Cal to Arkansas

#76
#76
Kentucky was really stupid to drive him out of town.

Calipari's most recent failures are most teams dreams.

Kentucky going to lose their class and good luck trying to find a coach on Cal's level.... it's not very easy

I hate Kentucky though so I'm glad they are going to reap the consequences
 
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#77
This is what I don't understand about White: Southern Cal needs a coach--hires a coach away from Arkansas. Arkansas
needs a coach--tries to hire away from Mississippi and then Kansas State, ends up hiring away from Kentucky!

Tennessee women (8 national titles, still a high-profile program in a sport that this year got more notice and higher
TV ratings than ever, etc.) need a coach. Two former Vol players--neither of whom had been a major-college winner--failed to
bring the program back to national-contender status, and so most everyone agreed that, after two weak hires, White needed
to hire a proven winner at the major level. Go big, for a change--hire away a winner from another mayor. And what does White do?
He goes small, very small--and cheap: hires a coach 1 year removed from coaching a Div. II college in nowhere West Virginia. Has exactly 1 year of Div. 1 experience--and
that at a mid-major. She had a good year at the mid-major (Marshall)--but c'mon. Totally lame--and even more lame is how the AD
is trying to sell the hire. I don't think he even tried to hired a major-college coach--he was going small from the get-go. Weird, baffling,
annoying. And don't try to spit on women's basketball: It was UT's premier program for many years and generated a TON of national
publicity for the school. And since Summitt retired we've been an also-ran--thanks for a series of dumb, lazy, cheap hires.
 
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#81
Kentucky just made the biggest mistake in program history. I’m definitely going to enjoy each and every minute of that delusional fan bases down fall.
 
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#82
Fisherjustinw22 said:
Kentucky just made the biggest mistake in program history. I’m definitely going to enjoy each and every minute of that delusional fan bases down fall.
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I don't see it this way at all. They are a blue blood. Their ceiling is way higher than where they are at. It all depends on the hire, but with Cal's buyout off the table, they can pursue whoever they want.
 
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turbovol said:
This is what I don't understand about White: Southern Cal needs a coach--hires a coach away from Arkansas. Arkansas
needs a coach--tries to hire away from Mississippi and then Kansas State, ends up hiring away from Kentucky!

Tennessee women (8 national titles, still a high-profile program in a sport that this year got more notice and higher
TV ratings than ever, etc.) need a coach. Two former Vol players--neither of whom had been a major-college winner--failed to
bring the program back to national-contender status, and so most everyone agreed that, after two weak hires, White needed
to hire a proven winner at the major level. Go big, for a change--hire away a winner from another mayor. And what does White do?
He goes small, very small--and cheap: hires a coach 1 year removed from coaching a Div. II college in nowhere West Virginia. Has exactly 1 year of Div. 1 experience--and
that at a mid-major. She had a good year at the mid-major (Marshall)--but c'mon. Totally lame--and even more lame is how the AD
is trying to sell the hire. I don't think he even tried to hired a major-college coach--he was going small from the get-go. Weird, baffling,
annoying. And don't try to spit on women's basketball: It was UT's premier program for many years and generated a TON of national
publicity for the school. And since Summitt retired we've been an also-ran--thanks for a series of dumb, lazy, cheap hires.
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DW hired Nate Oates at Buffalo and everybody said WHO he has never been a HC in college, now in final 4, I trust the White family.
 
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turbovol said:
This is what I don't understand about White: Southern Cal needs a coach--hires a coach away from Arkansas. Arkansas
needs a coach--tries to hire away from Mississippi and then Kansas State, ends up hiring away from Kentucky!

