I’ll be perfectly honest with you. I love Lloyd, he has the kind of consistency I want in a coach. His worst year was last year and they were still average. He will get to some F4s with time. His offensive philosophy is alluring — plays with insane pace.
And the Boston Celtics happen to have a Final Four coach as their GM.
I respect the opinion. I disagree but I love the moxie to say it on this website lol
Dude has been riding on the coattails of his Final Four run for going on 15.
Back in the day I used to listen to Eye on College basketball podcast while working and back then they would talk about Shaka Smart like he was a god among men. Ten years can certainly change perception drastically lol
Yeah, looks like AI got me. You're right...his worst season but his 3rd s16.
I had AI help me create some Kentucky basketball rosters on NBA 2K and they gave Perry Stevenson like a 86 strength. ChatGPT is still being optimized to say the least.
He has done well but the only Grant we would get if Mitch hires them would be Anthony Grant.
Yeah, ai was kinda thinking the same thing.
Lotsa good teams been thumped by Izzo.12-3 with Iowa this year and he’s won games against some impressive coaches
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First year at the school and he beat Chris Beard, blew out Richard Pitino, blew out Buzz Williams, beat Mick Cronin by a healthy margin and barely lost on the road to Otzelberger. Only “bad” loss was getting thumped by Izzo.
I can’t imagine he’d leave Iowa for anywhere12-3 with Iowa this year and he’s won games against some impressive coaches
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First year at the school and he beat Chris Beard, blew out Richard Pitino, blew out Buzz Williams, beat Mick Cronin by a healthy margin and barely lost on the road to Otzelberger. Only “bad” loss was getting thumped by Izzo.
Bro. I’m pretty desperate so you could almost talk me into it. Times are sad AFKenny Brooks (Kentucky)
Can at least make Michigan pay the man. Even in my fantasies, May still says no. Michigan has a nuclear arsenal of money marks. In an NIL landscape they’re probably above us.
We need to ask ourselve one question. We are a successful coach who is making more money than we will ever want or need, with zero pressure. Would you change jobs that has a ton of pressure and money is not a reason to change? It will be more than difficult to get the coaches we are dreaming about. I would stay were I am making millions with no pressure rather than go to the most pressure of any basketball school in the country.
You have to consider ego. Just like with Cal. He was able to take UMass and Memphis to Final Fours but desperately wanted that title. He could get that at UK. Same with Sampson. Sometimes it's not all about money or no expectations. Some of these guys want the expectations so they have a legacy for their life's work.
We offer nothing that Houston can’t at this point in time that equates to championships.
You could say that for most of our previous coaches. What did we offer Pitino he didn't have in the NBA or Cal that just went to the Championship game with Memphis.Sampson isn't winning a title at Houston. He doesn't have the recruiting name of Kentucky and the historical dominance of Kentucky. Those things still matter with the right coach. Offer him a substantial raise with incentives and he would come.
I just don’t think those situations are analogous. Your Calipari example is from an era where brand was still the biggest factor in recruiting, resources etc. It’s just not like that anymore — money is first and Houston has big oil money.
I disagree and I think that’s narrow to assume to know the reason why fans like him.
A coach that can put a consistent top 25 off and def on the floor.
No FFs, but several E8 appearances. Lots of wins (494, .712) and still relatively young (57).
I’m not high on Sean Miller personally. Respect him but I’m not sure if he’s better than what we haveNo FFs, but several E8 appearances. Lots of wins and still relatively young. I suspect he is very hungry to prove his legitimacy. He way my choice.
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I respect your opinion, as always, but he has 274 more wins (his 494 wins are all at MAJOR schools) than Pope (who has 77 of 220 wins at Utah Valley) and he is only four (4) years older than Pope. To me, his pedigree is pretty impressive.
I agree with you that his resume is miles better than the coach we hired for sure. Miller has had a LOT of talent to work with in his career and still posted the following loss columns starting with Arizona:
Yeah ... but what about THE KENTUCKY BRAND ??
