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Why do UK fans end up hating their former head coaches other than Rupp
Posted on 4/9/24 at 10:00 am
Posted on 4/9/24 at 10:00 am
They hate Cal, they hate Pitino, they hate Tubby. All championship winning coaches. I'm not sure who would want to go there.
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Posted on 4/9/24 at 10:09 am to Contra
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they hate Pitino, they hate Tubby
False.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 10:11 am to Contra
I don't hate any of them.
Pitino revived a program from its darkest days.
Tubby and Cal suffered from the same thing. Won a title early, then struggled to maintain.
If Tubby was the HC and Cal was his recruiter, I think we would all be happy.
Pitino revived a program from its darkest days.
Tubby and Cal suffered from the same thing. Won a title early, then struggled to maintain.
If Tubby was the HC and Cal was his recruiter, I think we would all be happy.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 10:12 am to thatguy45
They hate Cal because he couldn't win with an all-star team. His team showed no effort at all, and I don't blame them for hating him.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 10:12 am to Contra
Tubby was honored this season and really well received by fans. So we don't currently hate Tubby. I do think there was animosity at the end of his tenure because he plateau'd, didn't want to deal with AAU kids, and then there was the spin of we were firing a Black HC (which brought a lot of ESPN ire). To say he's "hated" isn't accurate at this point.
Pitino wasn't hated until he went to our in-state rival after leaving for the Celtics. Folks understood leaving for a historically good franchise job in the NBA. But it was easy to hate him at Louisville. I don't think he's hated at this point. Some even want him back.
Cal will likely not be hated down the road IMO. Right now it's just raw because he struggled to change with the times and gave fans a lot of shite in interviews for questioning him. But when Cal was good, it was fantastic.
Gillispie I wouldn't piss on if he was on fire. But he did some pretty horrible things to players while at UK. I won't forgive him for the things he did to Darius Miller and Jodie Meeks.
Pitino wasn't hated until he went to our in-state rival after leaving for the Celtics. Folks understood leaving for a historically good franchise job in the NBA. But it was easy to hate him at Louisville. I don't think he's hated at this point. Some even want him back.
Cal will likely not be hated down the road IMO. Right now it's just raw because he struggled to change with the times and gave fans a lot of shite in interviews for questioning him. But when Cal was good, it was fantastic.
Gillispie I wouldn't piss on if he was on fire. But he did some pretty horrible things to players while at UK. I won't forgive him for the things he did to Darius Miller and Jodie Meeks.
This post was edited on 4/9/24 at 10:13 am
Posted on 4/9/24 at 10:44 am to BluegrassBelle
Only 4 CBB coaches in the last 70 years have won a NC at a school and left to go to another college program. Hell, it may be only 4 in the history of CBB, I just don’t feel like researching before 1960.
Norm Sloan - 1974 - Left NC Stare to go to Florida in 1980 after a salary dispute
Rollie Massimino - 1985 - Left Villanova to go to UNLV in 1992 after 7 straight seasons of double digit losses
Tubby Smith - 1998 - Left UK to go to Minnesota in 2007 after 2 seasons of only making the Rd of 32.
John Calipari - 2012 - Left UK to go to Arkansas in 2024 after 2 first round NCAA losses in 3 years.
2 of the 4 are UK coaches
Norm Sloan - 1974 - Left NC Stare to go to Florida in 1980 after a salary dispute
Rollie Massimino - 1985 - Left Villanova to go to UNLV in 1992 after 7 straight seasons of double digit losses
Tubby Smith - 1998 - Left UK to go to Minnesota in 2007 after 2 seasons of only making the Rd of 32.
John Calipari - 2012 - Left UK to go to Arkansas in 2024 after 2 first round NCAA losses in 3 years.
2 of the 4 are UK coaches
Posted on 4/9/24 at 11:07 am to Contra
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They hate Cal, they hate Pitino, they hate Tubby. All championship winning coaches. I'm not sure who would want to go there.
Not true. Hate Eddie Sutton and Billie Gillespe. All others are OK.
Note though, This Cal hire is payback for Eddie Sutton!
Posted on 4/9/24 at 11:33 am to BluegrassBelle
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Gillispie I wouldn't piss on if he was on fire.
This is a saying I've seen many times and it always brings a visual, but I'm having a difficult time picturing a woman pissing out a fire in the first place.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 11:42 am to Faurot fodder
Kentucky is the Roll Tide of Basketball
Hubris and expectations run deep
Hubris and expectations run deep
Posted on 4/9/24 at 12:09 pm to Contra
IJay Wright went off on the KY fan base for running off Cal. I am not saying he wouldnt come out of retirement for the right job but I garantee he woldnt for the KY job.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 12:10 pm to jangalang
quote:Expecting to get out of the opening weekend isn't hubris
Hubris
Posted on 4/9/24 at 12:24 pm to jangalang
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Hubris and expectations run deep
Both have the banners to back up the hubris.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 12:35 pm to BluegrassBelle
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Pitino wasn't hated until he went to our in-state rival after leaving for the Celtics. Folks understood leaving for a historically good franchise job in the NBA. But it was easy to hate him at Louisville. I don't think he's hated at this point. Some even want him back.
was going to say .. this would be like asking why LSU fans hate Nick Saban
Posted on 4/9/24 at 1:08 pm to Contra
Gross generalization in the moment wouldn't you say?
Also, dumb.
Who is they? You one of those folks these days that says everyone's racist etc?
Just be happy being dumb and stfu.
Also, dumb.
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They hate Cal, they hate Pitino, they hate Tubby
Who is they? You one of those folks these days that says everyone's racist etc?
Just be happy being dumb and stfu.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 1:13 pm to tide06
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Both have the banners to back up the hubris.
But there is only one basketball royalty. They might have the Judds.
But Bama= RollTide Willy extinguishing a lit cigarette with his Adam Sandler, bare, disgusting feet.
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