BarcaDeac
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Brad White at UK as wellThis AW Hamilton erasure will not stand!
(But seriously, EKU was the Atlantic Sun regular season champs)
Brad White at UK as wellThis AW Hamilton erasure will not stand!
(But seriously, EKU was the Atlantic Sun regular season champs)
My sons AAU coach was on Cal’s FF team at UMass and they’re still super close. He coached with him in Memphis for a while. He adores him. I do think he’s a players first/loyalty kind of guy almost to a fault. Not saying he’s not slick AF too but he does seem to genuinely give a shit about these people.Cal’s assistants are yes men. Cal does things his way, adjustments be damned. He will promise the world to 5* recruits, and will force feed them minutes, even if a 4* kid sitting on the bench is much better. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesnt. It especially doesnt work in the postseason when you have to adjust constantly. Letting some backup from Oakland light you up for 10 3s is not adjusting your strategy.
He will get AR to the tourney more than once. And he will recruit based on his nba players. But a change in scenery will not change Cal
I listened to Calipari's presser. I'm not convinced his approach still works in 2024.My sons AAU coach was on Cal’s FF team at UMass and they’re still super close. He coached with him in Memphis for a while. He adores him. I do think he’s a players first/loyalty kind of guy almost to a fault. Not saying he’s not slick AF too but he does seem to genuinely give a shit about these people.
That might be 100 percent true.I listened to Calipari's presser. I'm not convinced his approach still works in 2024.
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My sons AAU coach was on Cal’s FF team at UMass and they’re still super close. He coached with him in Memphis for a while. He adores him. I do think he’s a players first/loyalty kind of guy almost to a fault. Not saying he’s not slick AF too but he does seem to genuinely give a shit about these people.
0 Tournament wins and 0 conference titles (regular season or tournament). The loss to Duquesne this year was both embarrassing and alarming.Can’t believe Kentucky hired a guy with (0) tournament wins, but I am excited about a consistent coaching strategy game to game instead of just trying to out-talent everybody with freshman every season and complaining about their youth when they lose.
Can’t believe Kentucky hired a guy with (0) tournament wins, but I am excited about a consistent coaching strategy game to game instead of just trying to out-talent everybody with freshman every season and complaining about their youth when they lose.
Also look for former Chris Burgess to replace Pope at BYU. He played at Duke for a year or two in the late 90s.0 Tournament wins and 0 conference titles (regular season or tournament). The loss to Duquesne this year was both embarrassing and alarming.
To be fair to Pope, BYU historically underperforms in basketball tournaments. This past season when they beat State to win the Vegas Showdown tourney, it was their first tournament win (mid-season, postseason, or conference) since Jimmer beat Dellavadova in the South Padre Island Tournament in 2010.
I like Pope and wish him well but if he can't figure out how to win NCAA or SEC tournament games, then he'll be gone in three years.
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you've gotta admit it's very funny that your team did this with all the posts you have made the whole year about judging coaches on tournaments and tournaments alone.Can’t believe Kentucky hired a guy with (0) tournament wins, but I am excited about a consistent coaching strategy game to game instead of just trying to out-talent everybody with freshman every season and complaining about their youth when they lose.
Listening to the KSR radio show today, Matt Jones confirmed they didn’t even consider Beard or Pearl based on background concerns, and Jones also implied that something came up with Nate Oats that made them take him of the list.did UK ever go after Beard?
saw his name around a lot, but not much about UK actually making contact
wonder if his baggage is just too much (as it should be)
"we never offered anyway"Listening to the KSR radio show today, Matt Jones confirmed they didn’t even consider Beard or Pearl based on background concerns, and Jones also implied that something came up with Nate Oats that made them take him of the list.
Of course you take that all with a grain of salt, but KSR and Matt Jones aren’t AD shills, they have talked a lot of shit about them in the past few years regarding the Kentucky football stadium no-alcohol policy and the AD’s lack of support for NIL.
My opinion, but I don’t think KSR spins shit to “save face” for UK because their main audience is Kentucky fans and they get a shit load of engagement from negativity as well as positivity. Calipari was very close with KSR for the first half of his tenure then completely cut them off when Jones became critical of him on the radio. When Kentucky has been rejected by recruits or coaches in the past KSR hasn’t tried to spin it."we never offered anyway"
Listening to the KSR radio show today, Matt Jones confirmed they didn’t even consider Beard or Pearl based on background concerns, and Jones also implied that something came up with Nate Oats that made them take him of the list.
Of course you take that all with a grain of salt, but KSR and Matt Jones aren’t AD shills, they have talked a lot of shit about them in the past few years regarding the Kentucky football stadium no-alcohol policy and the AD’s lack of support for NIL.
That’s weird as fuck.Pitino said today if Pope needs any NIL help, he’ll personally write the check.