TheDeuce

4 minutes ago, sportsfan41 said:

I think this hire just goes to show how the coaching landscape is right now. Not a lot to choose from and the top choices are happy where they are.  I'd say that had a lot to do with why Calipari is back at Kentucky. 

You're right. It just sucks. Basketball hasn't been fun around here for a decade. I'm over it. 

Kill me. 

This is a good hire for UK. 

1 hour ago, Randy Parker said:

What surprised me from the show was the pretty unanimous agreement that Cal has gotten lazy.  That wasn't just from the KSR guys, but also from Cal's buddy Seth Greenberg.  And how evidently, other people have tried to talk to Cal about that.

They also said, and it was Drew Franklin specifically who said, that two assistants on Cal's staff are "stealing money."  They didn't specify the assistants.  Also criticized the staff for not having any representation whatsoever at the Sweet 16 to watch Travis Perry or Malachi Moreno.

In short, it was a discussion that did not paint Calipari and his staff in the most positive light.

You really do hate to see it.

5 minutes ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

Hey @TheDeucedoes Kelsey being a former colleague of Chris Mack at Xavier possibly hurt him or not?

I don't think it's a factor any more than his overall resume is. A lot of Louisville fans really liked Mack, myself included. 

6 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

Because of how long it is taking?

Everyone has known for at least a year we'd be searching for another coach.

I don't care that Scott Drew said no. That was expected, and that's not a knock on Heird. He took a shot at a "premier" coach and he chose not to come. I'm good with that. 

We were led to believe that there was always a "clear #2 that would take the job" in the event Drew said no. That was supposedly Dusty May. Of course we'll never know the specifics of what happened, but as of about noon this past Saturday, everyone at Louisville was convinced May was coming. By that night, he signed a deal with Michigan. It's come to light since then that apparently May wasn't keen on the idea of being in the spotlight like he would be as Louisville's coach. How do we not know that already? What were we doing in the vetting process?

Since then, we've heard an assortment of less than stellar names. It looks like there was no plan in place after Drew, and that simply can't happen. Now we're down to Josh Schertz and Pat Kelsey? That's embarrassing. 

Heird's career rests on this hire, and it's not looking good at this point. 

I've been trying to give Josh Heird the benefit of the doubt the entire time he's been AD, but he's botched this just about as bad as you possibly could. 

1 minute ago, MJAlltheWay24 said:

Why isn't Jerome Tang in the loop for this hire? I feel like he'd be solid.

He's one we haven't heard much about and I can't figure out why. 

Come on down, Richard. 

Yeah, I'm in agreement with everyone else. Things are changing quickly, and who really knows where they are going. 

11 minutes ago, All State Baseball said:

Buddy of mine said that Cal and Mitch are expected to meet at 4 today.  

Mitch: Hey Cal, you wanna leave? 

Cal: Nope.

Mitch: Okay sounds great. 

5 minutes ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

Lose to St. Peters and Oakland and they forget how to spell your name. lol

It's spelled correctly in the caption which is even worse. 

I've had this thought floating around since we knew Louisville would be replacing its coach, and now it's even more relevant with the talk of Cal not being at Kentucky. Something UofL and UK fans are going to have to swallow...

Gone are the days of Pitino, Self, Boeheim, Williams, Krzyzewski (yes, I Google'd it), etc. For the better part of four decades, we've had the same crop of high caliber coaches leading the blue bloods of College Basketball. Most of them are gone, and the ones that are still around are in the final years of their careers. 

We are going to have to come to terms with the fact that our next coach is not going to be a "grand slam hire" like we want it to be, at least night initially. We are going to have to get comfortable with sitting and waiting, and in the era of the transfer portal and NIL that is more unsettling than it has ever been. 

Some Louisville fans are bent out of shape that Scott Drew said no. But why? How many times has a high caliber, well known Power 5 coach left his school and gone to another Power 5? It hasn't happened often. Why? Because if you leave where you are and go to a Louisville/UK/Duke/UNC and fail, your next job won't be at that level, and likely several tiers below. 

