16 minutes ago, Randy Parker said:

Drew is probably using this for more money.  I don't know if I would come to UK and I am a fan.  Fans have made it very unattractive, in my opinion. 

Big decision and he should think it all the way through…..family…..very disgruntled BBN that drank a lot of kool-aid desperate to believe.  I may be nieve, but I believe his decision will be guided by many factors more important than the bank vault.

5 hours ago, mcpapa said:

Mad Dog and Stephen A just had their top five college basketball destinations for coaches.  
 

Lexington wasn’t on either one of them. 

Saw that, Mad Dog dissed us pretty bad, who wants to go down there with that mob, who needs them, whew!!

28 minutes ago, sportsfan41 said:

What was?

1.  UNC

2.  Kansas

3.  UCONN

4.  Texas

5.  Gonzaga

2 hours ago, FrankNicodemus said:

I have had a 48 hour constant headache refreshing Twitter/X to see if anything new has happened.

Addicted!!!  

Go Big Blue!!!!!!

Kind of like the last Bluebird hiring situation Frank?

32 minutes ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

1.  UNC

2.  Kansas

3.  UCONN

4.  Texas

5.  Gonzaga

Gonzaga? 

55 minutes ago, Oldercoach said:

Big decision and he should think it all the way through…..family…..very disgruntled BBN that drank a lot of kool-aid desperate to believe.  I may be nieve, but I believe his decision will be guided by many factors more important than the bank vault.

I agree wholeheartedly.  But I think Drew, if he's smart, will use the Kentucky offer to get more money at Baylor.  I feel like that's how he's playing this.

Regardless of where you think UK fits nationally, we're about to find out how appealing it is.

1 hour ago, nikeman49 said:

Cal couldn’t have done any better at UCLA the last five seasons as he produced here! Would love to have Pitino back right now and many others feel the same.

You could be right, or completely wrong. We will never know. Once again though if Cal had left after that 2019 season. Many people would feel about him like they did about Pitino. Pitino left when he was still on top. Can guarantee people would have turned on Pitino eventually too, because he wouldn’t have even been able to keep at the same high level he was at those last couple of years. Yet fans would have expected him too. 
 

Which I would be perfectly fine if Pitino came back and gave us five more years before retiring. 

22 minutes ago, futurecoach said:

You could be right, or completely wrong. We will never know. Once again though if Cal had left after that 2019 season. Many people would feel about him like they did about Pitino. Pitino left when he was still on top. Can guarantee people would have turned on Pitino eventually too, because he wouldn’t have even been able to keep at the same high level he was at those last couple of years. Yet fans would have expected him too. 
 

Which I would be perfectly fine if Pitino came back and gave us five more years before retiring. 

As you are alluding to, people do not want Pitino. They want the results and energy UK was having from ‘92-‘97.

3 hours ago, bugatti said:

As you are alluding to, people do not want Pitino. They want the results and energy UK was having from ‘92-‘97.

No, never said people wouldn’t want Pitino. In fact I think majority of people would be happy to have him back, and so would I.
 

Go back and look at my previous post that he had responded to. Basically saying if Calipari had left for the UCLA job after 2019, many people would have felt the same way about Calipari as Pitino. Would have been mad at Calipari for leaving after 2019, but people would compare any coach to follow to that standard, like they did with Pitino.  So many people haven’t been able to move on from the Pitino years, because he left on the highest of notes. Calipari would be been looked at similar if he had left say after 2019 for the UCLA job which he has said he regrets not taking. Calipari would have left while basically everyone still loved him, and every coach after would be compared to him like they do Pitino still. Which all gets back to the UK coach job has about a 10 year max life, like Cal said during his first year, and we saw it with Cal. The rate Pitino was winning at, and the rate Calipari was winning at were both not sustainable. Pitino left before things could down trend, which they eventually would have, while Calipari waited to long to leave. Which we got to see that love affair change once Calipari couldn’t win at the same level he started at. 

From Kentucky Today:

Baylor coach Scott Drew is reportedly the school’s top target to replace Calipari. Drew has been offered the position, a reliable source told Kentucky Today on Tuesday night. A timetable for a decision isn’t known, but Drew has told his staff he is considering the Kentucky position and will let them know of his decision by Thursday.

He gone.

33 minutes ago, futurecoach said:

No, never said people wouldn’t want Pitino. In fact I think majority of people would be happy to have him back, and so would I.
 

Go back and look at my previous post that he had responded to. Basically saying if Calipari had left for the UCLA job after 2019, many people would have felt the same way about Calipari as Pitino. Would have been mad at Calipari for leaving after 2019, but people would compare any coach to follow to that standard, like they did with Pitino.  So many people haven’t been able to move on from the Pitino years, because he left on the highest of notes. Calipari would be been looked at similar if he had left say after 2019 for the UCLA job which he has said he regrets not taking. Calipari would have left while basically everyone still loved him, and every coach after would be compared to him like they do Pitino still. Which all gets back to the UK coach job has about a 10 year max life, like Cal said during his first year, and we saw it with Cal. The rate Pitino was winning at, and the rate Calipari was winning at were both not sustainable. Pitino left before things could down trend, which they eventually would have, while Calipari waited to long to leave. Which we got to see that love affair change once Calipari couldn’t win at the same level he started at. 

You completely misread what I was saying. I was co-signing on your post in about 200 less words ? People believe bringing back Rick will turn the program back into 1996.

Evidently the Jet tracked from Texas to Kentucky, went back to Texas this afternoon.  Drew's family was seen getting off of the jet according to reports from Texas. For what that's worth. 

Matt Jones did a Twitter live broadcast a few minutes ago. He said basically the job is Drew's and that has said he and his family will discuss tonight.

Hurley hasn't said NO yet, which is kinda puzzling to most. Could be drawing it out to get a raise at UConn. That said, their championship parade isn't until Friday or Saturday and there is no way he'd say yes even if he was going to before the parade. 

If Drew and Hurley both decline, it's expected they'll wait until next week on Donovan but would be expected to pull the trigger quickly on next offer if Donovan says no. If Donovan is a hard no, I'd expect he'll tell them before next week so UK could proceed.

After all that I think it's Drew and we'll know tomorrow.