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re: Dan Hurley has to be the choice for UK right?
Posted on 4/8/24 at 10:03 am to 632627
Posted on 4/8/24 at 10:03 am to 632627
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Donovan at UK would be really interesting. I've seen Jay wrights name tossed around, but he seems like a guy in a similar mold as Hurley; a better fit in the northeast.
Hurley isn't going to leave UConn to go to Kentucky. Like others have said, he's a NE guy and will stay there. Jay Wright isn't coming back to coaching. Billy Donovan is interested, but I don't think he'll be Kentucky's top choice. Oats, Drew, Bruce Pearl, and Donovan are the four candidates whose names have been put out by most reputable reporters. I've also heard they'll reach out to Painter this week.
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Posted on 4/8/24 at 10:05 am to Hawgeye
Beard may be fine at OM in the short term until a blue blood comes calling. I don’t think the Bama job is worth the PR headache you’ll get for jumping ship in conference after just signing an extension.
Posted on 4/8/24 at 10:07 am to BilJ
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Beard may be fine at OM in the short term until a blue blood comes calling.
Beard’s currently living in a pool house. He wants to gtfo asap
Posted on 4/8/24 at 10:07 am to WuShock
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I've also heard they'll reach out to Painter this week.
If UK fans were upset about Cal's NCAAt performances of late, they would not have given Painter the time of day for what he has done at Purdue. It took him 11 seasons to get past the Sweet 16, and he only got there 2 times in his first 11 years. He completely missed the NCAAt 3 times in his first 11 seasons. He has lost in the first round 2 of the last 4 seasons.
Posted on 4/8/24 at 10:14 am to nicholastiger
If he goes to the NBA it’ll be Billy Donavon 2.0. Billy Donavon would probably be the best coach in College with a handful of National Championships if he would have stayed.
Posted on 4/8/24 at 10:21 am to Hawgeye
This isn't an apples-to-apples comparison. Since 2016 which is eight tournaments, Purdue (again, Purdue not Kentucky) has gotten:
(1) Five Seed
(2) Four Seeds
(2) Three Seeds
(1) Two Seed
(2) One Seeds
Kentucky has the same number of Final Fours and missed a tournament in the same timeframe. Painter at a less-prestigious school and with lower level recruits has had just as much success as Calipari over the last nine seasons. It makes sense that they would at least reach out. Plus his buyout is a little over $1M, which is easier to knock out than some others.
(1) Five Seed
(2) Four Seeds
(2) Three Seeds
(1) Two Seed
(2) One Seeds
Kentucky has the same number of Final Fours and missed a tournament in the same timeframe. Painter at a less-prestigious school and with lower level recruits has had just as much success as Calipari over the last nine seasons. It makes sense that they would at least reach out. Plus his buyout is a little over $1M, which is easier to knock out than some others.
This post was edited on 4/8/24 at 10:22 am
Posted on 4/8/24 at 10:22 am to SWLA92
Billy has been coaching in the NBA for close to ten years, plenty would kill to stay employed for that long in the NBA. I don’t think he has any regrets
Posted on 4/8/24 at 10:25 am to sunnydaze
Oats to UK
McMahon to Bama
Wade to LSU
McMahon to Bama
Wade to LSU
Posted on 4/8/24 at 10:28 am to Hawgeye
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He is already at a blue blood
Roy Williams went from Kansas to UNC
Brian Kelly went from Notre Dame to LSU
This post was edited on 4/8/24 at 10:30 am
Posted on 4/8/24 at 10:31 am to WuShock
I don't think Painter's "unathletic white guy" shtick is going to work for UK.
Plus he's a Purdue alum.
Plus he's a Purdue alum.
This post was edited on 4/8/24 at 10:35 am
Posted on 4/8/24 at 10:33 am to BilJ
Not saying he has regrets but he could have gone down as the one of the best college coaches of all time. Of course he’s made a lot more money but from a winning standpoint he took a step back in the NBA. He’ll never sniff an NBA championship
Posted on 4/8/24 at 10:43 am to S
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Izzo said recently that NIL/portal is what really drove off guys like K and Wright. I always wanted to see Wright coach the 76ers. Ultimate philly guy move.
While I understand the griping about the portal, the NIL stuff is crocodile tears at the big school. Without NIL, you have bagmen and recruits' uncles getting paid to do a job where they never show up.
Posted on 4/8/24 at 10:44 am to S
quote:Ironic that guys like K and Saban who have been dropping bags for decades call it quits as soon as it becomes semi legal and everyone is on an equal playing field.
Izzo said recently that NIL/portal is what really drove off guys like K
Posted on 4/8/24 at 10:46 am to sunnydaze
quote:Roy Williams is from North Carolina, played at UNC, and began his coaching career at UNC.
Roy Williams went from Kansas to UNC
quote:Brian Kelly was at a school that was hamstrung by high academic standards and a failure to commit funds to his program. Notre Dame hadn't won a title in 30 years. LSU has none of those problems.
Brian Kelly went from Notre Dame to LSU
Posted on 4/8/24 at 10:53 am to sunnydaze
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Roy Williams went from Kansas to UNC
Yea but there is absolutely no connection Hurley has to Kentucky.
Posted on 4/8/24 at 10:55 am to Krane
Oats to Ky
Beard to Bama
Wade to ole piss
Beard to Bama
Wade to ole piss
Posted on 4/8/24 at 11:03 am to BilJ
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Wade to Bama would make me so sad
Oh lord, tRant would be unbearable.
Posted on 4/8/24 at 11:07 am to sunnydaze
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I mean you have to make him say no
ETA: for the “he’s already at a blue blood” crowd … Roy Williams went from Kansas to UNC
Brian Kelly from Notre Dame to lsu
He aint going to Kentucky UConn is a great basketball school and he's about to win 2 National titles in a row. UConn will throw the kitchen sink at him to stay
Posted on 4/8/24 at 11:14 am to sunnydaze
Reasons for Dan Hurley to leave UConn for UK:
Posted on 4/8/24 at 11:16 am to sunnydaze
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ETA: for the “he’s already at a blue blood” crowd … Roy Williams went from Kansas to UNC
Roy was going home to his Alma mater. Which happened to be a historic blue blood.
Hurley would be dumb to leave UConn.
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