What's everyone's thoughts if Pope brings him on staff? I'm all in with Pope, but I'm not high on this addition. I very well may be wrong, but I just don't like it.
Kenny Payne
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I would be fine with it, good guy and recruits love him. We also have an offense minded head coach and an analytics assistant already. Pope seems to want a well rounded staff.
Hate it.We need new blood not a guy who just made a fool of himself at Louisville.
Recruits didn't love him too much at ul. That is why he lost so many games
Is good with big guys. If we have quality big guys we need him. He's a big guy recruiter. He shd never got into main coaching..
I got good memories of Kenny. He is BLUE imo.
Most of all he's familiar with all the players and everything that's going on
I got good memories of Kenny. He is BLUE imo.
Most of all he's familiar with all the players and everything that's going on
Seems weird but if he can still be effective recruiting then that is fine.
I don't care about the "clean break" stuff at all just if you can contribute.
My concern is the latter rather than anything else.
I don't care about the "clean break" stuff at all just if you can contribute.
My concern is the latter rather than anything else.
Please no. We’re done with the Cal era.
Guys loved him at UK and on the Knicks. He would be an assistant and we get 5 of them. He would fit in well.
Nope, I want all of Cal's everything removed from Ky BB
Not everyone is cut out to be a head coach.
That doesn't mean they aren't a good second fiddle.
Isn't a home run, but would be a solid addition. Recruiting is about relationships, and not a lot of dudes have the breadth of them in the game that Kenny does. He's definitely an elite assistant.
He's an experienced guy with a TON of industry connections and relationships. College, NBA, Nike, AAU, etc. There are a LOT of great assistants that just aren't good head coaches. He's also pretty good at managing personalities and egos to keep the locker room healthy.
Would be kinda weird though.
He's an experienced guy with a TON of industry connections and relationships. College, NBA, Nike, AAU, etc. There are a LOT of great assistants that just aren't good head coaches. He's also pretty good at managing personalities and egos to keep the locker room healthy.
Would be kinda weird though.
If Coach Pope wants to bring him in, fine with me.
If he doesn’t, that’s up to him.
I feel like he knows more about the situation than I do.
If he doesn’t, that’s up to him.
I feel like he knows more about the situation than I do.
Would be similar to our situation in the football program a decade ago when Joker Phillips was on Florida’s staff and went up against UK the next season after he was fired as the head coach here.
I don't get the negativity on Payne. He would be a great hire. He sucks as a head coach, but is a solid assistant.
I think Kenny’s time at Louisville and all the stories that came out of it would be detrimental
It would do more harm than good IMO
It would do more harm than good IMO
Man those "come play WR for the Joker" graphics were cringe as f*ck.
Is this serious? I can’t get behind it. We all saw how bad Payne was at UofL, we need to cut off all Cal ties. This makes no sense to me.
I think he’s the assistant Matt Jones has been hinting about. Today on the show a caller asked about KP coming back and Matt said ask me tomorrow
Just because he isn’t a good head coach doesn’t make him a bad assistant.
I wouldn't have an issue with it. Pope will need help in recruiting. KP was just in way over his head at Louisville and had already admitted that he had to be talked into the job by former players. What happened there doesn't affect what happens here. And to anyone saying they want a clean break from Cal, I do understand that but at the same time Calipari isn't a disease that we must stay away from and if Kenny is sitting on the bench next season or we know he's out recruiting elite bigs, I'd hope that wouldn't trigger some in our fanbase.