Kevin Keatts possible AC addition
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It's weird, coming off of Ricks staffs at Loserville and what he did at Wilmington...I thought he would do well at NC State. He didn't. At all. And looked pretty lazy at the end. I'm not exactly in the camp that believes failed head coaches make great assistants. I'd rather take fliers on young/hungry dudes at smaller places. Meaning, I'd rather catch them on the way up than on the way down. None of it matters if Pope doesn't delegate and turn loose of the ropes a bit. He could hire the ghosts of RMK to teach offense, John Chaney to teach defense, and Wooden (Sam Gilbert NIL fund) to recruit and it wouldn't matter because he's getting in the way of everything.
Apparently Alvin Brooks was also a slum dunk hire as we took him away from Baylor. He stole recruits from Cal to Baylor which is impressive. So one thing to consider is that Brookes should have been a good assistant/recruiter, he was at Baylor and became non existent at Kentucky. Again this is on Pope/JMI. So until I see any actual changes, I am not as excited about anyone yet. Why? Because consistency of two years tells the story, not the what if.
Yeah I think they were both good hires. Just like I think we've had some very good players these past 2 years. Pope is the ringmaster, it is up to him to make these pieces fit, and so far he has failed to do so.
Great hire - He is very impressIve as analyst on ESPN - ACC network.
Great recruiter & working class roots.
Former star HS Quarterback as well as Basketball in Va,
With as many D1 wins as Pope.
Hire him before Tennessee does.
Great recruiter & working class roots.
Former star HS Quarterback as well as Basketball in Va,
With as many D1 wins as Pope.
Hire him before Tennessee does.
Completely agree. I have zero clue about Keatts as an assistant. He was a complete unknown before joining Pitinos staff. Was only there for three or four years and then took the Wilmington job. It honestly seems like another reach, but who really knows. Again, I just prefer to get guys on the way up and not on the way down. But, and this is super important, every single staff needs that knowledgeable old dude on staff. Think Robic or Ernie Nestor, guys like that. They're extremely valuable. I have no clue if that is Keatts or not. It sure as hell wasn't Mark Fox, but we knew that ahead of time.
It seems that everyone is substandard to Rafters unless they have final 4s or banners for our assistant coaching positions. Hint: if they have a serious pedigree they probably aren’t accepting an ASSISTANT coaching position.
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Dude was garbage at Wagner and early years at Rhode Island so yeah, that could be classified as retread.
Sooooo, again, not a retread? If Rhode Island were close to firing him that's the first I've ever heard of it. I'd love for you to share anything you've got that would back that up. Admittedly, I'm not the biggest Rhode Island basketball follower. But again, not a retread. Just as long as we're concerned about accuracy.
Wouldn’t think so be his name was never mentioned in it and it didn’t hurt him getting a job so who knows. Plus he’s kinda desperate.
22-39 record his first 2 years at Rhode Island had some in the fanbase questioning his coaching abilities.
We don't know that he won't be here 5 years
What do you want him to do differently than he's doing. Changed all of his ac and going hard for #1 player in country. Not a lot more he could do
Some of these folks wouldn't be impressed if Rick Majerus crawled out of his grave and appeared in the Cats locker room with his own towel.
What was the record before he got there? Did he have to rebuild off the previous season?
Defense and recruiting are what he's known for. Very aggressive defense, and when he was at NCST, the program was anywhere from 50s to 200s, rankings-wise... So... Yeah. Not necessarily an ace recruiter, but a good one.
UK could do worse. UK could do better.
There’s a difference between arguing and telling someone they’re just deada$$ed wrong.You rubes argue over the dumbest ****.
Davis went to a title game , that right there gives a coach a longer leash that Pope would not and should not have
I'd take the Angry Coach on YouTube over Mark Fox. No joke, Angry Coach knows ball and he's got pazazz.
Yes. Tennessee lost their defensive coaching ace Justin Gainey.