I'd laugh my butt of if none of the chosen ones wants the job and Coach G walks away and says later and leaves Brainfart with no coach or obvious choice to replace him maybe then we can do a two'fer and get rid of Barinfart and get a new AD as well as a coach.

 

You do realize that President Lee Todd is the driving force behind this, correct?

I do not think the criticism is all that unfair, this will be three coaches in 4 years. Like it or not that says something about the job itself.

 

As was stated on ESPN earlier this afternoon, if UK offers him (BCG) a dollar, take it and run away from this job as fast as he can.

 

This will also be 3 coaches in 12 years.

Edited March 26, 200917 yr by ColonelCrazy

Your sources are wrong. It wasn't Travis Ford in town, it was Billy Donovan. And he wasn't calling the Lexington Police, he was talking to a real estate agent about a new house and a horse farm. He flew in on a small private plane, and you could probably track that flight from Gainesville.

 

Claiborne Farms and Mr. Hancock will make sure Billy D has a nice place to stay with a view.

What is all of this about Porter leaving? Why would he leave?

 

Because he is projected to be the top PG in the upcoming NBA draft.:notworthy:

I do not think the criticism is all that unfair, this will be three coaches in 4 years. Like it or not that says something about the job itself.

 

As was stated on ESPN earlier this afternoon, if UK offers him (BCG) a dollar, take it and run away from this job as fast as he can.

 

And from 2000 to 2003 UNC had three coaches. Like it or not that says something as well.

According to Blue Blood[4] by Art Chansky (a longtime historian on the UNC program), Doherty was told on March 31 that he would not be allowed to return due to an irreparable rift with his players. Given the option of resigning or being fired, he resigned the next day.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Doherty

I do not think the criticism is all that unfair, this will be three coaches in 4 years. Like it or not that says something about the job itself.

 

As was stated on ESPN earlier this afternoon, if UK offers him (BCG) a dollar, take it and run away from this job as fast as he can.

 

Also three coaches in 14 years.

 

Oops, didn't see the other poster commenting on this.

Has ESPN reported that he has been fired?

I do not think the criticism is all that unfair, this will be three coaches in 4 years. Like it or not that says something about the job itself.

 

As was stated on ESPN earlier this afternoon, if UK offers him (BCG) a dollar, take it and run away from this job as fast as he can.

 

I agree the criticism is fair but Im not so sure this one should be on the fans. Maybe a select group of alumni but not the every day fan.

And from 2000 to 2003 UNC had three coaches. Like it or not that says something as well.

According to Blue Blood[4] by Art Chansky (a longtime historian on the UNC program), Doherty was told on March 31 that he would not be allowed to return due to an irreparable rift with his players. Given the option of resigning or being fired, he resigned the next day.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Doherty

 

And Indiana went from Bobby Knight to Mike Davis to 'Mr Telephone Man' to Tom Crean. Sometimes, these things don't work out like we hope they will.

I'd laugh my butt of if none of the chosen ones wants the job and Coach G walks away and says later and leaves Brainfart with no coach or obvious choice to replace him maybe then we can do a two'fer and get rid of Barinfart and get a new AD as well as a coach.

 

And the state of the overall UK athletic program is, ...... in the best shape it has been in for YEARS.

 

On this contract issue with BCG though, he appears to have whiffed.

And Indiana went from Bobby Knight to Mike Davis to 'Mr Telephone Man' to Tom Crean. Sometimes, these things don't work out like we hope they will.

 

Oh, I agree. It's not the best thing but I didn't hear this much criticism being leveled at UNC when Doherty was pushed out. Is it a double standard?

 

I might add that UNC went from Dean Smith to Guthridge to Doherty to Williams from 1997 to 2003. So if 3 out of four is bad, what was four out of six?

I agree the criticism is fair but Im not so sure this one should be on the fans.

I'm not saying who its on I have no idea, but it does.

I might add that UNC went from Dean Smith to Guthridge to Doherty to Williams from 1997 to 2003. So if 3 out of four is bad, what was four out of six?

Was Guthridge forced out?

Was Guthridge forced out?

 

Was Tubby Smith forced out?

Was Guthridge forced out?

 

I don't know about "forced out." He was in his sixties and while he took a Cinderella Heels squad to the 2000 Final Four, some weren't happy with the mediocre record on the season and the First round loss from the year before.

 

Smith unexpectedly retired just two months before the start of the 1997-98 season, and Guthridge was named his successor. School officials stressed that Guthridge was not merely a placeholder, signing him to a five-year contract.

 

In his three seasons as head coach Guthridge led the Tar Heels to the NCAA Final Four twice, in the 1998 tournament and again in the 2000 tournament. In 1998, Guthridge inherited a team that had been to the 1997 Final Four the previous year under Coach Smith. With a wealth of returning talent, Guthridge instituted a "six starters" system, whereby the team's top six players, Antawn Jamison, Vince Carter, Ed Cota, Shammond Williams, Ademola Okulaja and Makhtar N'Diaye rotated positions in the starting five. Guthridge coached that team to the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament championship, a school record-tying 34 wins (including 30 wins going into the the NCAA Tournament--the most in school history) and an appearance in the Final Four, where they lost to Utah. Following the 1997-1998 season, several organizations named him National Coach of the Year and he received the Naismith College Coach of the Year award.

 

The next season, the team earned a #3 seed in the 1999 NCAA tournament, but was upset in the first round by Weber State--to date, the only time in modern NCAA Tournament history that the Tar Heels failed to win a tournament game. In 2000, the team struggled in the regular season, falling out of the polls for the first time since the start of the 1990-91 season. They finished 18-13--UNC's worst regular-season record in 11 years. However, they came alive in the 2000 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. With the 8th seed in the West Region, they upset top-seeded Stanford in the second round and continued on to the Final Four, where the Tar Heels lost to Florida. After the 2000 season, Guthridge retired from coaching.

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Guthridge