Anyone seen the Coach O rumor circulating on Twitter that he will not be joining Cal in Arkansas and has expressed an interest in joining Pope's staff? I have seen it a couple times but have not seen anything posted here about it. Anyone else heard anything about it?
Coach O rumor?
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Are these reputable sources? Probably not if you haven’t seen it posted here.
I have seen in posted by a couple different people on Twitter. I can't remember who though. Not here though.
Ralph Dalton said last night Pope turned him down.
I just did a search and there is zero mentions of him and Kentucky only that Illinois is targeting him for their open assistant spot.I can understand why he would want to stay. His feet are planted in Lexington and he and his family may not want to leave. He’s always been known as a top level recruiter so maybe it wouldn’t hurt.
I like O, but would prefer an absolutely clean break from the Calipari era.
Judging by all the sources I've seen these last 8-9 days. It's either true, false or a load of horse crap. And the only way we'll find out which one it is, is when it's all said and done.
Pope told him no thanks.
Thanks. He has proven himself to be fairly reliable with information so that works for me.
That is music to my ears
To be fair, give all credit to the Don of Discord--Trilly for that info. If I didn't say that in the post, that's a huge mistake on my part. Thought I did.
Kentucky isn't for everyone
Sounds like a normal day around the BBN prediction crowd.
Interesting, if any truth to it. I can’t blame him for wanting to stay in Lex, can’t blame Pope for saying no.
We just need to cleanse the program of everything Calipari except for Perry, Reed and Burks. Gotta make a clean brake sometimes.
Rumor is that O is in the process of (or just built?) a house in Lex and his wife and daughter aren't too keen on moving. Wanted to stay on at UK but Pope said no. He also has little desire to follow Cal to Arkansas. Would expect him to end up at Illinois.
Please no. Ulis is the ONLY one I might think is a good move and even that is iffy.
Ulis is a Cal guy. I'd not keep him around.
Where are you seeing it that Pope said no thanks?
Pope probably told him "I can't hide you here!"
It's on that Trilly's Discord apparently that he was interested in staying on/Pope declined and now Illinois is trying to get him back.
He is building a house & did not want to relocate. So, yes is true that he was interviewing.
Not that I am upset about it, but seems like Cal blindsided some folks with his move to Arkansas.
For Christ sakes! Yeah, Pope is going bring in O to be his assistant, so O can turn right around behind Pope’s back and let Kal know EVERYTHING that’s going on in the program while he’s here!
Holy ****, how stupid do fans think CMP is? Dude was a Rhode’s Scholar! Look that up if you haven’t a clue
Holy ****, how stupid do fans think CMP is? Dude was a Rhode’s Scholar! Look that up if you haven’t a clue
No idea, maybe some others would have some details. If I had to guess, they don’t have a relationship or if I pull out my tin foil hat; Pope/UK didn’t want anyone from the old regime sticking around.
Let’s be honest what did anyone do on the previous coaching staff that would warrant Pope wanting to keep any of them?
Unless you were one of Triple C’s ‘chosen’ few he couldn’t care less about you. Everything he did was all about HIM. Biggest phony on earth. With that being a fact I don’t understand why guys like Burks and Z and Theiro (just to name a few) wouldn’t do just about anything to be part of this. Why would they either want to leave or even worse follow that fat fraud ? Can’t be upset with them but it makes no sense.
I can see why Pope would say no, but Coach O did provide a nice boost on the recruiting trail, especially early in Cal's tenure. I would've been tempted to keep him myself and I don't think he deserves any hate on this board. The guy did a lot for us in the past.
I was actually thinking the same, when it heard the rumors. I love Ulis, but I wouldn’t really trust him to not communicate things to Cal eitherFor Christ sakes! Yeah, Pope is going bring in O to be his assistant, so O can turn right around behind Pope’s back and let Kal know EVERYTHING that’s going on in the program while he’s here!
Holy ****, how stupid do fans think CMP is? Dude was a Rhode’s Scholar! Look that up if you haven’t a clue
If true then that’s a massive first mistake for Pope. Hes in no position to turn down an assistant like Antigua. He needs recruiters in the absolute worst way and he’s not going to get one any better than Orlando.
I’m on the side of wanting to scrap anything Kal related but Antigua and Payne would be the two guys you jump at the chance to get. This would really piss me off if true.
You must not have paid attention. Antigua was the reason for Kal’s recruiting dominance. Remember how recruiting dropped off after the Towns/Booker class and then picked up again the last 2 years? Thats the exact timeframe of when Orlando left and came back.
The rest of the staff I agree. Garbage.
Hope he goes to Illinois and takes Fland with him.
good, he was not the same coach the 2nd time around
Pope wants & needs energetic coaches that know and understand how the game is meant to be played
With Orlando specifically, he was an ace recruiter. He had his finger on the pulse of who the decision-makers where for each kid. And he had a ton of contacts. If Antigua was interested in sticking around, and Pope said no, that would be disappointing to me.