Ron Jurich as AD, lol). Oats an Pearl. Hard to believe anyone that wants either of them ever went to UK and has any amount of pride in the school.
He is going into politics man, he doesn’t want to coach anymore I don’t think honestly. We need to hire May, Grant McCastland, TJ Otzelburger, Golden, etc.. some may not come, but they are primed for many years of great basketball and we have to go big. Even Bucky at TAM looks to have a bright future. Give him some NBA talent and that would be fun.
This has to happen. We need a new administration, preferably nobody even remotely close to him. We need boosters to demand a real AD search.
Rondo has not even coached a middle school to a title, he is notoriously hard to get along with. I don’t think his personality is close to a fit for an elite head coach in college.
Oats would be number 1. Shertz would be on the shortlist.
Oats would at least recruit talent and have us competent most years.
This isn't the University of Noah or Johnson. Nor is it necessarily the University of Kentucky-borns.
This.
Mitch is out in July at least.
If a wrong or bad decision is made, we may be bad or worse for much longer than another year. We just can't be foolish enough to allow Barnhart to hire another basketball coach.
Mostly. I still think he slides to like an advisor role or something. He needs to be miles away from Lexington.
I have seen it said in different places that May really really wanted that Michigan job. That it’s the only job he really wanted. And you’re right, Michigan is a sleeping giant in basketball always has been. Right now it seems they really want to be great. It’s not that UK isn’t a better job, and Michigan people are way more football oriented so it’ll never be UK, but Michigan actually does like basketball far more than an Alabama type. They like college basketball and they already have great history. I always assume UK can get a lot of the guys they want, May and Michigan is actually one I don’t think will happen for several factors. I don’t know why May wanted it so bad but apparently he did. Not that I wouldn’t backchannel, could be wrong and the Kentucky name is too strong to turn down. But I think May is one of the ones that might just be unreachable. And I rarely say that.
What does going to UK have anything to do with it? I know UK fans that go back 100 years in their family and they weren’t able to go to college at all much less UK. I was a UK die hard long before I ever went to UK. I was a bigger fan than one of my family members who went himself. Honest question, did you go to UK? And what does that have to do with it?
Which is a travesty.
May has been enfatuated with the alure of Michigan as a top - or the top - public school in the nation year after year. The alumni base is something he spoke about when he took the job. He can recruit to the great state university (Izzo is not a happy guy about how things seem to be turning), with a great NIL setting and a setting in B1G. Living up here, I know the Michigan alum are thrilled to have him and the feeling is mutual. He'd be a great get for UK, but you're right. He will stay put I believe.
