10x the coach Pope is. I wonder if we even offered the guy
Nate Oats
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Not worth a look. Move along
Pope's going to crush it in recruiting this spring. He's got a new pirate gimmick that he's going to be rolling out.
I like Oats better than Golden. He’s always had the look of an NBA guy to me though.
Hell, i'm 10x the coach Pope is, you aren't setting a very high bar.
I mean really there's a bunch of there
Golden, Oats, May, Hurley, Few.......there's a ton of good coaches out there that would kill it here.
Golden, Oats, May, Hurley, Few.......there's a ton of good coaches out there that would kill it here.
Yeah it’s not even in the same atmosphere. Mark should and will be at a Mid-Major after next year for the rest of his career. He’ll have made enough money from Kentucky he can have a Beautiful life.
You would want him fired every time he lost a game, just like you do coach Pope.
Barnhardt has basically bankrupt the UK Athletic department. However his golden parachute is fully funded. Just 
Barney paid BYU 6 million dollars for Popes buyout.
Barney paid BYU 6 million dollars for Popes buyout.
sigh...
It's gonna be 28 weeks of hell isn't it?
It's gonna be 28 weeks of hell isn't it?
Nate oats is garbage tho. He'll sell his soul to win.
Played a kid implicated in murder, then this year put a professional on his team
Played a kid implicated in murder, then this year put a professional on his team
And? That’s who I want here. Enough with these church loving choir boys. I want the guy who will do whatever it takes to win #9.
I want Oates more than anyone in the country outside of Hurley. He’s an awesome coach, his style is awesome and he will kick you in the balls and walk over you to win. If he were here the fanbase would love him.
People get a hard time on here for making such comments but I agree. I would have coached my *** off today, hell I did just watching it and screaming at the TV. I think 25% of the posters on this board could have given a better coaching effort than we saw today. Truly one of the worst I have ever seen. Pope needs his *** kicked. That was just embarrassing.
That's right the second he was hired everyone would like him and whatever **** happened in the past wouldn't matter
@Monday Nitro 4 straight sweet 16's homeboy. Keep the tears flowing. He's the coach for UK.
Hurley is a great coach but man he is a horrible human being. He's the type that would lose the fan base in record time.
I don't know.
Ultimately fans put up with a lot of crap so long as they win ballgames.
People hated things Cal said/did for awhile and he wasn't even a bad guy. But he won ballgames so people were on board with it (least for the first 10 years or so lol)
What's up with the squint tho seriously? He's a medical student he should give us a update on that. Does he need glasses or have some kind of eye problem? If so I'll forget he does it. But to squint constantly without any problem is odd
Better than stalking and sending dick pics to college students. Sounds like a winner to me
Haaaaarrrer Oats!
the extracurriculars are concerning, but you could have said the same about Cal in 2009.
"The job was never offered in the first place. I don't want people thinking I turned it down, that wasn't the case," Oats told Seth Davis of Bleacher Report. "I took my name out of consideration before it would have ever gotten to that point."
Nate Oats
Nate Oats
I think it’s Golden
Oats has created too much baggage for a Blue Blood, although I could see Kansas taking a dip in those waters 
In a “down year” he finishes 2nd in the SEC and once again has Alabama in the sweet 16. This guy would thrive here. I mean absolutely kill it
There are other final four coaches out there without the off the court chaos that Oates players seem to have.
Remember when he called some of the fan base Basketball Bennies? And when he first said he was here to get kids into the NBA and Championships didn't matter. Boy howdy those comments didn't sit well. I could envision Hurley spouting off much worse things. As far as publicity, I would hope UK fans would be more embarrassed than UConn's over the way he conducts himself.
I dunno.
Is he an *******? Probably yes just based on the way he conducts himself.
But I can't help but think he's that guy........where you absolutely hate him if he's sitting on the other bench but absolutely love him when he's on your end. One thing is for certain........dude is obsessed with winning.
Obsessed is 100% fact. I cannot argue that. He's Bobby Knight reincarnated.
Pipe dream. None of those guys will come.
Sean Miller would be a possible. Ben McCollum maybe
Why would he want to go to a blue blood with expectations when he wins at Bama.
- Kentucky fans.
I don’t care what it costs, our program will die if we miss on the next coach. We are paying Barnhart to sit in the corner after retirement. That buyout is the cost of business.