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re: Calipari contacted by Texas
Posted on 1/9/23 at 3:51 pm to TS1926
Posted on 1/9/23 at 3:51 pm to TS1926
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I think there is some connection between Oats/Izzo and Michigan State
Yep.
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Oats worked Izzo's basketball camps for more than a decade as a high school coach in Michigan.
“He’s the guy I’ve always looked up to,” Oats said. “It is a little surreal. ... It’ll be a little different, going down and shaking his hand before this game.”
Izzo might have played a role in Alabama’s hire of Oats, too. Athletics director Greg Byrne placed a call to Izzo before making a decision.
Then there is the connection between Izzo and Nick Saban, who both worked at Michigan State as assistants in the 1980s before serving as the Spartans’ head basketball and football coaches in the 1990s.
“First time I met Saban, we talked about Izzo,” Oats said. “I’ve talked to Izzo about Saban when I see him on the road. And those two are still pretty well-connected and stay in touch. We’re a long ways behind Michigan State basketball as far as tradition.”
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Posted on 1/9/23 at 3:53 pm to XWing atAliciousness
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Not sure what the local and national reaction would be if Texas hired Bruce, but I personally think he could do really well in Austin.
He's a great coach and would do well there. Auburn fans forget that they were a perennial bottom dweller in the SEC in basketball before Pearl. The fan interests in AU basketball was near zero. For Pearl to take that program and turn it into the present product is nothing short of amazing.
Posted on 1/9/23 at 3:53 pm to ArabianKnight
quote:Too sweaty. Why waste so much money on mops for the coaches bench?
Wait, nobody going after Pearl?
Posted on 1/9/23 at 3:57 pm to XWing atAliciousness
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Not sure what the local and national reaction would be if Texas hired Bruce, but I personally think he could do really well in Austin.
I think Bruce would thrive at pretty much any school where football is #1. He's great at being a salesman, but I don't think his personality would go over well at a place where the sales tactics aren't necessary.
Posted on 1/9/23 at 4:00 pm to XWing atAliciousness
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Not sure what the local and national reaction would be if Texas hired Bruce, but I personally think he could do really well in Austin.
I was talking about Kentucky but it would be wild if Texas hired Pearl.
Posted on 1/9/23 at 4:01 pm to rich4pres
Texas cares way too much about reputation to hire Pearl. Though I agree he would kill it in Austin.
Posted on 1/9/23 at 4:04 pm to thatguy45
Would Texas pay $50MM for Cal + another $50MM contract?
Posted on 1/9/23 at 4:19 pm to thatguy45
Calipari to Texas
Beard to Kentucky
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Beard to Kentucky
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Posted on 1/9/23 at 4:34 pm to RT1941
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Would Texas pay $50MM for Cal + another $50MM contract?
Yes
Posted on 1/9/23 at 4:36 pm to PerrillouxToTexas
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Texas cares way too much about reputation to hire Pearl. Though I agree he would kill it in Austin.
Pearl would be a home run hire for them. With the talent he could get there he would be very successful, IMO.
I don’t get the bad reputation crap, the dude cooked some hot dogs for recruits and paid a huge price. He probably don’t even own a grill now.
But I hope they get what they deserve.
Posted on 1/9/23 at 4:58 pm to Clark14
This post was edited on 2/7/23 at 8:38 am
Posted on 1/9/23 at 5:00 pm to thatguy45
Hell yeah!! Oats is staying at Bama!!
Posted on 1/9/23 at 5:05 pm to Vols98
Ky fans getting catfished. They made Cal untouchable. Congrats. You got him as long as he wants to coach.
Posted on 1/9/23 at 5:05 pm to paperwasp
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It started way before that.
You can always count on an updyke to point out everyone else's supposed sins.
Posted on 1/9/23 at 5:06 pm to AUCom96
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You can always count on an updyke to point out everyone else's supposed sins
I didn't write the article, friend.
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