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So Kentucky is going with the alumnus hire like UNC and Duke
Posted on 4/12/24 at 8:49 am
Posted on 4/12/24 at 8:49 am
How do Cat fans feel about this? I know you don't like the comparison, but it is unavoidable imo.
Seems like a good hire to me, but what do I know, I wanted Scott Frost.
Seems like a good hire to me, but what do I know, I wanted Scott Frost.
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Posted on 4/12/24 at 8:49 am to bigDgator
It’s funny a lot of their alum base doesn’t even remember him
Posted on 4/12/24 at 8:50 am to bigDgator
It’s amazing that UNC, Duke, and Kentucky jobs were all open in the span of a couple years and not one made a massive splash hire.
Posted on 4/12/24 at 8:59 am to bigDgator
Hope for the best, prepare for a coaching search in two years at the worst.
Some of the boosters have started ponying up some NIL money to back him, so I hope he at least gets a fair shake. He’s a decent guy and anyone who watched late 90s Kentucky has fond memories of the guy.
Some of the boosters have started ponying up some NIL money to back him, so I hope he at least gets a fair shake. He’s a decent guy and anyone who watched late 90s Kentucky has fond memories of the guy.
Posted on 4/12/24 at 11:00 am to bigDgator
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the alumnus hire
Typically occurs for one or both of the following reasons:
1. Arrogance of blue blood football and basketball schools who think their prestige is so high that winning is automatic and cultural fits with the old money boosters/power alumni is most important.
2. No premier coach could be hired so if a mid-tier is the only option, it might as well be a popular alum who the fans might warm up to and not get the AD and president fired after the gut punch of multiple rejections.
Posted on 4/12/24 at 11:06 am to bigDgator
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Seems like a good hire to me
Time will tell. It's working fine for Duke and UNC, so who knows. I think Pope is a better in game coach than Cal, but he's not likely to get a lot of 5* talent initially, which I think overall we are okay with because it's proven that doesn't win at crunch time.
Building a team is what we need, and I think he will do that.
Posted on 4/12/24 at 11:09 am to bigDgator
Cal lost my support about 5 years ago (but the slide started after the 2015 failure).
That said, I am on board with this hire for Kentucky.
Do I think Barnhart was maybe a little early with this hire? Yes.
Do I think he overreacted to all the things Cal represented? Maybe.
He got a polar opposite of Cal. Pope is UK through and through, and will put the university first. This is the Kentucky way. Cal NEVER understood that (and he won't with Ark either).
Do I think this is what our program needed? Ultimately, yes.
Mitch swung for the fences with Drew and Hurley, and didn't want to wait for Donovan (who has turned UK down before, btw). So, if the option was a "Tier 2" guy, why NOT go with one who bleeds blue?
GO CATS
That said, I am on board with this hire for Kentucky.
Do I think Barnhart was maybe a little early with this hire? Yes.
Do I think he overreacted to all the things Cal represented? Maybe.
He got a polar opposite of Cal. Pope is UK through and through, and will put the university first. This is the Kentucky way. Cal NEVER understood that (and he won't with Ark either).
Do I think this is what our program needed? Ultimately, yes.
Mitch swung for the fences with Drew and Hurley, and didn't want to wait for Donovan (who has turned UK down before, btw). So, if the option was a "Tier 2" guy, why NOT go with one who bleeds blue?
GO CATS
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