Will UK ever hire a basketball GM? A lot of power 5 programs have already done so. Or do we have someone already on staff as an acting GM? Curious your all's thoughts
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Unless it’s Pat Riley doesn’t seem important to me.
Pope seems to have it under control. Maybe some day but loving our team building right now.
If the duties are covered by somebody else within the program, then why would it matter if somebody has the title of GM?
Some of these schools are offering figurehead roles to famous athletes to be their GMs or assistant GMs. These are do-nothing jobs that are just trying to use a famous athletes' celebrity status to generate attention.
My memory is fuzzy, but I believe Pope is on record for wanting to hire a GM, and if so, I suspect UK will hire one.
Jamal Mashburn is smart, a Cat, and not 100 years old. Just saying.
Unless I'm remembering incorrectly, I'm pretty sure he said Coach Mark Fox is performing the duties of a GM for the basketball team.
It makes sense long term because whether we like it or not college basketball is transforming into a professional league to some degree.
Down the road I think there may be some type of salary cap, contracts with performance clauses and branding like a pro team.
That will eat up a lot of time as it evolves and we will need a GM to assist Pope with all the administrative and financial pieces. I would rather Pope spend his time on coaching and recruiting versus these other tasks.
Down the road I think there may be some type of salary cap, contracts with performance clauses and branding like a pro team.
That will eat up a lot of time as it evolves and we will need a GM to assist Pope with all the administrative and financial pieces. I would rather Pope spend his time on coaching and recruiting versus these other tasks.
That's what I remembered as well.
Honestly I don't view those Shaq/Curry hires as anything more than a brand ambassador type of thing. UK is its own brand. Not sure they need that.
Ewwww. Just no. But honestly, could be where all this Grandpa Rick business is coming from.
Some yall and the Pitino infatuation, smh...
It would be interesting to see the role of a college GM. Will they be responsible for roster construction and have the final say over the HC when it comes to personnel? Will they be strictly for managing the financial side of NIL with current and potential players?
Can't see HC not wanting control of the roster. Can't see a GM telling Pitino who he is getting. For that matter, can't see Pope wanting that either.
I thought that is what was said upon his hiring, but I also thought that Pope said that he wanted to hire a gm in one of his interviews
wouldn't the gm just assume the role of soliciting donations for NIL, or at least that is what I thought.
didn't think they would have any say in selecting players
We started out with Fox doing that; later Pope talked about how they had found it worked better with everyone dividing the duties and doing it in tandem. I think it makes the choices better and the staff more responsive. I also think it’s one of the reasons we’ve been able to punk the average school so hard when it comes to portal navigation. (As opposed to the twenty million dollars I personally think is fantasy).
I’d like to see us keep handling the critical decisions by committee just as we are doing. If we want to hire someone just to handle all the clerical details of it that’s fine too.
I’d like to see us keep handling the critical decisions by committee just as we are doing. If we want to hire someone just to handle all the clerical details of it that’s fine too.
A rose by any other name. But should be closer to Recruiting Coordinator(s) than General Manager. More Vince Marrow than Sam Hinkie. Contrary to popular opinion, still more about relationships and experience than biggest bag. Need to keep players happy with playing time and dreams of glory. An ear when things aren't going great. An eye out for talent in other teams and working back channels. An assistant in the gym and bench who understands the skills Pope is looking for. Current structure seems to take that all that more in to account.
Then any accountant can give you a range of what you can afford
Then any accountant can give you a range of what you can afford
I’d love to see an executive or someone take over. Mashburn would be a solid choice as he has done amazing with his personal businesses as well. Even an assistant GM Role just for the press alone. John Wall would be another more recent player with a huge stature that could serve a great role with athletes.