Duke and UNC are the only blue bloods to recently hire new coaches. Did they land high-profile Power 5 coaches? Nope. They hired alums. That's what everyone is going to have to do, and unfortunately we are going to have to get comfortable with it. Not necessarily alums, but someone who isn't a big name that we are used to hearing. The next crop of legendary coaches has to start somewhere, and I feel like that's where we are. 

11 hours ago, Randy Parker said:

It's to no one's benefit for Calipari to coach at UK next season.  And I don't think he will.

I would be surprised if he's NOT the coach at UK next year. 

10 hours ago, Voice of Reason said:

I saw a quote of Jay Wright talking about how different life would be for him and his family. He can do family things in Philly and people don't bother him. It would not be that way in KY.

Jay Wright is a pipe dream for any college fan that wants him to coach their team. He's not coming back. 

11 hours ago, MJAlltheWay24 said:

If Calipari is out, Scott Drew just doesn't do it for me. But if that's who is next, I sure hope he does more for Kentucky than he's done at Baylor (and I acknowledge, he brought that program back from the dead) and I will be pulling hard for him.

Honestly I felt the same way about Drew. For Louisville (and Kentucky) personality is going to matter for the coach. Scott Drew is a fine coach, obviously, with a National Championship under his belt. I'm just not sold that he would have been a good fit for Louisville. 

Is that 8-1 for the lowly ACC?

In a down year?

It just means more. 

12 hours ago, Jumper_Dad said:

Just read this is the first year that Cal can opt into his retirement gig with UK paying $1,000,000 a year to be a special assistant to the AD. He has until April 15 to opt in to this position each year.

Why make $1 million when you can make $10 million. 😂

13 hours ago, bugatti said:

I assume he has some feelers out there. How many jobs are available that he would even consider?

This cycle? None at the moment. 

13 hours ago, hrcarrier said:

I’m glad Dusty May went to Michigan, didn’t really want him at Louisville.

Agreed. I don’t see it as a bad thing. 

Kentucky is not firing Cal, yall just need to get over it. 

When he’s done at UK it will be because he took another job or retired. 

22 hours ago, futurecoach said:

I don’t think they probably have had this talk before. I do think you talk to Cal and be straight forward and say you literally must get this back on track next year and make a run, or else we are moving on. Cal at that point may decide to just leave, or maybe that lights a fire under him and does get him to turn things around. 

If they have the “it’s next year or never” talk with Cal, he damn sure isn’t walking away then. Make them fire you and collect $30 million. 

4 hours ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

This below was from the Fans of Louisville Cardinals Facebook group I would definitely say he is not interested if this is reliable. 
 

Scott Drew told the University of Louisville Men's Basketball to go screw itself because of the way fans treated Kenny Payne. 

He turned down 12 million plus dollars a season. 8.5 million for him and 3.5 for assistants. 

The world watched an alumni, national champion, and respected man get treated like crap. No way would I ever sign my colleagues and family up to be treated like that. THEIR FANS LEAVE AT HALFTIME and never supported Kenny. 

Our fans here at Baylor never split after some very trying times here. We have a loyal and supportive fanbase, their fans were lead by louisville radio to cancel a great man and coach and I can't leave this to go there to that situation. 

Kenny had to clean up a lot of scum that the next coach will get credit for. Louisville is a dumpster fire and half of the Louisville fans are trash. 

I am happy to stay at Baylor for less money and a better program. 

"SCOTT DREW"

Facebook is stupid, as are the overwhelming majority of people who participate in those Facebook groups.

Only a fooo believes Scott Drew said that. 

1 hour ago, Jumper_Dad said:

Pearl would be the only one that would consider it.

I agree. I just don’t know if he’d actually take it. He’s got it pretty good at Auburn.