1. He is a bigger dick of a person than Petrino, the whole "don't speak unless spoken to" rule for subordinates, refusal to kiss the people's arse who needs to be kissed, etc.

2. His rosters have been made up of talent players, mainly JUCOs, fine except those same players would not have qualified for SEC play.

3. He turned the fricking job down.

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Posted by Hubbhogg

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Member since Dec 2010

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Posted on 2/13/14 at 11:03 pm to DaleDenton

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3. He turned the fricking job down.

No he did not. I doubt he was ever talked to back then honestly.

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Posted by CtotheVrzrbck

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Posted on 2/14/14 at 6:04 am to DaleDenton

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He is a bigger dick of a person than Petrino, the whole "don't speak unless spoken to" rule for subordinates

I've always thought that was silly. I've been in locker rooms where that was a prevailing thought and it was a shitty vibe, a pay dues, pay respect kind of thing when really everyone should just be cool with each other and know everyone is working toward a common goal in improving the organization.

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refusal to kiss the people's arse who needs to be kissed, etc.

Not a bad thing in my book, and it's what's needed to break up a GOBN strangling competitiveness out of a program.

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His rosters have been made up of talent players, mainly JUCOs, fine except those same players would not have qualified for SEC play.

This there is no rebuttal for, maybe the SEC isn't geared for success in basketball where the best players typically come from inner cities where basketball is one of the few options for them and school isn't that important because they all hope to be one and dones and the corrupt AAU and prep school system already has their hooks into kids looking to cash hoop checks not ace chem tests.