Tennessee women (8 national titles, still a high-profile program in a sport that this year got more notice and higher
TV ratings than ever, etc.) need a coach. Two former Vol players--neither of whom had been a major-college winner--failed to
bring the program back to national-contender status, and so most everyone agreed that, after two weak hires, White needed
to hire a proven winner at the major level. Go big, for a change--hire away a winner from another mayor. And what does White do?
He goes small, very small--and cheap: hires a coach 1 year removed from coaching a Div. II college in nowhere West Virginia. Has exactly 1 year of Div. 1 experience--and
that at a mid-major. She had a good year at the mid-major (Marshall)--but c'mon. Totally lame--and even more lame is how the AD
is trying to sell the hire. I don't think he even tried to hired a major-college coach--he was going small from the get-go. Weird, baffling,
annoying. And don't try to spit on women's basketball: It was UT's premier program for many years and generated a TON of national
publicity for the school. And since Summitt retired we've been an also-ran--thanks for a series of dumb, lazy, cheap hires.
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The best coach to lead a program is not synonymous with the biggest name and most expensive. He did his research as AD (which provides far better intel than our Google search) and hired the person he though best to lead the program.

Why fans get so hung up on big names is beyond me. Especially with all the examples of big names failing and lesser knowns succeeding.
 
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#90
This almost happened to us.


Glad to be on the “winning” side for once. Was close to burning down UCLA
 
#91
#91
Hurley is a pipe dream and is the king at a job arguably better than UK right now. Oats should be the same given what he's built and where that program is going, but he's a weird guy who just might make the jump. Drew has resisted moving up to now, and seems like he's at his last job, but who knows? Pitino is a wild card in that he knows he only has 2-3 seasons left, and the pressure wouldn't bother him at this point - why not take one more shot at it? Donovan? Please, make that move. He's been away from the college game too long. Who have I missed?
 
#92
#92
sami said:
Hurley is a pipe dream and is the king at a job arguably better than UK right now. Oats should be the same given what he's built and where that program is going, but he's a weird guy who just might make the jump. Drew has resisted moving up to now, and seems like he's at his last job, but who knows? Pitino is a wild card in that he knows he only has 2-3 seasons left, and the pressure wouldn't bother him at this point - why not take one more shot at it? Donovan? Please, make that move. He's been away from the college game too long. Who have I missed?
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I could see Oats going to Kentucky. Football will always be king at Alabama, whereas basketball takes priority at Kentucky.

On the other hand, maybe Oats would prefer being at a place with less pressure and going to a Final 4 exceeds expectations rather than being the minimum expectation. Depends on his personality, I guess.
 
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NighthawkVol said:
The best coach to lead a program is not synonymous with the biggest name and most expensive. He did his research as AD (which provides far better intel than our Google search) and hired the person he though best to lead the program.

Why fans get so hung up on big names is beyond me. Especially with all the examples of big names failing and lesser knowns succeeding.
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There are those that always think they can do other people’s jobs better.
 
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Now all the 5* recruits will go to Arkansas. To Hell with Kentucky, hope they have to get Billie Gillespie out of nearest bar to coach them.
 
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NighthawkVol said:
The best coach to lead a program is not synonymous with the biggest name and most expensive. He did his research as AD (which provides far better intel than our Google search) and hired the person he though best to lead the program.

Why fans get so hung up on big names is beyond me. Especially with all the examples of big names failing and lesser knowns succeeding.
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People also fail to acknowledge the very good coaches all started low on the totem poll. Yes, you have to start somewhere and these folks started at the base. Too often the big name at one school doesn’t end so well at another school.
 
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#99
#99
Is Barnes in play for the KY job and if you say no then are you saying Barnes isn't good enough to be a head coach at KY ? Barnes flirted with UCLA why not KY.
 
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#100
cardvolfan said:
People also fail to acknowledge the very good coaches all started low on the totem poll. Yes, you have to start somewhere and these folks started at the base. Too often the big name at one school doesn’t end so well at another school.
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Ohio State hired Jim Tressel from Div II but the guy had 2 National Titles. Kim Caldwell has a National Title at Division II level. Maybe, hiring, National Champions from lower divisions is the way to go.
 
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